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New Berlinale Chief Tricia Tuttle on Political Furor and ‘Bold, Exciting’ Cinema: ‘Filmmakers Are Noting That We Live in a Crazy, Divisive World’
New Berlin Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle tries to stem the political tittle-tattle and talk about the films.
This awkward relationship with lawmakers was graphically illustrated last year when the Berlin mayor Kai Wegner alleged that remarks made by award winners on stage at the Berlinale closing ceremony criticizing the Israeli government were antisemitic, a view echoed by other politicians as well as Israel’s ambassador to Germany. She adds, “I think if there’s a theme emerging, it’s that filmmakers are noting that we live in a crazy, divisive world, and they’re responding to that in lots of different ways.” She mentions the festival’s opening film, Tom Tykwer’s “The Light,” which is in Berlinale Special Gala, as an example of this. “It’s set during wartime in Ukraine, and it’s focused on young people and teachers, and it doesn’t turn away from how difficult the world that they live in is, but it’s also deciding to see their resilience and their strength and the hope that is emerging in the film.
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