Berlinale 2019: The Personal Is Political
by“The world in which we live is reflected in contemporary cinema. The personal is political, the old slogan from the 1968 Women’s Lib movement…
Feminism
Berlinale 2019 Review: Öndög
by“The technological advancement that mankind is so proud of has distorted us to some extent. Living in giant civilized cities makes it easy for…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Elisa & Marcela
byCamp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon. That way, the way of…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Flatland
by“Do you hope you can expiate the crimes of the past by suffering in the present?” ― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace The opening film in the…
Berlinale 2019 Review: Der Goldene Handschuh
by“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into…
Interview With Desiree Akhavan
byThe Berlin Film Journal caught up with Iranian queer filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, the supremely talented director of Appropriate Behaviour. Since the film premiered at Sundance in…
Interview With Xposed Queer Film Festival
byHaving celebrated its 10th year, the Xposed Queer Film Festival kicked off in May 2015 with a special screening of cult classic musical The Adventures of…
Genderrated: Wrap-Up Of The Berlin Feminist Film Week
byAs long as film has been around, women have shone on the silver screen, but it has also always been an important medium to…
‘Casablanca Calling’: Berlin Feminist Film Week Review
by‘Casblanca Calling’, directed by Rosa Rogers, is a documentary that follows the lives of Islamic women living in Morocco today, and the social revolution…