Kino # Political thriller and a search for identity – German films in competition # 14.02.2009

Never before have there been so many German films screening at the Berlinale. More than 90 German productions can be found across all the various sections. But only two German films are vying for the gold and silver bears. Hans Christian Schmid, whose Requiem was a success two years ago, is back with THE PERFECT STORM, a political thriller about a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. And the young, still unknown director Maren Ade has made it into the competition with her first feature-length film. EVERYONE ELSE tells of the search for identity by a mismatched couple fighting its way together through a vacation in isolation. KINO reports on two directors and their films in the festival’s main competition. And our updated broadcast will report on the winners.