BANANAS!*

BANANAS!* continue its journey around the world. Because of the conflict with Dole Food Company, the Berlinale International Film Festival has made an exception from their ordinary premiere rules and shows the film in the section for food politics, “Culinary Cinema”.

"The concept for the series has proven successful. We show films that whet our audience appetites and then we cook for them. Though we also show films that ruin their appetites, for instance, films that open their eyes to the catastrophic global food situation”, says festival director Dieter Kosslick.

This year, Berlinale International Film Festival celebrates its 60 year anniversary and takes place in Berlin, February 11-21.

BANANAS!* screening times at Berlinale 2010:

Monday, 15. February, at 10:00 p.m. (admission 09:45 p.m.)
Martin-Gropius-Bau

Tuesday, 16. February, at 05:00 p.m.
"Gropius Mirror" restaurant, Tea Times – "Fruchtsalat", Discussion with Fredrik Gertten. Attendance only with registration at kulinarisches.kino@berlinale.de

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Swedish website Filmnyheterna.se compiles the Swedish critic scores for Swedish cinema releases 2009. BANANAS!* hits nr 5 with an average score of 3.56.

If you look at the reviews, 2009 was a strong year for Swedish documentary filmmaking. 39 films had their cinema premiere during 2009. The average grade for documentaries was 3.92, and the average for feature films were 2.75.

The grades are a combined average from Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Göteborgsposten, Sydsvenskan, Metro, Aftonbladet, Expressen, Nöjesguiden, Allt om film, TV4 Nyhetsmorgon, SVT Morgon, Moviezine.se, TT Spektra and Swedish Public Radio P4. At least five sources were needed to be featured on the list.

The full list (documentaries in bold):

(3 points and more)
Flickan – 3,94
Drottningen och jag – 3,92
Ebbe – The Movie – 3,65
Lilla spöket Laban – Bullar och bång – 3,6
Bananas!* – 3,56
Videocracy – 3,52
Apan – 3,51
I taket lyser stjärnorna – 3,47
Bröllopsfotografen – 3,44
Mammut – 3,42
När jag blir stor – 3,41
Män som hatar kvinnor – 3,4
I skuggan av värmen – 3,38
Man tänker sitt – 3,35
Am I Black Enough For You – 3,33
Behandlingen – 3,28
Prinsessa – 3,28
Fotografen från Riga – 3,14
Broder Daniel Forever – 3,12
En film om Olle Ljungström – 3,1
Kenny Begins – 3,04

(2 points and more)
Flickan som lekte med elden – 2,79
Metropia – 2, 77
Sommaren med Göran – 2,61
Wallander – Hämnden – 2,58
Luftslottet som sprängdes – 2,56
Hälsningar från skogen – 2,53
Pettson och Findus – Glömligheter – 2,5
Det enda rationella – 2,41
Så olika – 2,22
Johan Falk – Gruppen för särskilda insatser – 2,21
Beck – I stormens öga – 2,15
Karaokekungen – 2,13
Vägen hem – 2,08
Mañana – 2

(1 point and more)
Oskar, Oskar – 1,95
Scener ur ett kändisskap – 1,85
Äntligen midsommar! – 1,72
Tomtar och troll – 1,23