SCREENINGS
Greta suspects that Dad is hiding something. Generation Kplus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
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 Cubix 7
THE RED AND THE BLACK (France) 74mins. Dir: Isabelle Prim. Portrait of the inventor of movie cameras Jean- Pierre Beauviala and his firm Aaton. Forum Expanded Kino Arsenal 1
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THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS (Macedonia, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium) 103mins. Dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Key cast: Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Jean 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 CineStar 3
18:00 BLISS
(Germany) 112mins. Dir: Doris Dorrie. Key cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Vinzenz Kiefer, Matthias Brandt. A young refugee and an unemployed punk fall in love in dire circumstances. Berlinale Special Cubix 8
OUT OF AFRICA (US) 161mins. Dir: Sydney Pollack. Key cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer. Kenya, 1913. The Danish Baron Blixen and his wife Karen have started a coffee plantation. But the
between a traumatised doctor named Mertens and Susanne, a painter and concentration camp returnee is put to the test by questions of guilt and the need to bring perpetrators to account for crimes committed during the war. Happy Birthday, Studio Babelsberg Filmmuseum Potsdam
FESTIVAL & PRESS 20:00
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
Baron is mostly absent, and Karen falls in love with the country and the freedom-loving big- game hunter Denys Finch Hatton. Homage Zeughauskino
18:15
CHERRY (US) 102mins. Dir: Stephen Elliott. Key cast: Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham. Panorama Special Friedrichstadt-Palast
18:30
ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT (Netherlands, Belgium) 80mins. Dir: Klaartje Quirijns. Documentary following the internationally renowned photographer and film-maker. Berlinale Special Press CinemaxX 9
19:00
ACCIDENTALMEETING (USSR) 64mins. Dir: Igor Sawtschenko. Key cast: Jewgeni Samoilow, Galina Paschkowa,
needy surprisingly difficult. Their plan quickly enters the realm of the absurd, developing into a parable about debasement, morality and false charity. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
Walentina Iwaschjowa. Musical melodrama: A woman in a utopian collective falls for her trainer. Retrospective CinemaxX 8
LOST IN PARADISE (Vietnam) 97mins. Dir: Vu Ngoc Dang. Key cast: Luong Manh Hai, Ho Vinh Khoa, Linh Son. Charts the trials and tribulations of a group of youths growing up on the fringes of society, in bustling Ho Chi Minh City. Panorama Press CinemaxX 7
MERCY (Germany, Norway) 132mins. Dir: Matthias Glasner. Key cast: Jurgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange. Competition Berlinale Palast
19:30
THE END OF PUBERTY (Japan) 116mins. Dir: Kimura Shoko. Key cast: Wagatsuma Miwako, Saito Yoichiro,
Satsukawa Aimi. Shy teacher Madoka is the object of desire of his eccentric pupil Tsubura. When their sexual organs are miraculously switched during sex, the question arises as to whether gender roles are biologically determined. Forum CineStar 8
FRANCINE (US, Canada) 74mins. Dir: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky. Key cast: Melissa Leo, Victoria Charkut, Keith Leonard. Following her release from prison, the shy Francine tries her hand at various jobs without ever really being able to cope with her obligations. Her only source of strength stems from the rapidly growing flock of animals she gathers around her. Forum CinemaxX 4
JOYFUL REUNION (Taiwan, China) 107mins. Dir: Tsao Jui- Yuan. Key cast: Gua Aleh, Huo Siyan, Lan Zheng-Long. A vegetarian restaurant is the focus for a study of two generations of Chinese people. Culinary Cinema Film & Food MGB Kinosaal/Spiegelzelt
REVISION (Germany) 106mins.
Dir: Philip Scheffner. Revision reconstructs the circumstances that led to the deaths of two men near the German-Polish border in 1992. Forum Delphi Filmpalast
20:00
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 Cubix 9
LOVE
(China, Taiwan) 127mins. Dir: Doze, Niu Chen-Zer. Key cast: Shu Qi, Vicky Zhao, Ethan Juan. Panorama Special International
MODEST RECEPTION See box, above
THEMURDERERS ARE AMONG US (Germany/Soviet Occupation Zone) 85mins. Dir: Wolfgang Staudte. Key cast: E. W. Borchert, Hildegard Knef, Erna Sellmer. The ruined city of Berlin in 1945. A love affair
A NIGHT TOO YOUNG (Czech Republic, Slovenia) 65mins. Dir: Olmo Omerzu. Key cast: Martin Pechlat, Jiri Cerny, Natalie Rehorova. After becoming the unexpected guests at a strangely charged New Year’s party, two barely adolescent boys take their first glimpse at the confusing sexual dynamics of the adult world. Forum Colosseum 1
UNA NOCHE (US, Cuba, UK) 90mins. Dir: Lucy Mulloy. Key cast: Dariel Arrechada, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, Javier Nunez. Lila, her twin brother Elio and a friend try to cross the 90 miles of ocean between Cuba and Florida. Generation 14plus Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kino 1
VITO (US) 93mins. Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz. A portrait of film historian Vito Russo. An activist in post-Stonewall America, Russo was a central figure in the US gay rights movement. Panorama Dokumente Press CineStar 7
20:15
CHOCO (Colombia) 80mins. Dir: Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza. Key cast: Karent Hinestroza, Esteban Copete, Fabio Garcia. Choco lives in Columbia. She has two children, an underpaid job and a husband who forces himself on her whenever he’s drunk too much. When her daughter asks
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