By Toby Rose FIDO Awards 2026 celebrated their 20th anniversary with the awards ceremony for the Doggy ‘Oscars’, the prestigious FIDOS (For Incredible Dogs On Screen) on Sunday 1st March 2026 at the British Film Institute on Stephen Street in London. British films were wagging their collective tails with joy with wins for Pillon , I Swear , Hamnet and Dragonfly which also won the BFI Best In World Award. All the canine stars from those films were in attendance. The FiDogMani

this article is bout the winner of this year's Berlin Film Fetsival

Berlinale FILM FESTIVAL reviews of movies in competition by David Katz: Queen at Sea & Rose

In A Whisper is a compelling film in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, exploring themes of identity, repression, and societal expectations. Lilia, a Tunisian engineer residing in France, returns to her homeland for her uncle's funeral at the family's elegant home. As she listens to a conversation between her mother (Hiam Abbas) and her aunt (Feriel Chamari), Lilia uncovers unsettling details surrounding her uncle's death. Officially reported as a heart attack,

An interview with Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Al-Khatib about his film "Chronicles from the Siege," showcased in Perspectives, which narrates the story of the Yarmouk refugee camp. The film transitions from documentary to fiction, exploring cinema amidst ruins and independence. However, this is not the main issue, and we are well aware of it, just as we have long known that the genocide in Gaza is a subject the Berlinale prefers to avoid addressing explicitly. This i

Like Pasolini’s Teorema , another key Italian film of the 60’s, the basic outline and themes of Marco Bellocchio’s explosive debut Fists in the Pocket  are ripe for reworking. The bleak tale of a young, mentally disturbed young man committed to murdering his bourgeois family, Bellocchio was inspired by his main intellectual commitments of Marxism, Catholicism and Freudianism, yet moving the story half a century ahead to the present day, as Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning doe

The Berlin Film Festival 2026has once again proven its role as a platform for bold storytelling. This year’s lineup stands out for its fearless exploration of pressing global issues, using satire as a powerful tool to engage audiences. The films create a complex and vivid picture of today’s world, blending humor with critical insight to challenge viewers’ perspectives. Satire as a Lens on Global Challenges Satire has a long history of exposing social and political flaws by mi

Berlinale reviews - No Good Men opening movie & Yellow Letters competition movie by David Katz

Michelle Yeoh received Honorary Golden Bear