Less politics, more love as Berlin film festival returns to live screenings

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BERLIN : The theme of love dominates the main competition entries at this year's Berlin Film Festival, in a shift away from hard-hitting, political dramas the annual cinema showcase is best known for.Live screenings will resume in 2022 after last year's online-only version, in an event artistic director C

BERLIN : The theme of love dominates the main competition entries at this year's Berlin Film Festival, in a shift away from hard-hitting, political dramas the annual cinema showcase is best known for.

"Never before have we seen and welcomed so many love stories as this year: crazy, improbable, unexpected and intoxicating love," Chatrian said, unveiling this year's competition lineup. "Seeing a film in a theatre, being able to hear breathing, laughter or whispers next to you , contributes in a vital way not only to the viewing pleasure but also to strengthening the social function that cinema has, and must continue to have," Chatrian added.

Even as the U.S. Supreme Court hears cases that could limit the right to abortion, Phyllis Nagy's"Call Jane", starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Mara, is set in the 1960s at a time when abortion was illegal in the country.

 

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