International Film Festival Berlin 2010
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Mark Cosgrove, Watershed's Head of Programme, reports his reactions to the latest films and industry buzz from International Film Festival Berlin 2010. Before going he discussed Berlin's importance on the festival circuit, its relevance to Watershed’s cinema programme and his role this year as a juror.
Feb 2010
| Duration: | 9mins 23secs |
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Watershed staff report direct from Berlin their thoughts on the latest films and industry buzz from one of the key international film festivals of the year. It's a chance to watch films up to 18 months ahead of them being available in the cinema, to catch up with colleagues from across Europe and to forge partnerships for the year ahead.
In March 2010's Watershed podcast Mark Cosgrove talks more about his visit to Berlin Film Festival 2010; including his role judging the Europa Label competition and main festival highlights - Exit Through the Gift Shop, When We Leave, The Kids are All Right, The Ghost Writer and A Somewhat Gentle Man.
Listen to the podcast – Berlin Film Festival 2010
Related Links:
www.berlinale.de
Previous Festival Diaries:
International Film Festival Berlin 2009
International Film Festival Berlin 2007
International Film Festival Berlin 2006
Tweets from Berlin 2010
msc45 Was interesting split in jury but unanimous decision, all revealed tomorow! Thank you Fatima, Stephanie, Europa cinemas n co jurors #shedbff
msc45 On reflection Europa jury selection been good range of euro films with handful of strong titles #shedbff
msc45 Decision made, announced tomorrow, lunch with polish n Brazilien tv n Europa cinemas #shedbff
wshed Just entering Russian comp film How I Ended This Summer.. #shedbff
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msc45 Jury deliberations, lunch, catch film then to airport #shedbff
wshed Last night was premiere of Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right, the most surprisingly entertaining film yet #shedbff
wshed .. David Sievekins is both subtle and pertinent in his condemnation of the cult. #shedbff
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msc45 Nacidas para Sufrir would play well with home auds, now onto final jury film Boundaries from Germany #shedbff
wshed "This piano has no magic" Genial technician Stefan knows how to find it in Pianorama, a fascinating insight into his work #shedbff
msc45 Met german online project people, lost pen, met German short film people, found pen ! #shedbff
wshed African panel went on so long I missed next film.. To be expected when you try to cover an entire diverse continent! #shedbff
wshed Run Lola Run's Tom Tykwer talks about his new initiative w/ a cultural NGO to train young Kenyan filmmakers #shedbff
msc45 Billy has too many projects on the go for one man ! #shedbff
msc45 They are using concrete diggers to remove the ice here #shedbff
msc45 ? is whether to pay 7euros for tea in Hyatt whilst waiting for writer/producer Billy MacKinnon #shedbff
msc45 Mark Ruffalo also brilliant as rediscovered sperm donor making family fall apart #shedbff
msc45 Jullianne moore equally brilliant as lesbian mum trying to keep family from falling apart #shedbff
msc45 Annette Benning quite brilliant as lesbian mum trying to keep family from falling apart #shedbff
msc45 The Cholodenko is brilliant: script, performances, it's funny and touching, a real delight #shedbff
wshed Off to Talent Campus panel on the future of African Cinema.. #shedbff
msc45 4 star review for A Somewhat Gentleman in Screen also good one for Iranian film The Hunter #shedbff
wshed Disappointed we'll miss Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me, which is causing quite a stir for its violence against women #shedbff
msc45 Off to see new film by Lisa Cholodenko, meetings galore n end with two competition films #shedbff
wshed The lives of 3 young Muslims in Berlin collide in Shahada, which feels every inch the film school grad film it is. #shedbff
wshed Screen said ASGM was so visually/aurally rich it could be enjoyed without dilagoue.. Chaplin would have loved it. #shedbff
wshed Maybe I spoke too soon - Screen's review of A Somewhat Gentle Man this morning is glowing.. #shedbff
wshed We love Norwegian comp film A Somewhat Gentle Man but the critics are being v mild.. Too black a comedy? #shedbff
wshed Turkish pic Bal (Honey) features a sweet performance from its little lead but is overlong and predictable.. #shedbff
msc45 Norway's A Somewhat Gentle Man should do for that country what Coen Bros did for Fargo #shedbff
msc45 8 films down, 3 to go - jury session to do initial sift through, my top two so far Bad Family and When We Leave. #shedbff
wshed Just out of Budrus, doc about a Palestinian village's nonviolent demos against Israeli's separation barrier #shedbff
msc45 Eating apple pie before Christian Berger talk on his work n filming The White Ribbon #shedbff
msc45 Sometimes n it's becoming most of the time I despair at American Independent cinema #shedbff
wshed The Robber is a taut thriller but not convinced by Andreas Lust's marathon runner sprinting towards oblivion.. #shedbff
msc45 Going to see talk by Michael Haneke's cinematographer later today #shedbff
wshed Huge queues to see competition film Der Rauber, the first of five films today #shedbff
wshed Maddy got to talk to Claire Denis about our upcoming retrospective of her work.. Exciting stuff #shedbff
msc45 Ran into Ulrich Seidl's producer at Swedish do - Ulrich is in production on two new films, can't wait #shedbff
msc45 Claire Denis is like her films - quietly intense #shedbff
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msc45 Raw n tough it's strong stuff - now for interview with Claire Denis who I'm working on retro on #shedbff
wshed Some gorgeous old cinemas here being used at the festival, loving Friedrichstadtpalast #shedbff
