Berlin steps up security for Berlin Film Festival

Directors say Eyimofe will make you feel like you were actually in Lagos⁣⁣ Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) is enjoying a good run at the Berlin International Film Festival, with tickets sold out for the first two nights of screening.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Deutsche Welle’s Eddy Micah Jr had the directors of the highly-rated Nigerian film, twin brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri, on News Africa where the siblings, amongst other things, talked about how Eyimofe will make audiences feel like they actually travelled to Lagos and experienced the day-to-day life of residents of Africa’s most populous city.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Film journalist Emma Jones speaks to Eve Jackson from the Berlin Film Festival about the prominent women in the spotlight there, former First Lady and Secretary Hillary Clinton, Helen Mirren and Cate Blanchett and reactions to the Harvey Weinstein verdict.

It's Europe's most accessible, edgy and – often – political film festival. The Berlinale has kicked off in the German capital with François Ozon's "Peter von Kant", a gender-swapped reimagining of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 feature "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant".

The former Wimbledon champion has been a public persona for decades. A new documentary at the Berlinale Film Festival offers a peek into his triumphs and failures.