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relationship with his daughter Zoe, who has just finished her military service, is put under strain by her love for Maya, a young woman who is allegedly a certified schizophrenic. Forum CineStar 8
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SING YOUR SONG (US) Documentary. 98mins. Dir: Susanne Rostock. Key cast: Harry Belafonte. Berlinale Special Gala Hebbel am Ufer — HAU 1
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THE BEST INTENTIONS (Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, UK), 181mins. Dir: Bille August. Key ast: Samuel Froler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow. According to Ingmar Bergman, he based his screenplay on the stormy marriage of his parents, Erik and Karin. The story takes place between 1909 and 1918, from the time they first meet to shortly before the birth of their second son, who was then to be named Ingmar. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
CHANDANI — THE DAUGHTER OF THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER (Germany) 88mins. Dir: Arne Birkenstock. The 16-year-old Chandani has a burning desire: she wants to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a mahout, who takes care of elephants. German Cinema CinemaxX 1
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ALMANYA (Germany) Drama. 97mins. Dir: Yasemin Samdereli. Key cast: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Aylin Tezel. On September 10, 1964, Germany’s one-millionth ‘guest worker’ was welcomed. Spanning a period of no less than 45 years, this film tells the story of guest worker number one-million-and- one — a man named
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CORIOLANUS (UK) Drama. 122mins. Dir: Ralph Fiennes. Key cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler. A contemporary version of Shakespeare’s dangerous political thriller. Coriolanus, a brave soldier of inflexible self belief despises the citizens of Rome, who seek to prevent him from taking political office. Competition press screening Berlinale Palast
Huseyin Yilmaz and his family. Competition Friedrichstadtpalast
BRASCH — WORDS OF WANT, WORDS OF FEAR (Germany) Documentary. 92mins. Dir: Christoph Ruter. Documentary about the writer Thomas Brasch and his experiences in the German Democratic Republic. Panorama Dokumente CineStar 7
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US, France) Documentary. 90mins. Dir: Werner Herzog. Herzon’g stunning 3D film brings this documentary about a cave full of 30,000-year-old paintings to life. Competition Special Screening Urania
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GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD!! (Japan) Drama. 81mins. Dir: Hirohara Satoru. Key cast: Koizumi Yoichiro, Arai Miho. Yuta has adjusted to his life as a loner. Every day his walk to school leads him through a tunnel,
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where a homeless man resides. One day Yuta steals his bag — the next day he is found dead. Now the boy sets out to find the dead man’s family. The contents of the bag help him in his search for clues. This voyage into another person’s life leads him to discover the outside world. Forum Cubix 7
THE KID WHO LIES (Venezuela, Peru) Drama. 99mins. Dir: Marite Ugas. Key cast: Iker Fernandez, Maria Fernanda Ferro, Francisco Denis. A 13-year-old boy is searching for his mother. Ten years ago his childhood was brought to an end by a natural disaster. Many people have been missing ever since — including his mother. The boy still has a long way to go, but, in time, his wounds will heal. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
TARGET (Russia) Drama. 154mins. Dir: Alexander Zeldovich. Key cast: Maksim Sukhanov, Justine Waddell, Danila Kozlovsky. Russia in the year 2020. The four protagonists of
this film are members of the country’s elite. Victor is a minister responsible for the state’s natural resources. Zoya is his wife. Her brother, Mitya, is a well-known television celebrity and Nicolai is a colonel assigned to the Guangzhou-Paris rail corridor. They have everything that money can buy. What they lack is youth and happiness. But they are determined to recover both. Panorama Special press screening CineStar 3
THE TERRORISTS (Thailand, Germany) Documentary. 105mins. Dir: Thunska Pansittivorakul. Focusing on the aftermath and psychological fallout of the protests and uprising of early 2010. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
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THE FATHERLESS (Austria) Drama. 105mins. Dir: Marie Kreutzer. Key cast: Andrea Wenzl, Philipp Hochmair, Andreas Kiendl. Although Niki, a doctor living and working in Munich, manages to arrive at his father’s deathbed just in time, the man who spawned
him fails to give him the belated acknowledgement and love for which he so longs. Shortly after the father dies, his other grown-up children arrive and reflection on their family ties begins. Panorama Special CinemaxX 7
LISTENING TO THE JUDGE (Spain) Documentary. 87mins. Dir: Isabel Coixet. In-depth interview with Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, a larger-than-life figure known for his attempts to bring dictators and international political figures to justice. Berlinale Special International
VATERLANDSVERRATER (Germany) Documentary. 97mins. Dir: Annekatrin Hendel. Charting the life, personal and political, of Paul Gratzik, who was an informer for the Stasi for 20 years — until one day he decided to quit and reveal himself to those he had betrayed. Perspektive Deutsches Kino Colosseum 1
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FREE HANDS (France) Drama. 100mins. Dir: Brigitte Sy. Key cast: Ronit
Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, Camille Figuereo. Barbara is a director who makes films in prison. Michel is a prisoner who takes part in her film workshop. They fall in love. Their seemingly controlled relationship goes off the rails. Forum CineStar 8
HOCHZEITSPOLKA (Germany), 95 min. Dir: Lars Jessen. Key cast: Katarzyna Maciag, Christian Ulmen, Fabian Hinrichs, Waldemar Kobus. When Frieder prepares for the wedding with the Polish Gosia, his buddies from Germany show up. The party gets out of control. Misunderstandings cause lots of bedlam between the friends, bride and groom, Poles and Germans. German Cinema CinemaxX 1
HOUSEHOLD X (Japan) Drama. 90mins. Dir: Yoshida Koki. Key cast: Minami Kaho, Taguchi Tomoroo, Kaku Tomahiro. Koki’s film charts the disintegration of a middle- class household with excruciating attention to detail and finesse. Forum press screening CinemaxX 6
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