Fritz Lang is back

If Lang were born 50 years later, Hollywood's "master of darkness" would be schooling David Lynch in the art of cinema. Catch a string of his greatest blockbusters this month at Babylon Mitte starting Feb 2.

Feb 2, 2012 by Annabel Brady-Brown in Film

Gallic week

The 11th Französische Filmwoche's (Dec 1-7) 18-film programme proves that France’s love affair with cinema burns as hotly as ever with Cannes favorites and films on the chopping block for the Oscars.

Nov 24, 2011 in Film

Kurds of a feather

Berlin’s seven-day Kurdish Film Festival is packed with features, documentaries and shorts from directors scattered throughout the globe. Through Nov 18.

Nov 8, 2011 by Katie Harris in Film

Filmfestival Cottbus

Conceived two years after the fall of The Wall, the fest is one of the most important platforms for Eastern European cinema worldwide, featuring 140 films from 33 countries from an East-West co-production market.

Oct 27, 2011 in Film

Photo by Christian Ganzer (Wikimedia Commons)

Walter Crasshole: Either way you'll drop dead

Summer's come and gone, but things are just starting to heat up. Walter Crasshole takes you down festival lane, gives you flick tips from your favorite press-baiting director and keeps it classy with classy classical music.

Sep 1, 2011 by Walter Crasshole in The Berlin Blog

The Hundred in the Hand. Photo by Marie Chatard

The sun’s rising. We all smile. We all sing. The weak become heroes, then the stars align.

It's all right there in the title of this blog, says Annabel and Marie.

Jul 17, 2011 by Annabel Brady-Brown in The Melt Festival Blog (1 Comments)

Your Weekend: Nekid on screen, doing yourself and scary queers

Screw Halloween costumes, Walter Crasshole wants to strip it all off! Or at least watch lots of other people do so – there's a porn festival in town! And stuff for you non-pervs, too.

Oct 29, 2010 by Walter Crasshole in The Berlin Blog

Photo by Lucia Martin Zapata

Karen Sofie Egebo: Strobe lights, fan jams & drunken ping-pong table wreckers

Berlin Festival. The festival with the coolest location - where you dance the night away in Tempelhof's hangars; where colored rays of light tear up the dark night sky, setting Hitler's old airport on fire...

Sep 11, 2010 by Karen Sofie Egebo in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

Sehsüchte: starting out

As Europe’s largest student film festival, Sehsüchte annually offers up the best of aspiring filmmakers. With over 100 film-happenings, the Potsdam-Babelsberg fest happens April 24-29 and is not to be missed!

Apr 13, 2012 by Alexandra Khan-Anselmo in Film

11 men and a round thing

If you’re a sucker for soccer, be sure not to miss out on the annual 11mm festival dedicated to the sport, running March 9-11 at Babylon Mitte.

Mar 6, 2012 by Ida Rud in Film

Transmediale 2012

Berlin's most exciting digital media fest starts today and ends Feb 5. So check it out! What started as a DIY festival showcasing electronic media work is now one of the most important happenings in the city.

Jan 31, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook in Art

Know your rights

The One World festival bills itself as a platform for documentary features focused on the media’s role in the fight for universal human rights, screening a range of engaging film. It opens on Nov 24 with Examined Life.

Nov 17, 2011 by Giovanni Marchini Camia in Film

Know your rights

The One World festival bills itself as a platform for documentary features focused on the media’s role in the fight for universal human rights, screening a range of engaging film. It opens on Nov 24 with Examined Life.

Nov 29, 2011 by Giovanni Marchini Camia in Film

Photo by Chris Lewis

Fashion Week: Fashion Whaat!

Fashion Week's "Showroom Mile" travels further afield this year to the protean confines of Stattbad Wedding. The exhibition "Fashion Whaat!" (July 6-11) unveils works by emerging local designers and artists in the swimming pool’s changing rooms and balcony hall.