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The festival returns for its 74th edition from February 15 to 25. This year it will open with Small Things Like These, starring Cillian Murphy.

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Meanwhile On Earth
Meanwhile On Earth
Siblings Elsa and Franck were very close. Since Franck disappeared during a space mission three years ago, Elsa has struggled to move on with her life. Until one day she is contacted by an unidentified life form.
From Hilde, With Love
From Hilde, With Love
In Berlin 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members. The two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Andrea Gets A Divorce
Andrea Gets A Divorce
Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run.
The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine
The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine
Documentary about the cats that have set up home around the Shinto shrine in Ushimado.
No Other Land
No Other Land
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These
A coal merchant discovers secrets being kept at a convent.
My Favourite Cake
My Favourite Cake
A 70-year-old decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
Documentary about the acclaimed directors, their work and its legacy.
The Devil's Bath
The Devil's Bath
A woman struggles with her life, leading her to take desperate measures in 18th Century Austria.
L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City
L'Homme-Vertige: Tales Of A City
Documentary about Point-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe.
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Berlin International Film Festival Features

Until the dance
Andreas Dresen on resistance, ensemble storytelling and From Hilde, With Love
The main dish
Philippe Lesage with Ed Bahlman on Rock Lobster and Who By Fire
On her own
Atom Egoyan on Seven Veils, Amanda Seyfried, Salome and Oscar Wilde
The joy of research
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Maria Hofstätter, the Brothers Grimm and The Devil's Bath
Home truths
Intercepted director Oksana Karpovych on aggression and resistance in Ukraine
'I wanted to make it look almost like an ancient documentary'
Director Yihan Lin on space and texture in her short Sojourn To Shangri-La
A world in balance
Franco García Becerra and Annemarie Gunkel on the fine line between the fantastic and real in Through Rocks And Clouds
Wanting to make a difference
Jessica Hausner in conversation on Club Zero, Elsa Zylberstein and Mathieu Demy as parents, and Pied Piper of Hamelin
'It's about a feeling which is lost in adulthood - the complexity of simple things'
Carlo Sironi on his coming-of-age movie My Summer With Irene
'I think, through the screen, we can gain a truthful reality'
Dāvis Sīmanis on the cyclical nature of history and why we need to learn from it in Maria's Silence
'I really wanted to make a movie for the younger version of myself'
Anthony Schatteman on love, authenticity and acceptance in Young Hearts
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe
Bigfoot challenge
David and Nathan Zellner on turning a myth into a reality for Sasquatch Sunset
Sorting fact from fiction
Roman Bondarchuk on fake news, politics and the situation in Ukraine in The Editorial Office
Sculpting a story
Jianjie Lin on working layer by layer on Brief History Of A Family
Family ties
Klaudia Reynicke on crazy casting and bringing her own emotions to Reinas
An act of observance
Atom Egoyan on interpreting Salome and making Seven Veils
Scorsese on Scorsese
The legendary director talks about his life and career at BAFTA event

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