Smashing Things Is What We Do - A Crowd of Three at Berlinale Forum
Region: Germanyケンタとジュンとカヨちゃんの国 / Kenta to Jun to Kayo chan no kuni/A Crowd of Three Omori Tatsushi, Japan 2009, 131 min International Premiere 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Cast: Matsuda Shota (Kenta), Kora Kengo (Jun), Ando Sakura (Kayo), Miyazaki Masaru (Kazu), Arai Hirofumi (Yuya), Kobayashi Kaoru (Hundebesitzer), Emoto Akira (Kiku) Omori Tatsushi’s second feature cast... more
Views: 1947No Shelter - Indigène d’Eurasie at Berlinale Forum
Region: GermanyIndigène d’Eurasie / Eastern Drift Sharunas Bartas France/Lithuania/Russian Federation 2010, 111 min World Premiere 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Cast: Sharunas Bartas (Gena), Elisa Sednaoui (Gabrielle), Erwan Ribard (Philippe), Klavdia Korshunova (Sasha). "Life is short, the greater part of it already over." Gena has settled himself to leave the nomadic criminal class of his bir... more
Views: 2289Anomie in Seoul - I'm in Trouble! at Berlinale Forum
Region: GermanyNa-neun gon-kyeong-e cheo-haet-da! / I’m in Trouble! So Sang-min, Republic of Korea 2009, 98 min International Premiere 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Cast: Min Sung-wook, Lee Seung-jun, Jeong Ji-yeon, Kim Joo-ryung Director So Sang-min studied religion before taking up film directing, which shows in his attention to character and the virtues of faith, love, and loyalty. In his firs... more
Views: 2588Twin Tragedies - The Oath at Berlinale Forum
Region: GermanyThe Oath Laura Poitras, USA 2010, 96 min International Premiere 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin The history should be known: In November 2001, Afghan forces captured Salim Hamdan in Kandahar. Although not a member of al Qaeda, Hamdan worked for Osama bin Laden as his paid driver. In May 2002, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. Two years later, President G... more
Views: 2191Coming of Age in Scotland - Bill Forsyth Trilogy at Berlinale Forum
Region: GermanyBill Forsyth Trilogy My Childhood (1972) My Ain Folk (1973) My Way Home (1978) 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Director: Bill Forsyth Cast: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor-Smith, Karl Fleisler, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermac, Lenox Milne, Jessie Combe, William Carroll, Morag Mcnee A fine start. Part of the anniversary series "4 Decades of the Forum," this epic... more
Views: 1941Michael Schumacher,the German Icon returns
Region: GermanyGreatest comeback in sporting history,Michael Schumacher agreed to replace the injured Felipe Massa, He was World Champion for seven-time. Though he retired from the sport in 2006, he agreed to return .Ferrari can boast of a dream team consisting of Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen and he will be driving for Ferrari for the rest of the 2009 season. more
Views: 1149German Suburb of Vauban Opts to go 'Car-less'
Region: GermanyVauban, a district in Freiburg, Germany, home to around 5,500 residents is popularly known as ‘community with no cars.’ As reported, 70 percent of the families in this upscale suburb don’t own cars. Though Car ownership is allowed, cars can only be parked at the large garages at the edge of the development. Also a car-owner has to buy a space, worth $40,000 along with a home. “Vauban is... more
Views: 1922Beheading Hitler
Region: Germany
An unemployed German man in Berlin was fined 900 euros (approximately $1,277) for breaking down, or let's say, beheading, the wax statue of Adolf Hitler in the Berlin Museum. Only after a few minutes the Madame Tussauds museum inaugurated in Berlin, the 42 year old man rushed to the statue and ripped its head off. The man, who is also an ex police officer claimed he did so because he didn't like the idea of a Nazi bei... more
Views: 1483Jamlitz Mass Grave of Nazi Victims to Be Unearthed
Region: Germany
by Rachel Balik German authorities will excavate an estimated 750 unmarked graves from a site near a concentration camp and turn the spot into a memorial. Long-Awaited Excavation of Lieberose Labor Camp Graves Begins The excavation of the gravesite begins on April 22, 2009, the 64th anniversary of the liberation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The graves are th... more
Views: 1965Berlinale Forum - Born in Defiance, Surviving with Integrity
Region: GermanySo what exactly is Forum? The question rose anew after a screening of Calimucho, when an audience member asked why such a good film hadn't been selected for competition. Having come to Berlinale this year specifically and exclusively to view Forum selections, the question puzzled me, and set me on a path of reflection that helped me understand why I drop everything to fly to Berlin in the dead of winter to see movies t... more
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