Berlin International Film Festival

Nine Tribeca Film Festival titles you'll soon be hearing about

2013-04-29 15:53:00

NEW YORK--The Tribeca Film Festival that ended Sunday occupies an odd niche in the movie-confab calendar, which among its oddities includes a large number of posts about the odd niche it occupies in the movie-confab calendar. But amid all the hand-...

Tribeca 2013: 'Rocket,' 'Bridegroom' win fest's audience prizes

2013-04-27 18:20:00

NEW YORK -- Kim Mordaunt’s Laos-set tale “The Rocket” continued its stratospheric ride through the festival universe Saturday, picking up the audience award in the narrative category at the Tribeca Film Festival after previously...

Tribeca 2013: 'The Rocket,' 'Kill Team' among fest's top winners

2013-04-25 17:11:00

NEW YORK -- A scripted feature about life in Laos and documentaries about U.S. war crimes and a town in the grip of a debilitating drug addiction were among the big winners at the Tribeca Film Festival's jury prizes Thursday night. "The Rocket," the...

Steal his movie and Simon Klose will thank you

2013-03-30 09:00:00

AUSTIN, Texas — Simon Klose would like you to steal his movie. Stream it, download it, share it with someone in Croatia or Brazil and remix it with videos of kittens playing patty-cake, if that's your kind of thing. Klose, 37, is the director of...

Wong Kar Wai's 'Grandmaster' opens Berlin fest, bought by Weinstein

2013-02-07 11:07:00

BERLIN — The 63rd Berlin Film Festival opened Thursday with an elegant bang — of fists, feet and questions. Kicking off the 11 days of cinematic offerings was jury president Wong Kar Wai’s epic martial arts drama, “The Grandmaster&...

River Phoenix's final film, 'Dark Blood,' finally comes to screen

2013-02-14 17:30:00

Nearly 20 years after the death of River Phoenix, the actor's final film, "Dark Blood," screened before an international audience last week at the Berlin International Film Festival. Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the film's tumultuous two-...

Catherine Deneuve hits the road in 'On My Way' at Berlin Festival

2013-02-15 16:43:00

BERLIN -- Part road movie, part golden years romantic comedy, Emmanuelle Bercot’s “On My Way,” premiering Friday at the Berlin International Film Festival, is also a love affair between director and actor. And not just any actor, but...

1976 Olympic gold medalist Udo Beyer admits to doping during Games

2013-02-14 11:54:00

� Former Olympic shot put champion Udo Beyer has admitted to doping throughout his career, including when he won the gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Beyer made the comments in the documentary "The Lone Wolf," which debuted at the...

At Berlin festival, Danis Tanovic film takes story, cast from life

2013-02-13 11:52:00

BERLIN -- For his new film, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” premiering Wednesday at the Berlin Film Festival, Bosnian director Danis Tanovic ripped the story -- and its protagonists -- straight from the headlines. Tanovic's debut,...

Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' hooks up with Magnolia Pictures

2013-02-12 13:27:00

If there were some kind of cinematic mad lib invented for maximum potential art house outrage, Danish filmmaker/provocateur Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” -- with a cast including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Uma...

Jafar Panahi's 'Closed Curtain' premieres to warm Berlin reception

2013-02-12 15:59:00

BERLIN -- Forbidden from making films, Iranian director Jafar Panahi is struggling with the restriction, says his longtime collaborator. “It’s difficult to work, but not being able to work is even more difficult, and especially at the height...

What's behind Jafar Panahi's 'Closed Curtain'?

2013-02-12 05:00:00

�On Tuesday night at the Berlin Film Festival, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi will debut his new movie “Closed Curtain.” Panahi himself won’t be there to present it, of course; he remains under house arrest in Iran, and the premiere...

Director Calin Peter Netzer, right, and producer Ada Solomon pose with the Golden Bear award for Best Film for his "Child's Pose" during a press conference after the closing ceremony of the 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival.

2013-02-16 00:00:00

Actress Catherine Deneuve arrives for the screening of "On My Way" at the Berlin International Film Festival.

2013-02-15 00:00:00

Director Danis Tanovic is flanked by Senada Alimanovic and her son, Danis, and Nazif Mujic at the Berlin Film Festival, where their movie "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" is showing.

2013-02-13 10:52:16