May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Berlinale":
National: 18 Feb 12
Berlin’s underground, tram and bus network ground to a halt on Saturday causing chaos for at least 1.8 million people as public transport workers went on strike for higher wages.
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National: 12 Feb 12
A sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the moon invading Planet Earth is one of the hottest tickets at the Berlin film festival, which is better known for its gritty political fare.
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Lifestyle: 10 Feb 12
As the Berlin gears up for the glittering Berlinale film festival, The Local List this week is dedicated to the best actors and actresses Germany has had to offer.
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Society: 9 Feb 12
Diane Kruger stars as Marie Antoinette in "Farewell My Queen," a lush costume drama set on the eve of the French Revolution that will open the 62nd Berlin film festival on Thursday.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 12
This Week's Highlights: The star-studded Berlinale film festival kicks off in Berlin, Munch goes on view in Frankfurt, and a ukelele orchestra sets up in Munich.
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Lifestyle: 8 Feb 12
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
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Society: 3 Jan 12
The Berlin film festival said Monday it would award Oscar-winning US actress Meryl Streep an honorary Golden Bear next month in recognition of her decades-long career.
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Society: 19 Dec 11
The Berlin International Film Festival unveiled its first selections on Monday, including a 9/11 drama with Tom Hanks, and announced an all-star jury to help director Mike Leigh pick Berlinale winners.
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Society: 2 Dec 11
British film director Mike Leigh will be jury president at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February, organizers announced Friday.
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Society: 28 Oct 11
Fifty years after the first Turks came to Germany, Michael Hofmann, an expert in Turkish-German relations, measures the influence the immigration has had on Germany.
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Society: 25 Jul 11
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will put on a culinary cinema series next month to honour the head of the Berlin film festival, Dieter Kosslick, organisers said Monday.
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Society: 18 Jul 11
A film studio has opened its doors in an abandoned school gymnasium in Berlin, bridging the gap between the huge facilities in nearby Babelsberg, and the tiny do-it-yourself set-ups scattered the city. Melanie Sevcenko reports.
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Lifestyle: 31 Mar 11
This week's highlights: Cronenberg in Cologne, improvised music in Munich, and movies by Berlinale Talent Campus alumni screen in Berlin.
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National: 20 Feb 11
A gripping family drama from Iran, "Nader and Simin - A Separation", won the top prize on Saturday at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, which highlighted the country's embattled directors.
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Society: 19 Feb 11
The first prizes of the Berlin film festival were awarded on Friday night, with the Teddy Award for best gay and lesbian film going to the Argentine melodrama Ausente.
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Lifestyle: 18 Feb 11
A new exhibition by photographer Jim Rakete timed to accompany the Berlinale celebrates the leading lights of Germany's film industry. Ruth Michaelson reports on the glamour.
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Society: 17 Feb 11
An Austrian "Nazi satire" about a Jewish man who dons the uniform of an SS officer to save himself and his mother from the Holocaust was surprisingly well-received Wednesday at the Berlin film festival.
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Society: 16 Feb 11
"Almanya," a Turkish-German film debuting at the Berlinale, has received rave reviews for its humorous take on immigration and integration. The Local spoke with the sisters behind the movie about learning to live and laugh together.
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Society: 15 Feb 11
British actor Ralph Fiennes won applause at the Berlin film festival for his directorial debut "Coriolanus," a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy about a vengeful Roman general.
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Society: 13 Feb 11
Art-house cinema broke into the next dimension at the Berlin film festival Sunday with hotly awaited 3D premieres from European veterans seeking to reclaim the format from Hollywood blockbusters.
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Society: 11 Feb 11
The Berlin film festival will honour dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to prison in December, on the anniversary of the Islamic revolution Friday.
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Lifestyle: 10 Feb 11
This Week's Highlights: The Berlinale begins in Berlin, Finnish musicians perform in Hamburg, and storytime in Munich takes on a Valentine's Day theme.
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Society: 9 Feb 11
With almost 400 films and countless other events accompanying this year’s Berlinale, choosing what to see can be a daunting task. Fortunately, The Local has sifted out a sampling of the festival’s most interesting offerings.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 11
The 61th annual Berlin International Film Festival runs from February 10-20 and boasts almost 400 films. Don’t get lost in the frenzy – check out The Local’s tips, event picks, and ongoing coverage to make the most of this year's Berlinale.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 11
The Berlinale, while offering a bounty of great films, can be logistically challenging. But fear not, The Local has a few tips on keeping any funny business from blocking your escape into show business.
