What's the season between Christmas (left) and Easter (right)?
Why the Berlin International Film Festival of course! Or as Christian Petzold just lovingly boiled it down: "It's cold and Potdamer Platz sucks...
... But we're the lab!" Petzold, with his producer Florian Koerner von Gustorf, actors Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer, and (hidden) cinematographer Hans Fromm at their Transit press conference.
If you're audience or industry or press, this is your carpet.
If you're Canadian, this is your tag for the coveted yearly Canadian Embassy bash...
... which always does one big group photo of all Canadian talent --filmmakers, producers, writers-- at Berlinale. To the right: Ambassador Stéphane Dion.
Two of these talents: CFMDC director Lauren Howes and programmer and critic Jesse Cumming (with me)
...and the rest of the very gay and very "red light" party.
Back to work the next morning at 8, with most European media colleagues outside the Hyatt press centre smoking.
In the next photo collection: A few stars to fill these seats and more.
Copyright: Michelle Kay Follow us around the world of film. Our blogger Jutta Brendemühl is the Goethe-Institut Toronto's Program Curator and happy to hear from you.
Jutta is lucky to do what she loves: arts & cultural programming & writing across the genres, through a global lens. She has worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Rauschenberg, Wim Wenders, and other luminaries, and is one of the Directors of the European Union Film Festival Toronto. Her reviews are indexed on IMDb; bylines have appeared in POV, ScreenPrism, Vague Visages, Die Zeit. She is a fellow of the Toronto Cultural Leaders Lab.
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