In 2019, the Berlin film festival on the themes of family, Childhood, gender equality and nutrition. The outgoing festival Director Dieter Kosslick on the Festival for the last Time the stamp.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Danish Opening
A Director from Denmark, and an international actor Ensemble, and the wintry New York as the scene of the action: the Film “the Kindness of Strangers” by Director Lone Scherfig – here is a scene in the movie – opened in the 69. Film festival in the German capital (7.2.-17.2.2019) and is representative for the global (and female) orientation of the festival.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Church conflicts on the canvas
17 films compete in the competition for the Golden bear. The French Director François Ozon is represented with his new work, “Grâce à Dieu”, which is probably one of the most explosive contributions. Ozone tells the story of three men who have been abused in Childhood by a priest and to catch up with the past: a based on true events, history from France.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
German in competition
Among the 17 films, several German productions. The greatest interest of The Golden glove “by Fatih Akin, is likely to encounter”. But the Berlinale also presents Newcomer. The young Nora Fingscheidt is a “systems busters”, the story of a girl between the youth welfare office, foster family and overworked mother – one of the many films devoted to the theme of Childhood.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Looking to the future of German cinema
18 years ago, the program series “perspective has been established in German cinema”, she is now of full age. Here the young German introduces himself: “the films of The ‘Perspektive Deutsches Kino’ are subtle, idiosyncratic, scared. Here you can try things, play, and provoke,” from the Berlinale. Taking part this year are: “The individual parts of love” by Miriam Bliese.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Different Camera Perspectives
The competition is in the focus of interest. But also the sections “Forum” and “Panorama” offer Exciting. In addition, numerous other promises discoveries in addition to rows. The Berlinale stands for a wide range of films from all regions of the world stand next to the cinema in Europe and Hollywood, or even from India – here is a scene from “Photograph” by Joe D’Souza.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Special Premieres
In addition, many films will celebrate in the German capital in the festive Premiere, have previously been shown to barely. Sydney Pollack’s Film “Grace” about Aretha Franklin’s appearance in a Baptitsten Church in Detroit in 1972, with the Live Album “Amazing Grace” emerged, vanished into the archives. It is only now that he is shown in a large frame.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Woman Power I
Women in front of and behind the camera in the last time in the focus. It comes to equal opportunities, the MeToo movement, and a revaluation of female film history. It’s fitting that the Golden Ehrenbär the Berlinale 2019 goes to a great actress of European cinema, the British Charlotte Rampling – here in “Max mon amour” by Nagisa Ōshima (1986).
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Girl power II
And also the great film historical retrospective is dedicated this year to the cinema of women. “Self-determined. Perspective of filmmakers.” is the name of the movie and shows German films by women from the years 1968 to 1999. “For Women – 1. Chapter, a Film by women for women” is an example: in 1971, turned, and addressed it early on, lack of equal opportunities.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Girl power III
An increasingly important task for the large Festivals in all over the world is the safeguarding of the Film heritage. Restored and forgotten classics in the history of cinema will be shown in front of a large audience. To discover in Berlin in these days is so role is also played by “The young sinner”, 1959 – directed by the Norwegian Director Edith Carlmar with the young Liv Ullmann in her first leading.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
A Feast for all the Dead-pants-Fans
Celebrates its world premiere in Berlin of the Film “Because you only once live – The Toten Hosen on Tour”. Director Cordula Kablitz-Post was accompanied by the popular German rockers on their last Tour and processed the Whole thing to a full-length documentary: a colorful and penetrating look behind the Scenes of the music Business.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Series-Variety
And also the is now a to the Standard large film festival: the Premiere of the series on the big screen. Later they are broadcast on TV or from the popular streaming portals. With voltage M is expected this year ” – A city seeks a murderer,” whose story is inspired by Fritz Lang’s legendary Film from 1931.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Films for a young audience
In times of Youtube and “Social media”, it is important that the Festivals appeal to younger audiences: they are the audience of Tomorrow. The Berlinale for the past years with the program series “Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus doing” model. There this year, including “Anbessa” by Mo Scarpelli, takes a look at life really in Ethiopia.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Strange Realities: “NATIVe”
Particularly from a Western European point of view, other worlds, the festival visitors will meet in the program section of the “NATIVe”. As seen here in the Film “Tanna” (Australia) revolves around indigenous peoples. 16 long and short feature and documentary films from the Pacific Region looks to open up in an unknown film regions.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Talents in the shell
“Pregnant oyster” to call the Berlin loving the official “house of cultures” – called Congress hall. 1957 built, it is talent for a couple of years again and again in the February meeting of 250 young Berlinale. The meeting then at the “Berlinale Talents” on established film-makers and guests of the Berlinale. In the shell movie ideas being hatched for Tomorrow.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Movies as merchandise
And that is part of the Berlinale: a trade fair. Here and buyers from all over the world come together and exchange ideas. And also – the “goods” Film will be shopped. At the annual always well-attended “European Film Market” in the historic building, “Martin Gropius Bau” is a Film to trade goods, to business, to the next hot tip for the international cinema market.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Mr. Berlinale takes leave
It is the last Berlinale, the long-time Director Dieter Kosslick. For 18 years he was at the head of the largest German film festival. He has been engaged especially for the native cinema, but also numerous other program initiated a series of and expanded. He passes the baton this year to the Duo of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Danish Opening
A Director from Denmark, and an international actor Ensemble, and the wintry New York as the scene of the action: the Film “the Kindness of Strangers” by Director Lone Scherfig – here is a scene in the movie – opened in the 69. Film festival in the German capital (7.2.-17.2.2019) and is representative for the global (and female) orientation of the festival.
