Ten films from the smaller sections that you won’t regret queuing up for…
A Fold in My blanket (Panorama; Directed by Zaza Rusadze), because this unusual doc on post-communist Georgia presents new varieties of social inertia.
Feb 7, 21:00 @ CinemaxX 7 | Feb 8, 20:15 @ CineStar 3 | Feb 9, 22:30 @ Cubix 7 and Cubix 8 | Feb 10, 14:00 @ International | Feb 12, 17:45 @ Cinestar 3 | Feb 17, 22:30 @ Colosseum 1
Elelwani (Forum; Directed by Ntshavheni Wa Luruli), because its striking evocation of ancient mythologies takes an oblique look at South Africa’s conflicted society.
Feb 10, 21:30 @ CinemaxX 4 | Feb 11, 14:00 @ Delphi Filmpalast | Feb 12, 16:30 @ CineStar 8 | Feb 15, 17:30 @ Kino Arsenal 1
Fatal (Panorama; Directed by Don-Ku Lee) because it shows that violence can still shock for all the right reasons.
Feb 9, 19:00 @ CinemaxX 7 | Feb 10, 20:15 @ CineStar 3 | Feb 11, 22:30 @ Cubix 7 and Cubix 8 | Feb 12, 22:30 @ Colosseum 1 | Feb 16, 19:00 @ CinemaxX 7
For Marx (Forum; Directed by Svetlana Baskova), because you’ll never find a better illustration of Marx’s dictum that history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce.
Feb 8, 22:00 @ CinemaxX 4 | Feb 9, 16:00 @ CineStar 8 | Feb 11, 20:00 @ Cubix 9 | Feb 17, 16:30 @ Delphi Filmpalast
Habi, the Foreigner
(Panorama; Directed by Maria Florencia Alvarez), because it shows how circumstance, not ideology, defines identity.
Feb 12, 20:00 @ International | Feb 13, 12:30 @ CinemaxX 7 | Feb 14, 14:30 @ Cubix 9 | Feb 15, 17:00 @ International
I Used to be Darker (Forum; Directed by Matt Porterfield), because it shows divorce as a process in which tension can coexist with harmony.
Feb 8, 21:30 @ Delphi Filmpalast | Feb 9, 13:30 @ CineStar 8 | Feb 10, 22:45 @ Cubix 9 | Feb 13, 18:30 @ fsk Kino am Oranienplatz
Rock the Casbah (Panorama; Directed by Yariv Horowitz), because it’s a rare film that elicits sympathy for Israelis and Palestinians without fudging the issues.
Feb 8, 22:45 @ CineStar 3 | Feb 9, 17:45 @ CineStar 3 | Feb 14, 19:00 @ CinemaxX 7 | Feb 15, 20:15 @ CineStar 3 | Feb 16, 17:45 @ CineStar 3
The Act of Killing (Panorama; Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer), because in delving so deep into the psyches of the mass murderers it portrays, it lays bare the nature of evil and raises the bar for documentary filmmaking.
Feb 9, 17:00 @ International | Feb 10, 11:30 @ CineStar 7 | Feb 12, 11:00 @ HAU1 | Feb 14, 15:00 @ Colosseum 1 | Feb 16, 20:00 @ CineStar 7
The Daughter (Forum; Directed by Thanos Anastopoulos), because it’s a mesmerising portrayal of Greek society on the edge of moral chaos.
Feb 8, 19:15 @ CineStar 8 | Feb 9, 12:30 @ Kino Arsenal 1 | Feb 10, 15:00 @ Cubix 7 | Feb 17, 22:15 @ Cubix 9
The Swimming Pool (Panorama; Directed by Carlos Machado Quintela), because this modest film about disability dares to work with disabled actors.
Feb 10, 17:00 @ International | Feb 13, 20:00 @ International | Feb 14, 13:30 @ CinemaxX 7 | Feb 15, 14:30 @ Cubix 9 |Feb 17, 17:30 @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt
