Berlinale Blogger 2018

For the final part of her article series on black women in film, our blogger Grace Barber-Plentie focuses on the portrayal of mental health.

Grace Barber-Plentie saw Supa Modo and Maki’la - and explores how family relationships between black women are portrayed in these films

How are black women portrayed in film? Grace Barber-Plentie is tackling this question this week – looking into gender and sexuality in this first article.

This documentary explains what the phrase “skid row” really means.

In her interview with director Leilah Weinraub, our blogger Grace Barber-Plentie discusses the creative process, purpose and feelings that the documentary ‘Shakedown’ encompasses.

Our blogger Grace Barber-Plentie saw Wes Anderson’s animation ‘Isle of Dogs’: Why the film is emotionally rewarding to pet owners and animal haters alike, but still not quite up to scratch.

Artist. Mother. Activist. The British/Sri Lankan musician M.I.A. has many personas. This film doc attempts to encompass all of them.

Has the current boom in drama series on TV affected the films shown at the Berlinale – in terms of subject-matter or narrative structure, for example? Our Berlinale Bloggers answer:
 

Are the issues expressed in the #metoo-debate a topic of discussion at the Berlinale? Our Berlinale Bloggers describe their experiences.

Do documentaries become more important in times of crisis, and if so, can you see that at the Berlinale? Here’s what the Berlinale Bloggers have to say about that.

Australian film critic Sarah Ward clearly caught the Berlinale-bug when she attended the festival for the first time in 2017. Because now it’s 2018 and she’s back in the German capital to cover all things film. But is it just as magical the second time around?

Spectacular, forgotten, memorable and utopian: Why the Berlinale is what it is.

Christian Petzold’s Transit, a frontrunner in the Berlinale competition, turns Anna Seghers’ World War II novel of exile into a cautionary tale about present-day developments.

What trends are next-generation German filmmakers setting these days? Philipp Bühler looks at the “Perspektive Deutsches Kino” section of the Berlinale showcasing highly imaginative work of up-and-coming German talents.

The cinema of the Weimar Republic remains astonishing to this day for its sheer variety and productivity. Some of the German films from 1918–1933 featured in this Berlinale retrospective are real discoveries addressing issues that are highly topical in our day and age.