Berlinale juries praise Colm Bairéad’s feature as ‘unique’ and ‘a beautiful film’
Isabelle Huppert
Nicolas Cage's History of Swear Words, the Irish-made Fate: The Winx Saga, and Naomi Watts in Penguin Bloom among the highlights
But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?
Writer, actor and activist John Connors has two directorial efforts in the festival
The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney singer on Gerhard Richter’s paintings, the cinematic works of Rainer Fassbinder, and Aidan Gillen’s ‘brooding menace’
Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint
Some think she’s ‘a bit frightening’, including in Neil Jordan’s Greta, but the star couldn’t be nicer
Big-name auteurs in Croisette line-up, but only four films by women in competition