On the podcast, Alex Heeney discusses three Berlinale 2026 highlights directed by women: Elle Sofe Sara’s Sámi musical Arrú, Sandulela Asanda’s queer South African film Black Burns Fast, and Sophie Heldman’s 1810 queer period drama The Education of Jane Cumming.
Berlinale Film Festival
Ep. 188 My Berlinale Talk: Why the first conversation about a film shouldn’t be the last
On the podcast, listen to the talk Alex Heeney gave at the Berlinale this year on building spaces to think and talk about film, including The Long Take, featured in the panel on pluralistic discourse in film criticism.
Berlinale: Systems of (in)justice in Prosecution and A Family
At the Berlinale, Alex Heeney reviews two films tackling systems of (in)justice: Faraz Shariat’s Prosecution and Mees Peijnenburg’s A Family
Interview: Philippe Lesage on Comme le feu (Who by Fire)
Québécois filmmaker Philippe Lesage discusses his new Berlinale Generation 14plus film Comme le feu (Who by Fire).
Interview: Ivan Sen on Limbo
Indigenous writer-director-cinematographer Ivan Sen discusses his film Limbo (2023), a detective drama set in Coober Pedy, Australia.
Berlinale Review: Klára Tasovská’s I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Klára Tasovská’s inventive documentary I’m Not Everything I Want to Be chronicles the life of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková as she tries to become who she wants to be amidst oppression.