Berlin film fest opens with jazz biopic, Trump 'resistance'

2017/02/09 21:10:05 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

A politically charged Berlin film festival opened Thursday with a movie about the Nazis & #039; persecution of Gypsy-jazz great Django Reinhardt and a vow by Hollywood & #039;s Maggie Gyllenhaal that Americans were & quot;ready to resist & quot; Donald Trump. A total of 18 movies are vying for the festival & #039;s Golden Bear top prize, which will be awarded on February 18 by a jury led by director Paul Verhoeven ( & quot;RoboCop & quot;, & quot;Elle & quot;). Living up to the Berlinale & #039;s reputation as the most topical of the big festivals, his fellow jury members wasted no time in taking aim at the US president who has drawn fierce criticism from the art world, particularly over his disputed travel ban.
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