Berlin Film Festival
Romanian debut film wins top prize at Berlin film festival
"Touch Me Not", a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film…
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Marseille mon amour: Mediterranean city celebrates love
Paris might have a monopoly on romance when it comes to the public imagination, but the French capital now has some competition from a southern contender. Marseille is hosting…
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Film show: Berlinale, 'The Shape of Water' and 'I, Tonya'
The #MeToo movement is alive and well at the Berlin Film Festival, after the Golden Globes and the Baftas. In today’s Encore! show, film critic Emma Jones gives us the highlights…
Hungarian love story wins top prize at Berlin film festival
Hungary's "On Body and Soul", a tender love story set in a slaughterhouse, won the Golden Bear top prize Saturday at the Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema…
The Best of the Berlinale: Cinema and politics meet on the red carpet
Film critic Emma Jones joins us from Berlin, where an international and cerebral selection of films have been lapped up by critics and movie fans alike. Director Sally Potter and…
‘Fire at Sea’ documentary wins Berlin film festival
Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary film “Fuocoammare” (Fire at Sea), about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa, won the Golden Bear prize for…
Panahi's defiant taxi drives 'candid' camera through streets of Tehran
In “Taxi”, this year's Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Iranian defiant director Jafar Panahi finds another way of working around a ban from making films – this time by…
Iranian film ’Taxi’ wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi,” which shows a cabby driving an odd assortment of people around Tehran but is really a condemnation of censorship, won the Golden…
François Hollande's charm offensive
The French President travelled to San Francisco to woo Silicon Valley giants.Did he succeed in conveying his message? Will tech big-hitters start pouring into France? Watch this…
China’s 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' takes top prize at Berlin Film Festival
China's stylish film noir "Black Coal, Thin Ice" by Diao Yinan about a washed up ex-cop investigating a series of grisly murders won the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top…
Berlinale brings German demons to the big screen
The quality of the films may vary, but one thing is clear at this year’s Berlinale: the programmers are not afraid to reopen Germany’s old wounds.
Vibrant AIDS drama among LGBT offerings at Berlinale
The Berlinale may trail a few other film festivals in buzz and prestige, but when it comes to “queer” cinema, it has long led the pack.