This evening will see Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush [+lee también:
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entrevista: Andreas Dresen
entrevista: Meltem Kaptan
ficha de la película] 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 [+lee también:
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entrevista: Nicolette Krebitz
ficha de la película] by Nicolette Krebitz, Axiom [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jöns Jönsson
ficha de la película] by the Swedish filmmaker living in Germany Jöns Jönsson (unveiled in the Encounters line-up), Talking about the Weather [+lee también:
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entrevista: Annika Pinske
ficha de la película] by Annika Pinske (which enjoyed its premiere in the Panorama section) and Lutz Pehnert’s documentary Bettina [+lee también:
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entrevista: Lutz Pehnert
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Other movies gracing the agenda are You Will Not Have My Hate [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kilian Riedhof
ficha de la película] 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 [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze y Tak…
ficha de la película] (which scooped the Best Actress trophy in Karlovy Vary), Bulldog [+lee también:
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entrevista: André Szardenings
ficha de la película] 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 [+lee también:
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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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