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      • La La Land
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      • My Friend Dahmer
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      • My Soul to Take
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      • Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie
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      • Nasty Baby
      • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
      • Need For Speed
      • Never Goin' Back
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      • News from Planet Mars
      • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
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      • Nim's Island
      • Nina Forever
      • No
      • No Escape
      • No One Lives
      • Noah
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      • Nostalgia For The Light
      • Nymphomaniac Volume 1
      • Nymphomaniac Volume 2
    • O >
      • Olympus Has Fallen
      • On Body and Soul
      • On Chesil Beach
      • Once
      • Only God Forgives
      • Oranges and Sunshine
      • Orion
      • Our Little Sister
      • Out Of The Furnace
      • Outrage Beyond
      • Outside In
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      • Pacific Rim
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      • Princess Mononoke
      • Project Nim
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      • Pusher
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      • Queen of Earth
      • Queen of the Desert
      • Quest For Fire
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      • R100
      • Racer and the Jailbird
      • Raid on Entebbe
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      • [REC] 3 Genesis
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      • Red Dawn
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      • Requiem For A Killer
      • Requiem For A Village
      • Reservation Road
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      • Revenge Of The Electric Car
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      • Revolution
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      • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
      • Roman J. Israel, Esq.
      • Romantics Anonymous
      • Rurouni Kenshin 2: Kyoto Inferno
      • Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends
      • Rush
      • Rust And Bone
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      • Safe
      • Safe House
      • Saint Amour
      • Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
      • Salt and Fire
      • Salt of Life
      • Samsara
      • Savages
      • Sawako Decides
      • Season of the Witch
      • Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
      • Selma
      • Shadow
      • She's Funny That Way
      • Shepherds and Butchers
      • Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows
      • Short Term 12
      • Shotgun Stories
      • Sightseers
      • Simon Killer
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      • Sleeping with Other People
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      • Small Apartments
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      • Snowtown
      • Sonatine
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      • Son of Saul
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      • Source Code
      • Southern Comfort
      • Soy Nero
      • Spartacus: Vengeance
      • Spartacus: War Of The Damned
      • Special Forces
      • SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
      • Spooks: The Greater Good
      • Spoor
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      • Stalingrad
      • Stan & Ollie
      • Star Trek Beyond
      • Star Trek Into Darkness
      • Starbuck
      • Strange Weather
      • Submarine
      • Suite Francaise
      • Summer In February
      • Sunshine On Leith
      • Super
      • Superbad
      • Superman Returns
      • Sweet Country
    • T >
      • Taken 2
      • Taking Off
      • Tales from Earthsea
      • Tatsumi
      • Taxi
      • Taxi: Season 1
      • Ted
      • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
      • Terminator Genisys
      • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
      • Testament of Youth
      • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
      • That Awkward Moment
      • Therese Desqueyroux
      • They Came Together
      • Things to Come
      • This Is The End
      • Thor: The Dark World
      • Thoroughbreds
      • Those Happy Years
      • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
      • Three Christs
      • Throne of Blood
      • Tiger Girl
      • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
