SCREENINGS
a downward spiral of violence, crime, betrayal, intrigue and corruption. Disillusioned, he decides to become a hit man. Panorama Press CineStar 3
18:00
IRON SKY (Finland, Netherlands, Australia, Germany) 93mins. Dir: Timo Vuorensola. Key cast: Christopher Kirby, Gotz Otto, Julia Dietze. Panorama Special Friedrichstadt-Palast
MARLEY See box, below
18:30
FESTIVAL & PRESS 17:00
LOVE
(China, Taiwan) 127mins. Dir: Doze, Niu Chen-Zer. Key cast: Shu Qi, Vicky Zhao, Ethan Juan.
ELECTRICK CHILDREN (US) 96mins. Dir: Rebecca Thomas. Key cast: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken. A young girl experiences the contrast between a strict Mormon community and Las Vegas’ drug- ridden underbelly. Generation 14plus CinemaxX 3
17:00
CALL ME KUCHU (US) 90mins. Dir: Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright. Key cast: David Kato Kisule, Naome Ruzindana, Stosh Mugisha. In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating the vicious persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women, or ‘kuchus’. Panorama Dokumente Press CineStar 7
Episodic film comprising several loosely connected stories that describe the zeitgeist of young urbanites in today’s Taipei. Panorama Special Cubix 9
FAREWELL TO THE FROGS (Germany) 92mins. Dir: Ulrike Schamoni. A portrait of film-maker Ulrich Schamoni, who died of leukaemia in 1998 and who filmed his life with the illness up until just a few days before his death. Special Screening Filmkunst 66
FOR ELLEN (US) 94mins. Dir: So Yong Kim. Key cast: Paul Dano, Jena Malone, Jon Heder. It is only the threat of having visiting rights for his young daughter withdrawn that makes rock musician Joby realise that there’s something missing in his life. He now desperately tries to build a relationship with the little girl after a long absence. Forum Press CinemaxX 6
LOVE See box, above
MARINA ABRAMOVIC THE ARTIST IS PRESENT (US) 106mins.
n 36 Screen International at the Berlinale February 11, 2012
Dir: Matthew Akers. Key cast: Marina Abramovic. Documentary following performance artist Marina Abramovic during and after her solo exhibition at New York’s legendary MoMA. Panorama Dokumente Press International
17:30
CRACKS IN THE SHELL (Germany) 113mins. Dir: Christian Schwochow. Key cast: Stine Fischer Christensen, Ulrich Noethen, Ronald Zehrfeld. Fine gets her first big part in a stage play. She slips into another identity and puts herself in the hands of her director who lets her go through hell. LOLA@Berlinale CinemaxX 1
LOVE IS IN THE AIR (Denmark, Sweden) 88mins. Dir: Simon Staho. Key cast: Emma Sehested Hoeg, Gustav Hintze, Victoria Carmen Sonne. Fast-paced musical following four friends through a long night. Daniel admires the pop-queen Lina, but he doesn’t rock her world. Teresa turns 16 and is determined to lose her
virginity with Stefan, who won’t – or can’t – oblige. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
SOLDIER/CITIZEN (Israel) 68mins. Dir: Silvina Landsmann. In a citizenship course organised by the military, young Israeli soldiers discuss the complex nature of the Jewish state and the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Forum Delphi Filmpalast
THE VIRGIN, THE COPTS AND ME (France, Qatar, Egypt) 85mins. Dir: Namir Abdel Messeeh. Against the background of the recent Egyptian Revolution, the director explores the phenomenon of alleged appearances of the Virgin Mary to Coptic Christians. Panorama Dokumente Cubix 7
17:45
HEADSHOT (Thailand, France) 105mins. Dir: Pen- Ek Ratanaruang. Key cast: Nopachai Jayanama, Celine Horwang, Chanokporn Sayoungkul. A film noir in which law-abiding cop, Tul, finds himself drawn into
FESTIVAL & PRESS 18:00
MARLEY (UK, US) 144mins. Dir: Kevin Macdonald. Cinematic monument to the reggae king. The film blends excerpts from concerts, interviews
and archive footage, some of it shown here for the first time, in a documentary tribute to Bob Marley. Berlinale Special Gala Press CinemaxX 9
THE LIVING CORPSE (Germany, USSR) 121mins. Dir: Fjodor Ozep. Key cast: Wsewolod Pudowkin, Maria Jacobini, Viola Garden. A man, his wife and her lover – but divorce is impossible. An early communist co-production, in which pre-revolutionary
melodrama meets Soviet film montage. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
19:00
MODEST RECEPTION (Iran) 100mins. Dir: Mani Haghighi. Key cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi. A rich couple find the task of distributing bags of money to the allegedly needy surprisingly difficult. Their plan quickly enters the realm of the absurd, developing into a parable about debasement, morality and false charity. Forum Press CinemaxX 6
SHARQIYA (Israel, France, Germany) 85mins. Dir: Ami Livne. Key cast: Adnan Abu Wadi, Maysa Abed- Alhadi. Kamel lives with what’s left of his Bedouin
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