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Society: 8 Feb 11
The Berlinale jury, this year led by Isabella Rossellini, decides who takes home the Golden Bear, Silver Bears and the Alfred Bauer Prize in the competition. Meet the members, who are often as quirky as the films they honour.
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Society: 8 Feb 11
Art-house cinema in 3D, Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut and new thrillers starring Liam Neeson and Kevin Spacey will headline the 61st Berlin film festival starting Thursday.
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Society: 18 Jan 11
A financial crisis thriller starring Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore and a French 3D animated feature will vie for the top prizes at next month's Berlin film festival, organisers said Tuesday.
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Society: 8 Dec 10
The Oscar-winning fraternal duo Joel and Ethan Coen are to open the 61st Berlin International Film Festival next year with their remake of the classic John Wayne western “True Grit,” organisers announced Wednesday.
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Society: 7 Dec 10
The Berlin Film Festival has invited outspoken Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was jailed for three months for work deemed "anti-regime," to serve on its jury in February.
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Society: 11 Sep 10
Germany got its own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with the Friday evening opening of the Boulevard of Stars in Berlin to celebrate German-language films.
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Society: 30 Aug 10
Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the international jury at the 61st Berlin Film Festival in February, organisers said on Monday.
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Society: 24 Feb 10
Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen was panned at this year’s Berlinale for its portrayal of a notorious Nazi propaganda film. Its director Oskar Roehler spoke with Vera von Kreutzbruck about the controversy surrounding the movie.
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Society: 21 Feb 10
The 60th Berlin Film Festival wrapped up Sunday after crowning Roman Polanski best director for the political thriller "The Ghost Writer" and giving the Golden Bear top prize to a Turkish family drama.
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Society: 20 Feb 10
Roman Polanski's political thriller "The Ghost Writer" and gritty dramas from Romania and Russia were tipped as favourites to win the Golden Bear top prize Saturday at the 60th Berlin Film Festival.
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Society: 19 Feb 10
A big-budget German movie about the Nazis' most successful propaganda picture and the pact with the devil sealed by its lead actor premiered to boos Thursday at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Society: 18 Feb 10
The debut feature of an Afghan-German director has joined the running for the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of a clutch of features taking a fresh look at Islam at this year's event.
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Society: 16 Feb 10
Five lucky subscribers to our weekly newsletter have won a copy of the book inspiring Roman Polanski's film "The Ghost Writer," which just premiered at this year’s Berlinale.
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Society: 14 Feb 10
Elusive British graffiti artist Banksy is due to walk the red carpet Sunday when he presents his directorial debut in Berlin but organisers said he would stay incognito throughout the high-profile event.
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Society: 13 Feb 10
Legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog spoke with The Local’s Vera von Kreutzbruck as he began his role this week as jury President for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Society: 12 Feb 10
Roman Polanski's new film "The Ghost Writer" premieres Friday at the 60th Berlin Film Festival but the director, under house arrest in Switzerland, will be at the red-carpet gala in spirit only.
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Lifestyle: 11 Feb 10
With almost 400 films and countless other events accompanying this year’s Berlinale, choosing what to see can be a daunting task. Fortunately, The Local has sifted out a sampling of the festival’s most interesting offerings.
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Lifestyle: 11 Feb 10
This Week's Highlights: A film festival in Berlin, Karneval in Cologne, and Warhol and pals go on view in Hamburg.
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Society: 9 Feb 10
Buyers at the Berlin film festival will be seeing triple this year, as 3-D productions such as "Avatar" transform the global cinema industry.
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Society: 8 Feb 10
Indie cinemas are a dying breed the world over... except in Berlin, home to nearly 60 small arthouse and neighbourhood venues. As Alice Harrison reports, some are even getting the red carpet treatment at this year's Berlinale.
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Society: 2 Feb 10
German film Das weiße Band, or “The White Band,” has been nominated for two Oscars in 2010, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed on Tuesday.
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Society: 1 Feb 10
The star-studded 60th Berlin Film Festival starting next week will go back to its roots bridging East and West, organisers said Monday, this time uniting hot Hollywood fare with fresh Asian releases.
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Society: 26 Jan 10
Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger will join the jury for the 60th Berlin International Film Festival next month, organisers said on Tuesday.
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Society: 21 Jan 10
Film lovers can catch a preview of the restored German silent film legend “Metropolis” at a new exhibition in Berlin beginning on Thursday – one month ahead of the film’s debut at the Berlin International Festival.
