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Germany’s far-right wants to downplay past, but centre holds
The election poster for Alice Weidel, the leader of Germany's far-right Alternativ für Deutschland party, seemed out of place at a bus stop a hundred metres (yards) from the House of the Wannsee Conference museum, the lakeside mansion where the Nazis plotted the extermination of the Jews. The museum is an integral part of Germany's…Read more Germany’s far-right wants to downplay past, but centre holds
Ukraine doc “Timestamp” is riveting study of schools in wartime
Cheers of “Slava Ukraini” (Glory to Ukraine) rang out in the Berlinale Palast on Thursday at the world premiere of the brilliant but heart-rending documentary “Strichka chasu” (Timestamp), about the superhuman efforts Ukraine has made to keep schools open during 10 years of war with Russia. Directed by Ukrainian documentary maker Kateryna Gornostai, the two-hour-long…Read more Ukraine doc “Timestamp” is riveting study of schools in wartime
“Das Licht” opens 75th Berlinale with an immigrant puzzler — and tale of the supernatural
With immigrants as a central theme, plus a nod to Jordan Peele's “Get Out”and musical numbers staged on Berlin streets that could come from an ABBA film, German director Tom Tykwer's “Das Licht” (The Light) opened the 75th Berlinale film festival on Thursday with an enigma. Which side of the intensely controversial issue of wholesale…Read more “Das Licht” opens 75th Berlinale with an immigrant puzzler — and tale of the supernatural
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!
Absent directors denounce Iran’s “red lines” at Berlinale
Two empty chairs and a photo of the Iranian co-directors of the Berlinale competition film “My Favourite Cake”, which takes aim at Iran's strict morality rules and the country's treatment of women, were placed on stage for a press conference on Thursday to protest a ban on the directors traveling to the film festival. “Like…Read more Absent directors denounce Iran’s “red lines” at Berlinale
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