With “Lost in the 90s”, the Retrospective of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival puts the spotlight on one of the most influential decades in recent film history. Genre and visual experiments, and the rebellious spirit of independent cinema characterise the cinema of this next Berlinale Retrospective. The first will focus on Berlin films of the 1990s, with films such as Michael Stocks’ Prinz in Hölleland (Prince in Hell, 1993). New Artistic Director of the Deutsche KinemathekHeleen Gerritsen studied Slavonic Languages, Eastern European History and Economics in Amsterdam and Russian Philology in Saint Petersburg. While still a student, she worked for international festivals and production companies, including Lenfilm and the international literature festival berlin.