JURY GRID


THE SCREEN JURY AT THE BERLINALE


MARGINCALL JC Chandor


THEPRIZE Paula Markovitch


SLEEPING SICKNESS Ulrich Köhler


YELLINGTOTHE SKY Victoria Mahoney


TALESOF THENIGHT MichelOcelot


INNOCENT SATURDAY Alexander Mindadze


CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes


NADERAND SIMIN,A SEPARATION Asghar Farhadi


THE FUTURE Miranda July


THE TURINHORSE Bela Tarr


OURGRANDDESPAIR Seyfi Teoman


A MYSTERIOUS WORLD Rodrigo Moreno


COMERAIN, COME SHINE Lee Yoon-ki


IFNOTUS, WHO? Andres Veiel


LIPSTIKKA Jonathan Sagall


THE FORGIVENESSOFBLOOD Joshua Marston


The feature debut of director Chandor, Margin Call is set across 24 hours inside a WallStreet investment firm as the financial crisis of 2008 unfolds. The cast includes KevinSpacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Paul Bettany.


✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ GOOD ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ 2.3


Lake Tahoe and Duck Season writer Markovitch makes her directorial debut with this semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up under the military junta in Argentina.


★★ 2.3


Sleeping Sickness follows European ex-pats working in the humanitarian sector in Africa. A couple face a marital crisis as the husband must choose between his work and his family. Köhler’s Bungalow played in Panorama in 2002.


✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ✖ ★★★ ★★ ★★ 2.3


Mahoney makes her directorial debut with this drama about a 17-year-old girl,Sweetness, fending for herself in a dangerous neighbourhood. Zoe Kravitz headlines the cast, which includes GaboureySidibe andTim Blake Nelson.


★★ 2.3


Ocelot makes his Berlin competition debut with the feature adaptation of his own 1992 animatedTV series. The animated fairy-tale follows three characters as they discover the magical qualities of a dilapidated cinema after dark.


★★ 2.3


A drama set against the Chernobyl disaster, Innocent Saturday follows a party official searching for the woman he loves and his bid to escape the city and his fate. Mindadze’s writing credits includeSilver Bear winner The Play For A Passenger.


★★ 2.3


Fiennes makes his directorial debut with thisShakespearean tragedy, and also takes the lead role. A modern-day update set in the Balkans, the cast includes Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and JamesNesbitt.


★★ 2.3


Farhadi’s About Elly won the Silver Bear in Berlin 2009, and the Iranian director is back in competition this year with the story of a couple whose marriage falls apart when the husband calls off their plans to leave their homeland.


★★ 2.3


July’s The Future has its international premiere in Berlin after itsSundance debut. July directs, writes and stars in the story of a thirtysomething couple whose relationship is tested when they adopt a terminally ill cat.


★★ 2.3


Tarr returns to the Berlinale with a film about a man, his daughter and their dying horse. Inspired by a story of philosopher FriedrichNietzsche protecting a horse from abuse, the picture stars Janos Derzsi, Erika Bok and Mihaly Kormos.


★★ 2.3


The second film fromTeoman, whose debut Summer Book premiered at Berlin in 2008, is based on Baris Bicakci’s novel about two male friends whose relationship is tested when a young woman moves into their home.


★★ 2.3


This Argentinian comedy drama is about a man stunned when his girlfriend asks for time apart. Moreno made his feature debut with The Custodian, a winner of Berlin’s Alfred Bauer Award in 2006.


★★ 2.3


South Korean director Lee returns to Berlin after 2009’s My Dear Enemy with this drama about a young married couple who are on the verge of breaking up but spend one last day together. Hyun Bin and ImSu-jung star.


★★ 2.3


The second feature from German documentary-maker Veiel charts the relationship between writer Bernward Vesper and Red Army Faction member Gudrun Ensslin. The cast includes August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis and Alexander Fehling.


★★ 2.3


Two women reunite in London where they discuss the details — and their different memories — of a life-changing event when they were teenagers in Jerusalem.


★★ 2.3


With his second feature, Marston — using mostly local non-professional actors — looks at the impact of Albanian blood feuds on the lives of two teenagers.


★★ 2.3 ★★★★ EXCELLENT ★★★ ★★ ★POOR ✖BAD AVERAGE


WANT TO SEE IT? SCREENINGS START PAGE 33


Editorial office 2nd Floor, Room 209, Potsdamer Platz 11, 10785 Berlin


Advertising office Stand 36 Martin-Gropius-Bau Niederkirchnerstrasse 7 10963 Berlin


E-mail firstname.secondname@ emap.com unless stated


EDITORIAL Tel (49) 30 2589 4704


Editor Mike Goodridge Head of news Wendy Mitchell


Chief film critic and reviews editor MarkAdams


US editor Jeremy Kay (jeremykay67@gmail.com)


Reporters Martin Blaney (screen. berlin@gmail.com),Sarah Cooper, Geoffrey Macnab (geoffrey@ macnab.demon.co.uk), Jean Noh (hjnoh2007@gmail.com), Andreas Wiseman


Group head of production and art Mark Mowbray


Sub-editors Loveday Cuming, Paul Lindsell, David Longworth, Jamie McLeish


Screenings Kelly Gibbens, BenSillis


ADVERTISING Tel (44) 7595 646 541


International advertising manager Andrew Dixon (44) 7595 646 541


International account managers Ingrid Hammond (39) 348 5165 631 (ingridhammond@libero.it) Pippa Johnson, pippa@newworld. net.nz Nadia Romdhani (44) 7540 100 315 Gunter Zerbich (44) 7540 100 254


VP business developmentNorth AmericaNigel Daly (44) 7595 646 541 (nigeldalymail@gmail.com)


Production managers David Cumming, WendySpurling (49) 30 2589 4711


Festival manager Mai Le (44) 7710 124 062


Publishing assistant Joe Wilkinson


Senior commercial director Alison Pitchford (44) 7881 952 140


Managing director and group editor Conor Dignam


Printer MHV — Medien, Herstellungs und VertriebsGMBH DMP — Die Medien Printer c/o Motivoffset Prinzessinnenstr. 26 10969 Berlin


Screen International London Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ Tel (44) 20 7728 5000


Subscription enquiries Tel (44) 1858 438 847 Fax (44) 1858 461 739 sci@subscription.co.uk


SCOTT FOUNDAS Film Comment (US)


DEREK MALCOLM London Evening Standard (UK)


NICK JAMES Sight & Sound (UK)


ALBERTO CRESPI L’Unita (Italy)


JOSE CARLOS AVELLAR Escrevercinema.com (Brazil)


BO GREEN JENSEN Weekendavisen Berlingske (Denmark)


JAN SCHULZ-OJALA Der Tagesspiegel (Germany)


SCREEN INTERNATIONAL


AVERAGE


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68