All Competition articles – Page 2
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‘My Favourite Cake’: Berlin Review
A lonely septuagenarian grabs a second chance at happiness in this rich tragicomedy from Iran
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News
Sebastian Stan calls out “beast” comment at ‘A Different Man’ Berlin press conference
Stan disputed the use of the word by a Bulgarian journalist.
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‘Small Things Like These’: Berlin Review
Cillian Murphy is a quiet man with a conscience in 1980s Ireland in this adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella
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News
‘Small Things Like These’ starring Cillian Murphy to open 2024 Berlinale
The film will play in Competition.
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‘Dogman’: Venice Review
Luc Besson’s tale of a troubled man who finds salvation through his love of dogs has more bark than bite.
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‘About Dry Grasses’: Cannes Review
A Turkish teacher practices the art of manipulation in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Competition drama
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‘Till the End of the Night’: Berlin Review
Christoph Hochhäusler’s genre reconstruction takes too long to dawn
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‘On The Adamant’: Berlin Review
Nicolas Philibert climbs aboard the titular floating Parisian day centre for this warm documentary
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‘Art College 1994’: Berlin Review
Liu Jian follows up ‘Have A Nice Day’ with this picture postcard from China during the seismic 1990s
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‘Limbo’: Berlin Review
The ’opal capital of the world’ is the uncanny setting for Ivan Sen’s brooding black-and-white Australian noir
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‘Suzume’: Berlin Review
Makoto Shinkai’s latest lavish anime fantasy is a cosmic coming-of-age crowdpleaser
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‘Bad Living’: Berlin Review
A crumbling hotel in a Portugese seaside village is the setting for Joao Canijo’s first of two linked films to play at the Berlinale
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‘Afire’: Berlin Review
Christian Petzold brings a wry comedy of manners to Berlin competition, moving the German director in an ‘entirely different direction’
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‘20,000 Species Of Bees’: Berlin Review
This assured Spanish debut about an eight-year-old transgender girl should create a buzz in Berlin competition
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‘The Plough’: Berlin Review
The Garrel clan turn out in force for father Philippe’s domestic saga, set in a family of puppeteers
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‘Totem’: Berlin Review
Lila Avilés follows ‘The Chambermaid’ with this elegant drama of a family in crisis
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‘Disco Boy’: Berlin Review
Franz Rogowski is a magnetic presence in Giacomo Abbruzzese’s drama about the French Foreign Legion
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’The Shadowless Tower’: Berlin Review
A divorced man strikes up a relationship with a younger woman in Zhang Lu’s Berlin Competition title
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News
First competition titles land on Screen’s 2023 Berlin jury grid
’Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything’, ’The Survival Of Kindness’ and ’BlackBerry’ land with middling scores.
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‘BlackBerry’: Berlin Review
Matt Johnson takes us on a high-energy ride through the rise and spectacular fall of the first smartphone