Wild Mouse, the directorial debut of cabaret artist Josef Hader, is a film about a small man made for a small audience. The film “Wild Mouse” (Wilde Maus) directed, written and starring Josef Hader was screened in competition at the 2017 Berlinale. The picture is the film debut of Hader who is well-known in Austria
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Winners of Berlinale 2017
Winners of the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival. On the 18th of February the official prize winners of the Berlinale were announced. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the picture “On Body and Soul”, a romantic drama about two slaughterhouse workers with identical dreams made by Hungarian writer-director Ildikó Enyedi. Many thought that
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Hostages (2017) Review – Berlinale 2017
Gripping drama by Rezo Gigineishvili about a plane hijacking in 1983 Georgia The film Hostages (Mdzevlebi) directed by the young Georgian director Rezo Gigineishvili was shown at the Berlinale in the Panorama section. It is based on the true events of a plane hijacking in 1983 by a group of youngsters belonging to the artistic
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Return to Montauk Review – Berlinale 2017
Stellan Skarsgård stars in Volker Schlöndorff’s lyrical adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Max Frisch. The film Return to Montauk by veteran director Volker Schlöndorff was screened at the Berlinale in competition. It tells the story of the famous aging writer Max Zorn who has regrets about this past, in particular about his failed relationship
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The Midwife (Sage Femme) Review – Berlinale 2017
Catherine Deneuve plays Béatrice in Martin Provost’s forgettable picture. The Midwife (Sage Femme) was shown at the 2017 Berlinale out of competition. The film provokes many questions and the most important one is why this trashy opus of Martin Provost was selected for the program of the festival. Perhaps the answer is the participation of
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The Party Review – Berlinale 2017
Sally Potter’s smart and funny dark comedy features an all-star cast. The Party, a black comedy directed by Sally Potter was screened in competition at the Berlinale. Great acting by the all-star cast and Potter’s smart and funny screenplay made the film one of the highlights of the Berlin film festival. The picture was made on
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Viceroy’s House Review – Berlinale 2017
Gurinder Chadha’s skillful examination of the political turmoil in 1947 India. The picture Viceroy’s House directed by Gurinder Chadha was screened out of competition at the Berlinale. The film tells the story of love between Jeet and Aalia set against the historical scenes surrounding partition of India in 1947. Their differing religious backgrounds become a
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Collector
The film “Collector” (Коллектор) is the directorial debut of Alexey Krasovsky starring Konstantin Khabensky. The director has achieved the quite complicated task of creating a film with only one actor and using a single set. The actor who plays the role of a debt collector created an impressive character whose different aspects of personality unfold
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Paradise (2016) – Review
The film “Paradise” directed by Andrei Konchalovsky was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Academy Awards. The subject of “Paradise” is the Holocaust, which has been often covered in film and has always been a popular topic at the Oscars. Konchalovsky tried to avoid clichés common in films about the topic.
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Despite the Falling Snow – PIFF 2016
The film was shown on the 17th of August, 2016 at the Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) and won the awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Rebecca Ferguson) and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Head). It is a romantic drama with elements of an espionage thriller adapted from the successful novel by Shamim Sarif with
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VIFF 2016 Vienna Independent Film Festival
Vienna Independent Film Festival which was held for the first time in Vienna 4 -7 July 2016 announced the winners on 7 of July. “We’re excited to be hosting so many wonderful films,” said Film Festival Director Elena Ringo. “There were guests from different parts of the world and great films to watch”. The festival
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God of Happiness – VIFF 2016
The new German film God of Happiness was shown on the 4th of July as the opening film of the VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival and won two top awards – Best Director award for Dito Tsintsadze and Ralf M. Mendle received the award for Best Cinematography. It is a tragi-comedy set in modern Germany
