The Berlin Film Festival is proud of its political events, which dates back to its establishment as a beacon of democracy in West Berlin in 1951 and was surrounded by communist East Germany during the Cold War era.

This year's 75th Festival was held in the last two weeks of the federal election in Germany and is expected to see a tilt to the right, with the right-wing alternative to German parties doubled its anti-wealth rhetoric. This makes the position of the Berlin Naal director even more challenging, especially when the director reports to the German federal government, which received most of the funds from the federal government and the state of Berlin.

Last year, when Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner claimed that the winners criticized the Israeli government’s speech on the stage was anti-Semitism, a view that was linked to other politicians and Israel’s ambassador to Israel in Berry The Ali government's perception is associated with this awkward relationship with legislators is graphed. . The filmmakers rejected the allegations, but the festival was out of reach with their statements on the stage, noting that: “There are sometimes unilateral and radical remarks made by the winners express personal opinions. They never reflect the festival’s Location. "But it then added: "Berlinale sees itself as a platform for open dialogue between the culture and the state of the past. We must therefore also tolerate opinions and statements that contradict our own opinions."

This year, Berlinale has a new chief, Tricia Tuttle, who originally came from North Carolina, although she moved to London in the 1990s and then worked at BAFTA before joining in 2013. British Film Academy, serving as deputy festival chair of BFI. Her stable activities at the London Film Festival. In 2018, she became director of the BFI Festival and head of the BFI London Film Festival, leaving in 2022, since then she joined the prestigious National Film and Television School in the UK.

Speech typeshe described her ideal relationship with politicians as "open, easy to obtain, supportive" and added: "German politicians know how important (Berlin) is to Germany. These relationships are not new to me. I am in London And working with BFI. The London Film Festival is part of BFI, which has a lengthy relationship with the government, and BFI gets a lot of money from the government. I have always managed to build a good open university relationship with our funders. "She explains This point, mentioned that the German federal government recently gave the Berlin government an additional 1.9 million euros ($1.98 million) this year, which allowed it to balance its budget.

Tuttle showed her courage in her defense of filmmakers at the center of the Berlin Awards ceremony and said their views were not anti-Semitic. In subsequent news interviews, she did not evade the position.

She told type She has been able to assure the filmmakers that they can speak freely at the festival, despite a warning. "Film producers have to know that we really want to create a platform where people can express different opinions, even controversial opinions," she said. "We, like every country, have different laws in Germany. So, It is important that we also have to make people aware of what these laws are. But yes, I want to think as much as possible, when I talk to them, I can rest assured.” (See the latest festival here Statement of news.)

That said, she seems tired of answering questions about politics and expresses her desire to focus on the film.

Tuttle uses one word to summarize her view of the state of independent films: “exciting.” She refers to awards season, “The fact that there are so many movies in the conversation is different. It feels like we are expanding.” She added: “While we are all working to face the ever-changing industry and a very, very challenging industry as well as a very, very challenging one. The financial environment, but the filmmakers have not given up on making bold and exciting independent films, right?”

Although she and her programming team (including Michael Stütz and Jacqueline Lyanga) were co-directors of the film show, she has watched thousands of them over the past year. Movies - 8,086 movies were submitted - She said it was difficult to recognize "it's hard to recognize patterns" in contemporary movies," but, for me, it was interesting to me, there are some movies that have a very single one The viewpoint, which is the viewpoint of the filmmaker, but it is also the viewpoint of the narrative and the viewpoint of the character.”

She cited Mary Bronstein's film "If I Have Legs, I Will Kick You", which held its international premiere at the competition in Berlin. “It’s a movie that requires us to literally see and feel that another person is really exciting in terms of the language of the movie.”

She also highlights the "We Trust You" by Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers, which is Perspectives, which is the first debut. "It has something similar. It limits you in the language of the movie so that you feel something incredibly intrinsic and keen, and that's how the characters feel. I've seen this in several movies this year , it's really exciting."

"I think if there is a theme, the filmmakers point out that we live in a crazy, divided world, and they respond to it in many different ways," she added, referring to the festival's opening. The movie "The Light" by Tom Tykwer, which was at the Berlinale Special Gala, is an example. “He noticed this question about the world and did not get rid of its difficulties, but he also found joy and connection in this regard.”

Kateryna Gornostai's documentary Timestamp (in the competition) is doing the same. “It was set during the Ukrainian battlefield, and its focus was on young people and teachers, and it did not get rid of the difficulties of the world they lived in, but it also decided to see their resilience and strength and hope for their strength and hope is appearing in the movie.

"But some movies have a dark perspective on the world we live in. I really like Radu Jude's new movie 'Kontinental'25' (in the competition). It has a very dark worldview, but its writing and performance It's also great, and it's no surprise that Michel Franco's "Dream" (also in the game) has a very dark footage on Michel, but I found him The cinema is very eye-catching, and the film is indeed formal. (Chief Actor) I think Jessica Chastain will also be amazed at the festival.”