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Berlinale 2021

Four teenage girls wearing white t-shirts sit down at a restaurant table, eating, in Short Vacation.

Orla Smith / March 6, 2021

Berlinale Review: Teen girls seek the end of the world in Short Vacation

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.

Alex Heeney / March 4, 2021

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.

Alex Heeney / March 3, 2021

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.

A still of Kristine Thorp in Ninjababy next to a headshot of director Yngvild Sve Flikke. The text on the images reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / March 3, 2021

‘I’m sick of poetic sex scenes’: Yngvild Sve Flikke and Kristine Thorp on Ninjababy

Writer-director Yngvild Sve Flikke and actress Kristine Thorp discuss their subversive pregnancy comedy, Ninjababy, one of the best of the Berlinale.

Alex Heeney / March 2, 2021

Danis Goulet on her Indigenous sci-fi thriller Night Raiders

Cree filmmaker Danis Goulet discusses her feature debut Night Raiders, which looks at motherhood and the horrors of residential schools through a sci-fi lens.

A man hangs up a French flag on an outdoor pole in Nous. The text on the image reads, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / March 2, 2021

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.

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