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Reviews‘A Child Of My Own’ review: Intriguing Maite Alberdi Netflix doc on Mexican fake pregnancy case
The Berlinale Special screening follows ‘The Mole Agent’ and ‘Eternal Memory’
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Reviews‘Soumsoum, The Night Of The Stars’ review: Gentle magical-realist fable follows a spiritual connection in rural Chad
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s follow-up to Lingui, The Sacred Bonds is a less propulsive, more pensive work
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Reviews‘Lali’ review: First all-Pakistani film to play Berlin is heady, tonally disjointed comedy thriller
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat’s Berlin Panorama title is unafraid of defying genre convention
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Reviews‘The Loneliest Man In Town’ review: Viennese musician Al Cook stars in slow, meditative drama
Berlin Competition title will most appeal to Cook’s existing fans
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Reviews‘Sleep No More’ review: A decaying Indonesian wig factory hides a dark secret in Edwin’s outré horror
The filmmaker’s follow-up to Locarno winner ’Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ bows as a Berlin Special Screening
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Reviews‘The Garden We Dreamed’ review: Mexican migrant drama puts lyrical, affecting spin on a well-worn genre
Joaquin del Paso’s third film stars Nehemie Bastien and Faustin Pierre as a couple attempting to make a forest home
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Reviews‘The Day She Returns’ review: Hong Sangsoo’s slight, ponderous character study stars Song Sunmi
Sunmi’s expressive performance lifts the director’s slow-burning Berlin Panorama title
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Reviews‘Wolfram’ review: Warwick Thornton’s period Outback thriller is visually stunning, narratively flat
The acclaimed director’s Berlin Competition title is a sequel-of-sorts to 2017’s ’Sweet Country’
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Reviews‘A New Dawn’ review: Slight Japanese debut pairs delicate 2D animation with story of resistance
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s Berlin Competition title is set in a legendary fireworks factory scheduled for destruction
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Reviews‘Roya’ review: An imprisoned Iranian teacher struggles to hold herself together in vivid, challenging political drama
Mahnaz Mohammadi’s follow-up to ’Son-Mother’ features an expressive performance from Melisa Sözen
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Reviews‘Home Stories’ review: Eva Trobisch weaves an ambitious portrait of a modern German family
The director follows ‘Ivo’ and ‘All Is Well’ with meticulously-crafted Berlin Competition title
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Reviews‘How To Make A Killing’ review: Glen Powell is out for murder in glib, underwritten crime dud
John Patton Ford’s follow-up to ‘Emily The Criminal’ also stars Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick and Ed Harris
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Reviews‘Flies’ review: Fernando Eimbcke’s deadpan Mexico City comedy stars a commanding Teresita Sanchez
Eimbcke’s black-and-white follow-up to ‘Olmo’ premieres in Berlin Competition
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Reviews‘My Wife Cries’ review: A Berlin couple attempt to connect in Angela Schanelec’s typically inscrutable drama
The director’s Berlin Competition title should appeal to the filmmaker’s devotees
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Reviews‘Where To?’ review: A Palestinian cab driver in Berlin connects with his Israeli passenger in delicate, resonant debut
Berlin Perspectives title from Israeli filmmaker Assaf Machnes features strong performances from Ehab Salami and Ido Tako
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Reviews‘Queen At Sea’ review: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall stun in fearless dementia drama
Director Lance Hammer returns with expertly-judged Berlin Competition title
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Reviews‘Filipiñana’ review: A wealthy Manila country club plays host to this poised, potent study of power and corruption
Filipino director Rafael Manue’s enigmatic debut is executive-produced by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhiangke
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Reviews‘Isabel’ review: Brazilian star Marina Person gives a winning performance as an ambitious São Paulo sommelier
Gabe Klinger’s gentle, home-grown Berlin Panorama drama blends earthiness and romance
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Reviews‘Nina Roza’ review: A Bulgarian-Canadian art curator is drawn back to his roots in sombre drama
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Berlin Competition title stars actor/director Galin Stoev
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Reviews‘Truly Naked’ review: Forthright and unflinching sex industry drama set in a British seaside town
Dutch director Muriel d’Ansembourg bows her feature debut in Berlin Perspectives