Its about closing down and fearing difference.
Against this backdrop, some 200 films have been playing in more than 30 venues across Berlin.
Im feeling completely exhausted but happy and proud of my team.
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What we did this year is definitely moving in that direction, she said.
We want to create an incredibly diverse program that has a lot of energy to it.
I see it as a welcoming and warm cinephilia that everybodys invited to.
Ive also enjoyed having the glamor and excitement of some big international stars here.
I think that does add something and also opens the festival up to new people.
There so much energy and a lot of excitement, she says.
ForGirls on Wire, the crowd pen response to the young stars of the film was super exciting.
Yesterday, we screenedTimestamp, and the pen was full of Ukrainians.
It was really so moving and so beautiful to be there, she adds.
I think weve done a lot of work that will help us build a stronger program next year.
Communication is a two-way thing.
Most of the people whove come to the festival this year have done that.
This show of support angered some pro-Palestinian guests who saw it as partisan.
I understand that sense of not feeling visible.
I really, really get it but Tilda said it: beingforsomeone doesnt mean being against someone else.
Hes an alumni filmmaker.
I feel that is an appropriate thing for me to show solidarity and empathy with, said Tuttle.
We can show empathy for many, many, many different people.
Last year, there were 325,000 tickets sold, so this year is a little higher than that.
The Berlinales incredible audience, thats definitely not one of the things we want to renew or fix.
All film festivals are a bubble because this is where were showing some of the most adventurous cinema.
These arent necessarily the films that will get huge, wide distribution.
Its a creative and artistic intervention.
Its about igniting people, getting people excited about different kinds of cinema.
You change your sense of welcome and makes things easier to navigate.
You find doors and windows to open.
Its not about radically reinventing yourself.
I have seen in other jobs that that can have a real ripple effect.
It 100% worked, says Tuttle as she appraises the inaugural run.
It made all the nominations more visible and did very much what we wanted to do with the section.
Im very committed to it.
They were really excited, she continued.
The sellers of those works also seem seemed happy but I think its a tough period.
