Luck Razanajaona’s transporting and touching feature debut, Disco Afrika, is part coming-of-age story, part political awakening, and a fantastic window into daily life in Madagascar.
Berlinale Film Festival
Berlinale Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Sex
In queer filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud’s film Sex, two nameless middle-aged white men, both straight-married chimney sweeps, grapple with their views on gender roles and sexual identity in contemporary Oslo.
Berlinale Review: Anthony Schatteman’s Young Hearts
Anthony Schatteman’s warm and lovely debut feature film Young Hearts is a rare coming-out and coming-of-age film about characters as young as fourteen. The film Young Hearts screens in the Berlinale’s Generation K+ sidebar.
Berlinale Review: Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Well
Ray Yeung’s film All Shall Be Well exposes how quickly family bonds can deteriorate and LGBTQ prejudices surface without legal protections.
Ep. 133. Berlinale 2023: Here, The Teachers’ Lounge, Delegation, and more
In this episode of the podcast, Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney goes solo to discuss the highlights of the 2023 Berlinale film festival, including Bas Devos’s award-winning Here, as well as The Teachers’ Lounge, Delegation, The Quiet Migration, and more.
Ep. 125: Berlinale 2022
Alex and Orla report from the 2022 Berlinale Film Festival, and introduce you to the films they loved, from Lullaby to Comedy Queen.