petzold set the story in modern day france in this manner on a seeker's world war two novel becomes a drama for our time. yet. we here in germany have an asylum law based on the fact that we had refugees the one nine hundred forty s. . i was interested to see if we could stand the judgment of people who couldn't escape and whether we did right by them. also said the right to asylum is today being curtailed something he completely disagrees with. it's a political statement that could play well here at the balland film festival and perhaps also with the cheery when it comes time to awards the bears. and that's the latest from the news this hour and don't forget you can always get more news and information on our website. we make up over three quarters of the under budget by. the services. they want to show. the continent's future. part of it and join dumpsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent plus for africa.

their first look at the german competition and sheree transit comes to us from director christiane petzold and it's based on a novel that was actually written in one thousand nine hundred forty four by anna zegers it tells the story of a young man who's fleeing the nazis playing out in the city of marjah say a leading passage on a ship that will take him to safety he begins impersonating a dead friend of his and let's just say things get really complicated the really interesting thing about this film mariane is that it's set in modern day marsay and the effect of watching the story they were all quite familiar with the people fleeing nazi persecution watching that play out in a modern day setting is absolutely chilling now we have to remember christian petzold is a four time girl analogy rector he's had films here before so he's very much playing to a home crowd but i got to tell you this film went down really well and i think transit is one to watch when it comes time for golden bear nominations are i did also a big day for a number of european heavyweights can you tell us about that. yea

petzold set the story in modern day france in this manner on a seeker's world war two novel becomes a drama for our time. we here in germany covered asylum laws based on the fact that we had refugees the one nine hundred forty s. . i was interested to see if we could stand the judgment of people who couldn't escape and whether we did right by them. also said the right to asylum is today being curtailed something he completely disagrees with. it's a political statement that could play well here at the ballot in film festival perhaps also with the jury when it comes time to award the bears. time for some sports news and at the winter olympics and kyung chunk austria's marcel here sure has won a second gold medal confirming his status as one of the best downhill skiers in history they're sure put on a master class performance in the men's giant slalom this after earlier picking up gold in the men's combined competition here share one by more than a second over two runs a huge margin in this event norway's henry kristofferson finished second the gold rush could continue for here sure in s

german film in the competition category the film is called trans and it's directed by christiane petzold and mary out of this film is actually based on a book that was written in one thousand nine hundred forty four by amazon tells the story of a young man who's fleeing the nazi occupation who finds himself in the city of moore say awaiting passage on a ship that will take you to safety unfortunately things get a little mixed up in the city of marsay and what's really interesting about this film is that it's not set in the historical city of marjah say but in modern day france and more and i have to tell you the effect. watching this film about persecution set in modern day is completely jarring and really really powerful christian petzold if you don't know who directed the film barbara which international audiences might be familiar with but he's a home grown talent it's his fourth film here at the berlin film festival and it's early days but i think this is one to watch when it comes to the golden bear all right it's also been a big day for some european heavyweights what can you tell

director christian petzold is almost a fixture at the film festival gets a film in the competition for the fourth time this is based his movie on his favorite on a seekers transit. from the nazis in march say he goes into hiding. to catch a ship to mexico before the city falls to the approaching fascist. he falls in love with marie on the run neither of them are welcome here merely tolerated. or not always on the run but also doing a lot of waiting. i think our characters look very tired and exhausted. set the story in modern day france and this. becomes a drama. based on the fact that we had refugees the one nine hundred forty s. . i was interested to see if we could see judgment of people. said the right to asylum is today being curtailed something he completely disagrees with. it's a political statement that could play well here at the festival and perhaps also with the cheery when it comes time to. gear up to date on news thanks for watching . everyone minus. channel thirty we have the four seasons stories. these days and that's such a. huge. thing. check it out yourself.

petzold set the story in modern day france in this manner on a seeker's world war two novel becomes a drama for our time. yet the first. we here in germany have an asylum law based on the fact that we had refugees the one nine hundred forty s. what i was interested to see if we could stand the judgment of people who couldn't escape and whether we did right by them. petzold also said the right to asylum is today being curtailed something he completely disagrees with. it's a political statement that could play well here at the ballin film festival and perhaps also with the jury when it comes time to award the bears. and we're going to take you back to the munich security conference now we are seeing pictures now of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he's about to deliver his speech to the munich security conference let's listen in to that speech . charger mr chairman. good morning ladies and gentlemen. there are many distinguished representatives of governments past and present. members of the business community of the press. many friends. and some i've had interesting discus

world war in a bid to show how little has changed in the last seventy five years director christian petzold transferred the novels plot to modern day must say. director christian petzold is almost a fixture at the balanced film festival gets a film in the competition for the fourth time this go round he's based his movie on his favorite on a seeker's transit obviously would be. on the run from the nazis in march say he goes into hiding. hoping to catch a ship to mexico before the city falls to the approaching fascist. he falls in love with marie also on the run neither of them are welcome here merely tolerated amassed a smile on his head when you're fleeing you're not always on the run but also doing a lot of waiting cocktails i think our characters look very tired and exhausted it's a top. ten soul set the story in modern day france in this manner on a sea goes world war two novel becomes a drama for our time. we here in germany have an asylum law based on the fact that we had refugees the one nine hundred forty s. . i was interested to see if we could stand the judgment of people who coul

