The trumpeter Rike Huy and the violinist Joosten Ellée are both classically trained musicians. One from “early music”, the other from “new music”, both share a passion for cool electronic music and dark cinematic narratives. In 2015 they met at the Lucerne Festival and worked together for the first time for the score for the…
Due to the extension of the Corona measures the cinema release of “Live” by director Lisa Charlotte Friederich unfortunately cannot be shown on the big screens as planned. Irony of fate: The film takes place in a dystopian future in which society is in complete lockdown – a situation that was described as extremely far-fetched…
The third film at the online festival Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! is “Rocket Perelman” (German title: “Rakete Perelman”) by Oliver Alaluukas. The film deals with the question of how we actually want to get together. In the middle of nowhere in Brandenburg between green meadows, techno and theater, ten people answer this question…
The second film at the Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! online festival is “Swimming” (German title: “Schwimmen”) by Luzie Loose. “Swimming” tells the story of Elisa and Anthea, two very different girls, whose friendship gives them support and orientation during a difficult phase in their lives. They become best friends and develop a game in which they…
Congratulations to the Finnish band Kaunis Kuolematon for entering #7 in the official physical album charts and #18 in the (physical & digital) album charts in Finland! The album “Syttyköön Toinen Aurinko” was released worldwide in late November 2020 on the German label Noble Demon. The album consists of 9 tracks full of darkness, apocalyptic and…
“Datsche” by Lara Hewitt is the name of the opening film of the first Darling, Berlin! Berlin, Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! online festival. The film is about the Valentine, an out-of-work New York actor, who travels across the Atlantic in order to discover his German roots and stay at the ‘datsche’ or summer cottage that he inherited…
Only recently Stephan Straka aka Sikora showed us once again with his album “Weitermachen!” on the German label Harthouse, How meticulously he explores the most diverse genres as a producer of electronic music. In the course of his impressive career, Sikora made a name for himself early on as a creator of new sounds, moving…
Today Swedish Heavy Rock phenom S.O.R.M have re-released their outstanding debut EP, titled “Hellraiser”, on the German label Noble Demon. Confirming its place as an act capable of appealing to a wide heavy music audience through the bands merging of contemporary and traditional hard rock and heavy metal, S.O.R.M offers an appeal to fans of…
Jean-Luc Godard, who was born in Paris 90 years ago today, on 3 December 1930, is probably the most innovative, productive and controversial director (or rather auteur) of the “Nouvelle Vague”, and he has changed the language of film like hardly anyone else. Congratulations! Godard’s career began in the 1950s as a film critic, among…
From 6 to 27 December 2020 the Goethe-Instituts Indonesien, Thailand and Malaysia are jointly presenting the online film festival entitled Darling, Berlin! Berlin Sayang! Berlin, Teerak! This year’s program screens six independent from the film label Darling Berlin located in the German capital. The films were mainly made by directors who had only one or two professional films to their…
