Nine more contenders for Golden Bear announced
The Berlinale competition line-up is taking shape. Nine more hopefuls (in addition to the five unveiled in December, see news) were announced yesterday and the selection is now two-thirds complete.
The new contenders for the Silver and Golden Bear Awards are for the most part European titles. They include Austrian/German co-production Heart of Fire [+see also:
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The other titles announced are: Elegy, the US film by Spanish director Isabel Coixet; Hong-Kong/Chinese co-production Sparrow by Johnnie To; and Japanese film Kabei by Yoji Yamada.
B.P.
(Translated from French)
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