SCREENINGS
THE WHITE BALLOON (Iran) Drama. 85mins. Dir: Jafar Panahi. Key cast: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Freshteh Sadr Orafai. Generation Kplus Special Screening Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 2
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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. A nearly naked woman caresses a man’s head. Suddenly the man goes berserk and throws her to the ground. She flees and 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 Zeughauskino
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(China) Documentary. 83mins. Dir: Zhao Liang. A book about discrimination against Aids sufferers in China provided the inspiration for Chinese director Gu Changwei to make his latest drama. The director decided to cast genuine Aids patients in supporting roles. Made alongside Gu Changwei’s melodrama, Zhao Liang’s documentary records Gu Changwei’s search for these cast members. Panorama Dokumente press screening CineStar 7
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HEAVEN’S STORY (Japan) Drama. 278mins. Dir: Zeze Takahisa. Key cast: Tsuruoka Moeki, Hasegawa Tomoharu, Oshinari Shugo Eight-year-old Sato,
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becomes apparent that the hearty welcome is only a facade. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
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TARGET (Russia) Drama. 154mins. Dir: Alexander Zeldovich. Key cast: Maksim Sukhanov, Justine Waddell, Danila Kozlovsky, Daniela Stoyanovich. Panorama Special International
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RED DOG (Australia) Drama. 88mins. Dir: Kriv Stenders. Key cast: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes,
whose family was wiped out by a psychopath who then went on to kill himself, learns by chance of a man who has sworn to take revenge on the man who murdered his wife and daughter. For eight long years she waits in vain for him to keep his promise, then takes the initiative herself, setting in motion a chain of tragic events that gradually plunges everyone involved into misery. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
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AGAINST ALL ODDS (Switzerland) Documentary. 93mins. Dir: Anka Schmid. Sandra, Jasmine and Jennifer live in the Lucerne hinterland district, in Basel near Thun. They have one thing in common: they were all underage when they fell pregnant and
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Luke Ford. Children’s film about a town dog that brings everyone in a harsh mining community together. Berlinale goes Kiez Passage
were no more than 18 years old when they gave birth. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US, France) Documentary. 90mins. Dir: Werner Herzog. Competition Special Screening Urania
DEVIL’S KICKERS (Germany) 111mins. Dir: Granz Henman. Key cast: Diana Amft, Benno Furmann, Reiner Schone. Moritz and his mom have to move to Grandpa Rudi’s. It just so happens that Moritz’s arch rival Mark rules the roost there, playing on the local team coached by his father, and there is no way they are letting Moritz play. German Cinema CinemaxX 1
GOOD MORNING TO THE WORLD!! (Japan) Drama. 81mins. Dir: Hirohara Satoru. Key cast: Koizumi Yoichiro, Arai Miho. Forum press screening CinemaxX 6
MAMA AFRICA (Germany) Documentary. 91mins. Dir: Mika Kaurismaki. Key cast: Miriam Makeba, Zenzi Monique Lee, Nelson Lumumba Lee. Mika Kaurismaki’s documentary about world-famous South African singer Miriam Makeba, who spent half a century travelling the world spreading her political message to fight racism, poverty and promote justice and peace, is a tribute to a woman who embodied the hopes and the voice of Africa as no other. Panorama Dokumente Cubix 7
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VAMPIRE (US, Canada) Drama. 120mins. Dir: Iwai Shunji. Key cast: Kevin Zegers, Rachael Leigh Cook, Keisha Castle- Hughes. Simon Wade is an average young man who
goes about his profession as a teacher with the same kind of dedication that he exhibits when taking care of his ailing mother. But under the seemingly obliging surface lurks an entirely different side. His unquenchable thirst for fresh blood forces the young teacher to trawl websites in search of suicidal young women, whose blood he can steal. Panorama CineStar 3
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ABOVE US ONLY SKY (Germany) Drama. 88mins. Dir: Jan Schomburg. Key cast: Sandra Huller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp. Panorama Special Friedrichstadtpalast
AUTUMN SONATA (Germany) Drama. 92mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Bergman, Halvar Bjork. After almost seven years in which she has pursued her career as concert pianist abroad and after the death of her long-time companion, Charlotte returns to Sweden to visit her daughter Eva, who lives with her husband in a large vicarage. It soon
DAY IS DONE (Switzerland) Documentary. 111mind. Dir: Thomas Imbach. A young woman picks up her mail and newspaper every day. She never notices the man standing at his window with a camera watching her, recording life as it unfolds in front of his studio. It is only through the messages on the film-maker’s answering machine that the viewer notes the passage of time. In the beginning these messages seem a bit funny: calls from happy or disappointed girlfriends, holiday greetings and congratulations. Their context soon becomes clear. From then on, every message takes on a historical significance. Forum
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CORIOLANUS (UK) Drama. 122mins. Dir: Ralph Fiennes. Key cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave. Competition Berlinale Palast
INVISIBLE (Israel, Germany) Drama. 90mins. Dir: Michal Aviad. Key cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Evgenia Dodina. More than 20 years ago Nira and Lily were victims of the same rapist. Their attacker was a serial offender who was never caught. A
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