"Stanleyville" (not rated, 1 hour, 29 minutes, On Demand) Quirky and dark, this satirical comedy follows Maria (Susanne Wuest) who unceremoniously walks away from her boring job, her inept husband, and her obnoxious daughter. Moments later, she's invited to participate in a bizarre and potentially dangerous sweepstakes contest, the rules of which are unclear even to its organizers, for a chance to win true enlightenment. With Cara Ricketts, Christian Serritiello, Adam Brown; written and directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos.
Against the backdrop of war propaganda and anti-Russian agitation in the media, one film at this year’s Berlinale assumed extra significance, We Might as Well Be Dead, by the young, Russian-Jewish director Natalia Sinelnikova.