The Berlin Movie Competition unveiled the titles chosen for its official competitors in addition to its sidebar Encounters aggressive part this morning. Scroll down for the complete lineup.
18 movies have been chosen for the worldwide competitors with highlights together with Christian Petzold newest movie Roter Himmel (Afire), Margarethe von Trotta directs Phantom Thread star Vicky Krieps in Ingeborg Bachmann — Journey into the Desert, and Philippe Garrel returns with a brand new function titled The Plough.
Right now the competition additionally revealed an additional particular screening. Actor and filmmaker Sean Penn will debut a documentary titled Superpower. The movie was shot in Ukraine final yr on the outbreak of Russia’s invasion and follows president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The competition takes place February 16 to 26.
Organizers have already introduced greater than 100 titles throughout sidebars spanning Panorama, Discussion board, and Berlinale Particular. The competition had initially performed a great job of accelerating star energy on the fest by way of visitors, with Steven Spielberg heading to Berlin to be feted with a lifetime achievement award. And it was introduced late final yr that Kristen Stewart will lead this yr’s Worldwide Jury. Nevertheless, this pattern has not continued by way of to the competitors lineup, the place there’s a dearth of US star energy and studio energy. Throughout the choice, there isn’t a single movie from a serious US studio or streamer.
Additionally beforehand, Rebecca Miller’s newest movie She Got here to Me, starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig, Brian d’Arcy James, and Anne Hathaway, will open the competition. The movie will display as a Berlinale Particular Gala on the Berlinale Palast.
Different headline Berlin premieres embrace Israeli filmmaker Man Nattiv’s newest pic Golda, starring Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, and Liev Schreiber. The movie follows the intensely dramatic and high-stakes obligations and selections that Golda Meir, former Israeli prime minister, confronted throughout the 1973 Yom Kippur Conflict. Mirren stars as Meir. Jane Hooks and Michael Kuhn are producers on the pic. Embankment is dealing with gross sales.
Take a look at the complete lineup beneath:
Particular Screening
Superpower, Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufmann
Worldwide Competitors
20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | with Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Sara Cózar
Spain 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Bai Ta Zhi Guang (The Shadowless Tower / Der schattenlose Turm)
by Zhang Lu | with Xin Baiqing, Huang Yao, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Nan Ji, Wang Hongwei
Folks’s Republic of China 2022
Competitors | World premiere
Bis ans Ende der Nacht (Until the Finish of the Evening)
by Christoph Hochhäusler | with Timocin Ziegler, Thea Ehre, Michael Sideris
Germany 2023
Competitors | World premiere
BlackBerry
by Matt Johnson | with Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek
Canada 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Disco Boy
by Giacomo Abbruzzese | with Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laëtitia Ky, Leon Lučev
France / Italy / Poland / Belgium 2023
Competitors | World premiere | Debut movie
Le grand chariot (The Plough)
by Philippe Garrel | with Louis Garrel, Damien Mongin, Esther Garrel, Lena Garrel, Francine Bergé
France / Switzerland 2022
Competitors | World premiere
Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste (Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert)
by Margarethe von Trotta | with Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz, Luna Wedler
Germany / Switzerland / Austria / Luxembourg 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen (Sometime We’ll Inform Every Different All the things)
by Emily Atef | with Marlene Burow, Felix Kramer, Cedric Eich
Germany 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Limbo
by Ivan Sen | with Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope, Mark Coe
Australia 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Mal Viver (Dangerous Residing)
by João Canijo | with Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida, Vera Barreto
Portugal / France 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Manodrome
by John Trengove | with Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Younger, Sallieu Sesay, Phil Ettinger
United Kingdom / USA 2022
Competitors | World premiere
Music
by Angela Schanelec | with Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Agyris Xafis
Germany / France / Serbia 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Previous Lives
by Celine Track | with Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
USA 2022
Competitors | Worldwide premiere | Debut movie
Roter Himmel (Afire)
by Christian Petzold | with Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt
Germany 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant)
by Nicolas Philibert
France / Japan 2022
Competitors | World premiere | Documentary Type
The Survival of Kindness (Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit)
by Rolf de Heer | with Mwajemi Hussein, Deepthi Sharma, Darsan Sharma
Australia 2022
Competitors | Worldwide premiere
Suzume
by Makoto Shinkai
Japan 2022
Competitors | Worldwide premiere | Animation
Tótem
by Lila Avilés | with Naíma Sentíes, Monserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé, Saori Gurza, Teresita Sánchez
Mexico / Denmark / France 2023
Competitors | World premiere
Encounters
The Klezmer Mission, Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann
The Adults, Dustin Man Defa
The Echo, Tatiana Huezo
Right here, Bas Devos
In The Blind Spot, Ayse Polat
The Cage is In search of a Chook, Malika Musaeva
My Worst Enemy, Mehran Tamadon
White Plastic Sky, Tibor Banoczki and Sarolta Szabo
In Water, Hong Sangsoo
Household Time, Tia Kouvo
The Partitions of Bergamo, Stefano Savona
Orlando, My Political Biography, Paul B. Preciado
Samsara, Lois Patino
Japanese Entrance, Vitaly Manisky, Yevhen Titarenko
Residing Dangerous, Joao Canijo
Absence, Wu Lang