Review: Monty and the Street Party

Review: Monty and the Street Party

BERLINALE 2020: Danish comic-strip bad boys Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler make their usual mischief almost family-orientated, and not without success

23/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Generation

Review: Victoria

Review: Victoria

BERLINALE 2020: Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere depict a compassionate encounter between modern-day LA pioneers and the desert lands of California City

23/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Review: Gunda

Review: Gunda

BERLINALE 2020: Viktor Kossakovsky's eclectic, dialogue-free film observes farm animals going through the motions with some delightful black-and-white cinematography

23/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

Review: Kill It and Leave This Town

Review: Kill It and Leave This Town

BERLINALE 2020: Renowned, self-taught animator Mariusz Wilczyński brings his shimmering magnum opus to the Berlinale’s newly introduced Encounters competition

23/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

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Film Reviews

The Salt of Tears - by Philippe Garrel - BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship

The Salt of Tears
by Philippe Garrel
BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship

If It Were Love - by Patric Chiha - BERLINALE 2020: Austria’s Patric Chiha puts his name to an extraordinary, immersive documentary which plunges us into the midst of Gisèle Vienne’s Crowd dance troop

If It Were Love
by Patric Chiha
BERLINALE 2020: Austria’s Patric Chiha puts his name to an extraordinary, immersive documentary which plunges us into the midst of Gisèle Vienne’s Crowd dance troop

Hidden Away - by Giorgio Diritti - BERLINALE 2020: Giorgio Diritti’s biopic on painter Antonio Ligabue boasts an emotive and dramatic tension which is fully channelled into Elio Germano’s terrific performance

Hidden Away
by Giorgio Diritti
BERLINALE 2020: Giorgio Diritti’s biopic on painter Antonio Ligabue boasts an emotive and dramatic tension which is fully channelled into Elio Germano’s terrific performance

Little Girl - by Sébastien Lifshitz - BERLINALE 2020: Poignant and edifying, Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary gently lifts the veil on one family’s battle against strict social norms surrounding the subject of gender

Little Girl
by Sébastien Lifshitz
BERLINALE 2020: Poignant and edifying, Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary gently lifts the veil on one family’s battle against strict social norms surrounding the subject of gender

Mogul Mowgli - by Bassam Tariq - BERLINALE 2020: Riz Ahmed puts in an exceptional performance in Bassam Tariq's cautionary musical tale dealing with double consciousness

Mogul Mowgli
by Bassam Tariq
BERLINALE 2020: Riz Ahmed puts in an exceptional performance in Bassam Tariq's cautionary musical tale dealing with double consciousness

Los conductos - by Camilo Restrepo - BERLINALE 2020: Camilo Restrepo makes his debut with a fantastical tale on the instrumentalisation of religion and the triumph of violence in Colombia, based upon the recollections of a sect survivor

Los conductos
by Camilo Restrepo
BERLINALE 2020: Camilo Restrepo makes his debut with a fantastical tale on the instrumentalisation of religion and the triumph of violence in Colombia, based upon the recollections of a sect survivor

Wildland - by Jeanette Nordahl - BERLINALE 2020: In her first feature, Jeanette Nordahl cranks the tension up to 11 as Sidse Babett Knudsen steals the show

Wildland
by Jeanette Nordahl
BERLINALE 2020: In her first feature, Jeanette Nordahl cranks the tension up to 11 as Sidse Babett Knudsen steals the show

Malmkrog - by Cristi Puiu - BERLINALE 2020: Cristi Puiu opens the Berlinale's new competitive section Encounters with what might be his least accessible and most cerebral film

Malmkrog
by Cristi Puiu
BERLINALE 2020: Cristi Puiu opens the Berlinale's new competitive section Encounters with what might be his least accessible and most cerebral film

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Interviews

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with Teboho Edkins to discuss his documentary Days of Cannibalism, screening in Panorama, which delves deep into the contradictions of today’s Lesotho

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with Teboho Edkins to discuss his documentary Days of Cannibalism, screening in Panorama, which delves deep into the contradictions of today’s Lesotho

BERLINALE 2020: Cineuropa talked to Jon Holmberg, the director behind the Sune franchise, just before he headed off to Berlin for the second time

BERLINALE 2020: Cineuropa talked to Jon Holmberg, the director behind the Sune franchise, just before he headed off to Berlin for the second time

Interview with Giedrė Burokaitė, producer for Lithuanian company Meno Avilys and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Giedrė Burokaitė, producer for Lithuanian company Meno Avilys and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

BERLINALE 2020: British filmmaker Louis Henderson, member of The Living and the Dead Ensemble, talks about their Forum-screened documentary Ouvertures, which plunges into the Haitian revolution

BERLINALE 2020: British filmmaker Louis Henderson, member of The Living and the Dead Ensemble, talks about their Forum-screened documentary Ouvertures, which plunges into the Haitian revolution

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Brigid O'Shea, one of the founders of the Documentary Association of Europe, which is having its official launch at the Berlinale on Saturday 22 February

