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Berlinale Blogger 2023

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A constantly evolving Festival: This is how the 73rd Berlinale, which runs from 16 to 26 February 2023, describes itself. Our bloggers from eight countries are also curiously moving back and forth between the film festival's cinemas – and presenting their highlights from a selection of more than 400 films.

Sofía Otero in “20.000 especies de abejas”. Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

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A few surprises at the end of the festival

The audience is back, Steven Spielberg does a dance, and the Golden Bear goes to a French documentary film. What else has been happening at the Berlinale?

“Roter Himmel“ (Afire) 2023. Director: Christian Petzold. In scene: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs

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A terribly beautiful summer

Christian Petzold’s Competition film “Roter Himmel” (Afire) hovers dreamlike between utopia and dystopia.

“Sonne und Beton“(Sun and concrete), 2023. Director: David Wnendt

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Look back in love and anger

A fragile childhood, turbulent love and adolescence in a social flashpoint – German films are portraying very different images of the past.

Franz Rogowski in “Disco Boy“. Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese

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If Captain Marlow met Mr Kurtz at a club

“Disco Boy” follows a young foreign legionnaire to the Niger Delta. A suspenseful film with plenty of music – and rich references to world literature.

Filmstreifen mit Wasserschaden, emulsion degradation, colour cast

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“Preservation means a lot of action”

Many people contribute to making the Berlinale an important event in the calendar of all film enthusiasts every year. Elisa Jochum, head of the Film Heritage Department at the Deutsche Kinemathek, talks about her entry into the festival world and the offer of discovering old films in a whole new way

Alida Babel in “A Lover & Killer of Colour”, 1988. Director: Wanjiru Kinyanjui. Screened at the Berlinale 2023 in the Forum Special series Fiktionsbescheinigung (Fiction Certificate)

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“I'm all about visibility, accessibility and empowerment“

Benita Bailey has been attending the Berlinale for many years. The festival is the ideal platform for the German-Ethiopian artist to network and campaign for safe spaces and the participation of marginalised groups. In the interview, she talks about her numerous activities – and the window of time she still has for the films on the screen.