Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Feb. 24, 2017
In the corner of a cafe at Potsdamer Platz, I prepared myself to meet director Ashley McKenzie whose 2016 feature film ‘Werewolf’ was making its debut at Berlinale 2017. Among the red carpets, anxious ticket buyers…[read on]
Openings at Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, NGBK, c/o Berlin, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Exile, König Galerie, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, WNTRP, Silberkuppe, Neumeister Bar-Am, Display,…[read on]
Openings at Haus am Waldsee, König Galerie, Laura Mars Gallery, NGBK, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Cell63, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Haus am Lützowplatz, Edition Block, Eigen + Art Lab, Galeria Plan B, Image Movement, Lacuna Lab, Daniel Marzona,…[read on]
Article by Julianne Cordray in Berlin // Aug. 9, 2016
In an exclusive open air screening, the Berlin Film Society will present ‘Strike a Pose’—a follow-up documentary revealing the lives and stories of seven dancers…[read on]
Interview by Marc Girardot in Berlin // Mar. 11, 2016
In Senegal, when President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of school friends, including rappers…[read on…]
Article by Marc Girardot in Berlin // Feb. 25, 2016
During this 66th edition of the International Festival of Cinema, the Berlinale offered a unique focus on a specific period of Japanese cinema. Under the title Hachimiri Madness – Japanese Indies from the Punk Years, the Forum category presented a series of newly digitized and subtitled Japanese 8mm…[read on…]
Interview by Alena Sokhan in Berlin // Feb. 20, 2015
Filmmaking duo Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia recently screened their feature film ‘H.’ at the Berlinale. ‘H.’ is an apocalyptic narrative that follows two women named Helen, who never…[read on…]
Article by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin // Feb. 17, 2015
For this year’s Forum Expanded portion of the 65th Berlinale Film Festival, the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg opened its doors or, rather, closed them to the film installations of 16 contemporary artists with its group exhibition, “To the Sound of the Closing Door”…[read on…]
Blog post by Monica Salazar in Berlin // Feb. 04, 2015
For the upcoming Berlinale Festival, the International Forum of New Cinema will be showing a variety of experimental works that challenge the relationship between art and cinema. Here is a handful of films that caught….[read on…]
Article by Alena Sokhan in Berlin // Jan. 28, 2015
On Thursday February 5th, the Berlin Film Society will unofficially open the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale), with a screening of Darren Aronofsky’s first film, Pi (1998)….[read on…]