Berlinale 2020: Top 5 films
Nota bene: At my first Berlinale I missed several titles, including Rithy Pahn's film, “Irradies”; the Golden Bear winner, the Iranian film “There is No Evil”; “Never Really Sometimes Always” by filmmaker Eliza Hittman. The first Berlinale experience can be a little confusing (especially since you spend more time standing in queues than actually watching films, so this list could have had even more daring titles if 1) I would've chosen movies screening at the same theater; 2) I haven't made my choices based on a stubborn instinct which eventually led me, among other things, to the worst film in the competition, “The Salt of Tears”, by the ultra-known French filmmaker Phillipe Garrel. So, my top 5 is just a small part of the festival, hoping that some of the other titles will be presented at TIFF. (“First Cow” is not on this list, since I've already written about it in more detail here; nonetheless, it would’ve had a tie with the other film on the 1st place).
Journalist and film critic, with a master's degree in film critics. Collaborates with Scena9, Acoperișul de Sticlă, FILM and FILM Menu magazines. For Films in Frame, she brings the monthly top of films and writes the monthly editorial Panorama, published on a Thursday. In her spare time, she retires in the woods where she pictures other possible lives and flying foxes.
