SCREENINGS
to seek: a great love. Forum
Delphi Filmpalast
THE VIRGIN SPRING (Sweden) Drama. 89ins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Pettersson, Gunnel Lindblom. Sweden in the Middle Ages: a young girl is raped and killed, triggering her father’s remorseless revenge. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
19:00
FESTIVAL 19:30
THE FUTURE (Germany, US) Drama. 91mins. Dir: Miranda July. Key cast: Hamish Linklater, Miranda July, David Warshofsky. Sophie and Jason are something of an odd couple. Both thirtysomething, they live together in a one- room apartment; both hate their professions, and their relationship seems to have run up
Historical epic: when the powerful Zhao clan is massacred, only one baby survives. This last son is raised as a doctor’s son, but must eventually fulfil his destiny. Berlinale Special Gala Urania
SHE MONKEYS (Sweden) Drama. 83mins. Dir: Lisa Aschan. Key cast: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindqvist. A clash between two girls at a riding stables. Emma joins a group that is learning how to perform acrobatic exercises on horseback. Here she meets Cassandra, good-looking and strong-willed with a vibrant personality — the two young women find themselves drawn
against a brick wall. They spend most of their time online, which doesn’t do much to help their relationship. A joint project and an increased sense of responsibility might be useful in such a situation. And so Sophie and Jason decide to adopt an injured cat that needs to be nursed back to health. Competition Berlinale Palast
to each other. Before long, their mutual attraction turns into a symbiotic friendship. But then things begin to get complicated. All at once the two girlfriends’ relationship is pervaded by jealousy and power and this turns into a struggle for supremacy. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
17:45
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.
n 22 Screen International in Berlin February 15, 2011
A coincidence now brings the two women together. Panorama CineStar 3
18:00
HISTORY UNCUT: CROSSROADS (South Africa) Documentary. 25mins. Dir: Brian Tilley, Laurence Dworkin. Forum Expanded History Lessons Kino Arsenal 2
HISTORY UNCUT: MANENBERG (South Africa) Documentary. 25mins. Dir: Brian Tilley, Laurence Dworkin. Forum Expanded History Lessons Kino Arsenal 2
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 Cubix 8
MAN AT SEA (Greece) Drama. 93mins. Dir: Constantine Giannaris. Key cast: Antonis Karystinos, Theodora Tzimou,
Konstantinos Avarikiotis. Tense drama in which a marriage falls apart on the confines of a boat carrying African refugees. Panorama Special Friedrichstadtpalast
18:30
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. Berlinale goes Kiez Union Filmtheater
18:45
LATE AUTUMN (South Korea) Drama. 113mins. Dir: Kim Tae- Yong. Key cast: Tang Wei, Hyun Bin. Anna, sentenced to prison for murdering her brutal husband, is granted a brief leave of absence to attend her mother’s funeral in Seattle. On her way there she meets Hoon, a Korean immigrant who makes his living as a callboy. Both are outsiders — Anna as the outcast of her Chinese family, Hoon as a man being hunted down by a jealous husband. Two lonely souls who suddenly find what they had no longer dared
EVEN THE RAIN (Spain, France, Mexico) Drama. 104mins. Dir: Iciar Bollain. Key cast: Luis Tosar, Gael Garc’a Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri. Set during the time of the Water War in Bolivia and demonstrating how the indigenous population have continued to be exploited long after the arrival of Columbus. Panorama press screening CinemaxX 7
19:15
SUBMARINE (UK) Comedy. 94mins. Dir: Richard Ayoade. Key cast: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor. Coming-of-age comedy set in Wales. Forum CineStar 8
19:30
ART HISTORY (US) Drama. 74mins. Dir: Joe Swanberg. Key cast: Josephine Decker, Joe Swanberg, Kent Osborne. A small film team shoots sex scenes while the protagonists themselves embark on an affair in private. The jealous director reacts by beginning to sabotage his own project. From one of the pioneers of the Mumblecore film movement. Forum CinemaxX 4
LOLLIPOP MONSTER (Germany) Drama. 96mins. Dir: Ziska Riemann. Key cast:
BREAKING NEWS For the latest film business news see
ScreenDaily.com
Nicolette Krebitz, Sarah Horvath, Jella Haase. Two girls, Ari and Oona, dream of breaking free. But in the girls’ respective families, nobody feels and nobody talks. Perspektive Deutsches Kino CinemaxX 3
NIGHT ON EARTH (US, UK, Japan) Comedy. 129mins. Dir: Jim Jarmusch. Key cast: Armin Mueller- Stahl, Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder. Five cities, five taxis. Jim Jarmusch’s episodic film features all kinds of individuals in cabs during the course of a single night. Homage Zeughauskino
SILVER BULLETS (US) Drama. 70mins. Dir: Joe Swanberg. Key cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Ti West, Joe Swanberg. After his girlfriend is given the leading role in a new film by a renowned horror film director, a jealous young film-maker responds by casting her best friend in his own film. Forum CinemaxX 4
THE FUTURE See box, left
THE WAYS OF WINE (Argentina) Drama. 95mins. Dir: Nicolas Carreras. Key cast: Charlie Arturaola, Michel Rolland, Andreas Larsson. Culinary Cinema Film & Food MGB Kinosaal/Spiegelzelt
20:00
AN ANGEL IN DOEL (Netherlands, Belgium) Documentary. 77mins. Dir: Tom Fassaert. The little village of Doel stands in the way of the expanding port of Antwerp. The demolition permit has been granted — the past must make way for the future. Emilienne, a sprightly old lady, sees things differently. She doesn’t want to move — she’s far too happy in her house with its wild garden. The film tells not only of the victims of the belief in progress, but also shows
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