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We examine in with movie critic Emma Jones on the 73rd Berlinale, as Europe’s most politically engaged movie pageant shines a lightweight on the state of affairs in Ukraine. After Volodymyr Zelensky was beamed into the opening ceremony, Sean Penn’s new documentary “Superpower” follows the Ukrainian president as he makes the shift from head of state to wartime chief.
In the meantime, US director Steven Spielberg is honoured with a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement as his movie “The Fabelmans” debuts round Europe, and we hear extra in regards to the French and German releases that have gotten the critics speaking.
Plus we check out a historic documentary on the siege of Sarajevo, as rock band U2 put that disaster within the highlight in “Kiss the Future”.