Directed by Andrew Neel, the hazing drama Goat, based on the acclaimed memoir of Brad Land, was adapted by Andrew Neel, David Gorden Green and Mike Roberts for the big screen. After screening at Sundance, the film had its European premiere at the Berlinale within the Panorama section. It offers a…
After screening his second and forth features Men at Work and Modest Reception at the Forum section of Berlinale in 2006 and 2012, Iranian director Mani Haghighi returned to the festival with his fifth feature A Dragon Arrives! to have it compete in this year’s main section of the festival, the…
With eight French films in the official competition, most of them are co-productions, L’avenir is one among the strongest French contenders this year. Written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve, a daughter of two philosophy professors, the French-German co-production L’avenir reflects on the intellectual and…
The ongoing contemporary global human catastrophe of the refugee crisis is very present and powerful at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. The films that share a common subject matter can be found throughout the programming of the festival including the Official Competition, Panorama, Forum and the…
Just two years after screening Love is Strange at the Berlin Film Festival in 2014,…
The Ghanaian-American co-production marks the first feature from Ghana to play at the Berlin Film Festival and celebrates its premiere on Monday, 15th February within the Panorama section of the festival. The film, which is co-written by TW Pittman and Isaac Adakudugu, focuses on Iddrisu (Jacob…
Montréal, spring 1966. In a province undergoing profound change, Jean Corbo, an idealistic 16-year-old with a Québécois mother and a father of Italian descent, is torn between two identities. Befriended by Julie and François, two young left-wing activists, he joins a clandestine group determined to use violence…
Mina Walking tells the story of Mina, an impulsive twelve-year-old Afghan street seller saddled by a senile grandfather and a neglectful father, who sees her future slipping away when she is forced to neglect her education and walk the streets of Kabul to support her fragmented family. In the seven days
Wim Wender’s is back in Berlin and will be awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear for his artistic career during a ceremony later this week. Shortly before that, he presented his new 3D feature film Every Thing Will Be Fine (Out of Competition). Written by Bjorn Olaf Johannessen and directed by Wenders, the …
Director Jayro Bustamante’s first feature film Ixcanul is an indigenous drama set in a Mayan community in the rural and rough Guatemalan highlands. Not only is it Bustamante’s first feature, it is further the first official entry of a Guatemalan film competing at the Berlinale. The film’s title refers to a local volcano, constantly present as not only a picturesque yet threatening setting but also a representation of…