29/09/2021 - Featuring films from this year's Berlinale and Karlovy Vary, the 26th German Film Festival will take place at the Arlequin from 29 September to 3 October

Lisa Bierwith's Prince [+see also:
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interview: Lisa Bierwirth
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Among the seven other titles in the Panorama programme is Dietrich Brüggemann's Nö [+see also:
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interview: Dietrich Brüggemann
film profile], which was also unveiled last month in Karlovy Vary, where it won the Best Director prize.

Also on the menu are three films that have passed through the Berlinale 2021 competition: Maria Speth's documentary Mr. Bachmann and His Class [+see also:
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interview: Alexandre Koberidze
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interview: Daniel Brühl
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The Panorama programme is completed by Leonie Krippendorff's Cocoon [+see also:
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interview: Alison Kuhn
film profile], which exposes the sexual abuse she and five other young actresses suffered during a casting.

Special screenings will include three films by Dominik Graf (including his latest opus, Fabian - Going to the Dogs [+see also:
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interview: Albrecht Schuch
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interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard and Tahar R…
film profile], Mesrine: Part 1 - Killer Instinct [+see also:
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film profile] and Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 [+see also:
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film profile], Braquo) from Olivier Bottini's novel Paix à leurs armes (Peace to Their Arms), a political thriller produced by Eikon Media and Watch Next Media in association with the ZDF and Arte France.

Finally, the showcase includes 11 short films, including the best films of 2021 from German film schools (Next Generation) and the winners of the best short films under five minutes (Short Tiger Award).

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(Translated from French by Manuela Lazic)