Berlin film schools and accidental cineastes
The Berlin Film Festival gives the students of Berlin’s two major film schools a chance to see where their hopes and dreams could take them. If that’s what they want. Read it in Deutsche Welle You...
View ArticleBerliner Markthalle vs. Neuköllner Arcaden
Berliners guard their few remaining ‘Markthallen’ – the old market halls that have the city’s history written into them – with a pathological jealousy. They hate shopping malls, though. Read it in...
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‘Ricky Gervais might be interested’– EFM Diary Day 1
What does it take to get a film out there? Find out one way with Ben Knight as he follows filmmakers through the European Film Market at the Berlinale as they try to sell their movies. First, it’s Jan...
View Article‘Is it Haneke with zombies?’– EFM Diary Day 2
Ben Knight meets Ralf Stadler, a young German filmmaker who has a script that he says will take the zombie movie back to its serious, meaningful roots. Ben joins him on Day 2 of his EFM Diary at the...
View Article‘Canadians? Pfff. Why not?’– EFM Diary Day 3
Ben Knight joins Jan and Victor with their pitch for the reality TV media satire Pornstars. But has it got a Canadian connection? It’s the EFM Diary – Day 3. Read it in EXBERLINER “I’m really not a...
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‘This isn’t working.’– EFM Diary Day 4
It’s Day 4 of Ben Knight’s EFM Diary, and he follows Ralf Stadler around the Berlinale as he pitches his serious zombie script Season of the Dead, or, Zombies on Vacation. Read it in EXBERLINER “Right,...
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Wild West museum’s scalp row
A German museum dedicated to much-loved Wild West adventure author Karl May has gotten caught in a row with Native Americans over human remains in its display. The tribes have called for their return –...
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Berlin’s right to be lazy
Berlin has always been lazy and it’s always resented lazy people coming over and lounging around. But now that old disdain has become muddled with an even older one: the disdain for the...
View ArticleMario Draghi, Angela Merkel and Wer wird Millionär, Conceptual Artists
Podcast News, June 4-6, 2014: Explaining Draghi’s interest rate decisions, Merkel’s non-appearance on Wer wird Millionär and conceptual artists. The post Mario Draghi, Angela Merkel and Wer wird...
View ArticleOffstage drama at Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre
Speculation that Chris Dercon could take over as artistic director at the famous ‘troublemaker’ has caused outrage in Germany’s theatre world Read it in the Guardian Berlin’s Volksbühne, one of the...
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