Munich Film Festival

Munich Film Festival Review: Silent Summer (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: Silent Summer (2013)

Kristine is married to Herbert; Kristine’s daughter Anna has a relationship with Franck; Kristina and Franck develop an affinity towards each other; Herbert had a relationship with Bernard and now a slight inclination towards Maurice. It all happens in this German family of Nana ... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: My Dog Killer (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: My Dog Killer (2013)

Humanity is driven by relationships and that’s what keeps mankind sane enough to lead its life. If an individual in society experiences a life that involves less personal relationships, it may end up in disaster to society as a whole. Mira Fornay’s Czech drama My Dog Killer explo... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: Harms (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: Harms (2013)

A convict gets released from jail after 16 years. He meets his friends, well-wishers and also a guy who needs a small favour to get done by him. The task is to rob the Bundesbank and the deal looks fair enough for Harms (Heiner Lauterbach) to accept and get into yet another crime... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: Deutschboden (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: Deutschboden (2013)

If an outsider is asked to give some views about Germany, he would tell different aspects like automobiles, lots of beer and so on. But the most important of all that is left unspoken or people hesitant to speak about is the Second World War, Nazis and the unification of Germany.... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: The Invention of Love (2013)

The main actress of a film dies in the middle of a shoot. No one in the crew has any idea about what is going to happen next. How does the rest of the film unfold? How does the crew manage to continue with the filming even in the absence of the actress? All these questions and mo... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: Freedom Bus (2012)

Munich Film Festival Review: Freedom Bus (2012)

Fatima Abdollahyan’s documentary Freedom Bus opens with a video footage from the protests in Cairo in the wake of ‘Arab Spring’ in the year 2011. All the news, videos and reports that the outside world has heard with regards to the revolutions in Egypt, is just a part of what is ... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: Parents (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: Parents (2013)

Managing a family with kids always requires some patience and tolerance. If both parents are working, then it becomes a tad difficult for them in bringing up their kids as they must balance both family and work. And if the family is caught under a tangle of problems, then it goes... Read More »

Munich Film Festival Review: Love Steaks (2013)

Munich Film Festival Review: Love Steaks (2013)

Jakob Lass’s latest tragicomedy Love Steaks not only examines the relationship between a guy and a girl of two extreme attitudes towards the life, but in the process, also portrays the problems associated with hierarchy and bureaucracy in the corporate world. Moreover, it also de... Read More »