This year I’ll start off the meta posts with my ranking since I have it readily available. Pixelmatsch only saw one film (we saw “Close-Knit” together), so there is only mine this year:
- On body and soul
- Close-Knit
- Up in the Sky
- The Other Side of Hope
- Test Pilota Pirxa
- Eolomea
- Letters from a Dead Man
- Ropaci
- Algol
- Call me by your name
- Hyakunan-go no aruhi
- O-bi, o-ba: The End of Civilization
- Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest
- Ikarie XB1
- On the beach at night alone
- Himmelskibet
- Uchujin Tokyo ni arawaru
- Requiem for Mrs. J
- Honeygiver among the dogs
- Bitthos
- Ciao Ciao
Overall I would say 1-4 were fantastic, 5-7 were great, 8-13 were very good, 14-17 were good, 18-20 were fine and 21 is rock bottom awful. Overall, it was an amazing Berlinale where I enjoyed almost every single film.