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good luck to superpower and the ukraine glory to ukraine. thank you. films dealing with ukraine have certainly been getting attention in berlin. although one or two trade publications described the sean penn documentary as awkwardly narcissistic and fawning, it was overall warmly received. and president zelensky and his team, who viewed it before the festival, liked it. his chief of staff tweeted that it was a great film. germany has been enjoying a very good year in cinema, especially with its anti war film, all quiet on the western front, picking up all kinds of accolades internationally. and here in berlin at the festival, there are five german films in competition. emma jones has been talking to one of her favorite film critics about the german offerings and other notable films in the festival line up. film critic kaleem aftab and i met during this year s berlinale to chat about the films we d seen, and we started off with the opening movie, rebecca miller s she came to
now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine took place during the festival,
during nigeria s closest presidential election in decades as poor organisation and logistical problems led to severe delay at polling stations. there were also reports of violence, including gunshots near a polling station in lagos. china s decsion not to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, has caused tensions at a meeting of the g20 s major economies. russia accused western countries of destabilising the event by references to the conflict. india has issued a chair s summary saying there were different assessments of the situation in kyiv. now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attr
a cold weather front from the arctic has caused disruption along america s west coast. you re watching bbc news. now its time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. in fact, it is an avowedly political f