#‘Bedrock’ Goes Face to Face With People Living on Holocaust Sites in Poland (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

#‘Bedrock’ Goes Face to Face With People Living on Holocaust Sites in Poland (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

“Bedrock captures the lived realities of people whose homes are on Holocaust sites,” reads a synopsis for Kinga Michalska’s feature film debut, an observational documentary that promises to take viewers “through landscapes in which traces of violence are intricately woven into the fabric of everyday life.” It is set to world premiere in the 75th edition…

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#Berlin Hidden Gem: ‘Evidence’ Examines the Insidious Power of Institutional Money

#Berlin Hidden Gem: ‘Evidence’ Examines the Insidious Power of Institutional Money

The political right has long derided institutions of higher education as a dangerous web of liberal ivory towers, practically a network of Mordors disseminating progressive, anti-American ideas into the lands below. But as Evidence, the fourth feature-length documentary from director Lee Anne Schmitt, reminds us, the conservative movement has strategically and successfully infiltrated American higher…

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#A Roller-Skating Hitler, Merfolk Culture, and Sex in Public: 7 Offbeat Films in the Berlin Lineup

#A Roller-Skating Hitler, Merfolk Culture, and Sex in Public: 7 Offbeat Films in the Berlin Lineup

The 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival promises a mix of star vehicles and fresh independent movies from around the world in its competition program and beyond. Sprinkled throughout the Berlinale’s various strands, film buffs can also find some particularly offbeat, edgy-seeming offerings. Below is a selection of some of the more unusual-sounding films…

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#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Where the Night Stands Still, the debut feature film of Liryc Dela Cruz, is set to world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s new Perspectives section, a competition program for first fiction features. THR can now exclusively reveal its first trailer ahead of the 75th edition of the Berlinale. “After years of separation, three Filipino…

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