Features

Inside this month’s issue:

BERLINALE 2012! It’s that time of year again when the world’s hottest film stars converge on Potsdamer Platz. Exberliner provides you with another action-packed, star-studded, insider’s blitz-guide.

KICKSTART YOUR FLICK Crowd-funding hits the Berlinale. We look at one girl who took her dream from film school to Germany to the big time.

INDIE KINOS FIGHT BACK! Arthouse cinema’s like Bundesplatz Kino, Zukunft and Filmkunst 66 are being raised from the dead.

HOW TO MAKE IT AS AN ACTOR Ever dream of becoming a movie-star? Forget Babelsberg right off the bat. School, stage and a cameo in Tatort is your fastest way to stardom in Germany.

DOWNLOADERS BEWARE You are being watched! We all know streaming a movie and downloading music is illegal. But we do it anyway. Exberliner gives you the lowdown on downloading and what the real risks are.

Also be sure to check out Jacinta Nandi’s Berlin BRATS page, starting this month.

Plus:

BEST OF BERLIN Café CK, Flamingo’s new hip hop party, Das Korn, No Dice Magazine

And:

Interviews with Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, questions for Alex Zhang Hungtai of Dirty Beaches and a chat with Olia Lialina on this year’s Transmediale Fest.

You call yourself a cinephile? Take this month’s QUIZ to find out if you belong on top of the Siegessäule.

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