SCREENINGS
A road movie set in the craggy mountains of Armenia. This film tells the story of the brief but emotive relationship between a young American who has come to the Caucasus to take geographic measurements for satellite images, and an Armenian photographer who has left her country and is now returning for the first time in years. Panorama Cubix 7 & 8 Interlock
TALES OF THE NIGHT (France) Animation. 84mins. Dir: Michel Ocelot. Competition Urania
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ASHAMED (South Korea) Drama. 129mins. Dir: Kim Soo-hyun. Key cast: Kim Hyo-jin, Kim Khobbi.
coincidence now brings the two women together. Panorama press screening CinemaxX 7
SWANS (Germany) Drama. 126mins. Dir: Hugo Vieira da Silva. Key cast: Kai Hillebrand, Ralph Herforth, Maria Schuster. A man travels to Berlin because his ex-girlfriend is in a coma. He has brought their son Manuel with him. The two stay in the ailing woman’s apartment. Forum CineStar 8
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AVALON (US) Drama. 128mins. Dir: Barry Levinson. Key cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Pollack. This family chronicle about Russian-Polish emigres in Baltimore is based on the story of Barry Levinson’s
Three women drift through life, coming together and talking about love — then falling for each other. Panorama press screening CinemaxX 7
own grandfather, who emigrated to the US in 1914, and his descendants. Homage Zeughauskino
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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 CinemaxX 4
ICE FLOWERS (Germany) Drama. 30mins. Dir: Susan Gordanshekan. Key cast: Arnel Taci, Renate Grosser, Denis Mehicic. Perspektive Deutsches Kino CinemaxX 3
n 32 Screen International in Berlin February 14, 2011
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (Japan) Documentary. 83mins. Dir: David Gelb. In the basement of a Tokyo office building, 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono works tirelessly in his world-renowned restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. As his son Yoshikazu faces the pressures of stepping into his father’s shoes and taking over the legendary restaurant, Jiro — san relentlessly pursues his lifelong quest to create the perfect piece of sushi. Culinary Cinema Film & Food MGB Kinosaal/Spiegelzelt
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THE ADVOCATE FOR FAGDOM (France) Documentary, 92mins. Dir: Angelique Bosio. Key cast: Bruce LaBruce, Gus Van Sant, John Waters. Documentary about cult gay film director Bruce LaBruce. Panorama Dokumente press screening CineStar 7
FOLLOW ME (Austria) Drama. 109mins. Dir: Johannes Hammel. Key cast: Daniela Holtz, Roland Jaeger, Simon Jung, Karl Fischer, Charlotte Ullrich, Oskar Fischer.
A family of four live on the edge of a city, in an apartment with a view of the port. They are all battered souls. The everyday order and strictness of the family are succeeded by collapse and disintegration. Forum Colosseum 1
GHOSTS#9
(UK) Documentary. 42mins. Dir: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. These cans, salvaged in 1980 by P-Orridge from the office of the then recently deceased film- maker Anthony Balch, contained not only prints of the previously released Beatfilms but also footage shot in and around the Beat Hotel at 9 Rue Git le Coeur in Paris. Calling on the help of his friend Derek Jarmann, Breyer P-Orridge was able to identify and catalogue the footage, subsequently editing parts of it into the film ‘Ghosts#9’. Forum Expanded History Lessons Kino Arsenal 2
HERE
(US) Drama. 120mins. Dir: Braden King. Key cast: Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal.
THE TOUCH (Sweden) Drama. 115mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Elliott Gould, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow. Bergman’s first English language film depicts a deceptively banal affair between a housewife and an angst-ridden American archaeologist. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 6
VIVA RIVA! (Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium) Crime. Dir: Djo Tunda Wa Munga. Key cast: Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna. Forum Cubix 9
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BULLHEAD (Belgium, Netherlands) Drama. 129mins. Dir: Michael R. Roskam. Key cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy. Jacky Vanmarsenille is a young farmer based in the Flemish province of Limburg. One day he is approached by an unscrupulous vet who offers him a stake in a dubious business venture with a notorious west-Flemish beef manufacturer. But then the murder of a police officer and an unexpected confrontation with a
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mysterious aspect of his past draws Jacky into a rapid maelstrom of unforeseen events with far-reaching consequences. Panorama Special CineStar 3
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SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (Sweden) Romantic comedy. 108mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Ulla Jabobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson. Romantic comedy set around the turn of the 20th century. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
VATERLANDSVERRATER (Germany) Documentary. 97mins. Dir: Annekatrin Hendel. Perspektive Deutsches Kino CinemaxX 1
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ALMANYA (Germany) Drama. 97mins. Dir: Yasemin Samdereli. Key cast: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Aylin Tezel. Berlinale goes Kiez Passage
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FIT (Japan) Drama. 106mins. Dir: Hirosue Hiromasa. Key cast: Hirosue Hiromasa, Namiki Akie, Shine Midori. Sagawa works for a mail-order company and is obsessed with the idea of doing something for others. Nitta, a dissatisfied customer, lives alone with her dog. Tahara, the ex-fiance of Sagawa’s friend Shimizu, lives with her mentally challenged brother Masaru, who sees the world through 3D blue-red-tinted glasses and keeps ants as pets. They all suffer from the pressure of social conventions that leave them isolated and lonely. Forum
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SACRIFICE (China) Action. 127mins.
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