24/01/2008

The selection for the Panorama section at the forthcoming Berlin International Film Festival has been announced and includes 50 films: 17 features in the main line-up (which will open with the Russian film The Mermaid by Anna Melikyan); 15 in Panorama Special (which will open with the European co-production Lemon Tree by Eran Riklis); and 18 titles in Panorama Dokumente (set to open with another European co-production, A Jihad For Love).

The titles include 31 European (co-)productions, including 12 documentaries and 19 features. Germany and the UK are particularly well-represented.

European (co-)productions in the line-up:

Documentaries:
A Jihad For Love by Parvez Sharma (US/Germany/UK/France/Australia)
Bananaz by Ceri Levy (UK)
The Other Side of Istanbul by Döndü Kilic (Germany)
Derek by Isaac Julien (UK)
EAST/WEST - Sex & Politics by Jochen Hick (Germany)
Erika Rabau - Puck of Berlin by Samson Vicent (Germany)
Suddenly, Last Winter by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi (Italy)
Jesus Christ Saviour by Peter Geyer (Germany)
The Beauties from Leipzig by Gunther Scholz (Germany)
Sharon by Dror Moreh (Israel/Germany)
by Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians by Rosa von Praunheim (Germany)
With Gilbert & George by Julian Cole (UK)

Features:
Before the Fall by F. Javier Gutiérrez (Spain)
Boy A by John Crowley (UK)
Chiko by Özgür Yildirim (Germany)
Woman's Hearts by Kiff Kosoof (Italy/Morocco)
Guilty by Laetitia Masson (France)
What No One Knows by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (Denmark/Sweden)
Shiver by Isidro Ortiz (Spain)
Filth And Wisdom by Madonna (UK)
The Aquarium by Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt/France/Germany)
I Am From Titov Veles by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia/France/Belgium/Slovenia)
The Feelings Factory by Jean-Marc Moutout (France/Belgium)
Lemon Tree by Eran Riklis (Israel/Germany/France)
Love And Other Crimes by Stefan Arsenijevic (Germany/Serbia/Austria/Slovenia)
Another Love Story by Lúcia Murat (Brazil/France/Uruguay)
Otto: or, Up with Dead People by Bruce LaBruce (Germany/Canada)
Revanche by Götz Spielmann (Austria)
Sonetàula by Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (Iceland)
Transsiberian by Brad Anderson (Spain/Germany/UK/Lithuania)