Review: ARRI at Berlinale 2018

For ARRI, the dffb premises served as the company's temporary home during the 2018 Berlinale. The ARRI Lounge was open on several days and proved again to be the perfect meeting place for film professionals to view products, discuss eventful festival days, and enjoy pleasant evenings.

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There was a great rush at a discussion round in the dffb cinema with the makers of the first German Netflix series "Dark" presented by ARRI. This was filmed with equipment provided by ARRI Rental and post-produced by ARRI Media. Showrunner Baran Bo Odar, Executive Producer Justyna Muesch (Wiedemann & Berg), gaffer Bjoern Susen, sound designer/supervising sound editor Alexander Wuertz, lead colorist Steffen Paul, and in-house producer Lola Knoblach (all three ARRI Media), moderated by Elfi Kerscher (ARRI) gave insights into the production and postproduction.

At the European Film Market (EFM) in Martin-Gropius-Bau, ARRI's world sales department presented its current portfolio. This includes the new family comedy "Help! I Shrunk My Parants," Andrei Konchalovsky's Oscar-shortlisted "Paradise," the Cannes entry "Directions," and the 3D-animated film "Ploey - You Never Fly Alone." Other titles include "Arthur & Clair," "Four Hands," and "Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory."

From February 17 to 22, 2018, Berlinale Talents welcomed around 250 international young filmmakers to a cinematic dialogue. As a co-partner, ARRI actively supported this important platform for the second time and also helped to shape parts of the program this year. 

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With the support of ARRI, the discussion round "Lighting the Future: Blade Runner 2049" took place at the sold-out HAU3 within the framework of Berlinale Talents. Gaffer Krisztián Paluch and light programmer Titusz Badonics explained how they used the latest lighting technology from ARRI Rental to create the intense, oppressive atmosphere of Denis Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049." They showed exemplary scenes and behind-the-scenes-photos and talked about the cooperation with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the film. Afterwards, the lighting specialists had the chance to answer audience questions.

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At the "Camera Studio" workshop, the talents were given deep insight into the use of ARRI camera and lighting technology by the Portuguese cameraman Rui Poças and experts from ARRI Rental - and of course they were able to experience the products hands-on.