Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDue to the pandemic, Berlin Film Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian and his programming team this year were forced to “think of the selection in different terms,” he says, when the fest adopted its two-step formula — an industry and press-focused event March 1-5 and a Summer Special open to the public June 9-20 — and what they “had to offer” to the film industry changed.
But Chatrian is proud of the result, which he calls “a good mix of new voices and established filmmakers” with “many works carrying the marks of the pandemic in their images.” He spoke to Variety about the challenges and goals of assembling this unprecedented edition.
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