BERLINALE 2020: We talked to Brigid O'Shea, one of the founders of the Documentary Association of Europe, which is having its official launch at the Berlinale on Saturday 22 February

BERLINALE 2020: German director Lin Sternal talks to us about her documentary Perro, which revolves around a threatened indigenous community in Nicaragua and is screening in Generation Kplus

BERLINALE 2020: German director Lin Sternal talks to us about her documentary Perro, which revolves around a threatened indigenous community in Nicaragua and is screening in Generation Kplus

BERLINALE 2020: We spoke to the head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Martina Bleis, to find out what’s in store at this year’s edition of the industry event

BERLINALE 2020: We spoke to the head of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Martina Bleis, to find out what’s in store at this year’s edition of the industry event

Interview with Jean-Baptiste Fribourg, producer for French company La Société des Apaches and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Jean-Baptiste Fribourg, producer for French company La Société des Apaches and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale film Digger

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Berlinale film Digger

Greek filmmaker Georgis Grigorakis' first feature is a contemporary western which will world-premiere in the Berlinale's Panorama section

23/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Review: The Salt of Tears

Review: The Salt of Tears

BERLINALE 2020: In his usual personal style — romantic, bare and suggestive — Philippe Garrel intertwines a discovery of the different facets of love with a father-son relationship

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Review: Little Girl

Review: Little Girl

BERLINALE 2020: Poignant and edifying, Sébastien Lifshitz’s documentary gently lifts the veil on one family’s battle against strict social norms surrounding the subject of gender

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Shooting Stars 2020

Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Undine - by Christian Petzold - Berlinale 2020 - Competition

Undine
by Christian Petzold
Berlinale 2020 - Competition

All the Dead Ones - by Marco Dutra and Caetano Gotardo - Berlinale 2020 - Competition

All the Dead Ones
by Marco Dutra and Caetano Gotardo
Berlinale 2020 - Competition

Servants - by Ivan Ostrochovský - Berlinale 2020 - Encounters

Servants
by Ivan Ostrochovský
Berlinale 2020 - Encounters

Mare - by Andrea Staka - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Mare
by Andrea Staka
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

No Hard Feelings - by Faraz Shariat - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

No Hard Feelings
by Faraz Shariat
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Review: Hidden Away

Review: Hidden Away

BERLINALE 2020: Giorgio Diritti’s biopic on painter Antonio Ligabue boasts an emotive and dramatic tension which is fully channelled into Elio Germano’s terrific performance

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Competition

Review: Los conductos

Review: Los conductos

BERLINALE 2020: Camilo Restrepo makes his debut with a fantastical tale on the instrumentalisation of religion and the triumph of violence in Colombia, based upon the recollections of a sect survivor

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Encounters

The 1st European Film Politics Seminar focuses on safeguarding independent film production

The 1st European Film Politics Seminar focuses on safeguarding independent film production

BERLINALE 2020: The session also explored the threats posed by new players and the advantages they can bring to the European market, as well as issuing three calls to action

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | EFM

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Film Reviews

Always Amber - by Hannah Reinikainen, Lia Hietala - BERLINALE 2020: Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen are among the first filmmakers to explore the world of transgender teens without focusing on their gender identity or sexual orientation

Always Amber
by Hannah Reinikainen, Lia Hietala
BERLINALE 2020: Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen are among the first filmmakers to explore the world of transgender teens without focusing on their gender identity or sexual orientation

One in a Thousand - by Clarisa Navas - BERLINALE 2020: The expression “growing pains” was coined for a reason, as proven by Clarisa Navas’ sophomore feature, which has opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale

One in a Thousand
by Clarisa Navas
BERLINALE 2020: The expression “growing pains” was coined for a reason, as proven by Clarisa Navas’ sophomore feature, which has opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale

Cocoon - by Leonie Krippendorff - BERLINALE 2020: Leonie Krippendorff's Generation opener is a tasteful and creative urban coming-of-age drama appropriately set during a hot summer in Kottbusser Tor

Cocoon
by Leonie Krippendorff
BERLINALE 2020: Leonie Krippendorff's Generation opener is a tasteful and creative urban coming-of-age drama appropriately set during a hot summer in Kottbusser Tor

Hope - by Maria Sødahl - Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl delivers an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story through the powerful duo of Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård

Hope
by Maria Sødahl
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl delivers an autobiographical and emotionally fragile love story through the powerful duo of Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård

Exile - by Visar Morina - Heaps of dead rats and a burning stroller: office bullying takes on a severe dimension in Visar Morina's sophomore film

Exile
by Visar Morina
Heaps of dead rats and a burning stroller: office bullying takes on a severe dimension in Visar Morina's sophomore film

Pinocchio - by Matteo Garrone - Matteo Garrone preserves the original spirit of the famous puppet and isn’t influenced by current tendencies in fantasy storytelling. In Italian cinemas from 19 December

Pinocchio
by Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone preserves the original spirit of the famous puppet and isn’t influenced by current tendencies in fantasy storytelling. In Italian cinemas from 19 December

Pompei - by John Shank, Anna Falguères - John Shank and Anna Falguères deliver a crepuscular tale of unconditional love, starring Garance Marillier and Aliocha Schneider

