Jacques Champeaux, member of the ecumenical jury, Peter Paul Huth and Karsten Visarius report about the Berlinale 2024. Photo: "My Favourite Cake" by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, award winner of the Ecumenical Jury in the International Competition.
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Committed Cinema and a Surprising Prize List
The Berlinale is more political than Cannes or Venice. Many of the films dealt with the war in Ukraine, the Palestinian question, oppression in Iran, young men going off to fight the jihad, and Iranian and Syrian refugees. Jacques Champeaux, INTERFILM member and member of the ecumenical jury in Berlin 2024, reports about the festival.
Catholicism, Nazi Resistance and Corona
Peter Paul Huth reports on the start of the 2024 Berlinale.
New York Stories
Peter Paul Huth continues his coverage of the Berlinale 2024
Political Festival Cinema
Peter Paul Huth comments on documentary films from the Berlinale on Ukraine and Palestine.
Award Ceremony and Summary of the Festival
Peter Paul Huth reports on the closing of the Berlinale 2024.
Seeing, Not Seeing, Recognising
In his report about the Forum section of the Berlinale 2024 Karsten Visarius focusses on documentaries as Romuald Karmakar's "The Invisible Zoo" and Alexander Horwath's "Henry Fonda for President", mentioning a number of outstanding feature films as well.