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Thriller
A cat and mouse game in the jungle, where everyone is a suspect and nobody is spared

A slick action thriller set in the dense forests of central India, Ghaath pits the jungle as a central character where much of the action happens.
 

Documentary
Haunting melodies from a fractured land

Sreemoyee Singh’s And, Towards Happy Alleys is a love letter to Iran and its people and amplifies the clarion call for revolution Women, Life, Freedom.

Solidarity
Berlinale trains its spotlight on Ukraine and Iran

Between hard-hitting documentaries, investigative exposé and nostalgic retelling of historical events, Berlinale 73 stands in solidarity with Ukraine and Iran.

Line-up
Eccentric, whimsical or foreboding

Berlinale promises to be a wild ride with diverse range of films and documentaries on a smorgasbord of themes ranging from coming-of-age tales to gritty neo-noirs.

At the Berlinale Premiere
Eclectic Indian Offerings

The first post-pandemic Berlinale promises to explore both personal and the political with themes aplenty in Indian contributions from documenting dissent to exploring first love.

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A few surprises at the end of the festival

The audience is back, Steven Spielberg does a dance, and the Golden Bear goes to a French documentary film. What else has been happening at the Berlinale?

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“I'm all about visibility, accessibility and empowerment“

Benita Bailey has been attending the Berlinale for many years. The festival is the ideal platform for the German-Ethiopian artist to network and campaign for safe spaces and the participation of marginalised groups. In the interview, she talks about her numerous activities – and the window of time she still has for the films on the screen.

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“Preservation means a lot of action”

Many people contribute to making the Berlinale an important event in the calendar of all film enthusiasts every year. Elisa Jochum, head of the Film Heritage Department at the Deutsche Kinemathek, talks about her entry into the festival world and the offer of discovering old films in a whole new way

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If Captain Marlow met Mr Kurtz at a club

“Disco Boy” follows a young foreign legionnaire to the Niger Delta. A suspenseful film with plenty of music – and rich references to world literature.
 

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The beautiful dawn of normality

Hollywood stars will be there, the competition includes 19 films from 19 countries, and Kristen Stewart is president of the International Jury – what more do you need to pique your interest in the Berlinale?

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Look back in love and anger

A fragile childhood, turbulent love and adolescence in a social flashpoint – German films are portraying very different images of the past.

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Between nostalgia and a new beginning

The German film festival aims to hark back to the days before the Corona pandemic. Ahmed Shawky is full of anticipation. He discovers organizational and cultural changes at the 73rd Berlinale, some positive and some disappointing.

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Resisting the Patriarchy to the Last

“Seven Winters in Tehran” very impressively documents the fate of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a young Iranian student who was executed in 2014.

#BerlinalePeople
Interview with actor Langston Uibel

Whether in front or behind the camera, from curators to directors:  In the #BerlinalePeople series we meet the faces of the film festival. We start with young actor Langston Uibel, known from Netflix successes like How to sell Drugs online (fast) or Unorthodox.  As Felix in Christian Petzold's competition film Roter Himmel, Uibel is celebrating his world premiere at the Berlinale.

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Flames of love

Trotta and Petzold, Schanelec, Atef and Hochhäusler – believe it or not, five out of 19 competition entries come from Germany, but something else is new too. Should we be expecting erotic fireworks?

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