Tag: 14plus

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...
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System-critical drama with a lot of heart and humor
20Feb ClaraBy ClaraNo Comments
Review

System-critical drama with a lot of heart and humor

a review on "Sunshine" Sunshine stands on the gymnastics mat, her competition suit bearing the Philippine national flag. All around her, everything goes quiet. She closes her eyes, fully concentrated. Music starts, people cheer, Sunshine opens her eyes, smiles and starts her performance. Making it to the Philippine national team and competing for her country in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics is Sunshine's (Maris Racal) greatest wish. She has been training for this every day for over 10 years, everything revolves around the sport and her goal is within her sights - when she suddenly faints during training and finds out that she is pregnant after taking a secret pregnancy test. Completely overwhelmed by the situation, Sunshine has to find a way to deal with it, because abortions a...
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Waiting until it gets dark – about one of America’s most dangerous migration routes
20Feb Liv ThastumBy Liv ThastumNo Comments
Background, Film and Poetry

Waiting until it gets dark – about one of America’s most dangerous migration routes

Critique, background article, and poem on the short film Atardecer en América And suddenly, an uncontrollable sadness rises from my stomach, and I feel the tears running. I sit there in front of my computer, in the midst of my research, and find myself crying. I see the images from the short film reappear, I watch the landscape – the Altiplano high plateau – vanish; people, animals, and nature disappear. I see people dying. I hear the buzzwords from the articles I’ve read: Venezuela – the world’s second largest exodus, 7.7 million people, plus climate refugees, drought, rising temperatures, 7,000 kilometers from Venezuela to Chile, and countless unreported cases. “Atardecer en América” – Sunset over America – is the title of the short film that moved me so deeply and led me to the re...
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Lightness and Strength in Harmony with Nature
18Feb SarahBy SarahNo Comments
Review

Lightness and Strength in Harmony with Nature

A review of Village Rockstars 2  With Village Rockstars 2, Rima Das returns to the Berlinale. In 2019, she received a Special Mention from the International Jury of Berlinale Generation for Bulbul Can Sing and in 2020, she was a member of the International Jury herself. Now comes Village Rockstars 2, the sequel to her 2017 feature film. However, prior knowledge of the first film is not necessary to immerse oneself in this story. In fact, the title, which suggests a straightforward continuation, somewhat understates how valuable and independent this film truly is.  From the very beginning, the breathtaking landscapes stand out. Captured in rich colors, nature is illuminated from all angles. It plays a central role—not merely as a backdrop, but as a source of s...
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Between Tradition and Self-determination
16Feb ClaraBy ClaraNo Comments
Background

Between Tradition and Self-determination

a review on "Uiksaringitara" With the world premiere of “Uiksaringitara” (The Wrong Husband), director Zacharias Kunuk returns to the Berlinale program after several years, attracting not only the attention of generation audience. Kunuk is considered one of the most important Inuit filmmakers and co-founded the first independent Inuit production company, Isuma. Isuma is intended to give Inuit filmmakers a platform and enable self-determination. Since the 1990s, Kunuk has been producing and directing films by, with and about Inuit and has won several awards. Like Kunuk's previous films, “Uiksaringitara” tells the story of people from the Inuit community: The story is set 4000 years ago in the Canadian Arctic region of Nunavut. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) ...
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Racism in the job search: background research on “Ellbogen”
25Feb Zaide E.By Zaide E.No Comments
Background

Racism in the job search: background research on “Ellbogen”

Racism in Germany is a serious and structural problem. The Berlin film "Ellbogen" is about 18-year-old Hazal, who tries to forge her own path. She fails because of the racist system. Not only in her job search, but also in her everyday life. This background research deals with everyday racism and the possible mechanisms for dismantling it. When talking about racism, it is important to differentiate. There is of course overt racism, such as insults and physical attacks. But so-called microaggressions also play a major role. These are the everyday racisms that so many people are exposed to. These can include glances in public, racist ideas shining through or the generalisation of character traits attributed to a certain group. This form of everyday racism, microaggressions, are a large pa...
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