BERLIN: Cypriot born director Yannis Economides shows us the world of post economic melt-down Greece where economic misery and betrayal of civilized values are telescoped into this gangster tale as a metaphor for a much wider malaise throughout Greek society where the refrain “what can we do we need the money” is justification for any indecency or brutality.

BERLIN: Alain Renais the doyen of French cinema continues his love affair with British playwright Alan Ayckbourn with a successful adaptation of his stage play for his Berlin competition contender Life of Riley.

BERLIN: Fans of Wes Anderson rejoice. This might just be the film that he has been moving towards making since the beginning of his career. It works on every level and entertains as well as never ceasing to be a work of cinemagraphic art.

BERLIN: As Georgian film continues its return to the international scene there seems to be no shortage of young, talented Georgian directors emerging from this small country. The latest new talent from Tbilisi is director Tinatin Kajrishvili who arrives in Berlin with her debut feature, Brides, which screens in Panorama.

BERLIN: Director Richard Linklater arrives in Berlin with the totally unique Boyhood, a feature film that he created by filming the same actors every year for 12 years. Boyhood enables the audience to watch a young boy, Mason, played by young actor Ellar Coltrane, grow up on screen as Linklater filmed him from the age of six until his graduation from high school and heads off for college.

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