The 69th Berlinale
Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

The last Berlinale under Dieter Kosslick has come to an end: with an unusually meticulously-conceived competition – and heated debates.

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What should be different in 2020?

Changeover time at the Berlinale! In 2020, Dieter Kosslick, festival director for many years, will be succeeded by a new team: Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek. What should be different at the next Berlinale?

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Turning complex history into a neat picture

Filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck crafts a pseudo-biography about celebrated artist Gerhard Richter and is nominated for the 2019’s best foreign-language Oscar. But while applauded overseas, ‘Never Look Away’ is marked by controversy in Germany.

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An Australian Dynasty

Without Freda Glynn, Australia’s Indigenous media landscape might look as parched as the country’s sunburnt earth. And yet, as ‘She Who Must Be Loved’ makes plain, she’d rather let her actions speak for themselves.

The 90s techno scene
Dancing in a vault

For many people techno is the sound that defined the 1990s. In Germany, Berlin was the epicentre of the new music genre, and before mass events like the Love Parade began, raves took place inside a fairly small circle of party-goers – and in some very unusual places.

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The Boomerang Impulse

A couple of months back I chalked up the eight year anniversary of my Berlin affair. Aside from triggering the annual shock over how swiftly the years hurtle by in Germany’s ever-bewitching capital, the occasion got me feeling sentimental about the past and ruminating on the future.