-
69. Berlin Film Festival
Church conflicts on the canvas
17 films compete in the competition for the Golden bear. The French Director François Ozon is represented with his new work, “Grâce à Dieu”, which is probably one of the most explosive contributions. Ozone tells the story of three men who have been abused in Childhood by a priest and to catch up with the past: a based on true events, history from France.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
German in competition
Among the 17 films, several German productions. The greatest interest of The Golden glove “by Fatih Akin, is likely to encounter”. But the Berlinale also presents Newcomer. The young Nora Fingscheidt is a “systems busters”, the story of a girl between the youth welfare office, foster family and overworked mother – one of the many films devoted to the theme of Childhood.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Looking to the future of German cinema
18 years ago, the program series “perspective has been established in German cinema”, she is now of full age. Here the young German introduces himself: “the films of The ‘Perspektive Deutsches Kino’ are subtle, idiosyncratic, scared. Here you can try things, play, and provoke,” from the Berlinale. Taking part this year are: “The individual parts of love” by Miriam Bliese.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Different Camera Perspectives
The competition is in the focus of interest. But also the sections “Forum” and “Panorama” offer Exciting. In addition, numerous other promises discoveries in addition to rows. The Berlinale stands for a wide range of films from all regions of the world stand next to the cinema in Europe and Hollywood, or even from India – here is a scene from “Photograph” by Joe D’Souza.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Special Premieres
In addition, many films will celebrate in the German capital in the festive Premiere, have previously been shown to barely. Sydney Pollack’s Film “Grace” about Aretha Franklin’s appearance in a Baptitsten Church in Detroit in 1972, with the Live Album “Amazing Grace” emerged, vanished into the archives. It is only now that he is shown in a large frame.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Woman Power I
Women in front of and behind the camera in the last time in the focus. It comes to equal opportunities, the MeToo movement, and a revaluation of female film history. It’s fitting that the Golden Ehrenbär the Berlinale 2019 goes to a great actress of European cinema, the British Charlotte Rampling – here in “Max mon amour” by Nagisa Ōshima (1986).
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Girl power II
And also the great film historical retrospective is dedicated this year to the cinema of women. “Self-determined. Perspective of filmmakers.” is the name of the movie and shows German films by women from the years 1968 to 1999. “For Women – 1. Chapter, a Film by women for women” is an example: in 1971, turned, and addressed it early on, lack of equal opportunities.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Girl power III
An increasingly important task for the large Festivals in all over the world is the safeguarding of the Film heritage. Restored and forgotten classics in the history of cinema will be shown in front of a large audience. To discover in Berlin in these days is so role is also played by “The young sinner”, 1959 – directed by the Norwegian Director Edith Carlmar with the young Liv Ullmann in her first leading.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
A Feast for all the Dead-pants-Fans
Celebrates its world premiere in Berlin of the Film “Because you only once live – The Toten Hosen on Tour”. Director Cordula Kablitz-Post was accompanied by the popular German rockers on their last Tour and processed the Whole thing to a full-length documentary: a colorful and penetrating look behind the Scenes of the music Business.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Series-Variety
And also the is now a to the Standard large film festival: the Premiere of the series on the big screen. Later they are broadcast on TV or from the popular streaming portals. With voltage M is expected this year ” – A city seeks a murderer,” whose story is inspired by Fritz Lang’s legendary Film from 1931.
-
69. Berlin Film Festival
Films for a young audience
In times of Youtube and “Social media”, it is important that the Festivals appeal to younger audiences: they are the audience of Tomorrow. The Berlinale for the past years with the program series “Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus doing” model. There this year, including “Anbessa” by Mo Scarpelli, takes a look at life really in Ethiopia.
