Critics Week Berlin 2021
All programs of the Berlin Critics’ Week 2021
Debate: FACING TRACES
The Sky Is Red
Dir.: Francina Carbonell, CHI 2020, 73 min., Spanish OwEs – German Premiere
Letter From Your Far-Off Country
Dir.: Suneil Sanzgiri, USA/IND 2020, 17 min., Hindi/Urdu OwEs – German Premiere
Debate: BEYOND RECOGNITION
First In First Out
Dir.: Zacharias Zitouni, GER/ALB, 26 min., German OwEs
Intimate Distances
Dir.: Phillip Warnell, GBR/USA 2020, 61 min., English OV – German Premiere
Debate: PLAYACT
Sunrise In My MindDir.: Danech San, CAM 2020, 14 min., Khmer OwEs – European Premiere
Fauna
Dir.: Nicolás Pereda, MEX/CAN 2020, 70 min., Spanish OwEs
Debate: CRITICS’ DEBATE
Dracula Sex Tape
Dir.: Olivier Godin, CAN 2021, 5 min., French OwEs – World Premiere
Red Post On Escher Street (Escher dori no akai posuto)Dir.: Sion Sono, JP 2020, 147 min., Japanese OwEs – German Premiere
Debate: SEE THROUGH
Short Film Program
Foyer
Dir.: Ismaïl Bahri, FRA/TUN 2016, 32 min., Arabic/French OwEs
Oumoun
Dir.: Fairuz Ghammam, El Moïz Ghammam, BEL/TUN 2017, 14 min., Arabic OwEs
This Day Won’t Last
Dir.: Mouaad el Salem, BEL/TUN 2020, 25 min., Arabic OwEs
Watch Over Me
Dir.: Farida Pacha, GER/SUI/IND 2020, 92 min., Hindi/Malayalam, OwEs – German Premiere
Debate: LOST & FOUND
An Unusual Summer
Dir.: Kamal Aljafari, GER/PLE 2020, 80 min., Arabic OwEs – German Premiere
Horse Tail (Kuthirai Val)
Dir.: Manoj Leonel Jahson, Shyam Sunder, IND 2020, 125 min., Tamil OwEs – International Premiere
Debate: TALKING STYLE
Freizeit Or: The Opposite Of Doing Nothing (Freizeit oder: das Gegenteil von Nichtstun)
Dir.: Caroline Pitzen, GER 2021, 71 min., German OwEs – World Premiere
A Museum Sleeps (Un musée dort)
Dir.: Camille de Chenay, FRA 2020, 71 min., French OwEs – International Premiere
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Grand Prix 2023 to Aki Kaurismäki
A Sword of Damocles on Iranian Filmmakers
Applications for Berlinale Talent Press 2024 are open
In Favor of Milcho Manchevski
Armenian Cinema
The Warsaw Criticism Workshop 2023
Derek Malcolm, 1932 – 2023
In Memory of Hans Helmut Prinzler (1938-2023)
Critics Prize in Jordan
Yasushi Kawarabata
Michel Demopoulos: Citizen of the Cinema
Film Critic Sungu Çapan Passed Away
FIPRESCI Jury at Berlinale 2023
The Belarusian Independent Film Academy to be announced in Berlin
American Critics Vote On the Best of 2022
Sudhir Nandgaonkar
Iran 2022: Woman, Life, Freedom
European Film Awards 2022
Gandhi Medal 2022
Akiko Kobari
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 2022 (Nominations)
European Film Academy Starts Heritage Department
Grand Prix 2022: »Drive My Car«
Berlinale Talent Press 2023
Let's Get Critical (Locarno Panel 2022)