Has Berlin Lost Its Awards Season Mojo?

With its emphasis on auteurs and docs, insiders say the Berlinale has ceded ground to a resurgent Venice, which launched two best-picture Oscar winners in as many years, and possibly a third with ‘La La Land.’ Fire At Sea , Gianfranco Rosi’s poignant refugee doc that took home Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2016, is quite rightly among the nominees at this year’s Oscars.