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…
Interviews
Interview With Filep Motwary: Curator Of Fashion On Screen
byAfter a successful run in 2013, Fashion On Screen is back! Presented by the Fashion Workshop by Vicky Kaya, Athens hosted the four-day festival running…
Interview with Karin Fornander: Founder of Berlin Feminist Film Week
byAs the Berlin Feminist Film Week starts again this Friday for the second year, the Berlin Film Journal caught up with founder and programmer, Karin Fornander. The…
‘Petting Zoo’: An Interview with Micah Magee
by‘Petting Zoo’, the first feature film from director Micah Magee, tells the story of pregnant teen protagonist Layla. Coming from an impoverished San Antonio…
Books at Berlinale: Storm Sisters
byAmidst the general craziness of the Berlinale and the frantic running around from screening to screening, it might be easy to overlook “Books at…
Out of Nature: Interview with Director Ole Giæver
byThe poster for the Norwegian film ‘Out of Nature’ (quite rightly the recipient of the Europa Cinema award at this year’s Berlinale) features the…
‘Victoria:’ An Interview With Sebastian Schipper
byIt really feels like a long time since a truly great film has been made or is set in the greatest capital on the continent. We’ve…
Industry Profile: Verena von Stackelberg, Founder of WOLF Cinema
byA new kind of cinema is being opened in Neukölln, but it needs our help! Yesterday, WOLF cinema launched its crowd funding campaign on…
Queen of Earth: An Interview with Director Alex Ross Perry
byAfter his loquacious vitriolic comedy, “Listen Up, Philip”, American independent filmmaker Alex Ross Perry is at the Berlinale this year with an altogether different…