‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Takes Us Inside the Cut-Throat Cleaning Sector (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Takes Us Inside the Cut-Throat Cleaning Sector (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

You can dive into a world we rarely see and travel back to the early days of the Dardenne brothers with German writer-director Kilian Armando Friedrich’s debut fiction feature I Understand Your Displeasure (Ich verstehe Ihren Unmut), which will world premiere in the Panorama program of the Berlin International Film Festival on Friday, Feb. 13….

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‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’ Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and “Non-Judgment” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’ Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and “Non-Judgment” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest – the title of her feature directorial debut describes how Viv Li, a self-described Chinese artist wannabe, has been feeling ever since she got stuck in Berlin after the COVID pandemic and ventured into the German capital’s alternative culture scene. “A Chinese misfit ricochets between Berlin’s alternative frenzy and…

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In ‘Lali,’ the First All-Pakistani Film at Berlin, Love Is a Battlefield, and a Man Pretends to Be Possessed to Control His Wife (Exclusive Trailer)

In ‘Lali,’ the First All-Pakistani Film at Berlin, Love Is a Battlefield, and a Man Pretends to Be Possessed to Control His Wife (Exclusive Trailer)

A man pretends to be possessed to try to control his wife, who has a reputation for being a cursed bride, in Lali, the first all-Pakistani feature at the Berlin International Film Festival (the festival has in the past featured Pakistani co-productions). Audiences can actually celebrate Valentine’s Day with this cinematic reminder that love can…

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Sandra Hüller, Channing Tatum, Amy Adams, and Rupert Grint to Light Up Auteur-Heavy Berlin Competition (Full List)

Sandra Hüller, Channing Tatum, Amy Adams, and Rupert Grint to Light Up Auteur-Heavy Berlin Competition (Full List)

The Berlin International Film Festival unveiled its 2026 lineup on Tuesday, revealing a program sure to delight the festival’s many hardcore arthouse fans, but with little in the way of big Hollywood titles to draw in the undecided. Bar a last-minute addition, the 76th Berlinale (Feb. 12-22), will not feature any studio productions this year,…

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2026 European Shooting Stars Unveiled

2026 European Shooting Stars Unveiled

European Film Promotion has unveiled its list emerging acting talents from across Europe, the 2026 European Shootings Stars. The group of 10 actors from across Europe will be introduced to the international industry at the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb. 12-22). Now in its 29th year, the Shooting Stars program has proven to be the…

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#‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo Is in Top Form With a Convivial Meet-the-Parents Occasion That Goes South Before Dessert

#‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo Is in Top Form With a Convivial Meet-the-Parents Occasion That Goes South Before Dessert

No figure in world cinema is as productive as South Korean one-man band Hong Sang-soo, or as consistent in exploring variations on similar themes, always from a fresh angle. With such a prolific output — he has 33 features under his belt, all but three of them made since 2000 — they can’t all be…

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#Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater on ‘Blue Moon,’ Cash vs Art: “When We Prioritize Money, We Get Generic Material”

#Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater on ‘Blue Moon,’ Cash vs Art: “When We Prioritize Money, We Get Generic Material”

Ethan Hawke is urging you to demand offensive art from moviemakers in a world with a tense political landscape. At the Berlin Film Festival Tuesday, Hawke was joined by co-stars Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott and director Richard Linklater for a press conference on their new film, Blue Moon. When asked about making offensive art in…

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#How Canadian Directors Making a Revenge Thriller Found Romance on Set: “Love Is Unpredictable”

#How Canadian Directors Making a Revenge Thriller Found Romance on Set: “Love Is Unpredictable”

Romance for indie filmmakers Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer blossomed in the most unexpected of places — as they shot their 2020 debut feature Violation, a relentlessly violent and gory revenge drama set in cottage-country Canada. “After making our first film, which really dealt with trauma and was very dark, very painful to make and…

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