Berlinale 2024 #5, with Ela Bittencourt and Frederic Jaeger

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, 9:30 p.m.

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 fifth from Berlin, FC Editor Devika Girish is joined by critics Ela Bittencourt and Fr\xe9d\xe9ric Jaeger to talk about their recent viewing, with a focus on the German cinema at this year\u2019s edition. They discuss Eva Trobisch Ivo, Julia von Heinz\u2019s Treasure, and Andreas Dresen\u2019s From Hilde, with Love, among others, before turning to a selection of films directed by women, including a retrospective of films by Helke Sander, and new films including Christine Angot\u2019s A Family, Nele Wohlatz\u2019s Sleep with Your Eyes Open, and Anja Salomonowitz\u2019s Sleeping with a Tiger.\n\nStay up to date with all of our Berlinale coverage\xa0here:\nhttps://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/