Cologne director Burhan Qurbani, while not winning a bear, was the Berlinale’s big winner in that his Competition presentation "Berlin Alexanderplatz" led to 11 German Film Award nominations. At the 70th awards show in Berlin on 24 April, we will find out how many Lola trophies Qurbani will take home.Not resting on his laurels, he told Screendaily already in February that “I want to make three films about the political situation, the change, the gaps in our society, with each of these films have these three words, unity, justice or freedom as a topic”. His new trilogy, inspired by Krzysztof Kieślowski’s famous "Blue" (1993), "White" (1994), and "Red" (1994), will be named after the German national colours black, red and gold, representing unity, rule of law, and freedom.
Christian Petzold, in the Berlinale Competition with "Undine", which won lead Paula Beer a Silver Bear as Best Actress, also announced Continue reading "What's next for Berlinale 2020 stars" »
