US EditionBerlin Film Festival to Open with a Rallying Cry 'to Defend Artistic Freedom'
The 76th Berlinale features over 200 films, highlighting women's stories and human rights amid global tensions, festival director says artistic freedom is under threat.
- On Thursday evening the Berlin Film Festival opens with No Good Men by Iran-born Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat, with Wim Wenders heading the jury.
- Festival organisers framed the programme as a response to the bloody crackdown on protests in Iran and wider threats to human rights, with Shahrbanoo Sadat's film reflecting the Taliban's 2021 seizure.
- More than 200 films will be shown over the 10 days, with 22 films in competition and Wim Wenders as jury head alongside stars Amy Adams, Channing Tatum, and Sandra Hüller.
- The festival's opening gala at 7:00 pm will honour Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, with organisers casting Berlin as the first major international festival in the world's film calendar.
- A majority of films this year were made by women directors, including nine of the 22 competition films, with politically charged works like Karim Ainouz's described as `Biting satire` and Southern Germany doubling for the US Northwest.
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Berlin Film Festival to open with a rallying cry 'to defend artistic freedom'
The Berlin Film Festival will kick off on Thursday evening with an eclectic selection of films reflecting current upheavals, and with Wim Wenders, one of Germany's most illustrious directors, heading the jury.
'Family and intimacy under pressure' at Berlin film festival
The 76th edition of the Berlin Film Festival opens on Thursday, featuring productions from over 80 countries and with German film legend Wim Wenders presiding over this year's jury. AFP sat down with festival director Tricia Tuttle, who is in her second year at the helm, for a look-ahead at…
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After two years of political controversy, the 76th edition of Berlinale opens this Friday with a program that appears to be less suitable than talking.
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