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Berlin International Film Festival · 2022

Berlin International Film Festival 2022

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4 films · 4 reviews

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Beautiful Beings

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Much of the film’s raw effectiveness is due to the young cast’s wisdom and effortless on-screen chemistry.

Antoni Konieczny · 3.5 out of 5
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.

(Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czechia; Year: 2022; Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Writer: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Stars: Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Anita Briem, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir, Blær Hinriksson, Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)

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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

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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.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nina Menkes; Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Catherine Hardwicke, Joey Soloway, Eliza Hittman, Julie Dash, Ita O'Brien, Maria Giese, Nina Menkes, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Ziering, Lara Dale, Freddy D. Ramsey Jr., Sandra de Castro Buffington)

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Klondike

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Gorbach presents war as an insidious and dangerous beast, prowling about the edges of people's lives, swiping at those who aren't directly involved just as easily as those who are.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia - Ukraine during the start of war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after, they find themselves at the center of an air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

(Country: Ukraine, Turkey; Year: 2022; Director: Maryna Er Gorbach; Writer: Maryna Er Gorbach; Stars: Evgeniy Efremov, Oleg Shcherbina, Oksana Cherkashyna, Oleg Shevchuk, Artur Aramyan)

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A Love Song

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Walker-Silverman is in no hurry to reach that encounter and he makes slipping into the rhythms of Faye's day a thing of gentle joy.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains. A love story for those who are alone.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Max Walker-Silverman; Writer: Max Walker-Silverman; Stars: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, John Way, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, Marty Grace Dennis, Felipe Jorge)

Full review See: Taking the lead - Dale Dickey on stepping into the spotlight in A Love Song , A Love Song to Colorado: Max Walker-Silverman on his debut film