Berlinale Bloggers 2022
Back on the screen

This time in presence again: The 72nd Berlinale takes place in Berlin's cinemas, adapted to the still prevailing pandemic. About 260 new films await the Berlinale bloggers – here they present their very personal selection.

Golden Bear for Best Film 2022: Alcarràs von Carla Simón – the director Carla Simón

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It’s rare for the Berlinale to be so female-dominated

The Berlinale Bears have been awarded – six out of eight prizes went to female filmmakers. It’s yet another example of how the festival is leading the way this year.

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“What kind of a film would our story make?”

Korean director Hong Sangsoo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, with “The Novelist’s Film”. Hong Sangsoo’s experimentation with new film techniques left the cinema audience spellbound – and it wasn’t just because of his cinematic approach.

Fogaréu. Brasil/France, 2022. Director: Flávia Neves. In picture: Bárbara Colen. Berlinale, Section Panorama

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“As soon as we held our heads up, we became a nuisance to them”

“Fogaréu”, Flávia Neves's debut feature, reveals a history of violence buried in Brazil's colonial past – and resurgent today. The filmmaker talks about how the film came about in an interview.

Alexander Scheer and Meltem Kaptan in: "Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush". Director: Andreas Dresen

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A strong woman in a legal no man’s land

A brilliant performance by actors in Andreas Dresen’s “Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush” takes us back to the case of Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz.

“Dry Ground Burning“, Brasil, 2022. Director: Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta. In picture: Joana Darc Furtado. Berlinale, Forum, 2022

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Dystopia on the big screen

The Brazilian film “Três Tigres Tristes” (English: Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter) and the Argentinian “La edad media” (The Middle Ages) deal with the pandemic, while the Portuguese-Brazilian co-production “Mato seco em chamas” (Dry Ground Burning) presents a harrowing panorama of contemporary Brazilian politics.

Bettina Wegner, in: “Bettina“, director: Lutz Pehnert

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Everything turns out all right

Two documentaries, “Bettina” and “Sorry Comrade”, tell stories about the post-war divide between East and West Germany.

Nicolò Sproccati, Raffaele Baldo, Andrea Ragno, Leonardo Arpino - <i>Nel mio nome</i> from Nicolò Bassetti (ITA 2022, Section <i>Panorama</i>)

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Being yourself when no one believes you

Nic, Leo, Andrea and Raff are four young trans people from different backgrounds and with different personalities and plans. Nicolò Bassetti’s documentary film “Nel mio nome” (Into My Name), produced by Elliot Page, follows the four of them over a two-year period and tells their story.

„A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love“ by Nicolette Krebitz

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A revolution of romantic comedy

A sentimental film with the hard-to-pronounce title “A E I O U – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe” features in the Competition section at the Berlinale. It’s another film about romantic relationships in which the power balance leans more towards the woman – simply because she’s considerably older than the man.

Anna Octopus in “We might as well be dead“. Director: Natalia Sinelnikova

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A surreal play with fear

From science fiction farce to long-term documentary: three German films are dedicated to life in a tower block

Sarah Nevada Grether – Grand Jeté, Regie Isabelle Stever (DEU 2022, Sektion Panorama)

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A film about the biggest taboo

Isabelle Stever’s Berlinale entry, “Grand Jeté”, is a film about a subject that is offensive, even taboo, to people all over the world: incest – in this case, between mother and son.

“Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush“ by Andreas Dresen

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Not a festival of unadulterated joy

The Berlinale is set to go ahead as an in-presence event in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, despite rising infection rates. That casts a shadow over the anticipation of a promising festival programme.

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Podcasts

Hardly anything has grown as much lately as the enthusiasm for podcasts. The Goethe-Institut and the Berlinale are picking up on this trend. The two podcasts that started last year, dealing with filmmaking, the film industry, filmmakers and the films themselves, are now each entering a second season.