wshed Ben Stiller's lonely LA 40-something in crisis is outclassed by Greta Gerwig in Noah Baumbach's new comedy Greenberg.. #shedbff
msc45 In crush q for Market screening of Sundance winner - Word is it's a cracker #shedbff
msc45 Done the two comp films -Austrian n Norwegian - werner herzog sat in from of me for latter #shedbff
wshed New Zhang Yimou A Woman, A Gun & A Noodle Shop, based on Blood Simple, is traditional comedy fun.. Slapstick w/added murder! #shedbff
msc45 Exit through the gift Shop is quite brilliant n very funny #shedbff
msc45 Going South started off very promising.... music by John Parish n Jocyln Pook! #shedbff
msc45 Bad Family was very good n very Finnish! Now quick beer,French film and Banksy #shedbff
msc45 Romanian pic owes lot to Dardennes bros, heading across Berlin to Karl Marx Allee for Finish film #shedbff
msc45 L C will play well in Italien plexes, not sure where else! Now Romanian comp film which leads critics poll #shedbff
msc45 Trying to meet Locarno film fest re silent film proj but got to see italian pic Loose Cannons, maybe later #shedbff
msc45 Vinterberg pic got glowing review - slightly ott in my view - in screen daily and When We leave good one in Variety #shedbff
msc45 Been to film Market n met Swedish doc producers, Austrian film marketing and producing duo of Griffith n Field #shedbff
msc45 3 jury films and finish with Banksy at 1030 tonight in presence of cast n crew! Should take care of today #shedbff
msc45 The Yimou is a very Chinese remake of Blood Simple, got ticket for Claire Demis talk so happy #shedbff
msc45 The yimou is called A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop, hope it delivers #shedbff
msc45 done 5 of 11 titles for jury duty, taking time out to see press show of new Zhang Yimou tmorow @ 9am #shedbff
wshed What can watching 70mins of Nenette a 40 y.o orangutan living in Paris reveal? Quite a lot as it turns out in Philibert's latest #shedbff
msc45 German film Way we Leave powerful if a bit over played storywise - now onto final film of day #shedbff
msc45 disquieting moment on Ubahn when guy like Paul from import/export came on n kicked off #shedbff
msc45 V's dillemma? Festen is brilliant, this 1 better than recent but not up there- now a gyros pitta special b4 jury film #shedbff
msc45 In press screening for Vinterberg film Submarino, hope it's back to Festen intensity rather than recent films #shedbff
msc45 Polanski pic getting good reviews in trade press. Author Harris 'blasts Blair' at press conf acc to Variety #shedbff
msc45 Now for my missing Czech film! Picked up ticket for Banksy pic tomorrow night - will he be there? #shedbff
msc45 So that was disappointing- just heard restored Metropolis still running at outdoor screening abrandenberg gates #shedbff
msc45 This film is directed by Oscar Santos whose chilling short Torre I selected for Encounters 6 or so years ago #shedbff
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msc45 Now in old west Berlin for Spanish film El Mal Ajeno at Zoo Palast - the town is jumping, of course it's fri night #shedbff
msc45 Italian film in scope, lots of extreme close ups, shaky camera n moveable focus-Greengrass has a lot to answer for! #shedbff
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msc45 Now in q for first of my jury films which should have started 15mins ago n still no sign of q moving #shedbff
msc45 Say David Wants To Fly a kind of Louis Theroux German style approach to TM with bits of David Lymch n Donovan #shedbff
msc45 RT @gonetopersia: @msc45 Leave it blank with just the words "This is not an image by Banksy"... Sounds like a plan #shedbff
msc45 Passed Andy Serkis who is obviously here for sex, drugs and rock n roll and maybe a film #shedbff
msc45 Finished jury lunch n just realised I've missed off te czech title - need to revise schedule #shedbff
msc45 Polanski film is a hugely satisfying thriller, next lunch then 2 more films #shedbff
wshed .. poignant sounds and poetic license in Alidi's debut Whisper with the Wind #shedbff
wshed War torn Kurdistan through the eyes and tape recordings of a wandering messenger with plenty striking widescreen images.. #shedbff (contd)
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Restored Metropolis streaming live today for those not lucky enough to be in Berlin bit.ly/
msc45 Next the new Polanski which has taken on wider resonance given both the chilcott enquiry and P's own troubles #shedbff
msc45 Howl a great testament to the transformatice power of art n good to see Gimsberg back on screen #shedbff
msc45 Got morning double bill of Howl about obscenity trial of Gimsberg's poem and Polanski's new film #shedbff
msc45 At opening party n Renee Zelwegger rushes by in a blaze of paparazzi flashes, Werner Herzog goes past, no one gives a damn! #shedbff
wshed What does Tokyo look like from the sky? Gaspar can't help pointing his lens @ the darkest corners + I can't help watching, so wrong #shedbff
wshed Samo? Schnabel may have scratched the surface with Basquiat but Davis' doc offers a serious insight into The Radiant Child's work #shedbff
wshed Watershedders are at Berlinale right now - keep up with all their news by following us/@msc45 and the hashtag #shedbff
msc45 Just bumped into distributor of 4 lions n looks like a May release for the UK #shedbff
msc45 Boogie Woogie neither boogies nor woogies #shedbff
msc45 Partially absorbed berlinale prog n it's looking v good, now about to watch Boogie Woogie which lists Damien Hirst as Art Curator! #shedbff
msc45 Four Lions is a modern day Ealing comedy, think Ladykillers but with terrorists - subversive, provocative and very very funny #shedbff
msc45 Worked out schedule for my 11 films for jury duty n getting head round competition films-first is Howl at 830 fri am! #shedbff
msc45 #shedbff got +ve word of my ticket for opening film at berlinale, just got to get accreditation. With Temp max - 4, cinema place to be!
wshed Off to berlinale for 9 days of intense film watching and networking, watch this space for festival highs, lows n the rest #shedbff