Berlin
Berlin ranks with New York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Paris as one of the world's most popular film locations. Explore the streets, mind and heart of this great town.
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Unlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin
Germany, 89 min.
D: Henrik Regel, Björn BirgUnlike U - Trainwriting in Berlin
Extremely undercover, extremely criminal and extremely forbidden. Seven years in the making, filmmakers Henrik Regel and Björn Birg portray four generations of Berlin spray paint and graffiti artists who specialize in trams and underground trains.
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Making It Big in Berlin
Berlin is full of young freelancers who have found alternatives to the standard nine-to-five job. The city's low rents and space for creative ideas make it possible. Competition and money aren't foremost in everyone's minds.
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The City Named Desire
Peter Zach's documentary portrays 'temporary' Berliners, including renowned artists and DAAD grant winners such as literary Nobel prize winner Imre Kertész, composer Arvo Pärt, and director and realeyz.tv blog author Andrew Horn.
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The Invisible Frame
In 1988 Tilda Swinton first rode a bike along the perimeter of the Berlin Wall for a documentary by director Cynthia Beatt. Twenty years later Swinton retraces the route. With original soundscapes composed by Simon Fisher Turner.
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Berlin Stories
Germany, 93 min.
D: Irene von Alberti, Miriam Dehne, Esther GronenbornBerlin Stories
Three directors, three perspectives, three BERLIN STORIES. Based on staged rehearsals of the play “Stadt als Beute” by renowned, controversial playwright and director René Pollesch. It’s two weeks before the premiere and everything’s going wrong!
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Freakstars 3000
Christoph Schlingensief, the controversial enfant terrible of German film and theater, treads a fine line between social criticism and exploitation in this outrageous satire about castings shows. Christoph Schlingensief's answer to the Talent Show Craze!
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Hans in Luck
A portrait of Hans Narva musician, individualist, nostalgic capitalism objector and a dyed in the wool East Berliner. His band, Herbst in Peking (Beijing Autumn), wrote the song "We live in the Bakschischrepublik" , the pop anthem around the fall of the iron curtain in 1989.
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Berlin Calling
BERLIN CALLING tells the intense, atmospheric story of famous (and fictional) Berlin techno DJ Ickarus (played by real life DJ Paul Kalkbrenner). Ickarus' meteoric career crashes and burns after a bad drug trip.ACHTUNG BERLIN 2011
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The Scar
Burkhard von Harder, a filmmaker and fine artist, traces by camera and helicopter (counterclockwise and in real time) the precise perimeter of what was once the Berlin Wall borders. This documentary begins and ends at the Berlin Schönefeld airport and also documents the on-going healing process of the once-divided city. ACHTUNG BERLIN 2010
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Berlin Now
A documentary? A musical journey? An exploration of underground culture in 80s West Berlin? BERLIN NOW is all of these and more - a trip, a whirl of images, a celebration of the music beyond the mainstream. With Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mona Mur, and FM Einheit.ACHTUNG BERLIN 2011
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Night Shifts
A documentary set in Berlin about people who are active at nighttime. The film looks at the many the different angles of what it means to live and work in darkness. Director Ivette Löcker's declaration of love for the night.
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City of Light
STADT DES LICHTS is a western-meets-science fiction story told in a skillful mix of live action sequences and B-movie footage. Performance artist-singer PEACHES stars in a gunslinging cameo as 'the sheriff'.
Berlin
Berlin ranks with New York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Paris as a popular film location. The city's tumultuous and complex history has inspired numerous documentaries and fiction films. Today, Berlin continues to attract creative non-conformists from all over the world. The filmmakers among them find distinctive locations right at their doorsteps. A Kreuzberg bar becomes the setting for a Woody Allenesque romantic comedy. Berlin's outskirts are transformed into a dystopian sci fi landscape. Documentaries feature the unlikely urban spaces hosting the vibrant music scene and outrageous art happenings. Berlin is constantly changing so each film becomes an invaluable document of a fleeting moment.