Berlinale 2023: ‘Limbo’ unearths traumas of Australian indigenous communities

Berlinale 2023: ‘Limbo’ unearths traumas of Australian indigenous communities

Director Ivan Sen and cast members Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen and Simon Baker attend the screening of ‘Limbo’ | Photo Credit: Reuters Director Ivan Sen could draw on deep wells of personal knowledge when making Limbo, a noir film set in a mine-pocked corner of the Australian outback about a racist police force’s failure to […]

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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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