Berlin ► Last News

Britain Atlanta city London, Britain Washington Nashville Dublin county Bristol county Trinity Berlin city Brussels city Amsterdam Austin city Vienna county Eagle Philadelphia city Manchester, Britain Indie song

variety.com

22.01.2022 / 21:31

46%

689

‘Lunana’ Makes Long Trek to Oscars From Remote Corner of Bhutan

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBhutan’s first Oscar entry in 23 years, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s feature debut “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” had an unusual journey before landing on the shortlist for Oscar international film.The lushly lensed feature, with a plot revolving around the spiritual coming of age of a young man on a quest to find happiness far from home, was made on solar batteries and shot for three months in one of world’s most isolated human settlements with first-time actors and an amateur crew.“It’s a very surreal journey, and for me it really validates the power of art and filmmaking, that if you put your heart into it, and share a story with the world, it can go from the remotest school in the world, all the way to the most prestigious stages of the world,” says Dorji. He is an author and photographer from Bhutan whose work has been published in magazines such as Life, Esquire and the Wall Street Journal.

Australia Berlin Bhutan film man

Mariano Biasin’s ‘Sublime’ Gets Trailer, Sale to Germany Ahead of Berlin World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Meikincine has dropped the trailer for “Sublime,” a film by Argentinian Mariano Biasin, which will world premiere at next month’s Berlinale, playing in Generation 2022.The trailer comes as “Sublime” has sealed its first major territory sales deal, selling to Salzgeber for Germany and Austria. Produced by Juan Pablo Miller at Tarea Fina, the film follows Manuel, 16, as he prepares for his band’s upcoming show while navigating a challenging love triangle.“Sublime” deals with friendship and love, and how they intermingle during a time when emotions and hormones run high.

Austria Germany Argentina Berlin film band Love

Johnny Depp To Play King Louis XV In New Film

Johnny Depp is making his comeback in an upcoming period piece.

Johnny Depp Amber Heard France Paris USA Berlin film stars awards

First Look: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross Star in Mystery Thriller ‘The Theory of Everything’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGerman director Timm Kröger’s mystery thriller “The Theory of Everything” has started shooting at the ski resort of St. Jakob in Defereggen, Austria. The film’s first image has been released.

Austria Germany Switzerland Berlin Panama film stars shootings

International Insider: Bad Times For BBC; Gaspard Ulliel Remembered; Berlin Competition Bonanza; David Kosse’s Masterplan

Afternoon subscribers, Max Goldbart here. It’s been a busy week but International Insider has you covered. Read on for in-depth analysis of the biggest international headlines of the week.

Hugh Grant Boris Johnson Armando Iannucci Nadine Dorries Britain Berlin BBC film stars

Sundance Opening Day: Programmers On Ups & Downs Of Online Fest; Expanding Buyers’ Appetites

“Let’s keep moving forward,” said Sundance Film Festival Director Tabitha Jackson in the middle of the opening day’s virtual press conference for the near 40-year old event.

Tabitha Jackson Joana Vicente state Utah Berlin Jackson city Salt Lake City film pandemic Citi

Hardy Kruger Dies: ‘A Bridge Too Far’ & ‘Barry Lyndon’ Actor Was 93

German actor Hardy Kruger, known for his roles in films including Barry Lyndon and A Bridge Too Far, has died at the age of 93.

Adolf Hitler Richard Burton Stanley Kubrick Britain USA California Germany Indiana Berlin county Hardy film death actor

Berlin Competition Contender ‘Robe of Gems’ Pounced On by New York’s Visit Films (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentNew York-based Visit Films has swooped on world sales rights to “Robe of Gems” (“Manto de Gemas”) which will world premiere in main competition at next’s month’s Berlinale.Produced by some of the best known producers on the art film and crossover scene in Mexico and Argentina, “Robe of Gems” marks the directorial debut feature of Natalia López Gallardo who has edited some of the most acclaimed and challenging films coming out of Latin America in the last decade, such as Lisandro Alonso’s “Jauja,” starring Viggo Mortensen, and Carlos Reygadas’ “Post Tenebras Lux” and Amat Escalante’s “Heli,” the latter two both best director award winners at the Cannes Festival.

Viggo Mortensen Art New York Mexico Argentina Berlin film Dreams

HanWay Films Boards Comedy Drama ‘Sweet Sue’ Starring ‘White Line’s’ Maggie O’Neill, ‘Rogue One’s’ Tony Pitts

K.J. Yossman HanWay Films have picked up comedy drama “Sweet Sue” from newcomer Leo Leigh with sales set to commence at the European Film Market in Berlin.Buyers will also be treated to footage at the market.

