Berlin

The Light

The Light

Feb 13, 2025 | , ,

German writer-director Tom Tykwer returns to the big screen with ‘The Light’, a stylish and ambitious but ultimately shallow family psychodrama set in contemporary Berlin.

The Walls of Bergamo

The Walls of Bergamo

Feb 24, 2023 | , ,

An outstanding, deeply moving documentary that finally addresses the pandemic not simply as a record of a tragedy but a collective trauma needing to be processed as a community.

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Feb 24, 2023 | , ,

From early days in Boston to the height of her stardom and sudden crash, this affectionate documentary made with major family involvement doesn’t probe deep enough or contextualize her career, but it reminds us that Donna Summer was a terrific performer whose talents were minimized by the moniker “Queen of Disco.”

Art College 1994

Art College 1994

Feb 24, 2023 | , ,

Painter-filmmaker Liu Jian’s third animated feature (his second in Berlin competition) lacks the bite to capture the painful realities faced by Chinese art school students as their country opened up to the West and capitalist ideals.

Suzume

Suzume

Feb 23, 2023 | , , ,

The latest YA fantasy adventure from Japanese anime master Makoto Shinkai is a beautifully written and animated work of the imagination that incorporates elements of ‘Your Name’ and ‘Weathering with You’ and often sails beyond them.

Awards Corner

Berlin

  • for
    Alcarras (Spain, Italy)
    Director: Carla Simon
  • Silver Bear for
    The Novelist's Film (South Korea)
    Director: Hong Sang-soo
  • Silver Bear for
    Robe of Gems (Mexico)
    Director: Natalia Lopez Gallardo
  • Silver Bear for
    Both Sides of the Blade (France)
    Director: Claire Denis
  • Silver Bear for
    Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (Germany, France)
    Meltem Kaptan
  • Silver Bear for
    Nana | Before, Now & Then (Indonesia)
    Laura Basuki
  • Silver Bear for
    Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (Germany, France)
    Laila Stieler
  • Silver Bear for
    Everything Will Be OK (Cambodia, France)
    Director: Rithy Panh