27/01/2010

The selection for the Panorama section at the forthcoming Berlinale, whose dominant theme this year is the past and its influence on the present, is now complete, with a total of 54 films representing 29 countries (18 in the main programme, 16 in Panorama Special and 20 documentaries), including 17 debut films.

Besides the titles already announced (see news), the main programme, which will open with Russian director Felix Mikhailov’s Jolly Fellows, has had another Russian film added to it, as well as two European films (Berlin-born Andreas Kleinert’s Barriere [+see also:
film review
film profile] and Alessandro Aronadio’s Italian title One Life Maybe Two [+see also:
trailer
film profile]); and Rodrigo Diaz Diaz’s German/Brazilian co-production Fucking Different São Paulo.

Opening with Czech director Jan Hrebejk’s latest film, Kawasaki’s Rose [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], the Panorama Special line-up is completed by Feo Aladag’s When We Leave [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Feo Aladag
interview: Feo Aladag
film profile] (Germany), Aleksi Salmenperä’s Bad Family [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (Finland) and Ferzan Ozpetek’s new film, Mine Vaganti [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (“Loose Cannons”, Italy).

Panorama Dokumente, which will kick off on February 12 with David Sieveking’s Austrian/Swiss-German co-production David Wants To Fly, has other new additions, including five German documentaries; Renate Costa’s Spanish title Cuchillo de palo (“Wooden Knife”); and Pascal Hofmann and Benny Jaberg’s Swiss production Daniel Schmid - Le Chat Qui Pense (“Daniel Schmid: The Thinking Cat”), starring Ingrid Caven, Werner Schroeter and Bulle Ogier.

The films in the Panorama section will vie for the Audience Award and the 34th Teddy (in addition to the Special Teddy to be awarded to Schroeter for lifetime achievement).

(Translated from French)