Berlin film festival

  • NewsDeadline

    Berlin Rejects #MeToo Call To Swap Red Carpet For Black At Tonight’s Fest Opening

    The organizers of the Berlin Film Festival are resisting pressure to turn the focus of this evening's premiere to the #MeToo campaign and have rejected a call to replace the red carpet with a black one. Chief Dieter Kosslick said he wanted the festival's activities to "delve deeper into the #MeToo discourse, deeper than our carpet allows… So laying out a black carpet at the Berlinale is not the path we have chosen.” Separately, although there were rumblings of a movement…

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    Campaign to ditch heels and low-cut dresses at Berlin Film Festival

    Women set to attend the Berlin Film Festival this year are being urged to ditch the heels and low-cut dresses for the red carpet.

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    ‘Logan’ To Premiere At Berlin Film Fest; Lineup Also Adds ‘T2: Trainspotting’ & More

    The Berlin Film Festival has set <em>Logan</em>, Hugh Jackman’s final turn as Wolverine, in a world premiere berth next month. Directed by James Mangold, the 20th Century Fox film is slated for a March 3 release domestically. This is one of the splashier titles set for Berlin thus far and is a highly-anticipated gritty R-rated pic for Fox. <em>Logan</em> is running out of competition in Berlin which also added 12 other titles today. They include Danny Boyle’s <em>T2: Trainspotting</em>, the s

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Director Sticks Up For Eight-Hour Movie That Needs Its Own Lunch Break

    Some movies just feel long, but there’s one showing at the Berlin Film Festival this week which is so long it needs its own lunch break. ‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery)’ has been made by Fillipino director Lav Diaz, and it’s more than eight-hours long. The movie is a historical drama, but Diaz has denied that it’s over-long.

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    George Clooney Loses His Cool With Reporter Over Refugee Question

    Grill George Clooney on his philanthropic work, and he might just lose his rag. The reporter asked Clooney what he was doing that was 'concrete’ in helping out in the refugee crisis, rather than making movies, and should use his fame to influence policy.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Meryl Streep Says 'We're All Africans' In Defence Of All-White Berlin Jury

    Meryl Streep had an interesting view on concerns that the jury panel for the Berlin Film Festival was made up of all white judges. The Oscar-winner was asked what she thought about the profile of the group, which includes herself alongside Clive Owen, actor Lars Eidinger, film critic Nick James, photographer Brigitte Lacombe,  actress Alba Rohrwacher and director Malgorzata Szumowska, by an Egyptian reporter.