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Peter Wohlleben's best-selling book The Hidden Life of Trees is adapted into a documentary of the same name by acclaimed German filmmaker Jörg Adolph, and nature documentarian, Jan Haft.
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Philippe Falardeau opens the 70th Berlin International Film Festival with the world premiere of his coming-of-age film My Salinger Year — “based on a true story,” a recurring disclaimer on Berlinale screens.
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Author David Mitchell and director Jerry Rothwell discuss their new documentary The Reason I Jump, based on the book by Naoki Higashida.
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