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one knew so well suddenly become so unknown? And who is Simon really? As it unfolds, Jan Kruger’s film develops into an unconventional psycho- thriller. Forum Cubix 9
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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 CineStar 7
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DIVINE PIG (Netherlands) Documentary. 58mins. Dir: Hans Dortmans. Dorus is a pig living in the backyard of a Dutch butcher. During their walks together through the Netherlands, Dorus becomes a local celebrity. Some customers try to discourage the
experiment: They are all unusual, very hirsute, coarse, fat or old. The marriage teeters when her husband Max finds out. Forum
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THE FATHERLESS (Austria) Drama. 105mins. Dir: Marie Kreutzer. Key cast: Andrea Wenzl, Philipp Hochmair, Andreas Kiendl. Berlinale goes Kiez Union Filmtheater
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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
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THE DAYS OF EVIL WOMEN (Japan) Comedy. 110mins. Dir: Shibuya Minoru. Key cast: Tono Eijiro, Yamada Isuzu, Okada Mariko. A black comedy in which Shibuya casts a withering glance on human greed and selfishness. Yashiro is a rich, old and grumpy man who lives with his mistress, an erstwhile geisha. She and her daughter conspire to kill him to get hold of his money. Forum CineStar 8
THE DEVIL’S WANTON (Sweden) Drama. 78mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Doris Svedlund, Birger
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butcher from killing Dorus. Others look forward to tasting his rich meat. As Dorus matures into his second year and reaches the point of slaughter, the butcher faces a difficult choice. Does his love for the pig run deeper than his love of pork? Culinary Cinema MGB-Kino
becomes apparent that the hearty welcome is only a facade. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman Zeughauskino
Malmsten, Eva Henning. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 6
THE TURIN HORSE (Hungary) Drama. 146mins. Dir: Bela Tarr. Key cast: Janos Derzsi, Erika Bok, Mihaly Kormos. Competition Berlinale Palast
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LOOKING FOR SIMON (Germany) Thriller. 89mins. Dir: Jan Kruger. Key cast: Corinna Harfouch, Nico Rogner, Mehdi Dehbi. Valerie has not been able to get hold of her son, who is a doctor in Marseille, for some time now. She goes to the French port city and finds an abandoned apartment. She asks Simon’s ex-lover Jens to come too so he can support her quest in the strange city. Why does somebody disappear without a trace? How can somebody one thought
THE KITE (India) Drama. 105mins. Dir: Prashant Bhargava. Key cast: Seema Biswas, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sugandha Garg. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
INNOCENT SATURDAY (Russia, Germany, Ukraine) Drama. 99mins. Dir: Alexander Mindadze. Key cast: Anton Shagin, Svetlana Smirnova-Marcinkevich, Stanislav Rjadinsky. Competition International
SERVICE ENTRANCE (France) Drama. 100mins. Dir: Philippe Le Guay. Key cast: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Carmen Maura. Competition Urania
THE UNJUST (South Korea) Thriller. 120mins. Dir: Ryoo Seung-wan. Key cast: Hwang Jung-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Yoo Hae-jin. A series of murders holds the nation in its sway and the longer the police fail to catch the murderer, the more the public begins to panic. Choi, a highly successful investigator whose methods have always held him back from promotion, senses that this case might be his last chance to make something of his career. He and his old mentor Jang agree to arrest the
next best suspect as the serial killer — whatever it might cost. Panorama Colosseum 1
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 Cubix 7 & 8 Interlock
WAITING WOMEN (Sweden) Drama. 107mins. Dir: Ingmar Bergman. Key cast: Anita Bjork, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson. Four sisters-in-law wait in a summer house for the arrival of their husbands, four brothers from the Lobelius family who together have inherited a company. To kill the time, the women tell each other important incidents from their lives. Retrospective Ingmar Bergman CinemaxX 8
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THE MORTICIAN (UK) Thriller. 92mins. Dir: Gareth Maxwell Roberts. Key cast: Method Man, Edward Furlong, Dash Mihok. The mortician processes corpses with steely disregard. His work is conducted with a ritualistic eye for detail and an unyielding adherence to routine. The only interpersonal contact he has is with a prostitute named Ava. An insomniac, the mortician wanders the streets of the ghetto, emotionally isolated and lonely. One day his boss introduces
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him to his new colleague, a young offender currently on probation. But before long, a gangster named Carver turns up on the mortician’s doorstep. Panorama CineStar 3
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CORIOLANUS (UK) Drama. 122mins. Dir: Ralph Fiennes. Key cast: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave. Competition Friedrichstadtpalast
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ABRUPT DECISION (US) Silly Bunny Pictures, 96mins. Dir: Paul Bright. Key cast: Steve Callahan, David La Duca, Jacquelyn Lies. Denis went into the office on a Friday morning. Ten minutes later he was fired and his entire world changed. As a gay man in mid-life crisis, he knew there has to be more to life than this. A stray dog in the park opens his eyes. Marriott 2
ANUVAHOOD (UK) AV Pictures, 87mins. Dir: Adam Deacon, Daniel Toland. Key cast: Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Ollie Barbieri. The first spoof-yoof movie and a play on all the youth pictures which came before… It’s another movie about boys in the hood. A pulls-no-punches, coming-of-age story with a positive message. CineStar 5
ATACAMA’S 33 (Spain) America Video Films, 87mins. Dir: Antonio Recio. Key cast: Christian Mercado, Alejandro Goic. The fictionalised version of the incredible story of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 metres under the earth in the Atacama Desert. A story of faith, courage, audacity,
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