Berlinale
The Ugly Stepsister
The story of Cinderella has been passed down across the world for...
Selina Sondermann 17th February 2025
Berlin Film Festival 2025: Girls on Wire | Review
Even with the presence of an underground heroin den, the most intriguing setting in Vivian Qu’s Girls on Wire is a sprawling film studio, where reality and performance blur but never quite merge narratively into a film-within-a-film. Instead, the cool-toned, behind-the-scenes set-up is where the film’s protagonist, Fang Di (Wen Qi), a...
Christina Yang 17th February 2025
Berlinale
The Ice Tower
In her Berlinale entry, The Ice Tower (La tour de glace), French writer and...
Selina Sondermann 16th February 2025
Berlinale
Late Shift
Unfolding over a single, high-pressure shift in a surgical ward, Petra Volpe’s...
Christina Yang 16th February 2025
Christina Yang 16th February 2025
Berlinale
Magic Farm
In hopes of filming a special on a viral music clip, a US television crew...
Selina Sondermann 16th February 2025
Berlinale
Islands
German director Jan-Ole Gerster’s (A Coffee in Berlin) English-language debut is...
Selina Sondermann 16th February 2025
Berlinale
Mickey 17
Anticipation was already high as to what Korean director extraordinaire Bong...
Selina Sondermann 15th February 2025
Berlinale
Living the Land
Set in the rural village of Bawangtai in the early 90s, Huo Meng’s second...
Christina Yang 15th February 2025
Berlinale
Paternal Leave
There’s a certain poetic quality to Paternal Leave, a film that leans...
Christina Yang 15th February 2025
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