Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Notes on Aājoor, by Aaryan Chandra Prakash, India. 2024

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  Despite all the obstacles Indian art cinema and especially independent cinema (not seldom made with a shoe string budget) are facing, I am...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Laudatio Aparna Sen

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  From April 25 to April 28, 2024, the  Red Lotus Asian Filmfestival  took place in Vienna. Aparna Sen was awarded with the  Red Lotus Lifet...
Monday, March 16, 2026

The Fabelmans, by Steven Spielberg, USA: 2022

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to the memory of my brothers Hans Joachim, Detlev and Martin Autobiographical or at least strongly autobiographical inspired films by more o...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Notes on Les Juifs Riches (The Rich Jews), by Yolande Zauberman, France: 2026-Berlin Filmfestival2026 VIII.-Berlinale Shorts (program 4)

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This film by Yolande Zauberman (a French filmmaker with Polish-Jewish roots) does not fit in any category, almost too long for a short film ...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Notes on Eight Bridges, by James Benning, USA: 2026-Berlin Filmfestival VII.-Forum

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  The film consists of eight sequences, each of them presents in 10 minutes one bridge. One can question the categorization of James Benning...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Notes on Jiureo Ganeun Gil (En Route To), by Yoo Jaein, Korea: 2026-Berlin Filmfestival2026 VI.-Generation

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  In the last years, films from South Korea presented always a very rich and diverse film culture – if auteur cinema or mainstream. Not to m...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Notes on Masayume, by Nao Yoshigai, Japan: 2026-Berlin Filmfestival V.-Forum

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Like I mentioned recently in my text on films by Anjan Dutt or Steven Spielberg, this kind of very personal and often autobiographically ins...