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My Favourite Cake
My Favourite Cake
A 70-year-old decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
Documentary about the acclaimed directors, their work and its legacy.
The Devil's Bath
The Devil's Bath
A woman struggles with her life, leading her to take desperate measures in 18th Century Austria.
L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City
L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City
Documentary about Point-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe.
Sojourn To Shangri-La
Sojourn To Shangri-La
During a seaside commercial shoot, a complex art piece vanishes overnight. As the situation comes to a standstill, the assistant art director journeys in search of the installation.
Intercepted
Intercepted
The destruction caused by the war against Ukraine is shown in lengthy tableaux. Intercepted phone conversations between Russian soldiers and their families set up a parallel world.
Scenes Of Extraction
Scenes Of Extraction
An archival constellation from the still and moving images of the British Petroleum Archives, documenting the expansive colonial network behind the British geophysical expeditions that spanned across Iran in the early 20th century.
Sons
Sons
A prison officer faces a dilemma after a young man from her past is transferred to the jail where she works.
The Great Yawn Of History
The Great Yawn Of History
A religious man dreams of finding gold coins hidden in a cave. Aware that his belief prohibits him from claiming the treasure, he hires a non-religious young man to assist in its retrieval.
Architecton
Architecton
A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.
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Berlin International Film Festival Features

The joy of research
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Maria Hofstätter, the Brothers Grimm and The Devil's Bath
Home truths
Intercepted director Oksana Karpovych on aggression and resistance in Ukraine
'I wanted to make it look almost like an ancient documentary'
Director Yihan Lin on space and texture in her short Sojourn To Shangri-La
'It's about a feeling which is lost in adulthood - the complexity of simple things'
Carlo Sironi on his coming-of-age movie My Summer With Irene
'I think, through the screen, we can gain a truthful reality'
Dāvis Sīmanis on the cyclical nature of history and why we need to learn from it in Maria's Silence
'I really wanted to make a movie for the younger version of myself'
Anthony Schatteman on love, authenticity and acceptance in Young Hearts
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe
Bigfoot challenge
David and Nathan Zellner on turning a myth into a reality for Sasquatch Sunset
Sorting fact from fiction
Roman Bondarchuk on fake news, politics and the situation in Ukraine in The Editorial Office
Sculpting a story
Jianjie Lin on working layer by layer on Brief History Of A Family
Family ties
Klaudia Reynicke on crazy casting and bringing her own emotions to Reinas
An act of observance
Atom Egoyan on interpreting Salome and making Seven Veils
Scorsese on Scorsese
The legendary director talks about his life and career at BAFTA event

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