All Competition articles – Page 2
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Reviews‘Girls On Wire’ review: Implausible action drama from China’s Vivian Qu
Berlin Competition entry can’t make up its mind whether it’s a crime thriller or a domestic drama.
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News‘The Blue Trail’ takes lead on Screen’s Berlin jury grid; Michel Franco’s ‘Dreams’ also scores strong
‘The Ice Tower’, ‘Ari’, ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ also land on the grid.
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Reviews‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ review: Fast and frenetic movie geek nostalgia
Brussels-based Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani premiere their fourth film in Berlin competition
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Reviews‘The Ice Tower’ review: Marion Cotillard stars in Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Snow Queen re-take
Poised drama plays in Berlin’s Competition
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Reviews‘The Blue Trail’ review: Gabriel Mascaro drama fights ageism in a future Brazil
Berlin Competition premiere looks set for a long healthy life
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Reviews‘Dreams’ review: Jessica Chastain powers Michel Franco’s dance-based drama
Mexican dancer Isaác Hernandez co-stars
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Reviews‘Ari’ review: Léonor Serraille delivers an engaging Rohmer-style drama
Lille-set piece is the third film from the director of ’Montparnasse Bienvenue’
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Reviews‘Hot Milk’ review: Emma Mackey anchors uneven adaptation of Deborah Levy novel
’Sex Education’ star headlines Berlin Competition title with Vicky Krieps and Fiona Shaw
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Reviews‘Living The Land’ review: Huo Meng’s story of rural China in the 90s is immersive and ambitious
Berlin Competition title is an intimate epic of the PRC’s heartland
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News‘Girls On Wire’: first trailer for Vivian Qu’s Berlinale Competition title (exclusive)
Film follows two cousins pushed apart by family struggles, who attempt to reunite.
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NewsTodd Haynes, Berlin jury speak out against Trump and rise of far-right politics
Jurors embrace political dimension of festival; “I don’t want to fear anything,” says Maria Schrader.
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NewsMubi acquires additional territories for Berlin Competition title ‘Hot Milk’ (exclusive)
Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps all star.
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NewsTodd Haynes to head Berlin Film Festival 2025 jury
Festival director Tricia Tuttle calls Haynes “a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range.”
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FeaturesMichael Hazanavicius on animated Cannes Competition title ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’
The film will open the upcoming Annecy animation film festival.
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NewsFrance’s rising generation of female directors look for festival buzz despite lack of official selection parity
Emerging filmmakers are looking to hold their own in the male auteur-dominated line-up.
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FeaturesCannes 2024 line-up guide: Competition and Out Of Competition titles
Cannes’ competition strand includes films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola.
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NewsBerlinale Competition title ‘La Cocina’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ film is set in a busy Manhattan restaurant, and stars Rooney Mara and Raul Briones Carmona.
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Reviews‘Shambhala’: Berlin Review
Seductive Himalayan odyssey follows a pregnant Neplaese woman as she tries to find her husband in Llasa
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Reviews‘Sons’: Berlin Review
Gustav Moller follows up ‘The Guilty’ with an intense prison drama starring Sidse Babett Knudsen
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Reviews‘Who Do I Belong To’: Berlin Review
A Tunisian mother struggles to cope when her jihadist son returns from Syria