Tina Hassannia

articles by Tina Hassannia

Canadian cinema: Talent right under our noses

Berlinale Talent Press, February 11, 2012

Canadian cinema: Talent right under our noses There is a tremendous lack of awareness among Canadians that a national cinema even exists here, or what it looks like. It is well-accepted that Canada has an inferiority complex. This often makes us lose sight of our own significance in inte ...

The invisible hand of distribution

Berlinale Talent Press, February 11, 2012

The invisible hand of distribution The Berlinale Talent Campus now extends its reach to the world of film distribution. As the Talents meet up, we report on their discussion and on the issues they face. For the first time in the Berlinale Talent Campus' ten-year history, the Campus now i ...

Taste of Cheeky

Berlinale Talent Press, February 12, 2012

Taste of Cheeky From Berlinale Forum, Mani Haghighi's MODEST RECEPTION tackles serious issues with playful absurdity. What to do when you're bored and bourgeois in Tehran? If you're anything like Leyla and Kaveh – the protagonists in Berlinale Forum's MODEST RECEPTION (PAZIRAIE SADEH, Ir ...

Greener Pastures

Berlinale Talent Press, February 13, 2012

Greener Pastures Learning to appreciate the work of the shepherds, courtesy of the documentary WINTER NOMADS in the Berlinale Forum. Onscreen charisma is important for actors, but it's also a crucial element in the subjects of documentaries. WINTER NOMADS (HIVER NOMADE, Switzerland) foll ...

Road to Nowhere

Berlinale Talent Press, February 14, 2012

Road to Nowhere Road-building can be tough, but the uncertain destination makes it even worse, as detailed in the Berlinale Forum documentary HABITER/CONSTRUIRE. Sometimes it's uncertain if Berlinale Forum's HABITER/CONSTRUIRE (LIVING/BUILDING, France) is a real film or simply scrapped f ...

Fast and Furious

Berlinale Talent Press, February 16, 2012

Fast and Furious An interview with director Tony Gatlif, whose timely INDIGNADOS just screened in the Berlinale Panorama. Timing was of the essence for director Tony Gatlif when he made INDIGNADOS, his film about the European Occupy movement in this year's Berlinale Panorama programme. I ...

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.