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True tales about a young Swiss couple kidnapped on the Silk Road, an award-winning journalist who invented stories, and a model discovered on the street in East Germany inspired feature films in this intriguing festival line-up.

Emily Atef's Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything is a powerful coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Germany.

Five years after coming to the festival with 3 Days in Quiberon, Emily Atef is back with the post-wende love story: One Day We Will Tell Each Other Everything

23/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the German-French director about her adaptation of Daniela Krien’s historical novel and coming-of-age story

Berlin International Film festival is back - and our editors are on the ground. It's the Berlinale blog!

23/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: We spoke to the German-French director about her adaptation of Daniela Krien’s historical novel and coming-of-age story

20/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: Emily Atef crafts a sappy coming-of-age melodrama based on Daniela Krien’s novel of the same name

Once again exploring sexuality but this time plumbing its darker depths, Emily Atef fashions a sensuous portrait of a life between youth and adulthood, between East and West Germany; but though it’s rich in atmosphere, its characters feel underwritten.

20/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: Emily Atef crafts a sappy coming-of-age melodrama based on Daniela Krien’s novel of the same name

Emily Atef’s drama, following a dreamy teenager into an affair with a middle-aged man, addresses difficult material with a driving narrative force