Monday, February 26, 2024

Notes on Raíz (Through Rocks and Clouds), by Franco Garcia Becerra, Peru: 2024-Berlin Filmfestival2024 VIII.-Generation

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Raíz takes place at the time of the qualification for the Football World Championship in Russia 2018, when only a few matches separate the ...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Notes on L´ Homme Vertige (Tales of a City), by Malaury Elois Paisley, France: 2024-Berlin Filmfestival2024 VII.-Forum

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The strongest echo the film left in my memory was the permanent noise of demolition of buildings. Several time we see demolition excavators ...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Notes on The Fable, by Raam Reddy, India: 2024, Berlin Filmfestival VI.-Encounters

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I walked through this film (which goes in different directions) like through a magic forest. At the beginning the paths are clearly laid out...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Notes on Re tian wu hou (Remains of the hot Day), by Wenqian Zhang, China: 2024-Berlin Filmfestival2024 V.-Berlinale Shorts 2)

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Taking place in the late 1990s the film is an insight into the microcosm of a Chinese family of three generations. The narrative movement is...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Notes on Adieu Tortue (Bye bye Turtle), by Selin Öksüzoḡlu, France: 2024-Berlin Filmfestival IV. -Berlinale Shorts program 1

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I had no idea that this film will be still present in my memory a few weeks after the press screening. The wonder of a film is sometimes whe...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Notes on Kaalkapje (Baldlocks, by Marthe Peters, Belgium: 2023-Berlin Filmfestival III.-Berlinale Shorts Program 2

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  How can one describe a film which is a deeply moving autobiographic essay and at the same time a very wise reflection of image making. It ...

Notes on Comme le Feu (Who by Fire), by Philippe Lesage, Canada: 2024-Berlin Filmfestival2024 II. -Generation

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  The camera follows a driving car on a Road which curls itself through a huge forest landscape. It is a very long sequence with a quiet but...