23/06/2010

The 32nd Moscow International Film Festival, which kicked off last week and runs through June 26, features a number of German (co)productions among its various programmes. Matti Geschonnek’s Berlin, Boxhagener Platz and Johannes Naber’s The Albanian are vying for top honours in the International Competition, while RP Kahl’s Bedways [+see also:
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The Free Thought Documentary Cinema Program is presenting Yael Hersonski’s A Film Unfinishshed , Frederik Gertten’s Bananas! [+see also:
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Samuel Maoz’s Golden Lion winner Lebanon [+see also:
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Films Around the World is presenting Feo Aladag’s When We Leave [+see also:
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Moscow Euphoria – FIPRESCI Choice selected Austrian/French/German co-production Lourdes [+see also:
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The Festival will also showcase classics such as The Boat; Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun; Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Chabrol’s Innocents With Dirty Hands; and The Battle of Neretva by Veljko Bulajič.