Shoot a Short Film on Your Phone on Location in Berlin
Learn how to make indie films on your smartphone with this Berlin workshop from Raindance Berlin – a film group running workshops & networking
Films
Travel blogs and features about films & movies from around the world
The Teddy Awards during the Berlin International Film Festival celebrate their 30th anniversary this year.
Films & Movies
Reviews and features of international, travel and gay movies
Movies are one of my biggest passion. In fact, I think if I weren’t a writer or a designer, I would’ve found myself working in the film industry.
These days, I spend a lot of my free time at film festivals, in the cinema, or lounging at home binge-watching TV on Netflix. Below, you’ll find a lot of my favorite movies, films, web series and TV shows.
Movie reviews
REVIEW: The Casual Pleasantness of “Please Like Me”
I was standing at the bar ordering my Friday-night drink of choice—a vodka tonic—when I heard it. The snapping fingers, then the clapping, and then that beat. I couldn’t help myself. My hips we’re shaking. “I’ll be fine.” It was the theme song to Please Like Me—a hit Australian TV series that’s become my latest obsession. …
Dream Boat – An Inside Look at a Week on a Gay Cruise
Premiered at the Berlinale 2017, photos and a review of new gay film Dream Boat documenting the lives on board a gay cruise
6 New Queer Films From Around the World
An end-of-year round-up of 6 of the best LGBTQ films released in 2016 from around the world. Some of this year’s best gay movies!
FILM REVIEW: Love is All You Need?
A glimpse of a world where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuality is considered taboo – an LGBT film from viral YouTube short LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED
Discovering the Power of Queer Music in Film
There’s queer history and music history, and queer music—and at this year’s Reeperbahn Festival it all came together in a film & music event
Theo et Hugo dans le meme bateau (Paris 05:59) – Berlinale Film Review
French gay film, Paris 05:59, captures the essence of what it’s like to be a young European gay guy in love, the fast romance and intense passion
#Berlinale Film Review: Europe, She Loves
A poignant documentary film about the troubles we face in Europe today—hopelessness, financial insecurity and a life we have to live day-by-day
#Berlinale Film Review: Jonathan
The film opens in the rain. There’s a tension in the air, but something beautiful about it, too. It’s a theme that permeates the new gay drama Jonathan (2016, Germany) which premiered last Friday night at the Berlinale International Film Festival. Before I was able to get a ticket to the premiere, there was already …
The Post-Apocalyptic Dream State of ‘Homo Sapiens’
Berlinale film review of ‘Homo Sapiens’ – a movie by Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter without words, depicting a decaying post-apocalyptic world