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Berlin Film Festival Takeaways: Timothée Chalamet Brings the Star Power, but Market Remains Sluggish
The Berlin Film Festival's 75th gathering shook off the dust, injecting A-list glamour, buzzy TV projects and impassioned speeches.
The sudden cool factor in Berlin can be attributed to its new chief, Tricia Tuttle, who is keeping the creative juices flowing while bringing more A-list star power to screenings (the kind commonly associated with Cannes or Venice). In a pointed and passionate speech, Swinton spoke about Berlin as “a borderless realm and with no policy of exclusion, persecution or deportation.” She described the “great independent state of cinema” as “innately inclusive — immune to efforts of occupation, colonization, takeover, ownership or the development of riviera property,” an apparent dig at Trump’s suggestion that Gaza could be turned into a resort destination. Sony Pictures Classics announced that it had picked up North America rights to the Jodie Foster murder mystery “Vie Privée,” directed by Rebecca Zlotowski; and Mubi and Focus bought “The History of Sound,” starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor.
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