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Another five films, including Steven Soderberg’s Unsane, and Gael García Bernal in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Museum, have been added to the Competition lineup of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival; and a further six films have been invited to participate in the Berlinale Special Program.
The 68th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 15 to 25, 2018. The complete program will be presented on February 6, 2018.
Competition
7 days in Entebbe
USA / United Kingdom
By José Padilha ( The Elite Squad, Garapa )
With Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Menochet, Ben Schnetzer, Angel Bonanni, Juan Pablo Raba, Nonso Anozie
World Premiere – Out of competition
Ága
Bulgaria / Germany / France
By Milko Lazarov ( Otchuzhdenie )
With Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Galina Tikhonova, Sergey Egorov, Afanasiy Kylaev
World premiere – Out of competition
Season of the Devil (Ang panahon ng halimaw)
Philippines By Lav Diaz ( A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery ) with Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Pinky Amador, Bituin Escalante, Hazel Orencio, Joel Saracho, Bart Guingona, Angel Aquino, Lilit Reyes, Don Melvin Boongaling
World premiere
Museum (Museo)
Mexico
By Alonso Ruizpalacios ( Güeros )
With Gael Garcia Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Simon Russell Beale, Bernardo Velasco, Leticia Breedy, Ilse Salas, Lisa Owen World premiere
Unsane
USA
By Steven Soderbergh ( Traffic, The Good German )
With Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving
World premiere – Out of competition
Berlinale Special
Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast
The Happy Prince
Germany / Belgium / Italy
By Rupert Everett
With Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Rupert Everett’s European Premiere – First Feature
Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid)
Sweden / Germany / Denmark
By Pernille Fischer Christensen ( A Soap, A Family, Someones You Love )
With Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie, Henrik Rafaelsen
World premiere
Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
AMERICA Land of the Freeks – Documentary Form
Germany
By Ulli Lommel ( Tenderness of the Wolves, The Boogey Man, Absolute Evil )
With Ulli Lommel, Tanner King Barklow, Nola Roeper, Gil Kofman, Chris Kriesa, Lilith Stangenberg, Tatjana Lommel, Max Brauer
World Premiere
Tribute to Ulli Lommel
RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY – Documentary
USA / Japan
By Stephen Nomura Schible ( Ryūichi Sakamoto: Coda )
International premiere
Berlinale Special at Kino International
The Interpreter
Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria
By Martin Šulík ( The Garden , Landscape , Gypsy )
With Peter Simonischek, Jiří Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Attila Mokos and Anna Rakovská
World premiere
Usedom – The Sea View – Documentary
Germany
By Heinz Brinkmann ( The Carbide Factory, Come Into The Garden, The Boehme Case – The Wondrous Life Of A Left-Handed Man )
Competition
3 Days in Quiberon ( 3 Tage in Quiberon ) by Emily Atef (Germany / Austria / France)
7 Days in Entebbe by José Padilha (USA / United Kingdom) – Out of competition
AGA by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria / Germany / France) – Out of competition
Season of the Devil (Ang panahon ng halimaw) by Lav Diaz (Philippines)
Black 47 by Lance Daly (Ireland / Luxembourg) – Out of competition
Damsel by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner (USA)
Do not Worry, He Will not Get Far on Foot by Gus Van Sant (USA)
Dovlatov by Alexey German Jr. (Russian Federation / Poland / Serbia)
Eldorado by Markus Imhoof (Switzerland / Germany) – Documentary, out of competition
Eva by Benoit Jacquot (France)
Figlia mia ( Daughter of Mine ) by Laura Bispuri (Italy / Germany / Switzerland)
The Heiresses (Las herederas) by Marcelo Nessi Marti (Paraguay / Germany / Uruguay / Norway / Brazil / France) – First Feature
In the Aisles (In den Gängen) by Thomas Stuber (Germany)
Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson ( United Kingdom / Germany) – Entertainment
Pig (Khook) by Mani Haghighi (Iran)
My brother’s name is Robert, and He is an Idiot (Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot ) by Philip Gröning (Germany / France / Switzerland)
Museo ( Museum ) by Alonso Ruizpalacios (Mexico)
La prière ( The Prayer ) by Cédric Kahn (France)
The Real Estate (Toppen av ingenting) by Måns Månsson and Axel Petersén (Sweden / United Kingdom)
Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie (Romania / Germany / Czech Republic / Bulgaria / France) – First Feature
Transit by Christian Petzold (Germany / France)
Mug (Twarz) by Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland)
Unsane by Steven Soderbergh (USA) – Out of competition
Berlinale Special
AMERICA Land of the Freeks by Ulli Lommel (Germany) –
The Bookshop by Isabel Coixet ( Spain / United Kingdom / Germany)
The Happy Prince by Rupert Everett (Germany / Belgium / Italy)
Gurrumul by Paul Williams (Australia) – Documentary, debut movie
The Interpreter by Martin Šulík ( Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria )
Monster Hunt 2 by Raman Hui (People’s Republic of China / Hong Kong, China)
RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY by Stephen Nomura Schible (USA / Japan) – Documentary
The Silent Revolution (Das schweigende Klassenzimmer) by Lars Kraume (Germany)
Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid) by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Sweden / Germany / Denmark)
Usedom – The clear sea view by Heinz Brinkmann (Germany) – Documentary
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns (Viaje a los Pueblos Fumigados) by Fernando Solanas (Argentina) – Documentary
Berlinale Special – Berlinale Series
Bad Banks – Director: Christian Schwochow – Head writer: Oliver Kienle, based on a concept by Lisa Blumenberg (Germany / Luxembourg)
Home Ground (Heimebane) – Creator: Johan Fasting – Director: Arild Andresen (Norway)
Liberty – Creator: Asger Leth – Director: Mikael Marcimain (Denmark)
The Looming Tower – Creators: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright – Director: Alex Gibney – Written by Dan Futterman, based on the book by Lawrence Wright (USA)
Picnic at Hanging Rock – Director: Larysa Kondracki (episodes 1-3) – Written by Beatrix Christian, Alice Addison (Australia)
Sleeping Bears – Creator and director: Keren Margalit (Israel)
The Terror – Showrunners: David Kajganich and Soo Hugh – Director: Edward Berger (episodes 1-3), (USA)
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Ed Sheeran in “Songwriter”[/caption]
The addition of two new films Utøya 22. juli (U – July 22) by Erik Poppe, and Songwriter by Murray Cummings complete the lineups of the Competition and Berlinale Special programs of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
The Norwegian film Utøya 22. juli (U – July 22) by Erik Poppe completes the Competition program, which features 24 films, 19 of which will be competing for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. The documentary Songwriter by Murray Cummings completes the Berlinale Special program. The film follows British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran as he creates his latest album and provides an intimate look at the musician’s work.
“Eva” By Benoit Jacquot[/caption]
The first ten films have been selected for the Competition and the Berlinale Special of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival.
Alongside the previously announced opening film, Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson, films by Benoit Jacquot, Gus Van Sant, Alexey German Jr., Małgorzata Szumowska, Philip Gröning, Thomas Stuber, and Laura Bispuri will screen in Competition.
So far two films by Isabel Coixet and Lars Kraume have been invited to participate in the Berlinale Special. As part of the Official Program, it screens recent works by contemporary filmmakers, as well as documentaries and works with extraordinary formats.