The 66th Annual Berlin International Film Festival is less than a month away. The festival, which takes place February 11th to 21st, will see Joel and Ethan Coen’s Hail, Caesar! open the week and Meryl Streep serve as the jury president. The festival was founded in West Berlin in 1951 and is considered the largest publicly attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world, with around twenty films competing for awards including the Golden Bear for best feature film and Silver Bears for various categories.
COMPETITION
24 WEEKS (24 Weeks)
Germany
By Anne Zohra Berrached
With Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske
World premiere
BORIS SANS BEATRICE (Boris Without Beatrice)
Canada
By Denis Côté
With James Hyndman, Simone-Elise Girard, Denis Lavant, Isolda Dychauk, Dounia Sichov
World premiere
GENIUS
UK/U.S.
By Michael Grandage
With Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West
World premiere – first feature
ALONE IN BERLIN
Germany / France / United Kingdom
By Vincent Perez
With Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl, Mikael Persbrandt
World Premiere
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
U.S.
By Jeff Nichols
With Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaedan Lieberher, Sam Shepard
World premiere
ZERO DAYS (Documentary)
U.S.
By Alex Gibney
World premiere
CHANG JIANG TU (Crosscurrent)
China
By Yang Chao
With Qin Hao, Xin Zhi Lei
World premiere
CHI-RAQ
U.S.
By Spike Lee
With Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
International premiere – Out of competition
NEWS FROM PLANET MARS
France/Belgium
By Dominik Moll
With François Damiens, Vincent Macaigne, Veerle Baetens, Jeanne Guittet, Tom Rivoire
World premiere – Out of competition
INHEBBEK HEDI (Hedi)
Tunisia/Belgium/France
By Mohamed Ben Attia
With Majd Mastoura, Rym Ben Messaoud, Sabah Bouzouita, Hakim Boumessoudi, Omnia Ben Ghali
World premiere – First feature
MAHANA (The Patriarch)
New Zealand
By Lee Tamahori
With Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty, Regan Taylor, Maria Walker
World premiere – Out of competition
SAINT AMOUR
France/Belgium
By Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
With Gerard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Céline Sallette
World premiere – Out of competition
SOY NERO
Germany/France/Mexico
By Rafi Pitts
With Johnny Ortiz, Rory Cochrane, Aml Ameen, Darell Britt-Gibson, Michael Harney
World premiere
BERLINALE SPECIAL
A QUIET PASSION
UK/Belgium
Terence Davies
CREEPY
Japan
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
MILES AHEAD
U.S.
Don Cheadle
THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MAN AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE (Documentary)
U.S.
Morgan Neville
European premiere
NATIONAL BIRD (Documentary)
U.S.
Sonia Kennebeck
THE SEASONS IN QUINCY: FOUR PORTRAITS OF JOHN BERGER (Documentary)
UK
Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz, Tilda Swinton
World Premiere
A SERIOUS GAME
Sweden/Denmark/Norway
Pernilla August
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (Documentary)
U.S.
Michael Moore
European premiere
PANORAMA 2016
ALOYS
Switzerland/France
Tobias Nolle
EL REY DEL ONCE (The Tenth Man)
Argentina
Daniel Burman
GOAT
U.S.
Andrew Neel
GRUPE SUS FUKUSHIMA (Fukushima, Mon Amour)
Germany
Doris Dorrie
INDIGNATION
U.S.
James Schamus
JONATHAN
Germany
Piotr J. Lewandowski
KATER
Austria
Handl Klaus
LA HELADA NEGRA (The Black Frost)
Argentina
Maximiliano Schonfeld
LANTOURI
Iran
Reza Dormishian
LITTLE MEN
U.S. (Cross-Section Generation)
Ira Sachs
RANENYY ANGEL (The Wounded Angel)
Kazakhstan/France/Germany
Emir Baigazin
WHILE THE WOMEN ARE SLEEPING
Japan
Wayne Wang
PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
DER OST-KOMPLEX (The GDR Complex)
Germany
Jochen Hick
MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES
U.S./Germany
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
MARIUPOLIS
Lithuania/Germany/France/Ukraine
Mantas Kvedaravicius
UNCLE HOWARD
UK/U.S.
Aaron Brookner
GENERATION 14PLUS
6A
Sweden
Peter Modestij
AVANT LES RUES (Before The Streets)
Canada
Chloe Leriche
EL SONADOR (The Dreamer)
Peru
Adrian Saba
ES ESMU SEIT (Mellow Mud)
Latvia
Renars Vimba
MA REVOLUTION (My Revolution)
France
Ramzi Ben Sliman
RAYAHAE DAME SOBH (Starless Dreams)
Iran
Mehrdad Oskouei
VALDERAMA
Iran
Abbas Amini
ZHALEIKA
Germany
Eliza Petkova
ANI VE SNU! (In Your Dreams!)
Czech Republic/Slovakian Republic/Bulgaria
Petr Oukropec
BORN TO DANCE
New Zealand
Tammy Davis
GIRL ASLEEP
Australia
Rosemary Myers
LAS PLANTAS (Plants)
Chile
Roberto Doveris
SAIRAT (Wild)
India
Ngraj Majule
TRIAPICHNIY SOYUZ (Rag Union)
Russian Federation
Mikhael Mestetskiy
WHAT’S IN THE DARKNESS
People’s Republic Of China
Yichun Wang
GENERATION KPLUS
JAMAIS CONTENTE
France
Emilie Deleuze
LITTLE MEN
U.S.
Ira Sachs
MAVI BISIKLET (Blue Bicycle)
Turkey, Germany
Umet Koreken
OTTAAL (The Trap)
India
Jayaraj Rajashekaran Nair
RARA
Chile, Argentina
Pepe San Martin
SOLAN OG LUDVIG – HERFRA TIL FLAKLYPA (Louis & Nolan – The Big Cheeserace)
Norway
Rasmus Sivertsen
WOORIDEUL (The World Of Us)
Republic Of Korea
Yoon Ga-eun
ENTE GUT! MADCHEN ALLEIN ZU HAUS (Fortune Favors the Brave)
Germany
Norbert Lechner
GENC PEHLIVANLAR (Young Wrestlers)
Turkey/ Netherlands
Mete Gumurhan
RAUF
Turkey
Baris Kaya, Soner Caner
SIV SOVER VILSE (Sive Sleeps Astray)
Sweden/Netherlands
Catti Edfeldt, Lena Hanno Clyne
TED SIEGER’S MOLLY MONSTER
Switzerland/Germand/Sweden
Ted Sieger, Matthias Bruhn, Michael Ekblad
ZUD
Germany/Poland
Marta Minorowicz
