19 films have been invited to join the lineup for Panorama 2014 at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 6 to 16, 2014. Jalil Lespert’s latest film YVES SAINT LAURENT has been selected to open the Panorama Special program. Other films confirmed to date are new works by Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman, Robert Lepage, Sophie Fillières, Benjamin Heisenberg, Maximilian Erlenwein, John Michael McDonagh, and Tsai Ming-liang. Directorial debuts from the USA includes THINGS PEOPLE DO by Saar Klein and THE BETTER ANGELS by A. J. Edwards. Films from Latin America include two Brazilian productions – Daniel Ribeiro’s Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (THE WAY HE LOOKS), and Marcelo Gomes’ and Cao Guimarães’ O Homem das Multidões (THE MAN OF THE CROWD).
Arrête ou je continue (If You Don’t, I Will)
France
By Sophie Fillières
With Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric
World premiere
Bai Mi Zha Dan Ke (The Rice Bomber)
Taiwan
By Cho Li
With Huang Chien-wei, Nikki Hsieh, Michael Chang
World premiere
Bing Du (Ice Poison)
Taiwan / Myanmar
By Midi Z
With Wang Shin-Hong, Wu Ke-Xi
World premiere
Calvary
Ireland / Great Britain
By John Michael McDonagh
With Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen
European premiere
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks)
Brazil
By Daniel Ribeiro
With Ghilherme Lobo, Tess Amorim, Fabio Audi
World premiere
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
France
By Michel Gondry
With Noam Chomsky
European premiere
O Homem das Multidões (The Man of the Crowd)
Brazil
By Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães
With Paulo André, Silvia Lourenço
International premiere
Papilio Buddha
India / USA
By Jayan Cherian
With Kallen Pokkudan, Saritha Sunil, Sreekumar SP, David Briggs, Prakash Bare, Thampy Antony
European premiere
Quick Change
Philippines
By Eduardo Roy Jr.
With Mimi Juareza, Jun jun Quintana, Miggs Cuaderno, Natashia Yumi, Francine Garcia
International premiere
Stereo
Germany
By Maximilian Erlenwein
With Jürgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Georg Friedrich, Rainer Bock
World premiere
Test
USA
By Chris Mason Johnson
With Scott Marlowe, Matthew Risch
European premiere
The Better Angels
USA
By A. J. Edwards
With Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley
International premiere
The Lamb
Germany / Turkey
By Kutluğ Ataman
With Nesrin Cavadzade, Cahit Gök, Mert Taştan, Sıla Lara Cantürk, Nursel Köse
World premiere
Things People Do
USA
By Saar Klein
With Wes Bentley, Jason Isaacs, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett
World premiere
Triptyque (Triptych)
Canada
By Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires
With Lise Castonguay, Frédérike Bédard, Hans Piersbergen
International premiere
Über-Ich und Du (Superegos)
Germany / Switzerland / Austria
By Benjamin Heisenberg
With André Wilms, Georg Friedrich
World premiere
Unfriend
Philippines
By Joselito Altarejos
World premiere
Xi You (Journey to the West)
France / Taiwan
By Tsai Ming-liang
With Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
World premiere
Yves Saint Laurent
France
By Jalil Lespert
With Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Laura Smet, Marie De Villepin
International premiere – Opening film Panaroma Special