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

El Otro: A moving existential road movie

Today’s competition film, El Otro (The Other) by Argentinean filmmaker Ariel Rotter, is a pleasant existential sonata following the inner journey of a man, played by the charismatic Julio Chavez....  

13/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

Téchiné: Life beyond AIDS

Two years after Changing Times, French filmmaker Andre Téchiné is back in official competition at the Berlinale with Les témoins (The Witnesses), a film depicting the onset of the AIDS epidemic in...  

12/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

August premieres Mandela biopic

Goodbye Bafana, today’s official competition film, is Bille August’s take on the special relationship that existed between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory, the white South African who became his...  

11/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

Costanzo’s Dostoyevsky-like Christ figure charms Berlin

Intrigued by an unusual subject and fascinated by a riveting and by no means typical narrative, the press enthusiastically received Saverio Costanzo’s second feature, In Memory of Myself,...  

11/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

The Counterfeiters: Of swindlers and men

Would Stefan Ruzowitzky have shot The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher) ten years ago? The Viennese director of Anatomy and All the Queen’s Men smiles, stressing his desire to turn the taboos of...  

11/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

Official selection

The full list of candidates that will compete for the famous Berlin Bears were disclosed yesterday. Of the 22 titles in competition, 11 are full European (co-)productions and two are mixed...  

23/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

Ozon’s Angel to close festival

The official competition of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18) will have a distinctly French feel to it, as François Ozon’s Angel has been announced as the fourth French...  

23/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition/France

Téchine and Rivette feature in line-up

The French contingent in competition at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18, 2007) grew larger yesterday with André Téchiné’s Les Témoins (lit. “The Witnesses”) and Jacques...  

16/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition/ France

Germany/Austria: Counterfeiters join the gang

The 57th Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18) is almost complete and so far includes 15 titles. German films have a strong presence. In addition to Yella, starring Nina Hoss and...  

16/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

Dahan’s La vie en Rose to open festival

La vie en Rose, the adaptation of the life of famous singer Edith Piaf by Olivier Dahan, starring Marion Cotillard as Piaf, will open the 57th Berlin Film Festival (February 8-18, 2007), according...  

09/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Competition

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