Distribs lock up 'Guantanamo'
Helmer Michael Winterbottom's "Road to Guantanamo," a likely Golden Bear-winner, and Guantanamo's former Camp X-Ray detainees created flurries at the end of Berlin Film Festival on Friday.
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Toon tiff: 'Offside' takes sides
The latest Muslim cartoon-controversy -- over a drawing depicting Iranian soccer players doubling as suicide bombers -- took center stage Friday during the press confab for Iranian helmer Jafar…
Hustle and flow
From "Prairie Home Companion" to "Road to Guantanamo," from banquets at the KaiserSaal to the bustle at the Gropius Bau, the Berlinale has proposed something for just about everyone during its 10-day…
Let it all hang out
The Berlinale's practically over: You're tired and blearyeyed -- so what do you do now? First of all, forget the buffet breakfast at the hotel. Instead, take a trip to nearby Nollendorfplatz and have…
Baltic states battle over split rights deals
Splitting up is hard to do. If you see a sales exec glaring at at a Russian buyer late at night in the Hyatt bar, you might be excused for thinking that they're in the middle of a romantic tiff. But…
Teddys 'Blossoming' in kudos handouts
Kinderfilmfest movie "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros," which sets the purity of first love against corruption and poverty in Manila, walked away with the Teddy Award at the Queer Film Awards on…
Schumann cops Camera prize
The Berlinale on Thursday awarded the Berlinale Camera to Peter Schumann, a long-time staff member of the Forum sidebar.
Talent Campus wraps on high note with Warbeck
The Berlinale Talent Campus wrapped on a high note Thursday when composer Stephen Warbeck and the VW Orchestra took the stage for the Hitting the Right Note presentation.
Buyers crow about 'Cockatoo'
A love story set in a surprisingly vibrant Communist East Germany in the months leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall has been snapped up by buyers in Singapore, Brazil and the Benelux.
You are where you sleep
What does your hotel say about you? During a film fest, your choice of hotel says just as much about you as your car does at home.
