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24Feb

By Hannah Everitt and Hannah EverittNo Comments

keep on swimming or sink

„Chicas Tristes“ (Sad Girlz) by Fernanda Tovar tells the story of overwhelming sadness and feelings of powerlessness after rape. Visually stunning, the film does not focus on the assault itself, but rather on its impact on the victim and those close to her. Paula (Darana Álvarez) and Maestra (Rocio Guzmán) are best friends, both members of a swimming team. When Paula is raped by a teammate at a New Year's Eve party, the relationship between the two friends changes abruptly. The director portrays the friendship between the two teenagers with great empathy. True to the real dynamics between best friends, the director captures the beauty of female friendship. The film does not show the cruelty of violence but gives hope and clings to the beautiful things, just as Paula and Maestra cling t...

20Feb

By Sarah, Amaru Jarrín and Hannah EverittNo Comments

Interview

Improv, Openness and Spirituality – An Interview with Fernanda Tovar, the director of “Chicas Tristes”

„Chicas Tristes“ by Fernanda Tovar in this year’s 14Plus competition follows two girls on their journey to realize and cope with the sexual assault against one of them. After the film had premiered on the first Saturday of the Berlinale, some members of Generation Reports (fGR) had sat down to discuss the film. We all had been shaken and moved by the film. Meeting up with the director of the film, Fernanda Tovar, a few days later opened up new perspectives on this debut feature film. fGR: I've read somewhere that it took you seven years to write the book. With it being such a sensitive topic, how do you deal with something like that, that is so intense and hurtful, over such a long time, without breaking, but still conveying hope through the film? Fernanda Tovar: I broke a lot o...

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...