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Berlin International Film Festival · 2015

Berlin International Film Festival 2015

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13 films · 3 reviews

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54: The Director's Cut

Life in New York's most famous night club, seen through the eyes of a naive employee.

(Year: 2014; Director: Mark Christopher; Writer: Mark Christopher; Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer, Sherry Stringfield, Ellen Albertini Dow, Cameron Mathison, Noam Jenkins, Jay Goede, Patrick Taylor, Heather Matarazzo, Skipp Sudduth, Aemilia Robinson)

World premiere.

B-Movie: Lust And Sound In West-Berlin

Documentary examining the cultural life of West Berlin in the 1980s.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Jörg A Hoppe, Heiko Lange, Klaus Maeck; Writer: Jörg A Hoppe, Heiko Lange, Klaus Maeck, Mark Reeder, Mark Reeder; Stars: Blixa Bargeld, Gudrun Gut, Annette Humpe, Mark Reeder)

World premire. Documentary

Chorus

Review preview for Chorus

The film is dark. Its message of disconnection has layers of sub plots, barely hinted at yet still damaging

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
A marriage torn apart by the disappearance of a child is reconnected as events offer closure, resurrecting emotions and a kind of hope

(Country: Canada, Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: François Delisle; Writer: François Delisle; Stars: Sébastien Ricard, Fanny Mallette, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Curzi, )

Full review

European premiere.

Dora Or The Sexual Neuroses Of Our Parents (Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern)

After her mother decides to stop all medication, 18-year-old mentally disabled Dora awakes to a world of wonder and desire.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Stina Werenfels; Writer: Boris Treyer, Stina Werenfels; Stars: Victoria Schulz, Jenny Schily, Lars Eidinger, Urs Jucker)

World premiere.

Dyke Hard

A failed lesbian rock group on their way to a battle of the bands team up with a thaiboxer on her way to a martial arts tournament and together they go through all kinds of adventures.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2014; Director: Bitte Andersson; Writer: Bitte Andersson, Martin Borell, Alexi Carpentieri, Josephine Krieg; Stars: Lina Kurttila, Peggy Sands, Maria Wågensjö, Alle Eriksson, Iki Gonzalez, Josephine Wilson, Anitha Nygårds, Ylva Maria Thompson, Ann-Charlotte Andersson, Ingrid Andersson, Alexi Carpentieri, Engla Famne, Tina Gunell, Romina Ramos, Fej Ganebo Skantz)

International premiere.

Fassbinder - To Love Without Demands (Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve, Fassbinder - lieben ohne zu fordern)

Portrait of the director based on previously unseen footage shot by Thomsen when he worked with Fassbinder in the Seventies.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2015; Director: Christian Braad Thomsen; Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer, Lilo Pempeit)

I Am Michael

Review preview for I Am Michael

There is too much of the ring of the academic argument and, especially for a film so concerned with the spiritual, not quite enough soul.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Justin Kelly; Writer: Justin Kelly, Stacey Miller; Stars: Emma Roberts, James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Leven Rambin, Daryl Hannah, Avan Jogia, Charlie Carver, Lesley Ann Warren, Devon Graye, Jenna Leigh Green, Evie Thompson, Blake Lee, Reema Sampat, Blake Young-Fountain, Raymond T. Williams)

Full review

International premiere.

The Last Summer Of The Rich (Der letzte Sommer der Reichen)

Vienna’s high society of the gossip pages parties with sex, drugs, alcohol and young models. Hanna von Stezewitz stands in the heart of it all. She’s young, attractive and rich, head of a corporate group and one of Vienna’s most important financers.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2015; Director: Peter Kern; Writer: Peter Kern; Stars: Amira Casar, Nicole Gerdon, Winfried Glatzeder, Helmut Berger, Margarete Tiesel, Nicole Beutler, Florian Feik)

World premiere.

Murder in Pacot (Meurtre à Pacot)

The aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake shakes a privileged couple.

(Country: France, Norway, Haiti; Year: 2014; Director: Raoul Peck; Writer: Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck, Lyonel Trouillot; Stars: Alex Descas, Lovely Kermonde Fifi, Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin, Thibault Vinçon)

European premiere.

Ned Rifle

Last chapter in Hartley's trilogy sees Fay's son go looking for Henry.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Hal Hartley; Writer: Hal Hartley; Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Parker Posey, Liam Aiken, Robert John Burke, Lloyd Kaufman, Martin Donovan, James Urbaniak, Bill Sage, Karen Sillas, Jefferson Mays, Gia Crovatin, John Ellison Conlee, Thomas Jay Ryan, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Bob Byington)

European premiere.

Ode To My Father (Gukje Shijang)

Drama following the turmoil experienced by families in the wake of the Korean War.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2014; Director: Youn Jk; Writer: Soo-jin Park; Stars: Hwang Jeong-min, Kim Yunji, Oh Dal-su, Jung Jin-young, Jang Young-nam, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Seul-ki )

European premiere.

Out Of Nature (Mot naturen)

Stream-of-consciousness trip with a mountain hiker.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2014; Director: Ole Giæver; Writer: Ole Giæver; Stars: Ole Giæver, Rebekka Nystabakk, Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Sivert Giæver Solem, Trond Peter Stamsø Munch)

European premiere.

Paradise In Service (Jun zhong le yuan)

Review preview for Paradise In Service

Despite the lush colour this is bleak, even heart-breaking.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
War drama set against the backdrop of a military brothel.

(Country: China, Taiwan; Year: 2014; Director: Doze Niu; Writer: Doze Niu, Li-ting Tseng; Stars: Ethan Juan, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan, Ivy Yi-Han Chen, Bo-Chieh Wang, Davy Chan, Daniel Chen, Yu-Hsing Fan, Honduras, Chien-Wei Huang, Mei-Hsiu Lin, Kai Chi Liu, Ke-Li Miao, Ming-Shuai Shih)

Full review

European premiere.