The Skinny Berlinale 2021: Magic and Reality Collide The best films at this year's Berlinale traded in fairy tale and fable, but the titles that seemed to get Film Twitter and the Berlinale jury most excited were in-your-face works offering a mirror on the ills of society Article by Jamie Dunn | 10 Mar 2021 There’s much to miss from Berlinale going digital this year. Kebabs from the Mall of Berlin; cheesy käsespätzle from the wee van near the Sony Centre; the weirdly addictive yellow relish on the sandwiches from the bakery at Potsdamer Platz Bahnhof. More than the food, though, I missed those crazy, daring Berliner cineastes who would queue around the block for the kind of weird art films or experimental documentaries that are lucky if they play to audiences of half a dozen at any other festival.