A clown’s life is turned upside down when her husband and two kids die in the emotionally resonant Four Minus Three, playing in Panorama.
Don’t Send In The Clowns. They’re Already Here.
Berlinale
The mostest film festival in the world. An unconquerable mountain of movies, every February.
“The whole film had to be a meeting place for deaf and hearing audiences” — Eva Libertad on her debut feature Deaf
Eva Libertad explains being inspired by her deaf sister and bridging hearing and non-hearing worlds for her powerful Panorama breakout Deaf.
Dreams (Sex Love). Writing vs. Living
An unrequited love story powers Dreams, the final installment in Dag Johan Haugerud’s powerful Sex Love trilogy, playing in Competition.
He Just Felt Like Doing It
What Does that Nature Say to You, the latest film from Hong Sangsoo, is another poetic slice of life gem about what constitutes a good life.
Kontinental ’25 Is a Dispatch From Right Now
Kontinental ’25 is Radu Jude’s latest examination of the way we live now that is alternately humorous, terrifying and deeply stimulating.
Meet Me at the Forum
With a vital focus on Ukraine, this year’s Forum films offer a wide tent of differing visions from the cutting-edge of experimental cinema.
Eel Lives Between Dreams and Shadows
The dreamlike Eel is a promising debut from Taiwanese director Chu Chun-Teng that thrives within liminal spaces — live from Perspectives.
Blue Moon. Drunk With Beauty.
Set entirely on the opening night of Oklahoma!, Richard Linklater’s talky film Blue Moon reunites him with Before trilogy star Ethan Hawke.
Never Trust Guys Called Homer
A trip to a trauma retreat turns increasingly nightmarish in Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s Honey Bunch, playing in Berlinale Special.
Gen (A to) Z
The Generation section of Berlinale is one of the less interesting programmes at the esteemed film festival. Still, we look at its offerings anyway.