Berlin film festival 2021 roundup: the most impressive selection in years
‘European art cinema at its most irresistibly playful’: Ani Karseladze in Alexandre Koberidze’s What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Photograph: Faraz Fesharaki/DFFB
‘European art cinema at its most irresistibly playful’: Ani Karseladze in Alexandre Koberidze’s What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Photograph: Faraz Fesharaki/DFFB
No glitz, no big screens, no cold… in a modest yet triumphant virtual edition of the festival, dazzling debuts vied with the superb, low-key latest from Céline Sciamma
Sat 6 Mar 2021 03.00 EST
There’s something to be said for an online Berlin film festival. You don’t have to endure the winter bleakness of Potsdamer Platz, and you can watch a lot more, since you get a full 24 hours into which to cram each day’s crowded viewing menu. Naturally, everyone felt that Covid restrictions were tough luck for the festival’s directors, Carlo Chatrian and Mariett