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BERLINALE 2013 Competition

Nine new films in the running for the Golden Bear

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- The selection includes films by Bruno Dumont, Danis Tanovic, Pia Marais, Emmanuelle Bercot, Thomas Arslan and Guillaume Nicloux.

Nine films have today been added to the list of candidates for the Golden Bear to be awarded at the 63rd Berlinale (from February 7 to 17, 2013). Among them, three French films: Camille Claudel 1915 by Bruno Dumont, Elle s'en va (On my Way) by Emmanuelle Bercot and La Religieuse (The Nun) by Guillaume Nicloux. They are joined by An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Bosnian director Danis Tanovic, and two movies made in Germany: Gold by Thomas Arslan and Layla Fourie by Pia Marais. Also worth noting, the presence of  Steven Soderbergh and Iranian director Jafar Panahi in the competition.

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The 15 films selected for the Competition programme currently include:

Camille Claudel 1915 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bruno Dumont
film profile
]
- Bruno Dumont (France)

Elle s'en va [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
(On my Way) – Emmanuelle Bercot (France)

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Danis Tanović
film profile
]
- Danis Tanovic (Bosnia Herzegovina/France/Slovenia)

Gold [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Thomas Arslan
film profile
]
- Thomas Arslan (Germany)

La Religieuse [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Guillaume Nicloux
film profile
]
(The Nun) -  Guillaume Nicloux (France/Germany/Belgium)

Layla Fourie [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Pia Marais (Germany/South Africa/France/Netherlands)

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman - Fredrik Bond (USA)

Side Effects - Steven Soderbergh (USA)

Parde (Closed Curtain) - Jafar Panahi (Iran)

Paradise: Hope [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
- Ulrich Seidl (Austria/France/Germany)

Child's Pose [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Calin Peter Netzer
film profile
]
- Călin Peter Netzer (Romania)

Gloria [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Sebastián Lelio (Chile/Spain)

Nobody's Daughter Haewon - Hong Sangsoo (South Korea)

Promised Land  - Gus Van Sant (USA)

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(Translated from French)

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