This year’s Berlinale Shorts reveals an obsession with the ongoing crises of modernity, while revealing biases about the types of stories allowed to be told.
Berlinale Shorts 2024: The Detritus of Modernity
Fedor Tot
Fedor Tot is a Yugoslav-born Wales-raised film critic and curator specialising in Balkan cinema, with bylines at WeLoveCinema, Mubi Notebook and Photogenie.
Best Festival Films and Hidden Festival Gems 2023
Avoiding consensus for our top 2023 picks, Journey Into Cinema focuses on both the best festival films and the finest hidden gems.
Berlinale Shorts 2023: Complicating The Big Questions via the Short Form
The 20 films at the Berlinale Shorts affirm the festival as the most politically and socially conscious of the Big Five. We spotlight some to put on your radar.