      • Tiny Furniture
      • Tokyo Ga
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      • Tokyo Tribe
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      • Tomorrowland
      • Toni Erdmann
      • Total Recall
      • Tragedy Girls
      • Train to Busan
      • Trance
      • Transformers
      • Transformers: Age Of Extinction
      • Transit
      • Transit [2018]
      • Trespass Against Us
      • Triangle
      • Troll Hunter
      • Tron: Legacy
      • Truman
      • Tumbbad
      • Two Lovers and a Bear
    • THE >
      • The Amateurs
      • The Arbor
      • The Assault
      • The Autopsy of Jane Doe
      • The Avengers
      • The Awakening
      • The Baader-Meinhof Complex
      • The Bacchus Lady
      • The Bad Batch
      • The Ballad of Narayama
      • The Bar
      • The Bay
      • The Baytown Outlaws
      • The Be All And End All
      • The Beaver
      • The Belko Experiment
      • The Beloved
      • The Berlin File
      • The Big Sick
      • The Bookshop
      • The Boy and the Beast
      • The Brawler
      • The Breadwinner
      • The Breaker Upperers
      • The Cabin In The Woods
      • The Captain
      • The Castle of Cagliostro
      • The Cat Returns
      • The Chamber
      • The Children Act
      • The Cobbler
      • The Commune
      • The Conjuring 2
      • The Counsellor
      • The Croods
      • The Current War
      • The Danish Girl
      • The Daughter
      • The Day After
      • The Dead
      • The Debt
      • The Devil's Double
      • The Dinner
      • The Dinosaur Project
      • The Doom Generation
      • The Drummond Will
      • The Dyatlov Pass Incident
      • The East
      • The Edge of Seventeen
      • The Evil in Us
      • The Expendables 3
      • The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
      • The Fake
      • The Family Fang
      • The Favourite
      • The Fighter
      • The Five Year Engagement
      • The Front Runner
      • The Girl
      • The Girl in the Photographs
      • The Good Dinosaur
      • The Grand Heist
      • The Grandmaster
      • The Greasy Strangler
      • The Great Beauty
      • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
      • The Guest
      • The Guilty
      • The Gunman
      • The Hateful Eight
      • The Heiresses
      • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
      • The House That Jack Built
      • The Housemaid
      • The Hunger Games
      • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
      • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
      • The Hunter
      • The Huntsman: Winter's War
      • The Iceman
      • The Imitation Game
      • The Incredible Jessica James
      • The Innkeepers
      • The Interrupters
      • The Intervention
      • The Judge
      • The Keeper Of Lost Causes
      • The Killer Inside Me
      • The Last Stand
      • The Legend of Bruce Lee
      • The Little House
      • The Little Tailor
      • The Lives of Others
      • The Lone Ranger
      • The Look Of Love
      • The Man from Nowhere
      • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
      • The Mercy
      • The Mind's Eye
      • The Miseducation of Cameron Post
      • The Mist
      • The Molly Dineen Collection Volume Three
      • The Motive
      • The Mule
      • The Muppets
      • The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
      • The Nice Guys
      • The Numbers Station
      • The Other Side of Hope
      • The Overnight
      • The Panic in Needle Park
      • The Party
      • The Patriarch
      • The Place Beyond The Pines
      • The Prey
      • The Proposition
      • The Purge: Anarchy
      • The Raid
      • The Raid 2
      • The Railway Man
      • The Reach
      • The Rebound
      • The Red Turtle
      • The Reef
      • The Resident
      • The Return Of The Living Dead
      • The Revenant
      • The Rig
      • The Sapphires
      • The Saragossa Manuscript
      • The Satellite Girl and the Milk Cow
      • The Secret in Their Eyes
      • The Selfish Giant
      • The Sentinel
      • The Shameless
      • The Shape of Water
      • The Shining
      • The Signal
      • The Skin I Live In
      • The Source
      • The Stag
      • The Strange Little Cat
      • The Summit
      • The Taste Of Money
      • The Thieves
      • The Thing
      • The Third Murder
      • The Tree
      • The Tribe
      • The Two Faces Of January
      • The Upside
      • The Veteran
      • The Villainess
      • The Voices
      • The Walking Dead season two
      • The Watch
      • The Water Diviner
      • The Wave
      • The Way
      • The Way Way Back
      • The Widow of Saint-Pierre
      • The Wind Rises
      • The Wolverine
      • The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
