Aderinsola Ajao

articles by Aderinsola Ajao

Critics Anonymous

Berlinale Talent Press, February 11, 2012

Critics Anonymous In the forever-expanding world of international cinema, there is hardly a bad time or place to be a film critic. In the forever-expanding world of international cinema, there is hardly a bad time or place to be a film critic. Being one means I stay informed, enjoy mysel ...

When Cool is Not So Hot

Berlinale Talent Press, February 11, 2012

When Cool is Not So Hot Latvian youth is the subject of Juris Poskus' KOLKA COOL, on display at the European Film Market. Cool is not so cool when it comes to the young Epicureans of the Latvian suburb of Kolka. Detached from the influence of modern technology and the urgency of city lif ...

Filmmaking without Borders

Berlinale Talent Press, February 12, 2012

Filmmaking without Borders The Berlinale Talent Campus opens its doors for the tenth time with special guests Juliette Binoche and Gaston Kaboré. Having no limits was the watchword at the Berlinale Talent Campus “Changing Perspectives“ opening panel, featuring Oscar-winning French actres ...

Expanding Narrative Spaces

Berlinale Talent Press, February 13, 2012

Expanding Narrative Spaces Alex McDowell talks production design with Talent Press, explaining how he draws the audience into his fictional world. Telling a story that takes place in alternate worlds is Alex McDowell's business. The production designer, who has worked on films such as TH ...

Dish of the Day

Berlinale Talent Press, February 15, 2012

Dish of the Day A father-son story set against a culinary background, STEP UP TO THE PLATE leaves no emotional ingredient unused. Paul Lacoste's documentary STEP UP TO THE PLATE (ENTRE LES BRAS, FRANCE) follows a family of chefs across summer, autumn, winter and spring. As the seasons ch ...

Death on the Harbour

Berlinale Talent Press, February 15, 2012

Death on the Harbour A trip back in time with Leo Mittler's silent film JENSEITS DER STRASSE, part of the Berlinale Retrospektive "The Red Dream Factory". Death means nothing to the desperate and the greedy in Leo Mittler's silent film JENSEITS DER STRASSE (1929) that runs in the Berlina ...

Talent Press, a hands-on training of the Berlinale Talent Campus in collaboration with FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut, is a platform for young film critics and journalists from around the world to acquaint themselves with current trends in world cinema. Selected by an international jury, they are invited to Berlin to review films of the festival and report on events of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Under the tutelage of prominent film critics they share their impressions and insights through their daily articles for the Berlinale Talent Campus website and those of its partners – FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut.