Berlinale 2023 | Remember the 2011 quake: ‘Suzume’ to Japan’s young

Berlinale 2023 | Remember the 2011 quake: ‘Suzume’ to Japan’s young

Producer Genki Kawamura, Director Makoto Shinkai and Actor Nanoka Hara attend a news conference during the promotion of ‘Suzume’ at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin | Photo Credit: Reuters The earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of eastern Japan may have taken place only 12 years ago, but a generation of children […]

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Berlinale 2023: Film offering close-up of Ukraine’s bloody Eastern Front to premiere on the first anniversary of invasion

Berlinale 2023: Film offering close-up of Ukraine’s bloody Eastern Front to premiere on the first anniversary of invasion

The Berlinale logo is pictured at the venue entrance of the ‘Berlinale Palast’. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian medical volunteers weave through a forest on the eastern front of the war with Russia, trying to treat maimed soldiers as enemy shells rain down. In the scene from the documentary Eastern Front, the paramedics carry stretchers […]

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Berlinale 2023: Steven Spielberg wins lifetime award

Berlinale 2023: Steven Spielberg wins lifetime award

Steven Spielberg seen on stage at the ‘The Fabelmans’ premiere & Honorary Golden Bear and homage for Steven Spielberg during the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 21, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Director Steven Spielberg, picking up a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film […]

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Berlinale 2023: Two films relive torture in Iranian prisons

Berlinale 2023: Two films relive torture in Iranian prisons

Iranian filmmaker and director Mehran Tamadon at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. | Photo Credit: Reuters In Where God is Not, Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon’s unflinching account of the torture of former political prisoners in Iran, the director asks his interviewees to relive the horrors of their incarceration. The film — […]

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Berlinale 2023: Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ inspires transgender film

Berlinale 2023: Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ inspires transgender film

The Berlinale logo is pictured at the venue entrance of the ‘Berlinale Palast’ | Photo Credit: Reuters Philosopher Paul B. Preciado did not want to make a film about his own gender transition, because British novelist Virginia Woolf had already done so a century before. Orlando: My Political Biography, Preciado’s playful debut film, explores the […]

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Berlinale 2023: Film stars show solidarity with Iran protesters

Berlinale 2023: Film stars show solidarity with Iran protesters

Festival-goers take part in a show of solidarity for women in Iran as part of the Berlinale film festival in Berlin, Germany, February 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Dozens of actors and filmmakers gathered on the Berlinale‘s red carpet on Saturday to show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran, with one exiled Iranian film […]

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Berlinale 2023: Climate activists glue themselves to red carpet

Berlinale 2023: Climate activists glue themselves to red carpet

Climate change activists glue themselves to the red carpet on the day of the opening gala of the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters A man and a woman glued themselves to the red carpet at the opening of Berlin’s film festival on Thursday, calling on […]

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Berlinale 2023: Volodymyr Zelensky asks support for Ukraine in his opening address

Berlinale 2023: Volodymyr Zelensky asks support for Ukraine in his opening address

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the audience via video link during the opening ceremony at the International Film Festival Berlin ‘Berlinale’, in Berlin, Germany. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday asked artists and filmmakers to unequivocally declare their support for his country during a live video address at the opening of […]

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