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This week,\xa0Film Comment\xa0is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we\u2019ll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year\u2019s selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the\xa0Film Comment\xa0Letter\xa0here\xa0to stay up-to-date.\n\nOn today\u2019s episode, our fourth from Berlin, FC Editor Devika Girish is joined by an international cadre of programmers and critics made up of Jonathan Ali, Fr\xe9d\xe9ric Jaeger, and Antoine Thirion to talk about Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias\u2019s Pepe, Hong Sangsoo\u2019s A Traveler\u2019s Needs, Malaury Eloi Paisley\u2019s L\u2019homme-vertige, Dag Johan Haugerud\u2019s Sex, Victor Kossakovsky\u2019s Architecton, and Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell\u2019s Direct Action.\n\nAs if that weren\u2019t enough! This episode also features a special, short interview by FC Publisher (and President of Film at Lincoln Center) Lesli Klainberg with super-producer Christine Vachon of Killer Films, the production company behind two standout hits of 2023, Past Lives and May December. The two dig into the contemporary and historical importance of the Berlinale for American independent film and how Christine is able to adapt her business to ongoing changes in the industry.\n\nStay up to date with all of our Berlinale 2024 coverage\xa0here: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/berlin-2024/