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The new director of the Berlinale, Tricia Tuttle, said the international film festival in Berlin is focusing on diversity and inclusion. "We must not tolerate hate at the Berlinale," Tuttle said in the German parliament's Culture Committee on Wednesday. "At the same time, we must realize that there are diverse perspectives. As a film festival, we must first protect the space for artists to talk about their work." This space must be preserved even when it is challenging, she said. The Middle East conflict was addressed several times during the closing gala of the Berlin film festival in Februar...
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On-stage criticism of Israel's bombing of Gaza at Berlin's annual film festival sparked condemnation among German politicians over the weekend. In an awards ceremony concluding the Berlinale, Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra accepted an award for his documentary about the West Bank and called on Germany to stop sending weapons to Israel, in remarks that were met with applause and cheers from the audience. "It is very hard for me to celebrate when there is tens of thousands of my people being slaughtered and massacred by Israel in Gaza," said Adra, whose film "No Other Land" depicts the Israeli...
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The documentary "Dahomey" by French-born director Mati Diop about the return of looted African art has won the Golden Bear, the top prize as best film of the Berlin film festival Berlinale, the jury announced Saturday evening in the German capital. It was the second time that a documentary film won the Berlinale's coveted Golden Bear. In her film, Diop, 41, who has Senegalese roots, accompanies 26 statues on their journey from France to their country of origin, today's Benin. The looted art treasures were stolen from Dahomey, which is now Benin, in 1892. In total, around 7,000 works of art wer...
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The documentary "Dahomey" by French-born director Mati Diop about the return of looted African art has won the Golden Bear, the top prize as best film of the Berlin film festival Berlinale, the jury announced Saturday evening in the German capital. In her documentary, Diop, who has Senegalese roots, accompanies 26 statues on their journey from France to their country of origin, today's Benin. The experimental documentary film captivates with poetic passages - for example, one of the looted treasures speaks off-screen several times. German director Matthias Glasner received a Silver Bear for th...
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Iranian film directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who have been banned by their country from travelling to the Berlin International Film Festival, nonetheless delivered a message at the festival on Friday. The pair's film "Keyke mahboobe man" ("My Favorite Cake") made its international premiere on Friday as part of the Berlinale competition, even though the directors were prohibited by the Iranian regime from attending. But actress Lily Farhadpour read a statement from Moghaddam and Sanaeeha in Berlin in which the filmmakers decried the "restrictive rules" and "red lines" imposed o...
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Iranian film directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who have been banned by their country from travelling to the Berlin International Film Festival, nonetheless delivered a message at the festival on Friday. The pair's film "Keyke mahboobe man" ("My Favorite Cake") made its international premiere on Friday as part of the Berlinale competition, even though the directors were prohibited by the Iranian regime from attending. But actress Lily Farhadpour read a statement from Moghaddam and Sanaeeha in Berlin in which the filmmakers decried the "restrictive rules" and "red lines" imposed o...
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Top German actors took a stance against right-wing extremism and the controversial Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Thursday as the Berlinale, Germany's international film festival, opened on Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. At a protest organized by the film festival itself, filmakers such as Jella Haase and Katja Riemann shouted "Defend Democracy." They held cell phone lights in the air and the red carpet became quiet during the event. "By rejecting the AfD, the Berlinale has clearly positioned itself against right-wing extremism in Germany. On the opening evening, the Berlinale invi...
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Irish Hollywood star Cillian Murphy declared his love for Berlin at a press conference hours before his new film "Small Things Like These" was set to premiere as the opener at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. Murphy, 47, will present his latest film on Thursday evening to start the Berlinale festival. Matt Damon, who was a producer for the film, is expected to join Murphy at the screening. "I love Berlin, this is my fifth time at the Berlin Film Festival," Murphy said. "I love coming here." "Small Things Like These," directed by Tim Mielants, is a historical drama set against th...
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Germany's famous international film festival, the Berlinale, is set to kick off on Thursday evening, as debates about right-wing extremism and Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine overshadowed the arrival of celebrities in the capital. Most notably, the invitation and subsequent disinvitation of several politicians of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) caused international uproar last week. German director Christian Petzold, who is a member of the Berlinale jury this year, said on Thursday: "I don't think it's a problem to have five people from the AfD in the audien...
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Germany's famous international film festival, the Berlinale, is set to kick off on Thursday evening, as debates about right-wing extremism and Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine overshadowed the arrival of celebrities in the capital. Most notably, the invitation and subsequent disinvitation of several politicians of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) caused international uproar last week. German director Christian Petzold, who is a member of the Berlinale jury this year, said on Thursday: "I don't think it's a problem to have five people from the AfD in the audien...
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