Canadian films to watch for at Berlin International Film Festival

It’s the 66^th edition of this prestigious Berlin International Film Fest.   The Berlinale runs from February 11^th to the 21^st.

This year 16 Canadian films in various sections have been selected, including a record nine feature films.

Official Competition :  

• Boris sans Béatrice (Boris without Béatrice), feature film, Denis Côté; world premiere. In 2013 Côté’s film, Vic+Flo Saw a Bear (Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) won  the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, awarded to a feature film that opens new perspectives.

Generation 14plus section

• Avant les rues (Before the Streets), feature film, Chloé Leriche; world premiere
• Blind Vaysha (Vaysha l’aveugle), short film, Theodore Ushev; world premiere
• Carousel, short film, Kal Weber, world premiere
• The Ballad of Immortal Joe, short film, Hector Herrera; European premiere

Forum section

• How Heavy this Hammer, feature film, Kazik Radwanski; international premiere
• P.S. Jerusalem, feature documentary, Danae Elon; European premiere
• Tales of Two Who Dreamt, feature film, Andrea Bussmann and Nicolas Pereda; world premiere
• Old Stone, feature film, Johnny Ma; world premiere

Forum Expanded section

• Invention, feature documentary, Mark Lewis
• A Boy Needs a Friend, short film, Steve Reinke; world premiere
• Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, short documentary, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson; European premiere
• Reason over Passion, feature film, Joyce Wieland

Culinary Cinema section:

• The Singhampton Project, documentary, Jonathan Staav; European premiere
• How to Build an Igloo, short documentary, Douglas Wilkinson

NATIVe section:

• Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, feature documentary, Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro *(filmed entirely in Inukitut with English subtitles)

TRAILER Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change