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Berlin Hidden Gem: Indonesian Auteur Edwin Takes a Cue from Jordan Peele for Anti-Capitalist Horror-Comedy ‘Sleep No More’
The veteran Indonesian filmmaker returns to the Berlin International Film Festival with a socially conscious horror flick set in a wig factory.
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‘Tutu’ Offers a Joyous Inside Look at a Nobel Prize Winner (Exclusive Video)
Sam Pollard's documentary on Archbishop Desmond Tutu premieres in Berlin on Monday.
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Berlin’s Teddy Award, the First Queer Cinema Honor, at 40: Still Fighting, Still Fabulous
Co-founder Wieland Speck shares insight into the past and future of the award whose winners have included Pedro Almodóvar, Todd Haynes, Tilda Swinton, Derek Jarman, Céline Sciamma, Christine Vachon, Gus Van Sant, John Hurt, and Sophie Hyde.
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Gore Verbinski on His AI Comedy Comeback: “It’s 2026. Good Luck. Have Fun. Don’t Die.”
The blockbuster director pivots to indie filmmaking for a Berlin-premiering sci-fi comedy about artificial intelligence, creative survival and why “women will save the world.”
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Next Narrative Africa Fund Founder Akunna Cook on Why Hollywood Needs an Africa Strategy
With $50 million to deploy and a first slate of projects set to be unveiled in March, Cook says the smart money should already be looking south.
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In ‘London,’ Debuting at Berlin, Car-Sharing Is Caring. But How Did Its Director Pull Off the Genre-Bender?
Sebastian Brameshuber discusses his Panorama title, his own experience with shared rides, bringing together people in a studio for free-flowing conversations, and not shying away from emotions.
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‘Iron Sky’ Producers Prepping Communists-on-Mars Trilogy ‘Deep Red’ (Exclusive)
While 'Iron Sky' told a “story of Nazis hiding on the dark side of the Moon,” the new films “shift the battleground to Mars, where the Red Menace is alive and well.”
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Midi Z’s Taiwan-Set Crime Thriller ‘The Exiles’ Reveals First Look, Additional Cast
Sam Worthington and Taiwanese actress Ke-Xi Wu strike a tense note in the evocative first look at the expat thriller, which co-stars David Duchovny and is now being shopped to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market.
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Berlin Flashback: Jamie Bell’s First Fest Foray Was ‘Hallam Foe’
From teen breakout to seasoned leading man, the British actor returns to the Berlinale with a competition film that echoes the emotional themes of his early work.
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‘A Child of My Own’ Review: Award-Winning Chilean Documaker Maite Alberdi Ventures North to Mexico for a Chronicle of a Faked Pregnancy
Ana Celeste Montalvo Peña plays a young woman driven to the edge of madness by her need to breed in the filmmaker's docu-fiction hybrid.
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‘It’s Time to Burn Down The House’: Karim Aïnouz on Eviscerating the Super-Rich in ‘Rosebush Pruning’
An all-star cast — including Callum Turner, Jamie Bell, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, and Pamela Anderson — play a violently dysfunctional family in film that makes 'Saltburn' look tame.
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Michelle Yeoh Is Just Hoping She’s “Made a Difference for Actors Who Look Like Me”
In a sit-down interview with The Hollywood Reporter, this year's Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear recipient reveals how her life has changed post-Oscar win and what she thinks of those 'Wicked: For Good' snubs.
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