SCREENINGS
APARTMENT IN ATHENS (Italy) Filmexport Group 95mins. Dir: Ruggero Dipaola. Key cast: Laura Morante, Richard Sammel, Gerasimos Skiadaresis. During the Nazi occupation of Greece, a German officer establishes himself in the house of an Athenian family, totally disrupting their life. CinemaxX Studio 19
FESTIVAL & PRESS 21:30
DOLLHOUSE (Ireland) 95mins. Dir: Kirsten Sheridan. Key cast: Seana Kerslake, Johnny Ward, Ciaran McCabe. Five young people break into a house. The owners
son, a special friendship evolves between the two women. Panorama CineStar 3
20:30
ELLES (France, Poland, Germany) 99mins. Dir: Malgoska Szumowska. Key cast: Juliette Binoche, Anais Demoustier, Joanna Kulig. Panorama Special International
FAREWELL MY QUEEN (France, Spain) 100mins. Dir: Benoit Jacquot. Key cast: Lea Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen. Competition Haus der Berliner Festspiele
20:45
THEWOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK (Philippines) 87mins. Dir: Marlon Rivera. Key cast: Eugene Domingo, JM De Guzman, Kean Cipriano.
21:30
are away; they burn a trail of destruction through the stylish rooms. Things take a turn when a neighbour arrives on the scene unexpectedly. Panorama Press CinemaxX 7
Satire. Three young film- makers do everything in their power to obtain international fame, all too aware of foreign audiences’ expectations of Philippine cinema: prostitution, abuse, rubbish heaps and slums. Forum Press CinemaxX 6
21:00
ACCIDENTAL MEETING (USSR) 64mins. Dir: Igor Sawtschenko. Key cast: Jewgeni Samoilow, Galina Paschkowa, Walentina Iwaschjowa. Musical melodrama: a woman in a utopian collective falls for her trainer. Retrospective Zeughauskino
OKTOBER (USSR) 116mins. Dir: Sergej M. Eisenstein. Key cast: Vasili Nikandrov, Vladimir Popov, Boris Livanov. Berlinale Special Gala Friedrichstadt-Palast
n 56 Screen International at the Berlinale February 10, 2012
AELITA (USSR) 101mins. Dir: Jakow Protasanow. Key cast: Julija Solnzewa, Walentina Kuindschi, Nikolai Zereteli. An early sci-fi film, depicting a gripping journey to Mars, and the USSR’s hopes for a new society. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
BESTIARY (Canada, France) 72mins. Dir: Denis Cote. Documentary examining our relationship with animals. Forum Delphi Filmpalast
DOLLHOUSE See box, above
22:00
BEYOND THE HILL (Turkey, Greece) 94mins. Dir: Emin Alper. Key cast: Tamer Levent, Reha Ozcan, Mehmet Ozgur. Forum CineStar 8
22:30
KING OF COMICS (Germany) 80mins. Dir: Rosa von Praunheim. Key cast: Ralf Konig, Joachim Krol, Hella von Sinnen, Ralph Morgenstern. Documentary tracing the life and career of
Ralf Konig, a renowned and versatile comic book illustrator whose work is overtly gay, humorous and enlightening. Panorama Dokumente CineStar 7
COMING HOME (France) 91mins. Dir: Frederic Videau. Key cast: Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb, Helene Fillieres. A woman who was kidnapped and held hostage for eight years, returns home and tries to re-adjust to society. Competition Berlinale Palast
SMARKETCREENINGS 09:00
A ONE-WAY TO ANTIBES (Sweden) The Yellow Affair, 101mins. Dir: Richard Hobert. Key cast: Sven-Bertil Taube, Dan Ekborg, Rebecca Ferguson. George is a pensioner who, on hearing that his children are trying to steal his assets, runs away. He lands himself in a colourful adventure that eventually leads him to Antibes and a rendezvous with a long-lost love. CinemaxX Studio 13
BADANHELAN, LOST IN THE GOBI DESERT (China) TDF/Three Dragons Films, 88mins. Dir: Jonathan Sawon. Key cast: Eryong Chuai, Ning Zi, Qiler Ge’er. A group of city folks start a journey into the magnificent land of Badanhelan, the Gobi Desert. They cross paths with a local family and a couple of thugs. It turns into a journey of life and death as well as of love lost and found. CineStar 7
BIG IS BEAUTIFUL (France) TF1 International 100mins. Dir: Charlotte de Turckheim. Key cast: Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin. A moving film on friendship, in the vein of ‘35-Something’, ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Sex In The City’ with a few extra pounds. Kino Arsenal 1
BRAIN DRAIN 2 (Spain) DeAPlaneta, 103mins. Dir: Carlos Theron Sanchez. Key cast: Adrian Lastra, Alberto Amarilla, Gorka Lasoasa. The brainless teenagers are back and this time they will be going to the Veterinary Faculty at Harvard University. CinemaxX 3
BREATHING (Austria) Films Distribution 93mins. Dir: Karl Markovics. Key cast: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Gerhard Liebmann. Roman, 18, is serving time in a juvenile detention centre. He has
already served half of his sentence and could be released on probation, but his chances are poor: he doesn’t have a family and seems incapable of coping with society. CineStar 1
HOTEL LUX (Germany) Global Screen 110mins. Dir: Leander Haussmann. Key cast: Michael Herbig, Jurgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten. Berlin, 1930s. Cabaret star Hans Zeisig cracks up his audiences with his Stalin-Hitler show, but with the political atmosphere changing, he is forced to flee. He sets out for Hollywood, but makes it to Moscow’s Hotel Lux instead. MGB-Kino
IN TURMOIL (France) Wild Bunch 109mins. Dir: Christophe Ruggia. Key cast: Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Mathilde Seigner. When corrupt bosses close a factory without warning, childhood friends Franck, Helene and Max are forced into desperate action. Kino Arsenal 2
IRIS IN BLOOM (France) Films Boutique, 75mins. Dir: Valerie Mrejen, Bertrand Scheffer. Key cast: Lola Creton, Stanislas Merhar, Valerie Donzelli. Iris is living in a small provincial town when she accidentally meets Jean, a 40-year-old Parisian photographer. As they get to know each other, their relationship evolves into a love friendship that will change their lives. CinemaxX Studio 15
MAGIC SILVER 2 – THE QUEST FOR THE MYTHIC HORN (Norway, India, Germany) NonStop Sales, 85mins. Dir: Arne Lindtner Naess. Key cast: Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Per Christian Ellefsen. When Queen Bluerose
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