Berlinale 2016. Top Picks & Coverage Roundup

Below you will find our favorite films of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, as well as an index of our coverage.

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DANIEL KASMAN

TOP PICKS

I. From the Notebook Of, Marble Ass, Tout une nuit

II. A Quiet Passion, The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo & Isolation of 1/880000, Creepy, Things to Come, Short Stay

III. Tempestad, Karla, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Le fils de Joseph, Ta'ang

IV. Between Fences, Fire at Sea, Doomed Love – A Journey through German Genre Films

COVERAGE

Awards

Hail...Cinema?: Hail Caesar! (Joel & Ethan Coen)

Two Women in Mexico's Storm: Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo)

Why Not Stay in Philly?: Short Stay (Ted Fendt)

The Title Says It Best: Creepy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

Women Poets and Philosophers: A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies), Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)

Refugee Cinema: Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi), Ta'ang (Wang Bing), Havarie (Philip Scheffner)

Cryptograms: Crosscurrent (Yang Chao), Life After Life (Zhang Hanyi)

Lost Souls of the Revolution: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Lav Diaz)

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