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

Applause for Moretti and Quiet Chaos

"The challenge of this film was to depict a character sitting on a bench in the middle of a park,” said director Antonello Grimaldi in speaking to the press about Quiet Chaos (see Focus), his...  

13/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/Italy

The bright side of life

Lengthy applause followed today’s screening of Happy-Go-Lucky, the highly anticipated new film by the (often) controversial English filmmaker Mike Leigh, in competition at the Berlinale. This...  

12/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

Epiphany in the shadow of Mount Fuji

Journalists had tears in their eyes yesterday following the screening of Doris Dörrie's German competition film Cherry Blossoms - Hanami, whose title recalls the brief period when the cherry trees...  

11/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/Germany

The horrors of child above shake up Berlin

At just eight years old, Leslie is torn away from her games to enter the hell, often without escape, that is child abuse. Her life, like that of thousands of other children around the world, will...  

10/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/UK

Class act Black Ice wins audiences

Love, betrayal and its ravages are at the centre of Petri Kotwica’s Black Ice, which screened in official competition last Friday at the Berlinale. Served by the excellent acting trio of Martti...  

09/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/Finland

The full programme

On Friday, eight titles were added to the list of 18 already in the Berlinale selection. The new additions include several European films. Among them is the French/German co-production Il y a...  

21/01/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

Black Ice in the running for Finland

Eighteen years after Pekka Parikka’s The Winter War, Finland is back this year in the prestigious main competition programme of the Berlinale with Petri Kotwica’s Black Ice. The gripping portrayal...  

21/01/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime in competition

Three French films will be among the 21 titles vying for the Golden Bear at the 58th Berlinale (February 7-17). Having already been selected, Erick Zonca’s Julia (see news) and Robert Guédiguian’s...  

21/01/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

Nine more contenders for Golden Bear announced

The Berlinale competition line-up is taking shape. Nine more hopefuls (in addition to the five unveiled in December, see news) were announced yesterday and the selection is now two-thirds...  

10/01/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

Julia and Lady Jane to fly French flag at Berlin

Two French films will be in competition at the 58th Berlinale (February 7-17). Having narrowly missed inclusion in competition at the Venice Film Festival due to editing complications, Erick Zonca...  

10/01/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition

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