Marie Galey. Helena’s son dies in Paris and in Macedonia Aysun fights to retain custody of her child. Both women must try to hold their own in a male-dominated world. A portrait of two very different cultures interwoven with fairy- tale-like elements. Panorama Special International
WESTERLAND (Germany) 90mins. Dir: Tim Staffel. Key cast: Wolfram Schorlemmer, Burak Yigit, Muri Seven. Off-kilter love story. Perspektive Deutsches Kino Press CinemaxX 5
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FESTIVAL & PRESS 14:30
BELIEF, LOVE, DEATH (Austria) 64mins. Dir: Peter Kern. Key cast: Traute Furthner, Peter Kern, Joao Moreira Pedrosa. A mother, 82, and her son, 63, board a houseboat for a trip that is soon dominated
classical drama and the world of today. Competition Haus der Berliner Festspiele
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REPORTED MISSING (Germany) 86mins. Dir: Jan Speckenbach. Key cast: Andre M. Hennicke, Luzie Ahrens, Sylvana Krappatsch. Fourteen-year-old Martha has disappeared without trace. Her father, who has had no contact with her for years, embarks on a search for the girl. He soon realises that she is just one of many young people who have decided to turn their backs on this world. Perspektive Deutsches Kino Colosseum 1
13:30
10+10 (Taiwan) 114mins. Dir: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and 19 additional directors. Twenty five-minute shorts by 20 Taiwanese directors. Panorama Special CinemaxX 7
by smouldering generational conflict. The situation escalates when they discover an African refugee on their disabled boat and the fear of the other grows into pure terror. Panorama Special Cubix 9
STOPPED ON TRACK (Germany) 110mins. Dir: Andreas Dresen. Key cast: Steffi Kuhnert, Milan Peschel, Talisa Lilli Lemke. Frank and Simone have fulfilled a desire and live happily with their two children in a new house in the suburbs until the day Frank receives the diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour. LOLA@Berlinale CinemaxX 1
13:45
SALSIPUEDES (Argentina) 66mins. Dir: Mariano Luque. Key cast: Mara Santucho, Marcelo Arbach, Mariana Briski. It’s high summer in the wooded region near the town of Salsipuedes in Northern Argentina, where Rafa and Carmen are on a camping holiday. Yet Carmen’s black eye darkens the summer mood and casts a pall over the whole
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proceedings. How did she get it? Forum CineStar 8
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CHOKED (South Korea) 110mins. Dir: Kim Joong-hyun. Key cast: Um Tae-goo, Park Se-jin, Kil Hae- Yeon. After his insolvent mother flees from her creditors, her son Youn- ho is expected to honour her debts. ‘Choked’ presents the complex interrelationships between creditors and debtors. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
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 Delphi Filmpalast
FRIENDS AFTER 3.11 (Japan) 120mins. Dir: Iwai Shunji. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear
power station, director Iwai Shunji discusses with friends and experts the political, economic and social situation of a country in a state of dependence. Forum Cubix 7
THE NEWLIFE (USSR) 72mins. Dir: Juri Scheljabuschski, Aleksej Dmitriew. Film director Zhelyabuzhsky presents 1930s Baku and its inhabitants as the boom town of the East. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
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(Philippines) 115mins. Dir: Rommel Tolentino. Key cast: Axle Aeiou Samson, Russel Abulad, Allen Dimaunahan. Eight-year-old Toto has a cleft lip and people often laugh out loud when they hear his grating voice. But this is a boy who refuses to be browbeaten by anyone, or anything. Drama about life in a poor Filipino neighbourhood. Generation Kplus CinemaxX 3
THEWOMANWHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS (Macedonia, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium) 103mins. Dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Key cast: Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Jean
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DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK – AN INTERVENTION (Germany) 102mins. Dir: Romuald Karmakar. Ten journalists, artists and intellectuals speak their mind about the dangers to our democracy in the wake of the Euro crisis, and make an appeal to intervene in the current dismantling of our justice system. Panorama Dokumente CineStar 7
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CAPTIVE (France, Philippines, Germany, UK) 120mins. Dir: Brillante Mendoza. Key cast: Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta. Mendoza revisits historical events that occurred in 2001 for his film that explores the experiences of 12 tourists and Christian missionaries who are kidnapped by Muslim terrorists and forced to walk for several months through the Philippine jungle. Competition Friedrichstadt-Palast
JUST PRETENDED TO HEAR (Japan) 99mins. Dir: Kaori Imaizumi. Key cast: Hana Nonaka, Meru Gouda, Takayuki Sugiki. Modern-day ghost story.
Generation Kplus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
SIDE BY SIDE (US) 99mins. Dir: Chris Kenneally. In conversations with well-known film-makers, Keanu Reeves explores recent developments in digital and analogue cinema in the age of the digital revolution. Berlinale Special Haus der Berliner Festspiele
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ARCADIA (US) 91mins. Dir: Olivia Silver. Key cast: John Hawkes, Ryan Simpkins, Kendall Toole. Dad and his three children are on the way to sunny California, relocating – again. He says mum will be joining them soon; 12-year-old Greta suspects that Dad is hiding something. Generation Kplus Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
MUSTAFA’S SWEET DREAMS (Greece, UK) 83mins. Dir: Angelos Abazoglou. Sixteen-year-old Mustafa works in his uncle’s baklava bakery in Anatolia. He is fed up with being pushed around by the master bakers and dreams of a better life in Istanbul. Generation 14plus Cubix 8
THREE QUARTER MOON (Germany) 95mins. Dir: Christian Zubert. Key cast: Elmar Wepper, Mercan Turkoglu, Marie Leuenberger. Grouchy Ioner cab driver Hartmut’s life is thrown a curveball when he accidentally gets stuck taking care of Hayat, an energetic little six-year-old Turkish girl. LOLA@Berlinale CinemaxX 1
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
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