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Berlinale 2009 / Competition

15 articles available in total starting from 15/12/2008. Last article published on 13/02/2009.

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Wajda pays homage to women again in Sweet Rush

Andrzej Wajda’s new film Sweet Rush was presented in official competition today at the Berlinale. After Katyn – a political work that paid tribute to the women (wives, mothers, sisters…) of...  

13/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Poland

Llosa’s Milk of Sorrow a triumphant ode to life

As the Berlin International Film Festival nears its end, the major film that festival-goers have been waiting for in this year’s competition has finally arrived, via Spain – the first ever...  

12/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Spain

Strickland’s Katalin Varga a pastoral tragedy

Katalin Varga, by Greek-born UK director Peter Strickland, was presented in competition before the press this morning in Berlin. Recounting a tragedy of universal significance about revenge and...  

12/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Romania

Bouchareb’s London River chokes up audiences

If the titles presented so far in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival have on the whole perplexed festival-goers, journalists’ emotion at this morning’s screening of Rachid...  

10/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/France

Lazy summer days in Everyone Else

Everyone Else, the second feature by 32-year-old director Maren Ade, following her multiple award-winning The Forest for the Trees, received an unenthusiastic press response at its competition...  

09/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Germany

Longing for more with Mammoth

Ten years after introducing world and Berlin audiences to his powerful voice with Fucking Amål, Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson is back at the Berlinale, miles away in budget size from his debut...  

09/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Sweden

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

Storm looks at war crimes in the heart of Europe

One of the most highly anticipated titles of the Berlinale screened in Competition today: Storm by German director Hans-Christian Schmid. The film is the first on The Hague’s ICTY (the...  

07/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Germany

Final films announced

The organisers of the forthcoming 59th Berlin Film Festival (February 5-15) held a press conference yesterday to announce the final additions to the enticing programme (see news and article),...  

28/01/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition

Festival regulars Ozon and Tavernier to vie for Golden Bear

François Ozon’s Ricky and Bertrand Tavernier’s In the Electric Mist join Rachid Bouchareb’s London River (see news) on the list of French productions selected in competition at the 59th Berlinale...  

16/01/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | France/Competition

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