Select media responses to the May 2019 GOETHE FILMS series "Past Forward: Directors before Cannes" featuring Berlin Komplizenfilm production house directors Maren Ade, Valeska Grisebach and Ulrich Köhler:The Cannes Film Festival has a long and fabled history as a launch pad for world cinema’s most remarkable new talents. That certainly was the case for the filmmakers showcased in Past Forward: Directors Before Cannes, the Goethe-Institut’s new series of lesser seen features made by three German directors just before their bigger breakthroughs. It begins with Everyone Else, a finely nuanced relationship drama that earned some love for Maren Ade before her next feature Toni Erdmann slayed ’em at Cannes three years ago. The series continues with Ulrich Köhler and Valeska Grisebach.
— Jason Anderson, Toronto Star Continue reading "Praise for GOETHE FILMS Komplizenfilm retro" »
