Film & Kino
14 Medienboard-funded films in the official Berlinale programme, 3 of them in Competition
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Berlin / Potsdam - 3 Medienboard-funded films are being shown in the Competition for the Golden Bear: “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush” by Andreas Dresen, “AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet of Love” by Nicolette Krebitz, and Ulrich Seidl’s “Rimini”.
Encounters is presenting “Axiom” by Jöns Jönsson. Simon Brückner’s documentary “A German Party” will celebrate its world première in the Berlinale Special section.
The Panorama has invited Annika Pinske’s “Talking About the Weather”, which is celebrating its première there. “We Might As Well Be Dead” by Natalia Sinelnikova will be shown in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
The Forum is presenting Alice Agneskirchner’s new documentary “Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors”, “L’ETAT ET MOI” by Max Linz, as well as 3 world premières: Philip Scheffner’s “Europe”, Dane Komljen’s “Afterwater”, and Eric Baudelaire’s “A Flower in the Mouth”.
In the Forum Expanded, Kerstin Schroedinger’s “The Song of the Shirt” and Liz Rosenfeld’s experimental film “White Sands Crystal Foxes”, created for a 360° immersive experience, will be presented.
Kirsten Niehuus, CEO Film Funding, Medienboard: “3 of the 4 German-language films in the competition are MBB-funded – and 11 other films are running in the official programme: We are keeping our fingers crossed for both the film-makers and the Berlinale management that the festival will be a huge in-person success. Because only cinema can do what cinema can do!”
The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 10 to 20, 2022.