-
69. Berlin Film Festival
Strange Realities: “NATIVe”
Particularly from a Western European point of view, other worlds, the festival visitors will meet in the program section of the “NATIVe”. As seen here in the Film “Tanna” (Australia) revolves around indigenous peoples. 16 long and short feature and documentary films from the Pacific Region looks to open up in an unknown film regions.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Talents in the shell
“Pregnant oyster” to call the Berlin loving the official “house of cultures” – called Congress hall. 1957 built, it is talent for a couple of years again and again in the February meeting of 250 young Berlinale. The meeting then at the “Berlinale Talents” on established film-makers and guests of the Berlinale. In the shell movie ideas being hatched for Tomorrow.
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69. Berlin Film Festival
Movies as merchandise
And that is part of the Berlinale: a trade fair. Here and buyers from all over the world come together and exchange ideas. And also – the “goods” Film will be shopped. At the annual always well-attended “European Film Market” in the historic building, “Martin Gropius Bau” is a Film to trade goods, to business, to the next hot tip for the international cinema market.
-
69. Berlin Film Festival
Mr. Berlinale takes leave
It is the last Berlinale, the long-time Director Dieter Kosslick. For 18 years he was at the head of the largest German film festival. He has been engaged especially for the native cinema, but also numerous other program initiated a series of and expanded. He passes the baton this year to the Duo of Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek.
“The Private is political” is the Motto of the 69. Berlinale and borrowed it. Dieter Kosslick, the women’s movement of the break-1968 The “Private” is reflected in “Political” – and Vice versa: The could certainly to a lot of movies and probably a lot of great film festivals in the transfer. Of course, every Festival slogan, especially if it is for 400 new movies, is also a bit arbitrary. Finally, the Berlinale is also committed to the content and form of diversity – not just on a generally applicable umbrella term.
Berlinale topics 2019: family, Childhood, gender justice, and food
How can you take 400 movie premieres, under a Motto? Actually, this does not, and Dieter Kosslick. But the fact is that A festival Director has to sell the Festival””. And handy formulas to help. And a few will not allow many of the program pull – topics series describes the theme and its four announced under the aspects of “family, Childhood, gender equity and nutrition,” also quite good, even if all the films in the class of 2019 under the Motto subsume.
Family and Kinheit – also a theme in the Italian competition entry “La paranza dei bambini”
Family: “I think this has also something to do, that is, the larger this whole globalization madness is, the more you crave the people to a sense of security,” said Dieter Kosslick, shortly before the kick-off of “his” Festivals. The films of the Berlinale for the class of 2019 showed that in many cases where there are problems in families, so Kosslick.
Childhood: Where family is, there are also (often) children. And play in numerous films of the festival, an important role in all sections of the festival. And the fact that the Berlinale is doing something for the children and young people in the cinema is reflected in the ranks of the section “Generation”. Here, films are shown especially for younger viewers. The Berlinale is always a Festival for all ages.
Women at the Berlin film festival to 2019 a strong accent
Gender equity: Here the Festival this year, a strong and unmistakable character. The Jury President (Juliette Binoche), the Director of the opening film (Lone Scherfig), the winner of the honor-Baer’s (Charlotte Rampling) – they are all female film makers. The list could go on and on. This historic retrospective about the film, all the Directors of the German cinema. And: In the case of the 400 new movies, the 69. The Berlinale will be shown, were 191 women in the Director’s chair – a shiny balance sheet. Especially when you compare it to the competition-Festivals in Cannes and Venice!
Women behind the camera: In all sections of a topic, here the Director Helke Sander, represented in the retrospective, “self-determined”
Nutrition: once again, Dieter Kosslick: “We know that what we are for private consumption to hold the product global Agriculture and food companies.” The subject of nutrition is really a that Kosslick has developed. The festival section “culinary cinema” was invented by the 1948-born Director a couple of years ago for the Berlinale, movies are shown about food and nutrition. This is an important issue in the globalised world, in many parts of the world still lack nutrition. Even so, the Berlinale is a symbol.
The Berlinale: a political Festival in the past and the present
The “Private” is so “Politically”. Everything is connected with everything, you might scoff. However, the “Berlinale” is, in fact, a political film festival, which she has proved in the past decades, often. Simply because she has always shown a lot of films, in the social and political issues were treated. And also, because the city stood for many years in the centre of the East-West conflict.
And doing a private Act, in the broadest sense, always something to do with policy – the example of nutrition shows this admirably – goes the Motto of the Berlinale this year. Many of the films are likely to reflect these thematic areas.