Think that is over and that powerful men across hollywood will be will be quite quite scared after this verdict as well they should be i think this theres no going back after this absolutely scott now right now you are down at the 70th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival and i want to take a look at one of the films thats playing down there because this movie could not be any more topical its about bullying abuse of power and Sexual Misconduct by a movie executive all seen through the eyes of his young female employee and the parallels to Harvey Weinstein are unmistakeable heres a clip of the assistant director kitty greene. Who got through. Some poor work. Turkey sick chicken. Dinner before the times. But isnt the right season for me to say hes in the screening. When you. Are over it was not my place to question your decision i will not let you down yet. You know its got how much of this new fictional movie is actually based on Harvey Weinstein well almost all of it i mean this isnt a documentary and its not based directly on actual things that are the ones he did but the script is very very closely inspired by the activities of Harvey Weinstein and its almost scary how close some of the actions that we see in the film. Directly mirror what we heard in testimony in his trial the actions of inviting young actresses up to his is room so that he could assault them the nondisclosure agreements that he made them sign so that he would be protected legally what i find fascinating about this film is that it gives a very subtle depiction of not really the weinstein type figure because we never see him in the film but the sort of culture that allows it that sort of unable to men like this and had been able men like this and men like Harvey Weinstein to carry out these actions for so long its really a damn damning film of this that whole culture with that hopefully with this verdict today is a thing of the past now director kitty greene actually said that she interviewed some women who had worked at weinsteins company lets hear what she had to say at the movies press conference this film has has a different effect on different people you get a lot of women who see themselves in the character and relate to the character and its a lot of men who come out feeling very uncomfortable which i think is a good thing i think a little bit of discomfit is what we need right now if they want things to change we need people to interrogate their behavior isnt the way things that were able to go on for so long its sort of bigger than Harvey Weinstein its not just about replacing him with someone else its about highlighting the entire system thats got to think that movies like the assistant can help change things in hollywood or is a film like this too little too late as some critics have suggested. Well im not sure if a film like this will change things but i dont really know if thats the job of a film like this or job of any film i think if things are going to change in the Film Industry in hollywood they have to be changed by the people within the industry and what i think a film like this can do is really hold a mirror up to the people in history and also the people outside to show how systems like this work i mean it really is incredibly detailed and subtle reflexion of how. People who dont seem to be doing anything wrong or think theyre just doing their jobs are actually enabling incredibly serious crimes to be committed so i think this is a phenomenal film i dont think its job is to change the industry but maybe it can help get the conversation to continue the conversation in the end its going to be the people within it who can change the structures that they helped create now its got i know were not going to be talking about needs to movies for a long time to come i want to shift gears a little bit now in our coverage of the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival it seems its also a big year for german movies and actually i want to just dive in to one of the biggest stars that we see every year at the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival here is one of germanys most respected actors hes starring this year in 2 movies including one called the persian lessons this is the. In persian lessons last i digger is an s. S. Officer whose plan is to open a restaurant in iran after the 2nd world war 2 more your by jewish man who has posed as persian in order to escape execution in a concentration camp offers to teach him farsi the s. S. Man is jup into learning a fantasy language that doesnt exist yet. Now this is. Gods kingdom and for to just have to stand our season. And you do that with a jew in a room with a fascist or National Socialistic and they communicate in an invented language and i think thats the great to see example of what culture is perhaps the greatest ever while. The berlin allah is a home game for local born los idea the 44 year old actor has received International Acclaim for roles in the oscar nominated never look away and the t. V. Series of babylon berlin lost is one of the most sought after german actors and not just in movies whether its in the videos of electro punk band die skinned as an eccentric d. J. Or on the theater stage always gives it his all. He makes despicable murderers like richard the 3rd look all too human and last i thing it does not shy away from the big political issues racism and online hate are topics that touch him personally. In the results of. The imus and for gifted i find us society so with hatred and resentment. I sometimes have the feeling that this is a little bit of the reason for me to fight against it. And that its even more tragic if you try to bring love into the world. And then get hang out. Of your house thats on for. But i think he has also wreaked much love and praise for his contribution to the but in other competition film my little sister a contender for the golden bear. Lost i ding a plays a famous actor coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis and saying a painful furrow well to the stage. It. Looks like a very moving film scott were about halfway through the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival its maybe too early to tell but just quickly do you think that its going to be a lot i mean a film thats going to win the golden bear whats your top bet. Well theres a number of great films here the little sister the ones in competition i dont think thats really going to win its maybe a bit too depressing even for a berlin jury i think berlin might even go for something surprising this year maybe delete history a french film that we just saw today which is a bit of a social commentary on social media with 3 young teenagers in the suburbs of paris but its also a very very funny movie and i think will be a great symbolic message this year to give it to a movie that actually makes you laugh scott humor required were going to have to leave it there scott thanks so very much for coming on the show. And moving now to the world of design and some furniture youre about as likely to see in a museum as in someones living room the london based design duo raw edges. Of their movable colorful and remarkable creations of london design duo raw edges yeah theyre shy alkali have just received the a. W. Designer of the year award for their playful approach to materials and function. Originally from israel shai alkali and yarrow mayer met while studying the couple founded raw edges in 2009. Products are a folding chair and a folding lamb for louis decor for vittra. And the stacked drawer system for established and so its. Very strong interest in 3 dimensional unfolding. Shies a very particular interest in. Very strong interest in colors so its a very its very rare in the boundaries but its. An idea and. Visual approach involves sketching out patterns much like the you do for clothes a couple tried to design furniture that it happens to the body shape the tailored wood bench for. Capitally label is an example whats unique about it is that it consists of an oak veneer skin filled with expanding foam. Colors and materials play equally important roles for raw edges the designers experiment with various techniques such as boiling wood that gets di all through the grain and makes the color more durable and longer lasting. Shy alkali likes to work with would have different colors thats cut across instead of with the grain as usual geometric patterns are formed thats here in the english stately home Chatsworth House in 2015. To get the end grain but then we develop this system that we call in the studio burger and sausages and i sang baguette we mean that we take their friends of towards me night and together we really need you for near in between and then we heard them once this is good we slice it through different thicknesses and then we can do it again and once we doing the 2nd stage thats what we call this sausage the stepdaughter system and the tailored wood bench have already been added to the collection of new yorks museum of modern art new projects are in development so raw edges wont be disappearing anytime soon. Thanks for watching this edition of arts and culture for more stories be sure to check out our website at g. W. Dot com slash culture thanks for watching and see youre going to expect. Because. Lifes a clubhouse thing a full sound with flowers a massive attack on a bunch of pussycats. Common time folk on stage keep up a straw. Poll taken up by. People. W. Go on board oh. Whatever we begin to do the day will effect get out of c o 2 in the atmosphere of the increase of the temperature. 21st we have to start down by starting to decrease the amount of c o 2 records there now this is actually not a hard problem that just takes will however there are very important economic interests to all of the lot of coal who own a lot of oil but are doing Everything Possible to make sure this doesnt happen we have to fight them by 2050 will be well on the way to grow a lot on Renewable Solar wind im optimistic that. Were not totally safe as peacey. This is deja vu news live from berlin a car plows into a carnival parade here in germany injuring dozens of people many of them children the driver is in custody at this hour and is facing charges of attempted homicide well go live to our correspondent also on the show. Italy becomes the frontline in europes battle to contain the coronavirus 7 people have died there