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596 articles available in total starting from 11/04/2005. Last article published on 06/10/2014.

Two boys bike around Brandenburg in Light Gradient

German director Jan Krüger presented his second feature, Light Gradient, in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. The film, produced by Berlin-based publishing house Salzgeber, tells...  

11/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Panorama/Germany

Sally Potter rages against the fashion machine

Iconoclast director Sally Potter presents her latest feature, Rage, in Berlin as part of the Competition line-up. The film, a UK/US co-production, is an audacious talking-heads extravaganza set in...  

08/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/UK

Lioret’s Welcome in Berlin

After the unexpected success of his intimate family drama Don’t Worry, I’m Fine, veteran French director Philippe Lioret attacks the confrontation of two vastly different worlds in his new feature...  

07/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Panorama/France

Lost Times and 1 triumph in Budapest

The 40th Hungarian Film Week came to a close on Tuesday, just before the start of the Berlin Film Festival. The showcase of new productions from the landlocked country closed with an...  

04/02/2009 | Festivals | Hungary

MMK between 2008 and 2009

The Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation (MMK) celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008 and is hoping 2009 will be at least as successful as the year before it despite the global economic...  

03/02/2009 | Industry | Hungary

Myriad dystopias at the Hungarian Film Week

Two films at the Hungarian Film Week, currently in full swing, offered visions of a dystopian world strangely like our own. In 1 from Pater Sparrow, a Borgesian conceit is brought to life. In a...  

02/02/2009 | Festivals | Hungary

Rotterdam's Asian Tigers

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) awarded its VPRO Tiger Awards this weekend as the festival came to a close. The three top prizes, each worth €15,000, all went to films from Asia....  

02/02/2009 | Festivals | Netherlands

A Last Conversation in Rotterdam

The feature debut of Noud Heerkens, Last Conversation, premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, which is heading into its closing weekend. The astonishing film was shot in one take with 25...  

30/01/2009 | Festivals | Netherlands

Rotterdam: Football fighters impress in Awaydays

Thatcher-era youths get in a lot of trouble in Awaydays, a Bright Future entry at the Rotterdam Film Festival . Director Pat Holden’s adaptation of the cult novel by Kevin Sampson is an...  

28/01/2009 | Festivals | UK

Good French presence in Tiger Competition

Juliette Garcias’ feature debut Be Good premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Tiger Awards Competition for first and second films. The most well-known section of the...  

26/01/2009 | Festivals | Netherlands

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