125: Berlinale 2022 - a podcast by Seventh Row

Alex and Orla report from the 2022 Berlinale Film Festival, and introduce you to the films they loved, from Laia Costa-starrer Lullaby, to Swedish YA film about grief, Comedy Queen.

On this episode:

• Related episodes (1:10)
• Joachim Trier challenge (2:14)
• What we had screeners for (5:22)
• Berlin's films for young audiences (11:21)
• Alis (Clare Weiskopf & Nicolás van Hemelryck) (14:31)
• Comedy Queen (Sanna Lenken) (16:44)
• Lullaby (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa) (20:56)
• My Small Land (Emma Kawawada) (28:21)
• Until Tomorrow (Ali Asgari) and Millie Lies Low (Michelle Savill) 34:16
• Stay Awake (Jamie Sisly) 46:00
• Coma (Bertrand Bonello) (47:50)
• We Might as Well Be Dead (Natalia Sinelnikova) 50:26
• Creative nonfiction: Nelly & Nadine (Magnus Gertten) and Mutzenbacher (Ruth Beckermann) (52:50)
• Conclusion (1:01:55)

Show notes and related episodes:

• Read Alex's interview with Little Wing director Selma Vilhunen
• Take our Joachim Trier challenge, in preparation for our forthcoming ebook on Trier’s work, Existential detours: Joachim Trier’s cinema of indecisions and revisions
• Ep. 121: Ninjababy & Obvious Child: Unwanted pregnancies in romantic comedies
• Ep. 84: Berlinale 2021, Part 2: The Competition (Member's Only)
• Ep. 83: Berlinale 2021, Part 1: The Sidebars (Member's Only)

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