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17Feb

What if punks saved the world

I am meeting the Chilean filmmaker Diego „Mapache“ Fuentes in the lobby of the Hyatt hotel. Mapache, meaning raccoon in Spanish, is the nickname he got himself as a young punk in one of Chile's most elite universities. He is welcoming and eager to talk about his graduation film, Matapanki, which brought him to this year's Berlinale. Matapanki tells the story of a young punk that gets superpowers whenever he is drunk and starts to fight political injustice. To fully appreciate Matapanki, it helps to understand the backdrop of Chile's contemporary history. During the Cold War, the country was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship, which was followed by a gradual process of democratization beginning in 1989. For decades, Chilean society—and its cinema—have been shaped by the lingering sc...

15Feb

By Liv ThastumNo Comments

Film and Poetry, Review

There are no heroes left in the world

A poem written as reaction to the film „Not a hero“ by Rima Das houses transform into treesbig streets to forest roads a boy is sent to the village suddenly the only highway around, is the ant trail on top of the trunk “he can’t even read assamese“ say the children at school your parents left the language behind forgot the words in the village as they moved to the city when you look closely at the words their shapes transform into their meaning . গছ is a tree ঘোঁৰা is a horse বন্ধু is a friend . it all makes sense: "sometimes I talk to the trees" says the girl "sometimes I talk to myself" says the boy don’t be afraid to cry boy nature does it all the time the trees need the water there are no heroes left in the world just us Read also: Rain exhaus...

15Feb

By KonstantinNo Comments

Video

An exceptional opening ceremony

I have never seen so many autograph hunters at the opening of Berlinale Generation. The cast of the British opening film "Sunny Dancers" briefly threw the House of World Cultures into a state of emergency, with extra police presence and additional security. Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, A Series of Unfortunate Events) opened the 23rd 14+ edition of the 49th Generation section at the 76th Berlinale. https://youtu.be/G-oeOydOgx0

14Feb

By KonstantinNo Comments

Review

Papaya vs. the World

With just one word, "Papaya" manages to tell a story that lasts over 71 minutes – and that word is the title itself. In a charming collage of simple shapes and photographs, this animated film tells the story of a small seed that is brought into the world but does not want to put down roots. Instead, the black dot wants to explore the world, and that's exactly what it does: it jumps and crawls, observes and hides. In addition to the flying seeds of the dandelion, which he envies, he finally finds himself in an industrial area that wants to pack the magic of nature into angular boxes. Priscilla Kellen (director and screenwriter) thus takes a joyful look at the relationship between the life of nature and the seemingly lifeless industry. When I saw Alê Abreu's name in the credits as produc...

13Feb

By Leo, Liv Heyden, Liv Thastum, Hannah Everitt and Anouk SegebartNo Comments

Background, General, Review

It’s Time

A rustling sound. At first very quiet, barely distinguishable from the wind, then growing louder and louder, hissing and roaring. A flickering, bright light flashes on and off, clacking and clicking — until finally, slowly, a heavy hatch opens and thick steam hisses into the evening sky. ‘Do you think time travel is real?‘ The time machine is the mystery that gives this year's Kplus opening film, A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo, its title. From the perspective of 10-year-old Manuellinha and her friends, the film explores questions about the past and future, among other things, and what it actually means to grow up. After watching the film, we also took a closer look at these questions and collected various impressions as brief texts, which we would like to share with you here. At the...