Lights! Camera! Action! The 68th Berlinale started with an all star bang.
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One Day to go!
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-1C Prepared!
The weather forecast for Berlin during the 68th Berlinale is a low of -1C. No Worries! We are prepared. Scottish luxury fashion brand Pringle of Scotland is our styling partner. Cashmere, woolen sweaters, coats, and scarves will keep us warm from day one of international the film festival.
Coverage starts on Feb. 15th.
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What did we think of the Berlinale Press conference?
Breck Graham is editor of Black and Paper
David Mouriquand is a film critic and journalist.
Berlinale coverage starts February 15th.
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The Berlinale Press Conference was today. What are our thoughts on the today’s event? We will give you a full video run down tomorrow. Stay Tuned.
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What do two Berlinale enthusiast do in this age of hyper oversharing of opinions? Make a video of course! This is the first of many videos from the fest.
The 68th edition of the German A list festival has many challenges this year; including calls from German film professionals for a radical change of course along with a slim down schedule from the current 400 films shown.
Please forgive the babbling and background noise. The first was because we were brain dead after seeing documentaries. The second because we were in the Cinemaxx Theater as it was preparing to open.
Please stay tune for more with guests hosts, commentators, interviews, and reviews from the Berlinale.
Breck Graham is the editor of Black and Paper
David Mouriquand is a film critic and journalist.
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Auteur Inspired
Berlinale is around the corner, I attended a warm up event, Hellas Filmbox Berlin is an annual Greek Film Festival held to showcase New Greek Cinema. On the program is a series of up and close conversations with filmmakers titled “Box Talks”. I attended the first with German Auteur Volker Schlondoff had an influence on me would be an understatement. His 1979 film “Tin Drum” left a mark on me. I watched it on the den floor late night on cable televison. It blew me away! A whole new world of cinema opened. The characters and the narrative shocked an impressionable young teenager use to old Hollywood films.
What made a doctor’s son leave the comforts of a middle class life for Paris? Mr. Schlondoff was incredibly affable doing the conference. Telling the audience his stories on how he became a filmmaker working under Louis Malle in the French New Wave Movement and later in the New German Cinema were inspiring along with his memories of conversations with Nicolas Ray, Joseph Von Sternberg, and Billy Wilder. It was an inspiring talk for filmmakers and film lovers.
Greek Filmmaker Yannis Sakaridis shared the stage speaking about the present experience and challenges of producing feature films in Greece in current economic and social climate.
Hellas Filmbox Berlin runs through January 28th . For more information go to:http://www.hellasfilmbox.de/en/
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Fashion Influence on the Spree?
Black and Paper did not actively participate in Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin the past week because 1.) We had planned on going to Paris for men’s week but the weather caused problems. 2.) Given the challenges surrounding the past Berlin Fashion Weeks we felt it was better to sit this one out and wait for the feedback. 3.) Berlin is a creative city where many come to spread their wings, but as a fashion city it will never become a major influence on the level of Alpha Fashion Capitals Paris or Milan. Perhaps it could muscle its way into the third-tier levels of fashion cities given the importance of clothing trade fairs that occur during Fashion Week.
Did MBFW succeed this year when so many others failed in the past? New organizer, a new location, scaled down calendar, it depended on the level of expectations. Berlin pretends it does not want to go in the direction of other fashion weeks, they always repeat the same talking points of “being cool” “alternative” yet organizers offer nothing new or fresh during fashion week, just runway show audiences stocked with influencers and former girlfriends of football players.
Black and Paper is not subscribing to being fashion snobs regarding Fashion Weeks but being realistic. There is great appreciation for the dedication, work, and sacrifice, the designers and their teams do to put on credible runway shows.
Berlin needs more than an idea and Public Relations to execute a plan on becoming a style influence on the Spree.
Black and Paper is based in Berlin.
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The 68th Berlinale
The 68th annual Berlinale starts on February 15th. The opening film is Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs”, a stop motion animation feature from the auteur featuring an all-star voice cast.
We are not sure what to expect. It looks unusual.
Black and Paper coverage of the Berlinale starts on February 15th.