SCREENINGS
After studying in the US, Ananda returns to his homeland of Thailand, where he tries his luck as a film actor. Forum CineStar 8
MARGIN CALL (US) Thriller. 110mins. Dir: JC Chandor. Key cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore. Competition Berlinale Palast
UTOPIA LTD. (Germany) Drama. 90mins. Dir: Sandra Trostel. Perspektive Deutsches Kino CinemaxX 3
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FAMILIAR GROUND (France) Comedy. 89mins. Dir: Stephane Lafleur. Key cast: Francis La Haye, Fanny Mallette, Sylvain Marcel. Quebec. When a messenger from the future arrives, Maryse and Benoit leave their familiar grounds and the question of how predictable the future actually is resolves itself on their journey. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
WE WERE HERE (US) 90mins. Drama. Dir: David Weissman. Key cast: Ed Wolf, Paul Boneberg, Guy Clark. About five citizens of San Francisco before Aids was a problem. Overnight the city was transformed from an enclave of sexual liberation and social experimentation to the epicentre of a dreadful, sexually transmitted epidemic. Panorama Dokumente press screening CineStar 7
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TOMBOY (France) Drama. 84mins. Dir: Celine Sciamma. Key cast: Zoe Heran, Malonn Raffin, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy. Laure is moving into a new neighborhood with her sister. Because she is in need of new friends and doesn’t know anybody, she decides to
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THE STOOL PIGEON (Hong Kong) Thriller. 112mins. Dir: Dante Lam. Key cast: Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Kwai Lun-Mei. Inspector Don Lee often works with informants
pretend she’s a boy. She meets Lisa, but Lisa doesn’t know her new best friend is not a boy. Panorama CineStar 3
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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE (Belgium) Thriller. 108mins. Dir: Lee Tamahori. Key cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier. Panorama Special Friedrichstadtpalast
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THE UNJUST (South Korea) Thriller. 120mins. Dir: Ryoo Seung-wan. Key cast: Hwang Jung-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Yoo Hae-jin. A series of murders holds the nation in its sway and the longer the police fail to catch the murderer, the more the public begins to panic. Choi, a highly successful investigator whose methods have always held him back from promotion, senses
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— or stool pigeons — to solve his cases. In a ploy to convict the notorious jewel thief Barbarian, Don smuggles Ghost Jr, recently released from jail, into his gang. Forum CineStar 8
that this case might be his last chance to make something of his career. He and his old mentor Jang agree to arrest the next best suspect as the serial killer — whatever it might cost. Panorama press screening CinemaxX 7
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VIVA RIVA! (Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium) Crime. Dir: Djo Tunda Wa Munga. Key cast: Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna. Kinshasa is running out of gas. A band of smugglers from neighboring Angola has stashed some but this is only supposed to be sold when the prices have risen even further — and it is clear whose pockets the money will end up in. A wild, crazy struggle for the position of king of the underworld breaks out. Forum
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HOUR OF THE WOLF (Sweden) Drama. 89mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin. Alma, the wife of the artist Johan Borg, recalls the time when her husband had suddenly disappeared. Johan had been increasingly haunted by hallucinations, which he sketched in his notebook. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 6
SHINE (Australia) Drama. 105mins. Dir: Scott Hicks. Key cast: Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl. Tells the story of Australian concert pianist David Helfgott, who was long plagued by psychological problems. Homage Zeughauskino
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THE STOOL PIGEON See box, above
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FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES (Sweden) Drama. 103mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Christine Buchegger, Robert Atzorn, Martin Benrath, Rita Russek.
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il in North Korea. Jung Man-il, who goes back and forth to China on business, gets arrested by the North Korean security forces for possessing foreign products and pornography. He barely manages to get his wife out of the country beforehand. She arrives safely in South Korea and, after being interrogated, is given citizenship of the Republic of Korea. She finds a job and tries to adapt as best she can. But she cannot forget her husband. Panorama CineStar 3
A nearly naked woman caresses a man’s head. Suddenly the man goes berserk and throws her to the ground. She flees, tries to hide but he pursues her. In the darkness of the lush red room he finds her and strangles her. The film begins like a crime thriller, but with the murder at the beginning. What follows is a series of scenes in which the film tries to determine the killer’s motives. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
THE PRIZE (Germany) Drama. 90mins. Dir: Paula Markovitch. Key cast: Paula Galinelli Hertzog, Sharon Herrera, Laura Agorreca. Competition Berlinale Palast
UTOPIANS (US) Drama, 84mins. Dir: Zbigniew Bzymek. Key cast: Jim Fletcher, Courtney Webster, Lauren Hind. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
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DANCE TOWN (South Korea) Drama. 95mins. Dir: Jeon Kyu- hwan. Key cast: Ra Mir- an, Oh Seong-tae. Rhee Jung-Nim lives with her husband Jung Man-
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CREENINGS
THE PIANO IN A FACTORY (China) Golden Network Asia, 105mins. Dir: Zhang Meng. Key cast: Hailu Qin, Qianyuan Wang, Shin-Yeong Jang. Chen’s wife demands a divorce and custody of their daughter. The daughter says she’ll live with the parent that has a piano. With no other means, Chen builds a piano from scrap metal in an abandoned factory. CinemaxX 8
TILVA ROSH
(Serbia) Visit Films, 99mins. Dir: Nikola Lezaic. Key cast: Marko Todorovic, Stefan Djordjevic, Dunja Kovacevic. Bor, Serbia was once the largest copper mine in Europe. Now it is just the biggest hole. Best friends, Toda and Stefan spend their first summer after high school skating in the abandoned mine and making ‘Jackass-like’ videos. CinemaxX Studio 17
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BEHIND THE WALLS (France) Roissy Films, 90mins. Dir: Pascal Sid, Julien Lacombe. Key cast: Laetitia Casta, Thierry Neuvic, Jacques Bonnaffe.
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