AwardsWatch - 2018 berlin film festival

2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners: ‘Touch Me Not,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘The Heiresses’ and more

Erik Anderson February 24, 2018

Touch Me Not (above), the debut film Romanian director Adina Pintille and about the graphic sexual awakening of a 50-something woman, won the Berlin International Film... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘ In the Aisles’ is a touching and engaging surprise

Erik Anderson February 23, 2018

Synopsis: Story of three supermarket workers whose lives intersect between the aisles of the store they work in. Not every festival can deliver a TONI... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Malgorzata Szumowska’s masterful and uncompromising ‘Mug’ (‘Twarz’)

Erik Anderson February 23, 2018

Synopsis: Story of the first Polish citizen to undergo a face transplant. Malgorzata Szumowska’s MUG is a fascinating, unflinching and dark look at Polish society... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the engrossing, emotional and masterful ‘Boys Cry’

Erik Anderson February 23, 2018

Synopsis: In Rome, two teenage friends descend into a life of crime hoping for a better future. It’s hard to believe that BOYS CRY is... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Museum’ (‘Museo’) is a great testament to Latin American cinema

Erik Anderson February 22, 2018

Synopsis: Two young men decide to carry out a daring museum heist in Mexico. But things are never straightforward as they seem – neither before... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the indulgent misfire ‘My Brother’s Name is Robert and He is an Idiot’

Erik Anderson February 21, 2018

Synopsis: Robert and Elena are two siblings living in a remote rural area. Elena is about to take her final exam when the two decide... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

Erik Anderson February 21, 2018

Synopsis: A blacklisted Iranian director is alarmed when several filmmakers are murdered around the country. He’s alarmed not only because of the murders – but... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival: Emily Atef’s triumphant and poignant ‘3 Days in Quiberon’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: Over the course of 3 days, late German actress Romy Schneider is interviewed in a hotel in France. Surrounding her are a journalist, her... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Eric Poppe’s haunting and audacious ‘U – JULY 22’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: On July 22, 2011, a right-wing extremist murdered over 77 young men and woman on Utoya island in Norway. This is a re-telling of... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Real Estate’

Erik Anderson February 19, 2018

Synopsis: A Swedish woman returns to her home country after living 25 years abroad. She inherits a large building with an entire floor that’s occupied... Read More