In Kwon Min-pyo and Seo Hansol’s Short Vacation, four thirteen-year-old girls set out to complete their summer photography assignment: photograph the end of the world.
Essays
Berlinale Review: I’m Your Man — Are mirrors the perfect lovers?
In Maria Schrader’s I Am Your Man, a cuneiform researcher is torn between her ethics and the appeal of a robot lover who meets all her needs.
Berlinale Review: The long goodbyes of Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman
In Céline Sciamma’s fifth feature, Petite Maman, getting to know your mother is like chasing after a ghost.
Berlinale Review: Alice Diop documents the Paris suburbs in Nous
Alice Diop’s documentary Nous is a portrait of Paris, told through intimate vignettes of citizens living in the suburbs.
Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics
Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern explores power dynamics, in the lead up to and aftermath of a sexual assault, and how a couple copes.
Highlights from the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021
Lindsay Pugh runs down the best of Final Girls Berlin 2021, from Your Monster to Time of Moulting to The Returned.