The Berlinale announces a raft of new titles for its Berlinale Special, Series and Forum sections
- Among the most buzzy titles are Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, starring John Malkovich, Alex Gibney’s new Boris Becker-focused documentary, and the European high-end series The Swarm
Yesterday, 20 December, the Berlin International Film Festival announced a raft of new titles which will take part in its 73rd edition, set to unspool from 16-26 February 2023. In detail, the gathering announced some of the films and series which will be showcased in the Berlinale Special, Series, Forum and Forum Expanded strands.
According to the programmers, this years' Berlinale Special will “captivate audiences with its variety of formats and a multifaceted programme,” whilst the Berlinale Series “will once again offer an exclusive first look at new series productions from around the world.”
On this occasion, Berlinale Series will open with The Swarm [+see also:
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interview: Leonie Benesch
series profile] (Germany), a show based on the bestseller of the same name penned by Frank Schätzing. The ZDF/Beta Film-produced series follows an international group of scientists who do their research on mysterious ocean phenomena that become a global threat. The festival will premiere the first three episodes of the eco-thriller series directed by Barbara Eder, Luke Watson and Philipp Stölzl. Among the cast members is Leonie Benesch, one of this year’s European Shooting Stars.
Among the highlights of the Berlinale Special is Robert Schwentke’s Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes [+see also:
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interview: Robert Schwentke
film profile] (Germany/Morocco), starring John Malkovich in the lead role along with Geraldine Chaplin and emerging German actors such as Louis Hofmann, Alexander Fehling, Lilith Stangenberg and Tom Xander. Another buzzy title on many festival attendees' watchlist will be Alex Gibney's “multilayered” documentary feature about Boris Becker Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker [+see also:
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film profile] (UK/USA), “the young talent who conquered Wimbledon and, after having inflamed a country, has fallen with same grandness.”
Meanwhile, the first eight films of the Forum programme will aim to “explore the possibilities of the voice-over, dare to let text and image diverge or work with a deliberately restricted stock of images to allow their soundtracks to reverberate all the more.” Among this year’s European picks are Fiona Tan’s father-daughter epistolary tale Dearest Fiona [+see also:
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interview: Fiona Tan
film profile] (Netherlands), Sebastian Mihăilescu’s sinister experimental film Mammalia [+see also:
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film profile] (Romania/Poland/Germany) and Vincent Dieutre’s “tender auto-fictional piece” This is the End [+see also:
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film profile] (France).
Finally, the German festival also announced the 204 participants of this year’s Berlinale Talents. The finalists, coming from 68 different countries, were chosen out of 3,000 applications. Moreover, Todd Field, Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss and Hildur Guðnadóttir will speak about their creative collaboration on TÁR in a public talk.
Here is the full list of the new titles announced by the festival:
Berlinale Special
Infinity Pool [+see also:
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film profile] – Brandon Cronenberg (Canada/Hungary/Croatia/France)
Loriot's Great Cartoon Revue [+see also:
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film profile] – Loriot and Peter Geyer (Germany)
#Manhole – Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan)
Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes [+see also:
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interview: Robert Schwentke
film profile] – Robert Schwentke (Germany/Morocco)
TÁR – Todd Field (USA)
Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker [+see also:
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film profile] – Alex Gibney (UK/USA)
Berlinale Series
The Swarm [+see also:
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interview: Leonie Benesch
series profile] – Barbara Eder, Luke Watson and Philipp Stölzl (Germany/Belgium) (series)
Forum
Concrete Valley – Antoine Bourges (Canada)
Dearest Fiona [+see also:
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interview: Fiona Tan
film profile] – Fiona Tan (Netherlands)
Horse Opera – Moyra Davey (USA)
The Trial [+see also:
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film profile] – Ulises de la Orden (Argentina/Italy/France/Norway)
Calls from Moscow [+see also:
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film profile] – Luís Alejandro Yero (Cuba/Germany/Norway)
Mammalia [+see also:
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film profile] – Sebastian Mihăilescu (Romania/Poland/Germany)
Notes from Eremocene [+see also:
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interview: Viera Čákanyová
film profile] – Viera Čákanyová (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
This Is the End [+see also:
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film profile] – Vincent Dieutre (France)
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