Berlinale
SPK Komplex
Illness as a political weapon is the core concept behind the Socialist Patients’ Collective (SPK) in Heidelberg, Germany,…
By Catherine Sedgwickberlinale
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The Silent Revolution: An interview with Lena Klenke and Tom Gramenz
Lena Klenke and Tom Gramenz star in Das schweigende Klassenzimmer (The Silent Revolution), a real life story about…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
The Silent Revolution: An interview with director Lars Kraume
Director Lars Kraume’s film reenacts real events from 1956 when East German students staged a protest that inadvertently…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Maki’la
Maki’la is a brutal tale about life on the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The titular…
By Sophia Moss
Berlinale
Las Herederas (The Heiresses): An interview with director Marcelo Martinessi
Las Herederas (The Heiresses), the graceful film from Paraguayan writer/director Marcelo Martinessi is a stunning debut centring on…
By Lindsay Bellinger
Berlinale
Waldheims Walzer (The Waldheim Waltz)
The Secretary General of the UN is a position that was created in 1945, and was envisaged as…
By Lindsay Bellinger
Berlinale
Twarz (Mug): An interview with the film’s stars Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Małgorzata Gorol and Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Director Małgorzata Szumowska’s new film packs a wallop while also grabbing the audience firmly by the funny bone.…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
Twarz (Mug): An interview with Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
Berlinale is like a second home to Małgorzata Szumowska. The Polish director won the festival’s Teddy award (for…
By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale
La Enfermedad del Domingo (Sunday’s Illness)
A tour de force. The spectacular, understated film La enfermedad del domingo (Sunday's Illness) rests on the powerful…
By Lindsay Bellinger
Berlinale
Malambo, el hombre bueno (Malambo, The Good Man)
The Panorama selection of the Berlin Film Festival is meant to consist of movies from around the world…
By Euan Franklin