Berlinale
Stop-Zemlia
To be on the cusp of adulthood, where the distinction between childhood and maturity becomes blurred – with…
By Oliver JohnstonSpecial
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Glasgow
Wildland
After losing her mother in a car crash, 17-year-old Ida (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) is sent to live with…
By Andrew Murray
Berlinale
“At school, I always asked myself what my teachers were really like as human beings”: Director Maria Speth on Mr Bachmann and His Class
Director Maria Speth spent a number of years working on her latest documentary feature, and the end result…
By Oliver Johnston
Glasgow
Voice of Silence
Chang-bok (Yoo Jae-myung) and his mute accomplice Tae-in (Burning’s Yoo Ah-in) run a modest business selling eggs and…
By Andrew Murray
Berlinale
“I am not the kind of actor who is really interested in mimicry”: Tom Schilling on Fabian – Going to the Dogs
Tom Schilling is a Berlinale regular. Since 2015 the prolific Berlin actor has been steadily represented at the…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Tzarevna Scaling (Doch rybaka)
Uldus Bakhtiozina’s glorious film conjures up a dream factory of images, almost functioning as a Russian reinterpretation of…
By Joseph Owen
Berlinale
Short Vacation (Jong chak yeok)
The Berlinale Generation entry Short Vacation tells the story of four young girls participating in the same photography…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
District Terminal (Mantagheye payani)
District Terminal in set a dystopian version of Tehran, where pollution, as well as an unnamed virus, have…
By Selina Sondermann
Berlinale
Ski (Esquí)
It takes a while for any sort of intention behind Esquí to materialise, and by then it’s realised…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Ballad of a White Cow (Ghasideyeh gave sefid)
There’s a deep-seated and inevitable sense of bleakness to Ballad of a White Cow, from co-directors Behtash Sanaeeha…
By Oliver Johnston