Dispatch: Trieste Film Festival, 19-26 January 2006
Elke de Wit reviews the section dedicated to new German cinema at the 17th Trieste film festival
»Dispatch: 2006 Berlinale, Berlin, 9-19 February
Elke de Wit on the good, the bad and the funny from the latest in German cinema shown at last month’s Berlinale
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16th Trieste Film Festival – Alpe Adria Cinema
While Venice, Cannes and Berlin scoop up all the press coverage, the much smaller Alpe Adria Cinema festival in Trieste continues to develop as one of the most intriguing and entertaining events on the European calendar. Elke de Wit reports
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The Nomi Song
Alright, you may never have heard of Klaus Nomi – but for a time in the New Wave undeground scene of the 1980s, he was one of the biggest cult singers around. Elke de Wit reviews an award-winning new documentary about his life
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Travelling With Che Guevara
The life story of Che Guevara forms the subject of Walter Salles’ new film The Motorcycle Diaries, but this ‘making-of’ documentary is in many ways just as interesting as the main film. Elke de Wit explains why
»Monster
Charlize Theron’s performance as the lesbian serial killer Aileen Wuornos has earned critical praise aplenty and bagged the award for Best Actress at this year’s Oscars, but Elke de Wit was far from impressed
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Gegen die Wand
This downbeat tale of a (non) love story between two psychologically fragile characters took the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, and received rave reviews from critics too. Elke de Wit thinks it was worthy of all the praise
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David Caffrey
Gram Parsons is one of the great forgotten stars of country music, who like so many musicians of his generation, died before his 30th birthday. Now a film has been made about his life (and death). Elke de Wit caught up with its director at the recent Berlin film festival
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Grand Theft Parsons
We’ve got an exclusive pre-release review this week of Grand Theft Parsons, a buddy movie in which one buddy’s alive and the other’s a dead country-rock star. It may tell a great story – but is it any good? Elke de Wit finds out
»Wolfsburg
Most European nations seem to offer emerging directors much more opportunity than their British counterparts, and Germany is no exception. Wolfsburg is the latest film from one of their brightest hopes, Christian Petzgold, and Elke de Wit reckons he’s a name to watch
»Okay
Following on from Russia and Iceland this week comes the latest export from Danish cinema, an off-kilter drama by Jesper Westerlin Nielsen. Elke de Wit is impressed by a film which views the family from every angle
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Cherbourg Shorts 2003
For the last nineteen years, the Cherbourg Film Festival has dedicated itself to providing a forum for new work by young British and Irish directors. Elke de Wit reports on the short film programme at this year’s festival
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Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary
This fascinating new documentary tells the story of one of Hitler’s key secretaries, Traudl Junge – the woman who also took down the Führer’s last will and testament. Elke de Wit examines a tale of the Third Reich at first hand
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Concert For George
When George Harrison died earlier this year, a few of his close friends decided to put on a show in his memory. The result? One of the greatest concerts in rock and roll history. Elke de Wit reports on the film that followed
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Good Bye, Lenin!
The latest film from the German production house behind Run Lola Run! and Heidi M is a comedy set in the last days before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Elke de Wit enjoys a skilful satire of the East
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Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)
This tale of German-Jewish settlers in South Africa during World War 2 drew some impressive praise during its first release, culminating with the Best Foreign Film award at this year’s Oscars. Elke de Wit reckons it’s got more attention than it deserves
»Commandante
Oliver Stone’s latest project is a documentary about the cigar-chomping Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Predictably enough, the film has caused a storm of controversy and has yet to secure international distribution. Elke de Wit caught a rare screening at the Berlin Film Festival
»Berlin Film Festival 2003 – Documentary Round-up
Elke de Wit enjoys the superlative documentary film programme at the 2003 Berlinale
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