China Berlin BBC film stars

Berlin Fest Chief Carlo Chatrian on Gender Balance, Sigourney Weaver, Other Stars’ Travel Plans and COVID Testing

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentBerlin Film Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian on Wednesday unveiled the full lineup for the fest’s 72nd edition which he is hellbent on holding as an in-person event despite the global spread of the omicron variant, even after other top fests such as Sundance and Rotterdam have thrown in the towel and gone online.Chatrian spoke to Variety about the selection and what he expects his “exercise in resistance,” as he has called it, to be like on the ground in Berlin.Yes. Despite everything that is happening, the willingness and desire to be part of the festival on the part of production companies, sellers, actors and directors is very strong. I was even moved a couple of weeks ago when they told me that Paolo Taviani, who is 91, really wants to come at any cost. I think filmmakers are pining to be reconnected [with audiences] and the Berlinale even more than other festivals gives that sense, because you are at the center of a city.

Carlo Chatrian Juliette Binoche Vincent Lindon Claire Denis Berlin film testing Citi

Berlin Film Festival Chiefs Talk 2022 Edition: Industry Screenings Plan; Reduced Program; Rising Covid Cases In Germany

It feels like yesterday that I was on the phone to Berlinale directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian following their pre-recorded video announcement of the 2021 festival program, the three of us casting an eye forward to the following year with the hope that this pandemic would finally be behind us.

Carlo Chatrian Dario Argento Claire Denis Germany Berlin film 2020 travelers

Berlin Film Festival Adds New Films By Claire Denis, Andrew Dominick, Lucretia Martel & More

While somewhat arbitrary and beholden to what’s finished, what’s available, and what’s ready, film festivals tend to have good years and bad years, depending. And well, after several good years, where the Berlin Film Festival has re-established itself as a significant player in the world cinema film festival sweepstakes, the Berlinale has really upped the ante in 2022 with a terrific line-up.

Claire Denis Berlin

Hong Sang-soo’s Third Successive Berlin Competition Title ‘The Novelist’s Film’ Picked up by Finecut

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading indie sales agent Finecut has picked up international rights to “The Novelist’s Film.” The picture marks the third year in a row that South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has had a film selected for competition in Berlin.Hong, who works on low budgets, controls much of the production process and makes repeated use of a small pool of actors, is one of the most prolific feature directors in the world. Although his works divide critics, he appears to have been recently rehabilitated among selectors (and juries) at the major European festivals.Hong’s 2020 “The Woman Who Ran” earned Berlin’s silver bear for best director.

Patrick South Korea Berlin film actress

M-Appeal Acquires Berlin Competition Title ‘Return to Dust’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe German-based sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired world sales rights to “Return to Dust,” from Chinese director Li Ruijun. The film was selected Wednesday to receive its world premiere in Competition at next month’s Berlinale (Feb. 10-16).The film follows the humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao who have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage.

China Berlin film beautiful Love

The Match Factory Reveals Berlinale Lineup, Including Two Competition Titles (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational sales company The Match Factory has revealed its Berlin Film Festival lineup, including two titles in Competition: “A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love” by Nicolette Krebitz and “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush” by Andreas Dresen.

George W.Bush France Germany Berlin film actress Love

Berlin Film Festival Unveils Competition Line-Up: Follow Live

The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival is revealing its Competition line-up this morning from 11am CET, refresh this page for updates.

Carlo Chatrian Berlin film reports awards

Listen to five new Beach House songs from eighth album ‘Once Twice Melody’

Beach House have shared the third batch of songs from their upcoming new album ‘Once Twice Melody’ – listen below.The Baltimore duo – comprised of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally – are releasing the follow-up to 2018’s ‘7’ in four separate instalments. They dropped the first four tracks last November, with part two arriving last month.Today (January 19) Beach House have uploaded ‘Chapter Three’, which is made up of five new tracks: ‘Sunset’, ‘Only You Know’, ‘Another Go Around’, ‘Masquerade’ and ‘Illusion Of Forever’.As with the previous chapters, the group’s latest offering arrives with accompanying official visuals.

Britain London Manchester Dublin Berlin city Brussels city Baltimore Indie song

Studiocanal, The Picture Company Plot Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Endless Night;’ Preston Thompson Adapting

EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal and The Picture Company are turning the Agatha Christie thriller classic Endless Night into a feature. They have hired up and coming scribe Preston Thompson to adapt it.

Agatha Christie Kenneth Branagh Liam Neeson Britain Berlin classical exclusive Love

‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Invades England In New Sequel Series Teaser

The Viking empire is growing.

David Oakes Britain state Utah Berlin Netflix stars action

‘Spider-Man’ Perches Atop U.K. Box Office, ‘Scream’ Scares Up Strong debut

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spent a fifth consecutive weekend at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, collecting £3.2 million ($4.3 million), according to numbers provided by Comscore.With a mighty total of £84.1 million ($114.2 million), “Spider-Man” has swung past “Titanic” (£80.2 million) and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi (£82.7) to claim seventh position in the all time U.K.

