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Urban Lens: Spotlight on Berlin
Published in Ahram Online on 30 - 10 - 2016


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B-MOVIE: LUST & SOUND IN WEST BERLIN 1979-1989
18+
Country: Germany
Year: 2015
Director: Jörg A. Hoppe
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 92 min
Language: German, English
Subtitles: English
Music, art and chaos in the wild West-Berlin of the 1980's: the walled-in city became the creative melting pot for sub- and pop-culture. Before the iron curtain fell, everything and anything seemed possible. B-MOVIE is a fast-paced collage of mostly unreleased film and TV footage from a frenzied but creative decade, starting with punk and ending with the Love Parade, in a city where the days are short and the nights are endless. Where it was not about long-term success, but about living for the moment – the here and now.
Heiner Carow Prize - Berlin IFF 2015
Nominated for the Depth of Field Competition - DocAviv IFF 2015
(Photo: still from B-Movie)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS / DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN
18+
Country: Germany
Year: 2006
Director: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
Starring: Ulriche Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 137 min
Language: German
Subtitles: English
East Berlin, November 1984, five years before its downfall, the East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless surveillance system. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend. What he didn't anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the world of the target also changes the surveillance agent. The immersion in the lives of others - in love, literature, free thinking and speech - makes Wiesler acutely aware of the meagerness of his own existence.
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year - Academy Awards 2007
Best Film Not in English Language - BAFTA Awards 2008
Best Foreign Film - César Awards 2008Audience Award - Locarno IFF 2006
(Photo: still from The Lives of Others)
NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED
Country: Germany
Year: 2010
Director: Agostino Imondi, Dietmar Ratsch
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 96 min
Language: German, English
Subtitles: English
The siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are talented musicians and breakdancers growing up in Berlin's notorious Neukölln district. Hip Hop and streetdance are their language and their passion. Coming from Lebanon, their family lives in constant danger of being deported from Germany. To prevent this from happening, and to secure a residency permit for the whole family, Hassan and Lial have a plan: to use their artistic talents to provide the necessary financial support for their family.
Crystal Bear for Generation 14plus Best Film - Berlin IFF 2010
Documentary Award - Buster International Children's FF 2010
Adult's Jury Award for Documentary Feature - Chicago International Children's FF 2010
(Photo: still from Neukölln Unlimited)
RUN LOLA RUN / LOLA RENNT
Country: Germany
Year: 1998
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 81 min
Language: German, English, Japanese
Subtitles: English
Lola gets a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He left a bag containing 100,000 Deutsche Marks on the subway, and a bum made away with it. But Manni is expected to deliver the money at noon to a gangster otherwise he will probably get killed. His desperate plan; rob a bank. Lola's desperate plan; find the money somehow, somewhere, in 20 minutes. The story of Lola's run is told three times, each time with small differences, affecting the outcome and the fate of the characters.
Audience Award (World Cinema) - Sundance FF 1999
German Film of The Year, Outstanding Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography - German Film Awards 1999
Nominated for Best Film not in English Language - BAFTA Awards 2000
(Photo: still from Run Lola Run)
WINGS OF DESIRE / DER HIMMEL ÜBER BERLIN
Country: Germany, France
Year: 1987
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Running Time: 125 min
Language: German, English, French
Subtitles: English
Wings of Desire is one of cinema's loveliest city symphonies. Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin, can hear the thoughts, fears, hopes and dreams of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.
Nominated for Best Film not in English Language - BAFTA Awards 1989 In Competition for Best Director - Cannes IFF 1987
Best Director, Best Supporting Actor - European Film Awards 1988
(Photo: still from Wings of Desire)
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