Doris Dörrie’s sweet and thoughtful film about mothers and daughters (of the female and trans- variety) is part Almodovar’s Volver and part Nana Neul’s Stiller Sommer (which screened at Berlin and Beyond 2014), a meditation on […]
Tag: Berlin and Beyond Film Festival
Berlin and Beyond: Stiller Sommer (Silent Summer)
In Stiller Sommer, the cleverly-named Winter family, in bits and pieces, each retreat to their summer home in a town in the south of France, where other German expat friends also reside. Director Nana Neul […]
Berlin and Beyond Film Festival: Opening Tomorrow
San Francisco’s very own and much-beloved Berlin and Beyond Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, with screenings at the Castro Theater and at Goethe-Institut. Each year, the festival offers a well-curated selection of narrative and documentary […]
Berlin and Beyond: The Substance – Albert Hofmann’s LSD
This terrific documentary by the Swiss director Martin Witz was a real suprise at this festival. At once reflective, au courant, intelligent, and precise (in short: Swiss), it is a great example of documentary filmmaking. […]
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