Pompei
by John Shank, Anna Falguères
John Shank and Anna Falguères deliver a crepuscular tale of unconditional love, starring Garance Marillier and Aliocha Schneider

My Salinger Year - by Philippe Falardeau - BERLINALE 2020: Philippe Falardeau's Margaret Qualley- and Sigourney Weaver-starrer is a disappointing and bland start to the 70th edition of the Berlin Film Festival

My Salinger Year
by Philippe Falardeau
BERLINALE 2020: Philippe Falardeau's Margaret Qualley- and Sigourney Weaver-starrer is a disappointing and bland start to the 70th edition of the Berlin Film Festival

Review: Oeconomia

Review: Oeconomia

BERLINALE 2020: Carmen Losmann tries to understand the concept of economic growth and relate it to the ordinary viewer in this Forum documentary

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

Review: Wildland

Review: Wildland

BERLINALE 2020: In her first feature, Jeanette Nordahl cranks the tension up to 11 as Sidse Babett Knudsen steals the show

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Teboho Edkins • Director of Days of Cannibalism

Interview: Teboho Edkins • Director of Days of Cannibalism

"I try to become a part of the community - that’s the only way I can tell the stories"

BERLINALE 2020: We met up with Teboho Edkins to discuss his documentary Days of Cannibalism, screening in Panorama, which delves deep into the contradictions of today’s Lesotho

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

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Interviews

With his feature debut, The Plan, which is released today in Spanish cinemas, Polo Menárguez has brought Ignasi Vidal’s successful stage play of the same name to the big screen

With his feature debut, The Plan, which is released today in Spanish cinemas, Polo Menárguez has brought Ignasi Vidal’s successful stage play of the same name to the big screen

Interview with Roberto Cavallini, producer for Italian company Altrove Films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Roberto Cavallini, producer for Italian company Altrove Films and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

BERLINALE 2020: We met with Anna Falguères and John Shank whose first feature film Pompéi is screening within the Generation 14plus line-up

BERLINALE 2020: We met with Anna Falguères and John Shank whose first feature film Pompéi is screening within the Generation 14plus line-up

Young Belgian director Zoé Wittock returns with her first feature film Jumbo, a fairy tale-teen movie crossover, screened in the Berlinale’s Generation line-up

Young Belgian director Zoé Wittock returns with her first feature film Jumbo, a fairy tale-teen movie crossover, screened in the Berlinale’s Generation line-up

Interview with Angelos Rallis, producer for Greek company AR Productions and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Angelos Rallis, producer for Greek company AR Productions and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Tomáš Krupa, producer for Slovakian company Hailstone and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

Interview with Tomáš Krupa, producer for Slovakian company Hailstone and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

We met with Alexis Juncosa who heads up programming for the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the 10th edition of which is unspooling between 5-15 March

We met with Alexis Juncosa who heads up programming for the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the 10th edition of which is unspooling between 5-15 March

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Austrian director Sandra Wollner about The Trouble with Being Born, in which she finally puts the Pinocchio myth to rest

BERLINALE 2020: We chatted to Austrian director Sandra Wollner about The Trouble with Being Born, in which she finally puts the Pinocchio myth to rest

Giedrė Burokaitė • Producer, Meno Avilys

Interview: Giedrė Burokaitė • Producer, Meno Avilys

“Documentary is a dangerous form of storytelling”

Interview with Giedrė Burokaitė, producer for Lithuanian company Meno Avilys and selected for the 2020 Emerging Producers programme

22/02 | Emerging Producers 2020

Review: Always Amber

Review: Always Amber

BERLINALE 2020: Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen are among the first filmmakers to explore the world of transgender teens without focusing on their gender identity or sexual orientation

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Panorama

Louis Henderson • Director of Ouvertures

Interview: Louis Henderson • Director of Ouvertures

"This film is an hybrid production between art and cinema"

BERLINALE 2020: British filmmaker Louis Henderson, member of The Living and the Dead Ensemble, talks about their Forum-screened documentary Ouvertures, which plunges into the Haitian revolution

22/02 | Berlinale 2020 | Forum

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Notes From the Underworld - by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Notes From the Underworld
by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

My Little Sister - di Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond - Berlinale 2020 - Competition

My Little Sister
di Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
Berlinale 2020 - Competition

Delete History - by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern - Berlinale 2020 - Competition

Delete History
by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
Berlinale 2020 - Competition

Digger - by Georgis Grigorakis - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Digger
by Georgis Grigorakis
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Exile - by Visar Morina - Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Exile
by Visar Morina
Sundance 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama

Industry Reports

EDN introduces its 2020 Financing Guide

For the first time published as a digital edition, the guide provides filmmakers with all the industry contacts they need to finance their documentaries

Europa Distribution brings Solo to IDFA's Industry Talk

For the second year in a row, the distributors network co-organised various events at IDFA focused on the distribution of documentary films

A focus on Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria by Europa Distribution

The European distributors network sheds some light on the situation of independent film distribution in the countries

Film Reviews

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