SCREENINGS
breathtaking plot. CinemaxX 1
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SLEEPING SICKNESS (Germany, France, Netherlands) The Match Factory, 91mins. Dir: Ulrich Kohler. Key cast: Pierre Bokma, Jean- Christophe Folly, Jenny Schily. Ebbo and Vera have been living in Africa for years. Ebbo manages a sleeping sickness program; his work is fulfilling, but Vera becomes increasingly uncomfortable with her life. CinemaxX 4
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FESTIVAL & PRESS 22:30
A ROYAL AFFAIR (Denmark, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany) 137mins. Dir: Nikolaj Arcel. Key cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Trine Dyrholm. Physician Johann
Key cast: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi. Sayoko rents cats. Every day she walks along the riverbank towing a small handcart containing her feline friends, but then a young man from her past appears and Sayoko’s life changes. Panorama Cubix 7 & 8
SUN ALLEY (Germany) 90mins. Dir: Leander Haussmann. Key cast: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Katharina Thalbach. Comedy set in East Berlin during the Cold War. Happy Birthday, Studio Babelsberg International
SWOON (US) 93mins. Dir: Tom Kalin. Key cast: Daniel Schlachtet, Craig Chester Jr, Crowe Ron Vawter. Examines the complicated relationship between Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who attained tragic infamy
Friedrich Struensee begins to implement the ideas of the Enlightenment at the Danish court in 1768 and pays for it with his life. Historical-political thriller. Competition Berlinale Palast
after murdering a 14-year-old boy in 1920s Chicago. Forum CineStar 8
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BESTIARY (Canada, France) 72mins. Dir: Denis Cote. Documentary examining our relationship with animals. Forum Kino Arsenal 1
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON (US) 101mins. Dir: Ira Sachs. Key cast: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson. An impulsive couple struggling with addictive personalities battle to stay together. Panorama CineStar 3
TABU (Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France) 119mins. Dir: Miguel Gomes. Key cast: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira.
When eccentric Aurora dies, the old lady’s former lover appears and recounts an adventurous love story set in colonial times in Africa. Competition Friedrichstadt-Palast
YOUNG ADULT (US) 94mins. Dir: Jason Reitman. Key cast: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson. Mavis Gary doesn’t want to grow up. The author of a children’s book, she drifts between fantasy and reality. When she receives a birth announcement from her happily married ex-boyfriend, Buddy Slade, she decides to win him back. Berlinale Special Gala Haus der Berliner Festspiele
SMARKETCREENINGS 10:00
ABOVE US ONLY SKY (Germany) Bavaria Film Group, 88mins. Dir: Jan Schomburg. Key cast: Sandra Huller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp. After her husband disappears, Martha begins to realise how little she knew him, and how his life with her was a charade. But instead of coming to terms with her
MARKET 17:30
ANONYMOUS (US, Germany, UK) Sony Pictures Releasing 130mins. Dir: Roland Emmerich Key cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson Set in the political snake-pit of
Elizabethan England, ‘Anonymus’ speculates on the issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds: who was the author behind William Shakespeare? CinemaxX 1
February 16, 2012 Screen International at the Berlinale 15 n
loss, she meets another man. CinemaxX 4
11:30
FAMOUS FIVE (Germany) SamFilm, 94mins. Dir: Mike Marzuk Key cast: Valeria Eisenbart, Quirin Oettl, Justus Schlingensiepen. The Famous Five spend their first holiday together and plunge into an exciting adventure: George’s dad has been kidnapped. The kids take up the trail of the gangsters and uncover a
THISWILL BE THE LIFE (Germany) Pelle Film, 92mins. Dir: Alexander Riedel Key cast: Ulrike Arnold, Judith al Bakri, Jochen Strodthoff. A film about people who are all around the age of 40 but still haven’t gotten where they think they ought to be by that age. Three people who are filled with longing: Judith. Ulrike. Jochen. CinemaxX 1
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THE BIG EDEN (Germany) 90mins. Dir: Peter Dorfler. Documentary about Rolf Eden, the impresario who
popularised striptease in prudish West Germany. CinemaxX 4
15:30
WICKIE AND THE TREASURE OF THE GODS (Germany, Malta) Timeless Films, 96mins. Dir: Christian Ditter Key cast: Jonas Hammerle, Waldemar Kobus, Valeria Eisenbart. When will little Wickie finally become a real Viking? This question is giving his father Halvar sleepless nights. But when Sven the Terrible kidnaps Halvar, Wickie unexpectedly gets his big chance. CinemaxX 1
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THE ALBANIAN – SHQIPTARI (Germany, Albania) Aktis Films International, 104mins. Dir: Johannes Naber Key cast: Nik Xhelilaj, Xhejlane Terbunja, Ivan Shvedoff. Albanian Arben leaves the poorest country in Europe for the richest. He needs money to marry: for that, he is forced to pay a hard price. CinemaxX 4
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