Berlinale 2014:
A Wrap
The world’s largest public film festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, brought a vast array of cinema to the German capital.
The world premiere of Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ opened the Festival. The film follows the tale of a concierge in an extravagant hotel in Europe and features the fast moving narrative and muted visuals Anderson is known for.
Revisiting the classics of the past, the Festival premiered the digitally restored version of Robert Wiene’s masterpiece ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’. First released in 1920 the silent film has become a cult classic due to its set design and significance as part of German Expressionist movement.
The Festival also turned its focus to music, presenting the recently released documentary ‘20,000 Days on Earth’. The first feature film from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, ‘20,000 Days on Earth’ combines reality and fiction to form a portrait of the diverse creativity of musician Nick Cave. Focused around Cave’s 20,000th day on the earth the film scenes captured Cave in dramatised situations, while also weaving in snippets of documentary footage.
The annual festival will return in February 2015.
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