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2280 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 26/06/2025.

Firing shots in the dark in Hunter

Rafi Pitts’ remarkably intelligent Iranian film Hunter, co-produced by ZDF/Arte with backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the FFA and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, was presented in...  

17/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

My father the gentle hero in Honey

In a competition where no title has yet won widespread approval, a superb film finally arrives, drawing more than a few tears of emotion from Berlin festival-goers: acclaimed director Semih...  

16/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Moland’s Gentle Man thrills press

Welcomed at its press screening to roars of laughter, Berlinale competition entry A Somewhat Gentle Man is a Norwegian Fargo sewn by director Hans Petter Moland’s expert hands from a solid canvas...  

16/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

The Robber: Run Johann, run!

Five years after the Cannes Un Certain Regard section presented his multiple award-winning debut feature, the complex and enigmatic Sleeper, German director Benjamin Heisenberg has just presented...  

16/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Vinterberg dives into social realism with Submarino

Promoted as Thomas Vinterberg’s comeback to the simple and realistic storytelling of his successful debut feature Celebration that propelled him to fame in 1998, Submarino, which screened...  

15/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

If I Want to Whistle a drama on Romania's lost generation

The deaf desperation of an entire generation of If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, the feature debut of Romanian director Florin Şerban, was received to applause yesterday in the Berlinale Palast,...  

14/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Polanski and the “ghosts” of power

Roman Polanski may not be here, but his presence is felt. Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, the stars of his latest film, The Ghost Writer, presented in world premiere in the Berlinale...  

12/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Exit Through the Gift Shop completes selection

The official selection for the 60th Berlinale is now complete, with 26 films, including 20 in competition, from 18 countries. Besides the titles announced in December (see news) and January (see...  

01/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Polanski and Scorsese in competition line-up

Seven of the 26 titles in official competition at the 60th Berlin Film Festival were announced yesterday, including three entirely European productions and two co-productions with third countries....  

16/12/2009 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition

Von Trotta’s Vision centres on visionary, influential heroine

“The producer chose the title, because it’s comprehensible in many languages,” explained Margarethe von Trotta, who may have preferred a different title for Vision, her biography of Hildegard of...  

23/10/2009 | Rome Film Festival | Competition/Germany

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