19/01/2006

The official competition of the 56th Berlin film festival (February 9-19 2006) is almost at a close with 17 feature films in competition, 13 of which are European productions and co-productions. Featuring in the line up are old favourites, such as French director Claude Chabrol (as announced by Cineuropa on November 21 – read news) and British director Michael Winterbottom, but also four German filmmakers (Oskar Roehler, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner and Valeska Grisebach), and not forgetting Italy's Michele Placido, Britain's Marc Evans, Austria's Michael Glawogger, Denmark's Pernille Fischer Christensen and Bosnia's Jasmila Zbanic. Also worth noting among the six films announced out of competition is the French production The Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry. In total, the Official Selection currently features 23 feature films out of 26 that should include the edition, but it is also now necessary to include, if Italian rumours are to be trusted, Roberto Benigni's The Tiger And The Snow [+see also:
trailer
film profile] which will feature out of competition.

Competition:

The Elementary Particles (Elementarteilchen) by Oskar Roehler (Germany)

Grbavica by Jasmila Zbanic (Austria – Bosnia – Germany - Croatia)

Requiem [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Sandra Hueller
film profile] by Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany)

Snow Cake by Marc Evans (United Kingdom – Canada)

The Free Will by Matthias Glasner (Germany)

Be My Star by Valeska Grisebach (Germany)

La comédie du pouvoir [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Claude Chabrol (France – Germany)

Crime Novel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michele Placido
film profile] by Michele Placido (Italy)

The Road to Guantanamo by Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom)

En Soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark – Sweden)

Slumming by Michael Glawogger (Austria – Switzerland)

El Custodio by Rodrigo Morena (Argentina – France – Germany)

Invisible Waves by Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Netherlands – Thailand - Korea)

A Prairie Home Companion by Robert Altman (USA)

Candy by Neil Armfield (Australia)

It’s Winter by Rafi Pitts (Iran)

Isabella by Pang Ho-cheung (Hong Kong, China)

Out of Compétition:

The Science of Sleep [+see also:
trailer
film profile] de Michel Gondry (France)

V for Vendetta by James McTeigue (USA – Germany)

Syriana by Steve Gaghan (USA)

The Promise by Chen Kaige (Hong Kong, China – USA)

The New World by Terrence Malick (USA)

Capote by Bennett Miller (USA)

(Translated from French)