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production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters tune in now. they had sold about movies today and outs and culture parts of the book in film festival is going ahead next week and also coming up. 12 year old german actress elena saying he's up for a golden globe award for the film she stalls him with some lesser known acts a cool it's. the millinocket has been split into this year for obvious reasons it's the world's biggest public film festival so that hopefully. it will take place in june the competition on the business side of

things is mostly taking place online all next week from the 1st 5th of march with the jury determining the winners of the baz without an audience. gets a 1st in the history of the belly knowledge festival directors carlo shouting and matty have to be alone in the cinema for now only buyers just tributaries and press can see their film selection for this year. from iran comes the directorial debut of mari ahmad on she also acts in the film playing a woman whose husband is executed after a miscarriage of justice. it's just. it's an indictment of a merciless system of like you hold

a bank account of something you can't believe. but also a chamber piece dealing with timeless questions of guilt and justice. there's also some strong political sentiment from bella ruth. for the school's. director of the uk say polly on fall of the protests that erupted after the presidential election courage this is 1st full length documentary film it shows the bravery of protestors using very limited means to fight for change in belarus. i. french lebanese film memory box shows the importance of remembering for contemporary has. alex lives in montreal one day she discovers

a diary and old tape recordings of her mother. didn't. even used to. write. to. alex makes her own picture tracing her mother's turbulent youth in the lebanese civil war her dreams as well as traumas come to life once again. german cinema is in the competition with no less than 4 films including an adaptation of novel 5 young the movie is set into mulch whisper land in 1931 i want . to make. a crazy and melancholy time trip takes us to the weimar republic we encounter a menasha 12 and dissect a society take a. look.

there's also some big star power the mauritanian is a political thriller about an alleged accomplice to the $911.00 terrorist attacks held without charge or trial at guantanamo it's a true story starring jodie foster. just a fan defending. the festival organizers hope that in june they'll be able to roll out the red carpet and welcome fans and stars once again just like last year found all the heroes before. and joining me now from our studios in bomb is our film gurus rockstro scott good to see you so the burden is happening online at least we've seen some of the political movies that will be

screened but what are you most looking forward to. yeah i mean berlin for me is always a great chance to see the best new german films and as we just heard we've got 4 german films in competition the one i'm most excited to see i have to say is a science fiction movie it's called i'm your man by maria hsia to and it stars dan stevens of downton abbey fame here he plays a german speaking love robot who has been specifically programmed to fulfill every need and desire of of intelligent cynical but still quite romantic german scientist so it looks like a bit like uh pygmalion tale but it's told from the female perspective. it's really interesting director she just won an emmy for directing the netflix series on orthodox so i'm really interested to see what she's going to do with this story. and stephen's as a love robot go see i believe that film not many films was made

on the extremely difficult conditions now always seeing an impact of the pandemic in the selection of the festival. well in a way yeah i mean there are no films that are specifically about the krona pandemic but looking at this year's selection i've seen a lot of very sort of intimate personal stories stories about trying to connect like there's a korean film introduction by saying sue and this is a story of a korean student living in berlin and and her long distance relationship with with her boyfriend and it's a very sort of small intimate story and of course those type of stories are much easier to tell or because of kroner restrictions of course you can't tell big stories of the cast so it makes sense that these movies are coming out now but i think i see a connection at least between them and i don't know the longing but i think we all feel and have felt under lockdown the sort of desire for connection with with other people it's interesting thanks to the director he had

a film premiere in berlin last year that still hasn't hit cinemas now he's got a new one coming out in the festival but of course we still don't know when cinemas are going to reopen. it's for the true good point the plans to hold a physical festival with red. bulls the public in june do you think it's going to happen. well i hope so i talked to the festival directors this week and they're still optimistic they can hold some sort of physical festival even if it's just an open air festival and i just really hope that people be able to travel by june because if we're going to have a real sort of berlin festival with a berlin red carpet it be a real shame if the big stars from hollywood couldn't be there to walk down. indeed i hope we'll see the red carpet. in potsdam of plants this summer we'll keep our fingers crossed scarf so i just say it's been always great to work with you you are

always a mine of interesting information of many subjects for the last time thanks for being with us thanks so much rob and thanks so much and all the best for your retirement thank you. now one actress not is heather not sang she's already won the german film award and now she's nominated for golden globe for the movie news of the world playing on was it the great man himself tom hanks she'll find out on sunday if she wins the go. what's most extraordinary about all this is she's just 12 years old. they find a threat i'm not saying it's work out i don't mean shout but then on my meds they're having a charming spit it. in the western news of the world helena plays the orphan johana lay on balco who has been raised by a group of kiowa native americans one day she meets captain jefferson kyle kidd played by tom hanks. go to syria determined school girl didn't encounter the

american star until shooting had already started. as lobs mittal for the 1st time i met him i was in the makeup trailer getting fixed up for the shoot we were actually supposed to meet later on he just came in and i wasn't prepared at all and he said hello i'm tom hanks and it was so overwhelming yeah overwhelming. to have heard. good. bad and we had 6 weeks to prepare a new mexico before the shoot began on that and then we had another 3 weeks training in the kiowa language an hour and a half every day after school it was really important to me to learn exactly how it worked that they think more in a circle while we think in a straight line and to learn about their culture and how to include tools you can certainly handle or one skill helena didn't have to learn was how to ride a horse she's been doing that since the age of 4 and that's core she was even quite

a bit ahead of her screen partner but she did learn a great deal from tom hanks almost still that. he gave me advice like always be punctual know your lines and be nice to everyone and you should always help your screen partner in the last scene for example where we both end up crying he cried during every take just so i'd be able to i thought it was amazing he was able to do that every time his mother by. helena over ready has an impressive acting career behind her she 1st stood in front of a camera at age 5 she landed her 1st lead role in a feature. film at age 9 early on she tackled some extremely challenging parts. anyhow and i made a splash with system crasher impressing audiences with her of raw energy she played 9 year old ben severely traumatised out of control girl.

the drama one critical acclaim in more than 40 awards. and the german film award for best actress went to hell or not in the same spring oh. helen i spent a total of 3 months in the united states to shoot news of the world during that time she became good friends with tom hanks. so what does the future now hold. elements how my ambition is to please myself and the audience just make great movies and maybe have some impact on society with topics like in system crash or plus i'd like to have a star on the walk of fame but i think most important is to keep my feet on the ground and have a really clear idea of what i want to do. the next milestone in helena career could be a golden globe award on february 28th. just like to say goodbye for the very last time. 25 years presenting shows here.

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