Moving closer to the ground, getting to the bottom of things, looking and hearing with precision, perceiving what’s happening close by, oft-unnoticed: these are the ideas that inform the 17th edition of Forum Expanded and the selection of films, installations and performances that will be presented as part of the Berlinale.

Home When You Return by Carl Elsaesser centres on the passing of a family member. Combining a tour of her empty home with an amateur melodrama produced in the 1950s, the film tangibly evokes a life and an era lost to time.