2015 Berlinale Poster

Berlin raises the curtain for the 65th Berlinale from 5 to 15 February 2015.

The Author Vassilis Economou

Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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REVIEWS

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

A visually impressive and highly emotional coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in the Jordanian desert just before the Arab Revolt. Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Jauja (2014)

Jodorowsky meets Tarkovsky with a touch of Beckettian minimalism in Lisandro Alonso's hypnotic meta-Western that leads Viggo Mortensen into a never-ending journey to a surreal existential void.

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Isa Quosja directs a slow burning drama that is dealing with one of the most delicate and tabu issues in modern post-war Kosovo.

Mustang – Sarajevo 21

Deniz Gamze Ergüven creates a "joyful" feministic fairytale that explores if teen rebelliousness and sexual awareness can survive in conservative Anatolia. Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival.

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

Kafkaesque absurdity meets Soviet reality during the years of the extremely bureaucratic Perestroika in this deadpan comedy by Karen Shakhnazarov.

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Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Jauja (2014)

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Mustang – Sarajevo 21

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

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