And then I saw a film in 2023!

And it’s a wrap!

The Berlinale, otherwise known as – the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival is done!

And what a wonderful time we all had!

We had a long, fantastic fortnight of films, films, and yes more films!

And let me tell you.

As ever.

It was interesting stuff!

So let’s get on with it shall we?

Berlin has been hobnobbing (safely) with the best.

I mean, if it’s good enough for Steven Spielberg, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Cate Blanchett, Peter Dinklage and Sean Penn!

It’s surely good enough for you!

This year, I had to fly to England for a pre-engagement so was only able to watch a minimum number of films.

All the same, in the flurry of excitement and talented art, I managed to watch a mere twelve (12) films in just ten (10) days.

Twelve!

I admit.

I’m awfully sad!

Here are the films that I watched:

• Atmapamphlet | Autobio-Pamphlet
• Back
• Blackberry
• Dearest Fiona
• Les Chenilles
• Marungka Tjalatjunu | Dipped in Black
• Ming tian bi zuo tian chang jiu | Tomorrow is a Long Time
• Mutt
• Mwanamke Makueni | A Woman in Makueni | Eine Frau in Makueni
• She Came to Me
• The Veiled City
• The Waiting | Das Warten

In my opinion, every film was brilliant, and none were duds!

FILMS I REALLY, REALLY LIKED!

I’m very into British, Irish, Asian and East European films, as they’re all quite gritty, weird and obscure.

If you’re really into independent or international films, then the following list will please you, and whet your appetite, for good quality film-making.

Films that don’t need to worry about whether the audience will “get it” or appeal to 12-year-old boys.

In short, intelligent films!

Here goes:

FILMS THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN, BUT DIDN’T!

• #Manhole
• 8
• 100 Years of Disney Animation – a Shorts Celebration
• A Greyhound of a Girl | Mary, Tansey und die Reise in die Nacht
• A Kind of Testament
• A Lover & Killer of Colour
• Adentro mío estoy bailando | The Klezmer Project
• AI: African Intelligence
• Al Murhaqoon | The Burdened
• And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
• Ararat
• Arkitekten | The Architect
• Art College 1994
• Au cimetière de la pellicule | The Cemetery of Cinema
• Bai Ta Zhi Guang | The Shadowless Tower | Der schattenlose Turm
• Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker
• Concrete Valley
• Der Kampf um den heiligen Baum | The Battle of the Sacred Tree
• Desperté con un sueño | I Woke Up With a Dream | Auch wenn ich nicht viel sage
• Drifter
• Eeva
• Ein Herbst im Ländchen Bärwalde
• El castillo | The Castle
• El eco | The Echo | Das Echo
• El secuestro de la novia | The Kidnapping of the Bride | Die Brautentführung
• Elaha
• From Fish to Moon
• Gehen und Bleiben | Leaving and Staying
• Geranien | On Mothers and Daughters
• Helt super | Just Super | Sowas von super!
• Here
• Home Invasion
• Horse Opera
• Inside
• Între revoluții | Between Revolutions
• Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen | Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything
• It’s a Date
• Jill, Uncredited
• Kara Kafa | Black Head
• Kiss the Future
• Kokomo City
• La herida luminosa | Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays
• L’Amour du monde | Longing for the World
• Le mura di Bergamo | The Walls of Bergamo
• Le Paradis | The Lost Boys
• Llamadas desde Moscú | Calls from Moscow
• Love to Love You, Donna Summer
• Knochen und Namen | Bones and Names
• Manodrome
• Mirror Mirror
• Nomades du nucléaire | Nuclear Nomads | Atomnomaden
• Or de vie | A Golden Life
• Ours | Bear | Bär
• Passages
• Past Lives
• Poznámky z Eremocénu | Notes from Eremocene
• Qin Mi | Daughter and Son
• Rue Cases-Nègres | Sugar Cane Alley
• Samsara
• Seneca | Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes
• Sieben Winter in Teheran | Seven Winters in Tehran
• Sira
• Sonne und Beton | Sun and Concrete
• Stille Liv | The Quiet Migration
• Subete no Yoru wo Omoidasu | Remembering Every Night
• Superpower
• Sweet As
• Terra Mater | Mother Land
• The Fabelmans | Die Fabelmans
• The Survival of Kindness | Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit
• This Is the End
• W Ukrainie | In Ukraine
• Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war | When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
• Why Try to Change Me Now
• Wo De Peng You | All Tomorrow’s Parties
• Xue Yun | Absence
• Zeevonk | Sea Sparkle

In watching a festival film, you get to see a large variety of international locations and settings, and a better intimate view with acting and scenes, that are much more realistic than in films with a Hollywood budget!

The Berlin International Film Festival, otherwise known as the Berlinale, is a special treat for the public.

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