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Berlin Film Festival

A young woman with curly dark hair looking concerned, sitting at a desk with books and stationery in a colourful, cosy room.
Festivals

Memory Box – first-look review

by Adam Woodward

Three women learn to rec­on­cile the past in this mov­ing dra­ma from Joana Had­jithomas and Khalil Joreige.
Autumn forest scene with large wood pile and two people in red jackets standing nearby.
Festivals

Celiné Sciamma and Hong Sang-soo headline the 2021 Berlin Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

This year’s two-part edi­tion will also play host to Daniel Brühl’s direc­to­r­i­al debut.
Two individuals seated on a bed in a dimly lit room, silhouetted against the light from an open doorway.
Festivals

Days – first look review

by Greg Wetherall

Tai­wanese mas­ter Tsai Ming-liang returns with a pro­found, med­i­ta­tive poem on the human need for connection.
Two people, a man and a woman, with serious expressions, close together in a dark scene.
Festivals

The Roads Not Taken – first look review

by Greg Wetherall

Sal­ly Potter’s hal­lu­ci­na­to­ry, mean­der­ing road movie will test your patience to break­ing point.
Silhouetted figure sitting in a chair, holding a mobile device, in a dimly lit room with curtains and books visible.
Festivals

The Woman Who Ran – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A woman catch­es up with three close friends in this charm­ing sit­u­a­tion­al dra­ma from South Korea’s Hong Sang-soo.
Night-time scene with people in military uniforms and a dog, gathered around a campfire on snowy ground.
Festivals

Siberia – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Abel Fer­rara sends Willem Dafoe off into the snowy wilds of Rus­sia in this pun­ish­ing meta­phys­i­cal dream.
Two people looking at smartphones on a floral patterned rug.
Festivals

Welcome to Chechnya – first look review

by Jack King

David France’s vital doc­u­men­tary inter­ro­gates the ongo­ing queer geno­cide in the Russ­ian republic.
A person with curly red hair wearing a black jacket, standing in front of a busy, abstract background with various shapes and colours.
Festivals

Undine – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

An ancient myth under­pins Ger­man direc­tor Chris­t­ian Petzold’s wishy-washy roman­tic drama.
Blond woman with windswept hair in a blue and yellow top, against a grassy field background.
Festivals

Anne at 13,000 Feet – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

There’s shades of John Cas­savetes in Cana­di­an writer/​director Kazik Radwanski’s ele­vat­ed char­ac­ter study.
Silhouette of a person walking in a misty, atmospheric setting with glowing orange and yellow lighting.
Festivals

Time to Hunt – first look review

by Lou Thomas

Yoon Sung-hyun offers a fatal­is­tic glimpse of a near-future South Korea in this anx­i­ety-induc­ing crime thriller.