![]() ![]() After she finds herself a bed in a hostel she wanders around the city taking photos and has a chance encounter with a handsome English teacher, Andi Werner (Max Riemelt), who tentatively seduces her, after she drops her guard.Īfter a brief period of flirtation and dancing they end up back at his place, an apartment in a strangely abandoned tenement block, located in a dodgy area of the city. ![]() I was keen to see it after kind of ‘enjoying’ writer Shaun Grant’s earlier outing, Snowtown (2011).īerlin Syndrome tells the story of a young woman, Clare Havel (Teresa Palmer), who takes a break from her job in Australia to go travelling and ends up in Berlin because she’s interested in its cold war architecture. They also regularly share observational human stories through their storytelling newsletter, RAMBLIN’ WITH VEE!, and are pursuing a Master’s in Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship under the Native American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota.Cast: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Mathias Habich, Emma Bading, Elmira Bahramiīased on a novel of the same name by Melanie Joosten, Berlin Syndrome is a slow-burn thriller with some horror elements. Vee is passionate about cultural space, the environment, and finding ways to covertly and overtly disrupt oppressive structures. ![]() Reckless Spirits (2022) is a metaphysical, multi-lingual POC buddy comedy for a bleak new era, in anticipation of a feature-length project. Searching Skies (2017) touches on Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States with it, they helped co-organize The Seventh Art Stand, a national film and civil rights discussion series against Islamophobia. They also previously served as the Executive Director of the interdisciplinary community hub, Northwest Film Forum, where they played a key role in making the space more welcoming and accessible for diverse audiences. They are the Editor-in-Chief of REDEFINE, Interim Managing Editor of South Seattle Emerald, and Co-Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission. Much of their work unifies their metaphysical interests with their belief that art can positively transform the self and society. ![]() Vee Hua 華婷婷 (they/them) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer with semi-nomadic tendencies. Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M’Barek It is dictatorship on a very small scale, but the haunting part is that dictatorships always start from a small group of mind-washed individuals.Ĭhristina Becker, Nina Maag, David Groenewoldĭennis Gansel, Peter Thorwart, based on the novel by Todd Strasser The Wave is a study on how one charismatic leader can motivate a populus into doing his will. They extend fascism into the hands of unwilling participants and the project soon swings out of control.Īlthough greatly unrealistic and exaggerated at times, one has to remember that the film is based off of real events, and that is what makes the film powerful. For the week, Wenger declares himself dictator and becomes the ruling leader of his newly established autocracy.Before he knows it, however, his students, newly dubbed The Wave, have taken the project outside of school grounds. A generally unconventional character, Wenger decides to undergo a project in his class when his students declare that they think a dictatorship can never happen in Germany again. Although the actual story takes place in Palo Alto, California, the film takes place in Germany.Teacher Rainier Wenger receives “autocracy” for his project week theme, instead of “anarchy,” as he previously wanted. One of my favorite films of the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival, The Wave is based off of a true story. ![]()
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