The KinoCritics Report on Filmfest Hamburg 2004
September 23-30, 2004

Articles

It's Not Over Until the Credits Roll by Becky Tan
Philip Bergson Talks by Becky Tan
Children Commandeer Grindel Cinema by Shelly Schoeneshoefer
American Before the Election by Adele Riepe
Meet the Director by Becky Tan
Is Truth Stranger than Fiction? by Kirsten Greco
What's So Funny? by Mary Nyiri
S(ch)nackpunkt by Mary Nyiri and Becky Tan
On Location in Hamburg Harbor by Coppelia Hays Branscheid
Prized Moments by Adele Riepe

Films Reviewed

5x2 (Cinq fois Deux) by Francois Ozon, France (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Aaltra by Benoit Deléphine/Gustave Kervern, Belgium (Reviewed by Patricia Ritz)
Alexandria - New York by Youssef Chahine, Egypt (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Anatomie einer Entführung (The Clearing) by Pieter Jan Brugge, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Nancy Tilitz)
August Sun (Ira Majiyama) by Prasanna Vithanage, Sri Lanka (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Bitter Dream (Khab é Talkh) by Mohsen Amiryoussefi, Iran (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Black Friday: the True Story of the Bombay Blasts by Anurag Kashyap, India (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Blind Flight by John Furse, U.K. (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Born Rich by Jamie Johnson, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Guest Reviewer Jim Greco)
Brothers - Zwischen Brüdern (Brothers, Brødere) by Susanne Bier, Denmark (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Buena Vida Delivery by Leonardo di Cesare, Argentina (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Bush's Brain by Joseph Mealey/Michael Shoob, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Casablanca Driver by Maurice Barthélémy, France (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Champions (Mistri) by Marek Najbrt, Czech Republic (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
The Con Game (Doble Juego) by Alberto "Chicho" Durant, Peru (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Crying Ladies by Mark Meily, Philippines (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Dear Enemy by Gjergj Xhuvani, Albania (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Destiny Has No Favorites (El Destino No Tiene Favoritos) by Alvaro Velarde, Peru (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
En Garde by Ayse Polat, Germany (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Fado Blues (Tudo Isto é Fado) by Luís Galvão Teles, Portugal/Brazil/Luxembourg (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Familia Rodante by Pablo Trapero, Argentina (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Four Shades of Brown (Fyra nyanser av Brunt) by Tomas Alfredson, Sweden/Denmark (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
From the Land of Silence (Saskenine Sarzamine Sokoot) by Salam Salur, Iran (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Geschichten vom Cildirsee (Stories of Cildir Sea, Ynat Hykayelery) by Reis Celik, Turkey (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
Green Tea (Lu Cha) by Zhang Yuan, China (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
Hair High by Bill Plympton, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
The Hamburg Cell by Antonia Bird, U.K./Germany (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Héctor by Gracia Querejeta, Spain (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Here (Tu) by Zrinko Ogresta, Croatia (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Homerun by Jack Neo, Singapore (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
The Hunting of the President by Nickolas Perry/Harry Thomason, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
In Orange (In Oranje) by Joram Lürsen, The Netherlands (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
In the Land of Milk and Money by Susan Emshwiller, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Iron Jawed Angels by Katja von Garnier, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Land of Plenty by Wim Wenders, Germany (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
L’Autre (The Missing Half) by Benoit Mariage, Belgium/France (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Laws of Attraction by Peter Howitt, U.K. (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Little Village (Pueblo Chico) by by Fernán Rudnik, Argentina (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
The Lizard by Kamal Tabrizi, Iran (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
The Loved Gun by Kensaku Watanabe, Japan (Reviewed by Nancy Tilitz)
Machuca by Andrés Wood, Chile (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Mail Order Wife by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Main Hoon Na by Farah Khan, India (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Mauer (Wall, Mur) by Simone Bitton, Israel/France (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Mein Bruder ist ein Hund (My Brother is a Dog) by Peter Timm, Germany/Netherlands/U.K. (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
The Miracle According to Salome (O Milagre segundo Salomé) by Mario Barroso, Portugal (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Offsides (Fuera de Juego) by Victor Arregui, Ecuador (Reviewed by Coppelia Hays Branscheid)
Oh Happy Day by Hella Joof, Denmark (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Or by Keren Yedaya, Israel/France (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Die Perlenstickerinnen (Brodeuses) by Elénonore Faucher, France (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Phileine Says Sorry by Robert Jan Westdijk, The Netherlands (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Pink Punch (Puños rosas) by Beto Gómez, Mexico/Spain (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Podium by Yann Moix, France (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Producing Adults (Lapsia ja aikuisia - kunika niita tehdään?) by Aleki Salmenperä, Finland (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
The Purifiers by Richard Jobson, U.K. (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Runaway (Il Fuggiasco) by Andrea Manni, Italy (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Schau mich an (Look at Me, Comme une image) by Agnès Jaoui, France (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
September Tapes by Christian Johnston, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Silmido (Sil-Mi-Do) by Kang Woo-suk, Korea (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Die Souvenirs des Herrn X by Arash T. Riahi, Germany/Austria (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Spooked by Geoff Murphy, New Zealand (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Station 4 (Planta 4a) by Antonio Mercero, Spain (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
Story Undone (Dastanah Natamam) by Hassan Yektapanah, Iran (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
Stray Dogs by Marziyeh Meshkini, Iran (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
Süperseks by Torsten Wacker, Germany (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
Survive Style 5+ by Gen Sekiguchi, Japan (Reviewed by Nancy Tilitz)
The Terminal by Steven Spielberg, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Thelma Freedman)
Things That Make Life Worth Living (Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena) by Manuel Gomez Pereira, Spain (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
To Take a Wife by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, Israel (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
Die Unschuld (Innocence, Masumiyet) by Zeki Demirkubz, Turkey (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
What’s Wrong with this Picture? (Tid til forandring) by Lotte Svendsen, Denmark (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
When I Was Nine (Ah-Hop-sal-In-Saeng) by Yun In-ho, Korea (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
Wilby Wonderful by Daniel MacIvor, Canada (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
Ein Zuhause am Ende der Welt (A Home at the End of the World) by Michael Mayer, U.S.A. (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)

When/if these films open in Germany, the reviews will be added to the KinoCritics database.