      • The Woman in the Fifth
      • The World of Kanako
      • The World's End
      • The Yellow Sea
      • The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet
    • U >
      • Unbeatable
      • Unbroken
      • Underground
      • Underwater Love
      • Unforgiven
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      • Unknown
      • Unmistaken Child
      • Unsane
      • Unstoppable
    • V >
      • Vehicle 19
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      • Victoria
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      • Vox Lux
    • W >
      • Waitress
      • Walking Out
      • War Dogs
      • War Horse
      • War of the Arrow
      • War on Everyone
      • Warrior
      • We Are the Flesh
      • We Are The Night
      • We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
      • We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks
      • Weekend
      • Weirdos
      • Welcome To New York
      • West is West
      • What If
      • What Maisie Knew
      • What We Do In The Shadows
      • While We're Young
      • White God
      • Who Killed The Electric Car?
      • Who We Are Now
      • Widows
      • Wiener-Dog
      • Wild Mouse
      • Wildlife
      • Willow Creek
      • Wish I Was Here
      • Woman at War
      • Wonderstruck
      • Woochi: The Demon Slayer
      • Woody Allen: A Documentary
      • Words And Pictures
      • World War Z
      • Wreck-It Ralph
      • Wuthering Heights
      • Wyrmwood
    • X >
      • X-Men: Apocalypse
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      • X+Y
    • Y >
      • Yardie
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      • Yojimbo
      • You Are Here
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      • You Were Never Really Here
      • You're Next
      • Young Adult
      • Your Sister's Sister
    • Z >
      • Zathura
  • THEATRE & ARTS
    • A Walk On Part: The Fall Of New Labour
    • Akram Khan: Homeland
    • All New People
    • Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn in Conversation
    • Battle Angel Alita: volume 1
    • Battle Angel Alita: volumes 2, 3 & 4
    • Battle Angel Alita: volumes 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9
    • Brian Wilson
    • Cantina
    • Derren Brown - Svengali
    • Fourth Dimensional Minds Eye Summoning
    • Gilbert & George
    • Jumpy
    • Let The Right One In
    • Lisa Appignanesi
    • Mary Queen Of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    • My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
    • Othello: The Remix
    • Philip Pullman
    • Posh
    • Rob Delaney
    • Ronin
    • Sunken Garden
    • Sutra
    • The Book Of Mormon
    • The Great Gatsby
    • The Master And Margarita
    • The Silver Linings Playbook
    • The Thinking Drinker's Guide To Alcohol
    • Thriller Live
    • Touched...Like A Virgin
    • Travelling Light
    • Wah! Wah! Girls - A British Bollywood Musical
    • Wild Swans
  • FEATURES-INTERVIEWS
    • 2008 Review and 2009 Preview
    • 2010 in Review
    • 2011 In Review
    • 2012 In Anticipation
    • 2012 In Review: Part One
    • 2012 In Review: Part Two
    • Alternate Summer 2011
    • Ang Lee: A Life In Pictures
    • Atmosphere of the Berlinale
    • Autumn at the Multiplexes
    • BBC 4 World Cinema Award 2006
    • Berlin Film Festival 2011: Part One
    • Berlin Film Festival 2011: Part Two
    • Berlin Film Festival 2011: Part Three
    • Berlin Film Festival 2012: Part One
    • Berlin Film Festival 2012: Part Two
    • Berlin Film Festival 2012: Part Three
    • Best Films of 2013
    • Best Films of 2014
    • Best Films of 2015
    • Best Films of 2016
    • Best Films of 2017
    • Best Films of 2018
    • Busan eFM
    • Des Hamilton
    • Distant Sequels
    • Dolby Atmos
    • Edinburgh Film Festival 2010
    • Empire Presents Big Screen
    • Favourite Films of 2014
    • Favourite Films of 2015
    • Favourite Films of 2016
    • Favourite Films of 2017
    • Favourite Films of 2018
    • Interview with David Soren
    • Interview with John Hillcoat
    • Interview with Laura Harris
    • London Film Festival 2012 In Anticipation
    • London Korean Film Festival 2010
    • Michael Douglas Press Conference
    • Modern Sci-Fi
    • Most Anticipated Movies of 2011
    • Nicolas Philibert
    • Noughties But Nice
    • Rachel Portman
    • Summer Travel
    • Sundance London 2013
    • The Making of Gravity
    • Winter Warmers
    • Worst Films of 2013
    • Worst Films of 2014
    • Worst Films of 2015
    • Worst Films of 2016
    • Worst Films of 2017
    • Worst Films of 2018
  • GALLERY
    • Actors >
      • Actors: A (Part 1)
      • Actors: A (Part 2)
      • Actors: B
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18 March 2018

