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Berlin International Film Festival

10 February – 20 February 2022

This year's Berlin Film Festival is running as an in-person event from February 10 to 20. It will open with Francois Ozon's Peter Von Kant. Our inputting is ongoing for this year's event, so please check back regularly.

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  • Alcarràs
    Review preview for Alcarràs

    Simón takes a loose approach to the narrative, letting the small dramas of family play out alongside larger ones, giving as much value to the transient pleasures of fresh peach juice and cooked snails as the tensions between siblings.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The Solé family spends the summer picking peaches - but this year’s crop may well be their last as new owners plan to replace the peach trees with solar panels and the family’s livelihood is threatened.
  • Peter Von Kant
    Review preview for Peter Von Kant

    Martyrdom and bad wishing, casual cruelty and sweet despair reign in this realm.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    The life of famous film director Peter von Kant is turned upside down when he meets the handsome young Amir.
  • A Piece Of Sky
    Review preview for A Piece Of Sky

    The film could not be more Swiss if it were made out of chocolate, yet it feels real, organic, a natural expression of the world in which it is set.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young woman commits to standing by her husband after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
  • Rule 34
    Review preview for Rule 34

    There’s a lot going on in Júlia Murat’s accomplished drama.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young woman studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.
  • Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
    Review preview for Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

    Densely packed as this film is, only so much can be squeezed into an hour and 47 minutes. Menkes succeeds, however, in delivering a pretty thorough primer.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Based on Nina Menkes' acclaimed talk "Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema", a mesmerising journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women.
  • Both Sides Of The Blade
    Review preview for Both Sides Of The Blade

    Although this film has no body count, it carries with it all the danger of an erotic thriller.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Sara has been in a stable, loving relationship with Jean for years. But then a man from their past reappears and, without warning, an old passion reignites.
  • Rimini
    Review preview for Rimini

    The director offers perhaps the best visual representation of the word ‘kitsch’ cinema has recently seen

    Dora Leu · 4 out of 5
    Rimini in winter. A group of older hotel guests is blissfully enjoying Richie Bravo singing about tears that hurt. But when his daughter holds up a mirror to his pathos, the past catches up with this star of schmaltz.
  • Small, Slow But Steady
    Review preview for Small, Slow But Steady

    Transcendental is often a pretentious word, but Miyake’s cadenced, Ozu-reminiscent, directorial style has a talent for sensing tensions and charging shots with profound meaning and sereneness.

    Dora Leu · 4 out of 5
    A young Deaf boxer struggles to find the will to fight through the pandemic.
  • Axiom
    Review preview for Axiom

    The way doubt starts to enter into everything we hear from any of the characters is subtly orchestrated.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A well-liked young museum attendant invites his colleagues on a sailing trip on his aristocratic family’s boat, but all is not quite as it seems.
  • A Flower In The Mouth
    Review preview for A Flower In The Mouth

    A flinty film that never caters to easy imagery.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    A film in two parts: a first act filmed as an observational documentary in the world's largest flower market, followed by a fictional second act about a man, afflicted by a terminal illness, encountering a stranger in a train station bar.

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