Tag: Beyond Generation

With If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile in the Forum section and Sorda (Deaf) in the Panorama section, this year's Berlinale program features two films that each explore the lives of a deaf woman and mother and their respective environments. Both films received the CICAE Art Cinema Award, awarded by the International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, which aims to bring outstanding films to arthouse cinemas. Additionally, Sorda was awarded the Panorama Audience Award, determined this year by around 28,000 votes. If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile also won the Jury Award of the Teddy Awards, the Berlinale's queer film prize. The representation of this theme in both films high...

A review of "Dreams in Nightmares", shown in the Panorama section.  Thundering music, growing ever more intense, echoes from the speakers. The first audience members start covering their ears. Meanwhile, black-and-white images of fieldwork and a country road rolling by fill the screen. The music builds to an almost unbearable tension—until it suddenly cuts out, releasing the audience into the film.  Nachdem ihr der Job gekündigt wird, sucht Z ihre zwei engsten Freundinnen in New York auf. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach einer weiteren Freund:in, die sich länger nicht mehr gemeldet hat. Das Publikum wird mitgenommen auf einen Roadtrip durch die USA, der eine tiefgehende und liebevolle Freundschaft zwischen den jungen Frauen porträtiert. Gemeinsam gehen sie feier...