BERLIN : Filmmakers from the world over gathered in Berlin for the city's venerable film festival, which is due to be opened later on Thursday with a video address by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Now in its 73rd year, the festival will see 18 films, hailing from Mexico to Australia, competing f
BERLIN : Filmmakers from the world over gathered in Berlin for the city's venerable film festival, which is due to be opened later on Thursday with a video address by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
"Full disclosure: I'm kind of shaking," the"Twilight" and"Spencer" star told a news conference to introduce the jury, when asked how she felt about adjudicating at the most overtly political of the world's major film festivals. "This year with Iran, the earthquake, with Ukraine - it feels like the world is disintegrating," said French-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, another jury member.
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