12/10/2022 - The 27th German Film Festival will unspool in the Arlequin cinema between 12 and 16 October, boasting a Panorama of nine feature films and a focus on screenwriter Laila Stieler

This evening will see Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush [+see also:
film review
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interview: Andreas Dresen
interview: Meltem Kaptan
film profile] by Andreas Dresen (twice rewarded in the 2022 Berlinale by way of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay and another for Best First Role) opening the 27th German Film Festival, which will unspool until 16 October in Paris’s Arlequin cinema. Organised by German Films in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, the event will offer up a selection of the very best in German film production, whether fiction films, documentaries, feature films or shorts.

Stealing focus among the nine feature films put forward are four other films unveiled in Berlin at the beginning of the year: competitor A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love [+see also:
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interview: Nicolette Krebitz
film profile] by Nicolette Krebitz, Axiom [+see also:
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interview: Jöns Jönsson
film profile] by the Swedish filmmaker living in Germany Jöns Jönsson (unveiled in the Encounters line-up), Talking about the Weather [+see also:
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interview: Annika Pinske
film profile] by Annika Pinske (which enjoyed its premiere in the Panorama section) and Lutz Pehnert’s documentary Bettina [+see also:
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interview: Lutz Pehnert
film profile] (awarded the Panorama’s FIPRESCI Prize) which is set to close the Parisian gathering.

Other movies gracing the agenda are You Will Not Have My Hate [+see also:
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interview: Kilian Riedhof
film profile] by Kilian Riedhof (discovered in Locarno’s Piazza Grande and notably starring Pierre Deladonchamps and Camélia Jordana – due for release in France on 2 November via Haut et Court), Ioseb "Soso" Bliadze’s German-Georgian co-production A Room of My Own [+see also:
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interview: Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze and Ta…
film profile] (which scooped the Best Actress trophy in Karlovy Vary), Bulldog [+see also:
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interview: André Szardenings
film profile] by André Szardenings and Alphonse Frissonnard : le voyage tant attendu ! by Mark Schlichter.

In terms of tributes, screenwriter Laila Stieler is set to be honoured this year by way of a focus on her work, which will feature Andreas Dresen’s Rabiye Kurnaz VS. George W. Bush and Gundermann [+see also:
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film profile], and Maria Schrader’s Love Life [+see also:
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film profile].

Nine short films will also be treated to Special Screenings, including this year’s best films from German film schools (Next Generation) and the winners of the category for best short films lasting less than five minutes (Short Tiger Award).

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(Translated from French)