To strive, to seek, to find…

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Now this is an 18th I want to go to…

More info on this Kreuzberg staple after the jump…

And… more Berlin pictures and shenanigans coming soon - when I find somewhere with a card reader!

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The FIPRESCI team found a much better picture for this article than I did…

“I’m just a twat from Leytonstone,” says Damon Albarn in the documentary BANANAZ (Ceri Levy, UK, 2008), which had its world premiere last night in Panorama Dokumente. The quote is typical of the film’s filthy, silly humour, which also encompasses a giant penis and fart gags. BANANAZ is able to take such an intimate look at its subject, the animated band Gorillaz, thanks to the director’s friendship with the group. It is this quality that was missing, or felt manufactured, in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones pop promo, SHINE A LIGHT (USA/UK, 2008), which opened this year’s Berlinale.

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In the stripy top: Natalia from Peru, with Dilek from Turkey

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The Berlinale Palast, where premieres take place. I took this on the day that the Rolling Stones turned up for the opening of their Scorcese-directed film, Shine A Light.

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This is what we’ve been up to…

OMG so exciting!  I’m going to be seeing Shine a Light at 4pm tomorrow…

A Dazzling Opening Night for the 58th Berlinale

With the world premiere of the Rolling Stones concert film, Shine a Light by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese, the 58th Berlin International Film Festival will open tomorrow, February 7, 2008. Director Martin Scorsese, and Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are all coming to Berlin to attend this big event.

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Someone at Variety isn’t a fan…

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Johansson, Cruz Expected at Berlin Fest

Sunday, January 20, 2008

(01-20) 12:40 PST BERLIN, Germany (AP) –

Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana and Natalie Portman are among the stars expected to attend the Berlin Film Festival next month.

Penelope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis, who won a Golden Globe as best dramatic actor, also are expected, festival director Dieter Kosslick told The Associated Press. He said Johansson’s appearance at the Berlin festival would be her first.

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