from the famous novel to the french city of must say we have a sneak preview for you of christian petzold new film transit. in german soccer hoffenheim played host last night to shall cut a match between two of the youngest coaches in top tier european soccer leonardo's mun and demand eco tedesco two friends from the same coaching class will tell you who came out on top. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us tensions in the middle east have taken center stage at the munich security conference with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu describing regional rival iran as the world's greatest threat in a speech to the conference and it on yahoo warned that his country would act directly against tehran if needed he also accused the iranian foreign minister of quote lying with eloquence to drive home his point it on yahoo held up a piece of what he said was in a rainy and drone shot down in israeli aspace iran also denies that it committed an act of aggression against israel last week that it sent to drone unsure sprays to threaten our people well. here'

coming at twenty going to take a closer look at one of those four films the new film from christian petzold is an adaptation of an and sega's know and it deals with a very important topic. but this will be. has fled persecution and. arrived in a new city he leads a perilous existence in the french port of my say. was transit is based on a novel set in one nine hundred forty two but director kirsty on pet side has transposed the action to modern day france marsay was then and is once again a key hub for refugees and as he goes novel deals with her own experience of exile . women trying to. to satisfy this decision. from a disposition that optus licklider just pushed biased decisions to the. history of it is an inspiration that i share between worlds although they're not at home they're not yet arrived in as far off place these figures in my film are in-between they're refugees from one nine hundred forty still looking to find their place today if you will back or stay. the past meets the present the parallels between the experiences of exiles fleeing the nazis and of those seeking refuge in

films as one of the film we agree on which is transit it's a german film here my favorite directors petzold very interesting movie it's sort of a reimagining of the story of nazi occupied france but set in the present day very sort of story very compelling and it stars for me one of the best the most interesting young german actors yes that's france for close and he is everywhere at the ballot not of this year he is into competition films this film one is due to premier later this week. he's also tonight on the red carpet once again and that's because he's one of the ballet not is. that means that the ben and i decided that he is one to watch in european film i think we have a quick synopsis. from some of the plays offbeat characters hard on the outside but with hidden depths he looks a bit odd but he plays oddballs. dozens of knowledge. he says as much as his list or his a symmetrical face the result of being born with a cleft palate. the stars in two films in competition at this year's barely knowledge. transit and in the aisles. he's also a european shooting star one of a select band of

occupation set against a modern backdrop the iconic images we know so well is really chilling christiane petzold is on home turf here his fourth film at the berlin film festival he's a german filmmaker audiences really like this film and i think it's safe to say it's probably at this point a favorite for the golden bear and i definitely want to see that and what about you what else are you looking forward to seeing out there. oh my gosh there's so much so to look forward to we're really just getting started we've got a whole week left of berle an hour and so many competition films yet to screen i mean it's probably a little early to start picking favorites but i can't help myself one film that's not in the competition that i'm quite looking forward to seeing is called songwriter this is a biopic about the british singer ed sheeran and you know ed sheeran his music is everywhere and ed sheeran himself is actually coming to berlin to promote this film a lot of people are going to be hoping to catch a glimpse of him and this biopic is billed as sort of a look behind the scenes of his process as a s

it's a really chilling feeling christian petzold of course has had four films this is fourth at the berlin film festival and he's playing to a home crowd here he's popular here he's from a berlin school of filmmaking but i still think this is probably one of the films to watch when it comes to the golden bear nominations is certainly went down really well with the prize i'm looking forward to seeing that but can you just briefly tell us what else you're looking for at the scene. oh my goodness there's still so much more to go we've still got a whole week of birla now left one thing that i think a lot of people are a bit buzzy over is a film that's not in the competition category it's called songwriter and it's a biopic about the british singer ed sheeran you've probably seen him in his ginger hair he's everywhere this and he's also coming to berlin alice a lot of people are going to be looking to catch a glimpse of it sarah harmon at the berlin film festival thanks very much. day eight at the winter olympics has seen a major shock in alpine skiing and history in cross country and on the ic

headlines i think a lot of three have a story has a really good shot or maybe trended from by a christian petzold the german. director that is also a really really powerful story so it about a man being not a patient he's seeing from paris to must say takes on the identity of the dead right and what makes the movie so powerful is that it's set in modern day must see and has taken from the pots refugees from the past blending in with refugees from today and that makes it really compelling so you pretty see that these issues of huge strides really travel across said time and space and resonate very well i think with the audience the german press is very enthusiastic about the trends that have to keep an eye on that now the gold and silver bears they're going to be awarded here in berlin this coming weekend but there has already been one golden bear presentation at the film festival so for tell us about that it's ok that has been one where you've been the photo came yesterday to receive his honorary bat for his lifetime achievement and yet he is a major of maser agta in hollywood as well you know hi

german film trend yeah that's not live that we both agree on it's from one of my favorite directors petzold who's been here quite a few times this film i know you called me because it's a very strange dark story featuring one of germany's really rising stars yes that's quite right he is not only the star in this film he's also the saw in another film that is in the competition and that's in the aisles that's going to be coming up a little later and yes the rising star accolade that he's got today is really a big deal here the by the dollar sort of a signal there. right and his name is france and i believe we have a small piece introducing it take a look from the plays offbeat characters hard on the outside but with hidden depths he looks a bit hard and he plays oddballs. you know. dozens of knowledge. he says. he is a trained dancer and his physicality stands out as much as his lips or his asymmetrical face the result of being born with a cleft palate. the stars in two films in competition at this year's barely knowledge of. transit and in the aisles. he's also a european shooting star one