The Berlin International Film Festival just released the last movies to fill out the Panorama which, all told, will include 53 films this year: 18 in the main program, 15 in Panorama Special, and 20 in Panorama Dokumente. Among this year’s entries are 34 world premieres, and 24 women filmmakers are presenting 16 of the selected films during the festival’s run from February 9 thru February 19, 2012.
Newly Announced Titles:
Panorama Fictional Films
Bugis Street Redux by Yonfan, Hong Kong
with Hiep Thi Le, Michael Lam, Greg-O, Ernest Seah
Cherry by Stephen Elliott, USA
with Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor – WP
Chocó by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, Columbia
with Karent Hinestroza, Esteban Copete, Fabio García, Daniela Mosquera, Jesús Benavides – WP
GLAUBE, LIEBE, TOD (BELIEF, LOVE, DEATH) by Peter Kern, Austria
with Traute Furthner, Peter Kern, Joao Moreira Pedrosa – WP
HIGHWAY by Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal/USA
with DAYAHANG Rai, ASHA Magarati, SHRISTI Ghimire, EELUM Dixit – WP
Iron Sky by Timo Vuorensola, Finland/Netherlands/Australia/ Germany
with Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Julia Dietze, Udo Kier – WP
Love by Doze, Niu Chen-zer, China/Taiwan
with Shu Qi, Vicky Zhao, Ethan Juan, Mark Jau
Man On Ground by Akin Omotoso, South Africa
with Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Fana Mokoena
My Brother The Devil by Sally El Hosaini, Great Britain
with James Floyd, Saïd Taghmaoui, Nasser Memarzia, Fady Elsayed – WP
Rentaneko (Rent-a-Cat) by Naoko Ogigami, Japan
with Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka – WP
The Convoy by Alexey Mizgirev, Russian Federation
with Oleg Vasilkov, Azamat Nigmanov, Dmitry Kulichkov – WP
Panorama Dokumente
Wo men de gu shi (Our Story –10-year ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ of Beijing Queer Film Festival) by Yang Yang, People’s Republic of China
“Blut muss fließen” – Undercover unter Nazis by Peter Ohlendorf, Germany – WP
Previously Announced Fictional Films:
10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung, Chang Tso-Chi, Arvin Chen, Yang Ya-Che and others, Taiwan
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi, Belgium/France/Morocco/United Arab Emirates
Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood by Daniele Vicari Italy/ Romania /France – WP
Die Wand (The Wall) by Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria/Germany – WP
Dollhouse by Kirsten Sheridan, Ireland – WP
Elles by Malgoska Szumowska, France/Poland/Germany
Fon Tok Kuen Fah (Headshot) by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Thailand/France
From Seoul To Varanasi by Kyuhwan Jeon, Republic of Korea
Hot boy noi loan – cau chuyen ve thang cuoi, co gai diem va con vit (Lost In Paradise) by Vu Ngoc Dang, Vietnam
Indignados by Tony Gatlif, France – WP
Keep The Lights On by Ira Sachs, USA
Kuma by Umut Dag, Austria – WP
La mer à l’aube (Calm At Sea) by Volker Schlöndorff, France/Germany
L’âge atomique by Héléna Klotz, France
Leave It On The Floor by Sheldon Larry, USA/Canada
Mai-wei (My Way) by KANG Je-kyu, Republic of Korea
Mommy Is Coming by Cheryl Dunye, Germany – WP
Parada (The Parade) by Srdjan Dragojevic, Serbia/Republic of Croatia/ Macedonia/Slovenia
Sharqiya (Central Station) by Ami Livne, Israel/France/ Germany – WP
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Strugar Mitevska, Macedonia/Germany/Slovenia/Belgium – WP
Wilaya by Pedro Pérez Rosado, Spain
Xingu by Cao Hamburger, Brazil