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TESTIMONY Escaping tourists: moving from Oranienstrasse to Neukölln in Berlin

Escaping tourists: moving from Oranienstrasse to Neukölln in Berlin

As the former cult quarter of Kreuzberg suddenly blossoms into a tourist trap, hardened Berliners are taking to the hills in the search for authenticity. The story of a relocation from cafebabel's babelblogs

by Christiane Lötsch @ // 11/02/10 - 6 Comment - 1 Vote

tourism, cities, berlin-kreuzberg, berlin

FEATURE Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security

by farah boucherak // 28/04/08 - 4 Comment - 2 Votes

italy, democratisation, identity, labour, future of europe, youth

REVIEW Film review Austria: The Bone Man is rootsy, rank and riotous

Film review Austria: The Bone Man is rootsy, rank and riotous

The world premiere of Der Knochenmann took place at the Berlin film festival on 9 February. The bittersweet crime caper, starring the unfortunate private detective Simon Brenner, provides an in-depth insight into rural Austria and its relationship with its European neighbours east of the Danube. In the Alpine republic, Brenner is something of a folk hero. Here’s why

by Ole Skambraks @ // 10/03/09

vienna, comedy, film review, austria, film festival, wolf haas

From siege to silver screen

From siege to silver screen

The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival, which ended on August 26, featured a packed programme of challenging films, revealing the remarkable renaissance of filmmaking in the Balkans.

by grégory mounier // 06/09/06

jasmila žbanič, danis tanović, sarajevo, human rights, multiculturalism, branko schmidt

AGENDA Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

Go out in April: Uppsala, nerds and witches

Enjoy the year's first rays at Walpurgis night in Sweden, a vintage computer festival in Munich or the spring festival in Seville

by karsten marhold // 09/04/08 - 1 Comment - 2 Votes

university, liverpool, paris, potsdam, cities, spain

Is Everything New in Berlin?

Berlin: population 3.4 million inhabitants, 5 times the size of Paris. The symbol of a divided and reunited Germany, the capital now aims to again become the crossroads between 'new' and 'old' Europe.

by caroline kocher // 19/05/03

REVIEW

November pick of Europe's best culture events

From Helsinki avant-garde cinema to factory fairs in Switzerland, your guide on where to be a culture vulture this month

by abla kandalaft // 02/11/07

brighton, animation, zurich, photography, music, slovakia

AGENDA

October culture vulture

This autumn Europe’s cultural events move indoors, to cinemas and museums. A quick look at October’s culture calendar

by karsten marhold // 04/10/07 - 1 Comment

london, poland, warsaw, budapest, western eu, united kingdom

PANORAMA Trailers Oscars 2009: Europe flocks to the red carpet

Trailers Oscars 2009: Europe flocks to the red carpet

Europe is represented well in this 81st edition of the Oscars, especially the United Kingdom who holds a firm spot in the Hollywood limelight. The golden men be handed out on 22 February in Los Angeles

by France Dutertre @ // 19/02/09

oscars, marjane satrapi, cinema

FEATURE Twenty years on: why Berlin is not Germany

Twenty years on: why Berlin is not Germany

The city buzzes with cultural events to commemorate the reunification of Berlin and the European continent. But how do the protagonists of the change view each other - whether they are born after 1990, are pre-1990 migrants or modern-day visitors?

by Agnes Emri @ // 16/03/09 - 2 Comment - 1 Vote

1989, stasi, enlargement, eudebate on the ground, eudebate2009, berlinale

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Berlinale: Observations in and on “Bestiaire”

Watching monkeys at a zoo, one can never be quite sure who is observing whom. During one of my few visits to Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten, a smart little caged creature held its hands to its face as if holding an imaginary camera. It looked at me through the thus ...

Daniel Tkatch by Daniel Tkatch on berlin

'Call Me Kuchu' directors: 'A story of empowerment as much as persecution'

For their touching documentary, American and British directors Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall got on the ground in Kampala, Uganda, to record the lifes and struggles of the local gay and lesbian or 'kuchu' activists, who combat a repressive system and fight for their equality. Most known of them ...

Tobias by Tobias on berlin

Berlinale: The official selection is almost complete, with seven new arrivals

The Competition section of the 62nd Berlin Film Festival is almost complete, with seven titles having been added to the programme, so that the Berlinale’s most important section currently includes 22 selections, of which 18 premieres. Of these 22 films, 17 are in the running for the Bears, the ...

valerio5505 by valerio5505 on cineuropa

Berlin announces 10 more Golden Bear contenders, including some prestigious names

After the pre-Christmas announcement of the first five titles selected in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival (news) and the announcement, on January 4, of the Golden Bear contender set to open the event – Benoît Jacquot’s French/Spanish co-production Farewell, My Queen, adapted from a novel by ...

valerio5505 by valerio5505 on cineuropa

While Danes rule EU they want to talk films too

When Denmark takes over the EU Presidency on January 1 for a six-month period, the Danish Film Institute (DFI) will launch a promotion campaign for Danish cinema in the EU countries, which aims to go behind the usual headlines of Lars von Trier's European Film Awards for Melancholia and ...

valerio5505 by valerio5505 on cineuropa