Alex and Orla report from the 2022 Berlinale Film Festival, and introduce you to the films they loved, from Laia Costa-starrer Lullaby, to Swedish YA film about grief, Comedy Queen. On this episode: Related episodes (1:10) Joachim Trier challenge (2:14) What we had screeners for (5:22) Berlin's films for young audiences (11:21) Alis (Clare Weiskopf & Nicolás van Hemelryck) (14:31) Comedy Queen (Sanna Lenken) (16:44) Lullaby (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa) (20:56) My Small Land (Emma Kawawada) (28:21) Until Tomorrow (Ali Asgari) and Millie Lies Low (Michelle Savill) 34:16 Stay Awake (Jamie Sisly) 46:00 Coma (Bertrand Bonello) (47:50) We Might as Well Be Dead (Natalia Sinelnikova) 50:26 Creative nonfiction: Nelly & Nadine (Magnus Gertten) and Mutzenbacher (Ruth Beckermann) (52:50) Conclusion (1:01:55) Show notes and related episodes: Read Alex's interview with Little Wing director Selma Vilhunen Take our Joachim Trier challenge, in preparation for our forthcoming ebook on Trier’s work, Existential detours: Joachim Trier’s cinema of indecisions and revisions Ep. 121: Ninjababy & Obvious Child: Unwanted pregnancies in romantic comedies Ep. 84: Berlinale 2021, Part 2: The Competition (Member's Only) Ep. 83: Berlinale 2021, Part 1: The Sidebars (Member's Only)