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SCREENINGS BERLINALE LINE-UP FEBRUARY 18 – 19 – 20
MY BEST ENEMY (Austria) Drama. 109mins. Dir: Wolfgang Murnberger. Key cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss. Competition Urania
OUR GRAND DESPAIR (Turkey, Germany, Netherlands) Drama. 102mins. Dir: Seyfi Teoman. Key cast: Ilker Aksum, Fatih Al, Baki Davrak. Competition International
STATE OF VIOLENCE See box, left
22:45
MOTHERS (Macedonia, France, Bulgaria) Drama. 123mins. Dir: Milcho Manchevski. Key cast: Ana Stojanovska, Vladimir Jacev, Dimitar Gjorgjievski. Panorama CineStar 3
SMARKETCREENINGS 09:30
ANIMALS UNITED (Germany) Timeless Films, 93mins. Dir: Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss. Key cast: Ralf Schmitz, Thomas Fritsch, Christoph Maria Herbst. CinemaxX 1
IDLENESS (Argentina) Tresmilmundos Cine, 70mins. Dir: Juan Villegas, Alejandro Lingenti. Key cast: Namuel Viale, Francisco Grassi, German de Silva. CinemaxX 6
THE CRAZY WORLD OF UTE BOCK (Austria) Allahyari Filmproduktion, 103mins. Dir: Houchang Allahyari. Key cast: Josef Hader, Karl Markovits, Julia Stemberger. The film is about Ute Bock and her small NGO providing accommodation for homeless refugees in Austria. CinemaxX Studio 16
THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM (US) North by Northwest Entertainment, 94mins. Dir: Michael Webber. Key cast: Tim Harrison, Terry Brumfield. Follows the journey of two men: one whose mission is to protect exotic animals and the public; the other, a big-hearted man who struggles to keep his two pet African lions that he loves like his own family. CinemaxX Studio 18
11:00
EIGHTY LETTERS (Czech Republic) Forum Office, 75mins. Dir: Vaclav Kadrnka. Key cast: Zuzana Lapcikova, Martin Pavlus. CinemaxX 6
LYNCH (Poland) WFDiF Documentary & Feature Film Studios, 81mins. Dir: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz. Key cast: Leszek Lichota, Wieslaw Komasa, Lukasz Simlat. A 60-year-old man is murdered in a village. Six local people are involved. The victim turns out to be a recidivist who for years had terrorised the inhabitants of a few neighbouring villages. CinemaxX Studio 17
11:30
4 BLACK SUITS (Greece) Boo Productions, 90mins. Dir: Renos Haralambidis. Key cast: Renos Haralambidis, Yannis Zouganelis, Takis Spiridakis. Four undertakers in financial trouble latch onto a one-off opportunity to change their lives and bid farewell to a profession they entered for a while but got stuck in for good. They embark on an unexpected voyage of discovery. CinemaxX Studio 18
BEDWAYS (Germany) Jinga Films, 76mins. Dir: RP Kahl. Key cast: Miriam Mayet, Matthias Faust. A huge, run-down apartment. Two women and a man. Rehearsals for a movie about love and sex that will never be shot. Acting and reality mingle into a dangerous melange. CinemaxX 1
PLAYCITY GERMANY PROMO REEL
(Germany) Nachtschicht Film, 50mins. Dir: Siegfried Barth. Key cast: Suzanne Biesinger, Michelle Sommer, Christina Uhland. An entertaining docu- feature which shows three special places where kids can act like grown-ups and run their own city. Parliament
12:30
BARAM & HAMZA (US) Zaha Productions, 19mins. Dir: Zaid Abu Hamdan. Key cast: Yosef Dweik, Yoni Sakal, Samia Arram. From different opposing narratives, six-year-old boys, Hamza the Palestinian and Baram the Israeli randomly meet at a settlement. With no common language or background, they innocently find common grounds, until disaster strikes. CinemaxX Studio 17
CITY OF MEMORIES (US, China) Zaha Productions, 27mins. Dir: Xianjian Xue. Key cast: Simon Twu, Grace Ih, Kurt Koehler. Jason, a Chinese student in Los Angeles, meets Lyn, a homeless illegal Chinese immigrant. Common background and tough circumstances spark a growing bond between them, until an unexpected event changes their entire lives. CinemaxX Studio 17
LOVE…OLDER (US) Zaha Productions, 28mins. Dir: Zaid Abu Hamdan. Key cast: Takayo Fischer, Leyla Hakim, Alicia Petrides. A tiny change in routine messes up the lives of old Bahiya and Mahmoud, while love between Jack and Martha sparks at a retirement home. And in Japan, Hiroshi and Kiyoko finally realise that love can’t fight the deterioration of age. CinemaxX Studio 17
THE RESIDENTS (Brazil) 120mins. Dir: Tiago Mata Machado. Key cast: Melissa Dullius, Gustavo Jahn, Jeane Doucas. CinemaxX 6
13:15
FOREST CREATURES (Croatia) Croatian Audiovisual Centre, 120mins. Dir: Ivan-Goran Vitez. Key cast: Vilim Matula, Hana Hegedusic, Natasa Dangubic. The new Dutch boss of a Croatian marketing agency organises team-building rafting and paintballing for his employees. After a tragic incident occurs, it becomes clear that the lives of the survivors will never be the same. CinemaxX Studio 18
13:30
DAVID WANTS TO FLY (Germany-Switzerland- Austria) Autlook Filmsales, 96mins. Dir: David Sieveking. CinemaxX 1
14:30
COPERNICUS’ STAR (Poland) WFDiF Documentary & Feature Film Studios, 90mins. Dir: Zdislaw Kudla, Andrzej Orzechowski. Nicolaus Copernicus, great astronomer, gives us an ideal pretext to present a hero who does not forget his childhood dreams. Parliament
KROMOV (Russia) Vagaev Filmproduktion, 112mins. Dir: Andrey Razenkov. Key cast: Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Ksenia Kutepova, Amalia Mordvinova. Following the abdication of the Tsar and the fall of the provisional government the military attache of the Russian Empire in France became the only guardian of the enormous sum of money allocated for the military needs. CinemaxX Studio 12
15:00
THE STOOL PIGEON (Hong Kong, China) Emperor Motion Pictures, 112mins. Dir: Dante Lam. Key cast: Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Kwai Lun-Mei. CinemaxX 6
15:30
LIFE ISN’T A HOME GAME (Germany) Sommerhaus Filmproduktionen, 90mins. Dir: Frank Pfeiffer, Rouven Rech.
GET REAL! Directed by Evert de Beijer Prod: CinéTé Filmproduktie Sales: SND Films
(short, 12´)
Fri Feb 18, 14:00 Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 2 (Generation 14PLUS)
THE STRONGEST
MAN IN HOLLAND Directed by Mark de Cloe Prod: NL Film Sales: Delphis Films (feature, 85´)
Fri Feb 18, 15:30 Theater am Friedrichshain (Generation KPLUS)
AN ANGEL
IN DOEL Directed by Tom Fassaert Prod: SNG Film (documentary, 72’) Fri Feb 18, 16:30 CineStar 8 (Forum) Sat Feb 19, 14:00 Delphi Filmpalast (Forum)
BROWNIAN
MOVEMENT Directed by Nanouk Leopold Prod: Circe Films Sales: Films Distribution (feature, 102´) Fri Feb 18, 19:15 CineStar 8 (Forum) Sun Feb 20, 11:00 CineStar 8 (Forum)
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February 17, 2011 Screen International in Berlin 15 n
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