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as well as those of his role models from the ancient world, putting together an impressive visual catalogue of Nervi’s work. Forum Press CinemaxX 6
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DETLEF (Germany). 90mins. Dir: Stefan Westerwelle, Jan Rothstein. Key cast: Detlef Stoffel, Anneliese Stoffel, Gustav-Peter Wohler. A look at the early Gay Rights movement and its place in West German history. Panorama Dokumente Colosseum 1
FESTIVAL & PRESS 14:00
THE CHILDREN FROMTHE NAPF (Switzerland) 91mins. Dir: Alice Schmid. Follows the children of
THE CHILDREN FROMTHE NAPF See box, above
NUCLEAR NATION (Japan) 145mins. Dir: Funahashi Atsushi. After the Fukushima catastrophe, a mayor whose town no longer exists tries to hold together a community scattered across different Toyko emergency shelters. Forum Delphi Filmpalast
THAW (USSR) 65mins. Dir: Boris Barnet. Key cast: Wera Marinitsch, Aleksandr Schukow, Anton Martynow. Village life is bloodily torn apart because the Soviet state wants to enforce collectivisation. A surprisingly angry film, given its government benefactor. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
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BROTZMANN – THAT’S WHEN THEWORLD ISMINE (Germany) 75mins. Dir: Uli M Schueppel. Key cast: Caspar
Romoos, a mountain farming community, and observes a way of life frozen in time. Generation Kplus CinemaxX 3
Brotzmann, Eduardo Delgado Lopez, Danny Lommen. Documentary. A trio of musicians reform for a gig at a Berlin venue. Panorama Dokumente CineStar 7
LIVING/BUILDING (France) 117mins. Dir: Clemence Ancelin. Documentary which uses the construction of a new road in Chad as a means of examining its society and the people working on it. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
XINGU (Brazil) 102mins. Dir: Cao Hamburger. Key cast: Joao Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat Tells the amazing story of the Villas Boas brothers and their journey to create the National Xingu Park. A dramatic and forgotten part of Brazilian history. Panorama Special Cubix 9
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COMING HOME (France) 91 mins. Dir:
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Frederic Videau. Key cast: Agathe Bonitzer, Reda Kateb, Helene Fillieres, Noemie Lvovsky. A woman who was kidnapped and held hostage for eight years, returns home and tries to readjust to society. Competition Friedrichstadt-Palast
ESPOIR VOYAGE (France, Burkina) 81mins. Dir: Michel K. Zongo. Documentary in which Burkinian director Zongo charts his journey to find his brother, who left years before to seek a new life in wealthier Ivory Coast. Forum Cubix 7
FOURTEEN (Germany) 92mins. Dir: Cornelia Grunberg. Documentary charting the lives of two girls who become mothers at the age of 14. Generation 14plus (out of competition) Haus der Berliner Festspiele
NIGHT OF SILENCE (Turkey) 92mins. Dir: Reis Celik. Key cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksut. An arranged marriage in rural Turkey. Things come to a head on the night of the wedding, in which both bride and groom do not want to participate, but have agreed to
FESTIVAL & PRESS 16:30
AVALON (Sweden) 79mins. Dir: Axel Petersen. Key cast: Johannes Brost, Peter Carlberg, Leonore Ekstrand. Follows a group of ageing party people in Swedish tennis Mecca, Bastad.
their society’s norms. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
PARABETON – PIER LUIGI NERVI AND ROMAN CONCRETE (Germany) 100mins. Dir: Heinz Emigholz. To conclude his ‘Architecture as Autobiography’ series, Heinz Emigholz visits the buildings of Roman architect Pier Luigi Nervi
HELL (Germany, Switzerland) 86mins. Dir: Tim Fehlbaum. Key cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Stipe Erceg, Lars Eidinger. The sun has turned the world into baked wasteland. Marie, Leonie, Phillip and Tom are heading for the mountains to find water. As they are lured into an ambush their real battle for survival begins. LOLA@Berlinale CinemaxX 1
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CHILDISH GAMES (Spain) 95mins. Dir: Antonio Chavarrias. Key cast: Juan Diego Botto, Barbara Lennie, Magica Perez. Daniel and Maria provide a home for an orphaned girl, but Daniel suddenly finds himself pursued by the demons of his repressed past. A psychological thriller about crime and punishment. Competition Press CinemaxX 7
OUTSKIRTS (USSR) 96mins. Dir: Boris Barnet. Key cast: Sergej Komarow, Jelena Kusmina. Poetic Soviet film that examines the impact of war on the lives of innocent village bystanders. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
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AVALON See box, below
CAESARMUST DIE (Italy) 76mins. Dir: Paolo & Vittorio Taviani. Key cast: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri. Competition Berlinale Palast
Although they are well practised at using money, drugs and alcohol to sidestep the ageing process, the opening of a new club turns out to be a more difficult proposition. Forum CineStar 8
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