This is an article about the atmosphere of the Berlinale. 

By Hemanth Kissoon
For more information on Hotel Gat Point Charlie, click here.
For more information on the Berlin Film Festival, click here.
Hotel Gat Point Charlie is a partner hotel to the Berlin Film Festival.
I have been staying almost a decade at the Hotel, and this is the first time the Hotel has asked me to write about them. What you are about to read is as I believe. Hotel Gat Point Charlie has treated me very well over the years.

​For many, January is the most depressing month of the year. However, for me, it is filled with excitement as I prepare for the Berlin Film Festival, which kicks off annually every February. Now in its 68th year, the event is in the calendar for film industry and movie lovers alike. It is one of the five A-list film festivals in the world (along with Sundance, Cannes, Venice and Toronto). At this year’s Oscars, two of the five Best Foreign Language nominees, including the eventual winner, had their world premiere at the Berlinale in 2017.

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For veterans of the Festival, it is a no-brainer why to make the journey to the German capital. For those considering taking the cinephile plunge, it is arguably the biggest film festival in the world. Between 3 and 400 projects are on offer: Shorts, television series and movies, plus art installations and talks. The festival is at the cinematic vanguard. Motion pictures that challenge the storytelling norm are given a preeminent place. The sheer volume of product means everyone’s festival experience is different, as you navigate the path that appeals. For Harry Potter fans, you will want Hermione’s time turner to be able to see everything you want. Or get cloned. Whichever piece of technology comes first! Plus there are the parties, but I will get onto that in a minute.

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Film industry veterans and newbies, staying at the Hotel Gat Point Charlie is just a 15-minute walk to the hub of the Berlinale, where you will be spending most of your time. Berlinale Talents, the Palast, the press office, the Sony Centre, the European Film Market, etc. are all within close proximity. Nearby the Hotel are two shopping malls, a supermarket and the U-Bahn. When your festival experience is made as convenient as possible, productivity and enjoyment are enhanced. It is easy to pop back and forth from your room when you have work to do, or need to take a breather before heading back into the fray! On the first Sunday, I had three parties plus three screenings to attend, and returning to the hotel three times was easily doable. One of the parties was at the Hotel itself. The Catalunya Film Commission event was busy and lively. Lots of networking looked to be being accomplished:

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The Festival is extremely well organised and friendly. You quickly become accustomed to navigating its grandiose nature. Wonderfully devoid of pretentiousness, there is plenty of staff on hand to answer any questions. Filmmakers, industry, press and the film-loving public easily mix. At breakfast in the hotel, and the venue’s foyer, are already good places to network informally. A director I once met at breakfast later in the festival won a Silver Bear, and now we follow each other on Twitter. Another time I met a delegate from a country’s culture department and got invited to their party. The parties are amazing at the Berlinale!
 
Berlin is a city rich with culture and history and energy. The cinemas used by the Festival are some of my favourites in the world: The Zoo Palast, the Cinestar Potsdamer Platz and the Arsenal. And for journalists there are a plethora of press conferences.
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​Over the course of the 11-day festival, I asked various patrons the following question: What is your favourite part of the Berlinale?
Here are some of the answers…
A movie producer: The Festival is cutting edge and progressive.
A journalist: The public are cineliterate. They are as good as critics. They even take time off work to attend.
Sound designer: There is great promotion for a small film; the Festival opens doors.
PR: The coming together of three types - industry, press and public.
A member of the Festival team: It is large yet intimate, and there is camaraderie.
Movie director: The people are open. All the European Film Market venues are close together.
Critic: It is accessible for everyone and sociable. For press, it is so big yet so easy to use.
Cinema club exhibitor: The Festival is politically minded.
Another producer: The geography is open and manageable.
Documentary filmmaker: The presentation of alternative films that you will never see again.
Another documentary filmmaker: The Berlin audience. The cinemas are always packed during the festival.
Lawyer: The diversity of films and people.
A literature festival organiser: The sheer size.
Musician: The glamour.
There you have a snapshot of the love for the Berlinale.
 
The 69th Berlin Film Festival is February 7th to 17th 2019. Put that in your diaries.

​For more information on Hotel Gat Point Charlie, click here.
​For more information on the Berlin Film Festival, click here.

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