The
KinoCritics Report on Filmfest Hamburg 2005
September 22-29, 2005
Articles
Films Reviewed
- Adams’s Apples (Adams Æbier)
by Anders Thomas Jensen, Denmark
(Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
As It Is in Heaven (Wie im Himmel) by Kay Pollak, Sweden 
(Reviewed by Karen Pecota)- Bashing
by Masahiro Kobayashi, Japan
(Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- The Best Year of My Life (Das Beste Jahr Meines Lebens)
by Olaf Kreinsen, Germany (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Die Blaue Grenze (A Quiet Love)
by Till Franzen, Germany (Reviewed by Patricia Ritz)
- Brides (Nafes)
by Pantelis Voulgaris, Greece
(Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- Brudermord (Fratricide)
by Yilmaz Arslan, Germany/France (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- Cavite
by Ian Gamazon/Neill Dela Llana, USA/Philippines (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- La Chambre Noire (Derb Moulay Cherif)
by Hassan Benjelloun, Morocco (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
- Chinaman (Kinamand)
by Henrik Ruben Genz, Denmark (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
- Cinemas, Aspirin and Vultures (Cinema, Aspirinas E Urubus)
by Marcelo Gomes, Brazil (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Dalecarlians (Masjaviar)
by Maria Blom, Sweden
(Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Delwende (Lève-toi et marche)
by S. Pierre Yamèogo, Burkina Faso/ France/Switzerland
(Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
- Drei Schwestern - Made in Germany (Three Sisters)
by Oliver Storz, Germany (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Earth from Above (La terre vue du ciel. Te amo)
by Renaud Delourme, France (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Electric Shadows (Meng ying tong nian)
by Xiao Jiang, China/Hong Kong (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Erik(A)
by Kurt Mayer, Austria (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Factotum by Bent Hamer, Norway (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- The Fisherman and His Wife (Der Fischer und Seine Frau)
by Doris Dörrie, Germany (Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- Free Zone
by Amos Gitaï, Israel/France/Belgium/Spain (Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- Fremde Haut (Unveiled)
by Angelina Maccarone, Germany (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
- Ein Ganz gewöhnlicher Jude (Just an Ordinary Jew)
by Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany
(Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Ginga
by Hank Levine/Tocha Alves/Marcelo Marchado, Brazil (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- A Good Woman
by Mike Barker, United Kingdom/ Italy/Spain/Luxemburg/USA (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Green Street Hooligans
Lexi Alexander, USA/UK (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Harbour Brothers (Keisarikunta)
by Pekka Mandart, Finland (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- L’Iceberg (The Iceberg)
by Dominique Abel/Fiona Gordon/Bruno Romy, Belgium (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- Innocence
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, France/Great Britain/Belgium (Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- Iron Island (Jazireh Ahani)
by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- Janem Janem
by Haim Bouzaglo, Israel/France (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- Kilometer Zero (Kilomètre Zéro)
by Hiner Saleem, France/Kurdistan (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- The King
by James Marsh, USA/Great Britain (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel
(The Little Polar Bear 2) by Thilo Graf Rothkirch/Piet De Rycker, Germany (Reviewed by Vicki Filer-Mensing)
- Les petits fils (Grand Sons)
by Ilan Duran Cohen, France (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
- Mad Hot Ballroom
by Marilyn Agrelo, USA (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Magdalena (Magdalena – The Unholy Saint, Santa Santita)
by Laurice Guillen, Philippines (Reviewed by Kirsten Greco)
- Manderlay
by Lars von Trier, Denmark/Germany/France/Great Britain/Sweden
(Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- Manual of Love (Manuale d’amore, Handbuch der Liebe)
by Giovanni Veronesi, Italy (Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- The Moustache (La moustache)
by Emmanuel Carrère, France (Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- Murderball
by Dana Adam Shapiro/Jeffrey Mandel/Henry Alex Rubin, USA (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Murk (Mørke)
by Jannik Johansen, Denmark (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Die Nachrichten (The News)
by Matti Geschonneck, Germany (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- La Nuit de la vérité (The Night of Truth)
by Fanta Régina Nacro, France/Burkina Faso (Reviewed by Becky Tan)
- Obaba
by Montxo Armendáriz, Spain/Germany (Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- One Long Winter Without Fire (Tout un Hiver sans Feu)
by Greg Zglinski, Switzerland (Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- Paradise Now
by Hany Abu-Assad, France/Germany/The Netherlands (Reviewed by Adele Riepe)
- The Prince (Le Prince)
by Mohamed Zran, Tunisia (Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- The Ring Finger (L’annulaire)
by Diane Bertrand, France/Germany (Reviewed by Alyssa Cirelli)
- Room
by Kyle Henry, USA (Reviewed by Karen Pecota)
- Der Schatz Der Weissen Falken (Treasure of the White Falcon)
by Christian Zübert, Germany (Reviewed by Shelly Schoeneshoefer)
- Separate Lies
by Julian Fellowes, Great Britain (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- Swimmers by Doug Sadler, USA (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
- These Foolish Things
by Julia Taylor-Stanley, Great Britain (Reviewed by Jenny Mather)
- The Wandering Shadows (La Sombra del Caminante)
by Ciro Guerra, Columbia (Reviewed by Mary Nyiri)
When/if these films open in Germany, the reviews will be added to the KinoCritics database.