Brian Wilson Judi Dench Kenneth Branagh Mary Steenburgen Toni Collette Cate Blanchett Willem Dafoe Jamie Dornan Richard Jenkins Ron Perlman David Strathairn Cooper No Way Home Ireland Berlin city Shanghai film awards Provident

Molly Nilsson has never been one to shy away from a fight. A holistic strain of feminism has always echoed in her music, but it's never felt as direct as it does on her new album, Extreme, released on her Dark Skies Association imprint this past Saturday.

city Stockholm Berlin Rock Pop electronic

‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Trailer: Netflix Saga Continues With More Bloody Battles

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorNetflix has released a teaser for “Vikings: Valhalla,” a spinoff series of the original “Vikings” saga set to premiere Feb. 25 on the streaming platform.“Vikings: Valhalla” takes place over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, chronicling the adventures of famous Vikings in history — notably explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson) and Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). In the series, tensions between Vikings and English royals violently climax and an epic journey across oceans (and bloody battlefields) begins.“Vikings: Valhalla” takes place more than 100 years after the end of the “Vikings” series, which started close to the year 793 and explored several decades after.

Michael Hirst David Oakes Britain Iceland Berlin Netflix show Adventure

Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama Lineup Unveiled: Alain Guiraudie’s ‘Nobody’s Hero’ Set as Opener

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench auteur Alain Guiraudie’s political drama “Nobody’s Hero” has been set as the opener of the 2022 Berlin Film Festival’s multifaceted Panorama strand, which has announced its full lineup.The latest feature from Guiraudie, who is best known for his 2016 “Staying Vertical,” takes place in Clermont-Ferrand, central France, where a terrorist attack triggers some paranoid dynamics involving a young homeless man, a middle-aged sex worker and her married lover who have taken refuge in a building. The film’s cast comprises actor-director Noémie Lvovsky, Jean-Charles Clichet and Doria Tillier.The ten-title Panorama Dokumente strand, which runs concurrently with the feature films, comprises previously announced transgender-themed doc “Nel Mio Nome” (“Into My Name”) by Italian director and producer Nicolò Bassetti.

Elliot Page France Brazil Mexico Italy Berlin film stars social

Europe's top 10 'Sin Cities' revealed in study as UK town scoops first place

Sin Cities campaign, it seems as though UK capital London is considered as a Sin City after scooping first place. It secured 548 votes out of 800 thanks to its vibrant bars, bustling nightclubs and brilliant foodie spots.Following London in the study was Paris which scored 368, while Prague came third with 354 votes.The research found the UK capital had the highest number of strip clubs, casinos, hotels, shows and concerts.While its nightlife facilities, outdoor activities, restaurants, bars and pubs also made London popular too.The study took the various amenities in each city, then calculated which town caters best for a "wild time".

Britain city London, Britain county Bradford city Budapest Dublin Berlin city Amsterdam city Sin city Prague Lisbon show stars Citi

Berlin Panorama Title ‘Concerned Citizen’ Acquired by M-Appeal (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired world sales rights to “Concerned Citizen,” the sophomore title from Israeli writer-director Idan Haguel. The film was selected Tuesday to have its world premiere in the Panorama section at next month’s Berlinale (Feb.

Berlin Israel city Tel Aviv film stars Gay

Kate Bosworth celebrates birthday by riding a horse in a bikini – fans react

Kate Bosworth celebrated her 39th birthday this week, and to mark the special occasion the actress shared several photos and a video that got fans talking.MORE: Kate Bosworth wows in dramatic fall-inspired outfit at Berlin Fashion WeekTaking to her Instagram, the star posted three pictures showing her posing in front of the sea and in two of them she could be seen riding a horse.WATCH: Kate horse rides in a bikini to mark her birthday"This is 39," she simply captioned them whilst tagging the location as "Heaven on Earth".READ: Kate Bosworth makes major change to appearance in wake of divorceIn her Stories, sharing the same post, she made reference to her hit film Blue Crush, which was filmed 20 years ago. Kate Bosworth looked stunning in the snaps shared via InstagramIn the sports film, Kate stars alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem.

Michelle Rodriguez Kate Bosworth Berlin county Lake film stars

Berlin Film Festival Finalizes Panorama Line-Up; Unveils Series Market & Co-Pro Series Selections

The program announcements continue for the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival this week, with the full Panorama line-up now confirmed.

Josh Hartnett Carlo Chatrian Cooper Spain France Brazil Sweden Italy Iceland Germany Netherlands Denmark Czech Republic Berlin Israel Kazakhstan film stars

‘Fabian: Going To The Dogs’ Trailer: Dominik Graf’s Period Drama Shows The Debauchery Of 1930s Berlin

As we approach the beginning of the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival, one of the features that made its world premiere at last year’s event is finally arriving in theaters, “Fabian: Going to the Dogs.” As seen in the trailer, “Fabian” tells the story of the title character, a man who fully embraces the nightlife in 1931 Berlin, going from bars to brothels and everything in between. But when he meets a woman who sweeps him off his feet, he has to figure out how to reckon with his past life and deal with a different type of future.

Berlin show

Marco Bellocchio Visions du Réel Honor; UK Casting Awards Nominees; Berlin Film Fest Program Additions – Global Briefs