DAY 10: EXBERLINALE live vlog!
Awards analysis and our final thoughts on the 70th Berlinale. Read more
Mar 2, 2020 12:07 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 9: EXBERLINALE live vlog!
Catch up on all the latest festival news live from Berlinale. Reviews, tips and analysis from EXB's film critics. Read more
Mar 1, 2020 1:10 PM The Berlinale Blog
Day 9: Queer for all ages
The world’s most important queer film award The Teddy holds its 34th edition tonight at the Volksbühne. Walter Crasshole looks at two movies he’d like to see win – "Alice Júnior" and "Vento Seco". Read more
Feb 28, 2020 5:51 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 9: Interview – David France talks 'Welcome To Chechnya'
“This is an ongoing crime against humanity that no one is paying attention to.” Read more
Feb 28, 2020 5:10 PM The Berlinale Blog
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DAY 9: Definable Success
To have or to have not, that is the question for two of today's excellent offerings from the Berlinale's Panorama section. Join them. You might just end up with a winner or two. Read more
Feb 28, 2020 12:40 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 8: EXBERLINALE live vlog!
Catch up on all the latest festival news live from Berlinale. Reviews, tips and analysis from EXB's film critics. Read more
Feb 27, 2020 6:30 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 8: Interview – Hybrid highlight ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’
A real gem this year comes from filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross, who chronicle the last night of service in a dingy Las Vegas dive bar. We met the directors to talk about their hybrid highlight of the Panorama section. Read more
Feb 27, 2020 3:25 PM The Berlinale Blog
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Day 7: Hidden Romances
Two love stories that dare not speak their name from this year's Berlinale Panorama section. Read more
Feb 26, 2020 7:00 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 7: The 70th Berlinale's Unmissables
Two must-see Panorama entries deal with human rights, using cameras as a tool of denunciation. Make sure 'Welcome To Chechnya' and 'Saudi Runaway' are top priorities when it comes to booking tickets. Read more
Feb 26, 2020 6:20 PM The Berlinale Blog
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Day 7: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Burhan Qurbani surprised audiences by delivering a version of the epic novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz" that's exciting, compelling, touching, fun and thought-provoking – no easy feat with a complicated piece of literature already twice-before adapted. Read more
Feb 26, 2020 5:30 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 6: Competition Interview - Eliza Hittman talks ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Fresh from its Sundance debut and screening at the Berlinale in Competition, 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' is writer-director Eliza Hittman’s follow-up to her 2017 drama 'Beach Rats' and is a must-see in this year’s Golden Bear contenders. Read more
Feb 25, 2020 4:00 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 6: Interview - 'Pari' star Melika Foroutan
Siamak Etemadi’s first feature-length film 'Pari' is one of our must-see picks from this year’s Panorama section. We sat down with lead actress Melika Foroutan to talk about her challenging role. Read more
Feb 25, 2020 12:20 PM The Berlinale Blog
Day 5: Queers on the edge in Germany
Early on, the Berlinale sees two stories ("Futur Drei" and "Ex") both set in Germany in which its young, queer protagonists neither can nor wish to assimilate – with each film coming at it from very different perspectives. Read more
Feb 24, 2020 8:53 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 5: Sidebar Oddities
Two cinematic OVNIs are well worth checking out in the sidebar sections of Forum and Generation this year: The Twentieth Century and Jumbo. Read more
Feb 24, 2020 1:30 PM The Berlinale Blog
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Day 5: Berlinale Competition - What's hot and what's not
Read up on the latest and not-so greatest films in the Berlinale Competiton section. Read more
Feb 24, 2020 12:00 PM The Berlinale Blog
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DAY 4: Looking The Other Way
Something's wrong. You know it's wrong yet how would you react? Read about how movies 'The Assistant' and 'Semina il vento' / 'Sow the Wind' react differently. Read more
Feb 23, 2020 7:30 PM The Berlinale Blog
DAY 4: Interview - Viera Čákanyová’s FREM
Screening in this year’s Forum section is Viera Čákanyová’s audacious documentary FREM. We sat down with the Slovak documentary filmmaker and scriptwriter to discuss her first feature film. Read more
Feb 23, 2020 11:30 AM The Berlinale Blog
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DAY 4: Minyan: Pro and Con review
Will you be adding director Eric Steels's 'Minyan' to your Berlinale must-watch list? Read more
Feb 23, 2020 11:30 AM The Berlinale Blog
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