Berlinale Golden Bear Competition
MOTHER'S BABY by Johanna Moder
Berlinale Perspectives Competition
HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko
Berlinale Panorama {Opening Film)
WELCOME HOME BABY by Andreas Prochaska
Berlinale Forum
IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE by Marie Luise Lehner
SCARS OF A PUTSCH by Nathalie Borgers
Rotterdam Tiger Competion
PERLA by Alexandra Makarová
Saarbrücken Documentary Film Competition
FAR FROM BEING LIPIZZANS by Olga Kosanović

Many of Perla's actions can be understood. Not all of them, though. She is an artist and a mother, she loves two men and has rebelled against a regime; when she makes a decision, it is based on her gut feeling – and most of all, it is her own decision. In her second feature film, PERLA, Alexandra Makarová has created a powerful and ambivalent character who takes us back to the times of the Iron Curtain and reminds us of the worlds separated only by a shallow little river on the Austrian border, and the ways of life it managed to prevent and destroy.

It certainly establishes Makarova’s position as a promising talent to watch.
Screen Daily
 
Makarova’s elegant, psychologically complex Cold War drama plumbs the inner dislocation of exile.
The Film Verdict
 
A brilliant sophomore feature
Filmuforia

The 42^nd Munich Film Festival puts a spotlight on Austrian films & industry: In addition to a wide-ranging film program, this year's Cinecopro Conference will take place in cooperation with Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol.