(Director İlker Çatak accepting Berlinale's Golden Bear award for his film "Gelbe Briefe") By Michael Roddy The raucous political debate over the Israeli-Gaza conflict and the rise of authoritarianism that has roiled the Berlinale Film Festival since its opening took over the stage for the closing ceremony on Saturday night where the winning films were…Read more Berlinale ends as it began, in a political furore
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Gaza conflict has been hot topic at Berlinale — going on all 10 days
(Ethan Hawke, a star of "The Weight", speaks at a Berlinale press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 17) By Michael Roddy Pretty much since the minute the Berlinale film festival opened on Feb. 12, the war in Gaza has been a hot topic at news conferences where the actors, directors and crew show up to talk…Read more Gaza conflict has been hot topic at Berlinale — going on all 10 days
Berlinale Jury Head Haynes Slams Trump — on Day One!
American director Todd Haynes, the president of the international jury of the 75th Berlinale, said on Thursday that the United States is “in a state of particular crisis” under President Donald Trump as jury member after jury member decried the global rise of the right wing as a threat to filmmakers everywhere. More than living…Read more Berlinale Jury Head Haynes Slams Trump — on Day One!
Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold
Senegalese-French director Mati Diop on the red carpet at Berlinale Senegalese-French director Mati Diop's film “Dahomey” about African treasures looted by French colonial forces and returned to the West African country of Benin after 130 years, won the top Golden Bear prize for best film at the 74th Berlinale festival on Saturday. “We can either…Read more Diop’s “Dahomey” about looted African art takes Berlinale gold
“Nothing is where it should be”: Africa looting is Berlinale theme
Songea, Tanzania residents in "The Empty Grave" tending grave of Maji-Maji Rebellion chief Mbuna, whose head was taken to Germany and never returned In director Mati Diop's powerful “Dahomey”, a competitor for the Berlinale's Golden Bear top prize, a wooden statue of the 19th-century Dahomey warrior King Ghezo, making a gesture with his right arm…Read more “Nothing is where it should be”: Africa looting is Berlinale theme
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