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Society: 21 Jan 10
New movies starring Ben Stiller, Julianne Moore, Gerard Depardieu, Jessica Alba and James Franco will headline the 60th Berlin film festival next month, organisers said this week.
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Society: 7 Jan 10
The restored lost cut of Fritz Lang’s legendary 1927 silent film “Metropolis” will be beamed onto the Brandenburg Gate for the public as it premieres at the Berlinale, the film festival's organisers said on Thursday.
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Society: 15 Dec 09
The 2010 Berlinale film festival will premiere the latest film by director Roman Polanski, who is under house arrest in Switzerland awaiting deportation to the United States on unlawful sex charges.
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Society: 19 Nov 09
Acclaimed German director Werner Herzog has been tapped as the president of the jury at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February.
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Society: 29 Oct 09
The original lost cut of Fritz Lang’s legendary 1927 silent film “Metropolis” – found last year in a Buenos Aires archive – will premiere at the Berlinale in February following its restoration, the film festival's organisers said on Thursday.
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Society: 15 Feb 09
A film on women's survival after two decades of guerrilla war in Peru, "The Milk of Sorrow," has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.
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Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Daniel Miller takes a three-hour history lesson with Thomas Heise's new documentary “Material” about the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
German director Jochen Hick has helped redefine a genre he hardly identifies with: gay cinema. Exberliner Magazine talks with him about his seventh official Berlinale selection premiering this week, "The Good American."
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Society: 12 Feb 09
The remarkable true story of a German who helped save the lives of more than 200,000 Chinese during the Japanese invasion of Nanjing during World War II came to the Berlin Film Festival this week.
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Lifestyle: 11 Feb 09
The Berlin International Film Festival might have several entries tackling the foibles of the corporate world this year, but as Daniel Miller reports, the Berlinale itself is also all about business.
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Society: 10 Feb 09
Michelle Pfeiffer said she has fewer role choices now that she is 50 but the upside is that her on-screen lovers keep getting younger, as she unveiled her new Stephen Frears drama "Cheri" Tuesday at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Society: 10 Feb 09
Two box office workers selling tickets for the Berlin International Film festival were attacked and robbed on Monday evening, according to police.
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Society: 9 Feb 09
Award-winning British director Michael Winterbottom unveiled "The Shock Doctrine" Monday, one of a raft of Berlin Film Festival entries looking at what set off the chaos ravaging the global economy.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
This Week's Highlights: A Michel Comte retrospective in Düsseldorf, the Kaiser Chiefs rock Dresden, and three Samuel Beckett films are screened in Munich.
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Society: 5 Feb 09
The 59th annual Berlinale kicked off on February night, promising 11 days packed full of films, parties and red carpet star sightings.
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Society: 4 Feb 09
Just in time to boost the Berlin International Film Festival’s profile this week, new statistics showed on Wednesday that more Germans are going to the movie theatre – to see German films – than ever before.
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Society: 18 Jan 09
Two of Hollywood’s biggest leading men are due in Berlin over the next two days, with Brad Pitt in the capital to promote his new film, quickly followed by Tom Cruise for the premier of his own flick.
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Society: 12 Dec 08
British acting heavyweights Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Naomi Watts and Clive Owen will headline the next Berlin Film Festival with a clutch of new pictures, organisers said on Friday.
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Society: 3 Dec 08
The next Berlin Film Festival will showcase Eastern European and German cinema from the Cold War that seemed to foreshadow the end of European communism, organisers said this week.
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Society: 18 Nov 08
German film director Werner Herzog is among the 15 filmmakers who have made next year’s Oscar shortlist for best documentary film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills has announced.
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Society: 13 Nov 08
Berlinale officials have announced Oscar-winning Scottish actress Tilda Swinton will lead the international jury at the 59th Berlin Film Festival February.
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Society: 26 Apr 08
German filmmaker Fatih Akin cleaned up at the German Film Prize awards on Friday night with his film Auf der anderen Seite.
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Lifestyle: 17 Feb 08
The violent Brazilian cop drama “Tropa De Elite” won the Golden Bear at the 58th International Berlin Film Festival on Saturday night. US filmmaker Paul Thomas Anders took home a Silver Bear for best direction for “There Will Be Blood”.
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National: 13 Feb 08
Berlin is going crazy for the pop diva who is in Berlin for the premiere of her new movie.
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Lifestyle: 6 Feb 08
Star-studded premiere as Martin Scorsese's documentary film kicks off this year's Berlinale.
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