By Matt Neglia
The Berlin International Film Festival is still moving ahead with an in-person film festival this year set to run February 10th-16th with 50% capacity in theaters and no parties or events.
The lineup for this year’s festival has been announced and can be read down below.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TITLES
AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet Of Love
Nicolette Krebitz
Germany / France
Starring: Sophie Rois, Udo Kier, Milan Herms, Nicolas Bridet
Alcarràs
Carla Simon
Spain / Italy
Starring: Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad
Both Sides of the Blade
Claire Denis
France
Starring: with Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier
Call Jane
Phyllis Nagy
U.S.
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara
A Piece of Sky
Michael Koch
Switzerland / Germany
Starring: Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler
That Kind of Summer
Denis Côté
Canada
Starring: Larissa Corriveau, Aude Mathieu, Laure Giappiconi, Anne Ratte Polle, Samir Guesmi
Everything Will Be Ok
Rithy Panh
France / Cambodia
Documentary
Leonora Addio
Paolo Taviani
Italy
Starring: Fabrizio Ferracane, Matteo Pittiruti, Dania Marino, Dora Becker
The Line
Ursula Meier
Switzerland / France / Belgium
Starring: Stéphanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Elli Spagnolo
Before, Now & Then
Kamila Andini
Indonesia
Starring: Happy Salma, Laura Basuki, Arswendy Bening Swara, Ibnu Jamil
The Passengers Of The Night
Mikhaël Hers
France
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon-Richter, Noée Abita, Megan Northam, Thibault Vinçon, Emmanuelle Béart
Rimini
Ulrich Seidl
Austria / France / Germany
Starring: Michael Thomas, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Tessa Göttlicher, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini
Rabiye Kurnaz vs George W. Bush
Andreas Dresen
Germany / France
Starring: Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer
Robe of Gems
Natalia Lopez Gallardo
Mexico / Argentina / U.S.
Starring: Nailea Norvind, Antonia Olivares, Aida Roa
The Novelist’s Film
Hong Sangsoo
South Korea
Starring: Lee Hyeyoung, Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa
One Year, One Night
Isaki Lacuesta
Spain / France
Starring: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Noémie Merlant, Quim Gutiérrez
Return To Dust
Li Ruijun
People’s Republic of China
Starring:: Wu Renlin, Hai Qing
Peter von Kant (Opening Film)
François Ozon
France
Starring: Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla
BERLINALE SPECIAL GALA FILMS
Against The Ice
Peter Flinth
Iceland / Denmark
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Heida Reed, Charles Dance
About Joan
Laurent Larivière
France / Germany / Ireland
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Lars Eidinger, Swann Arlaud
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
India
Starring: Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Sophie Hyde
U.K.
Starring: Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson
Incredible But True
Quentin Dupieux
France / Belgium
Starring: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier
The Forger
Maggie Peren
Germany / Luxembourg
Starring: Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler
Dark Glasses
Dario Argento
Italy / France
Starring: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Zhang
The Outfit
Graham Moore
U.S.
Starring: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien
BERLINALE SPECIAL FILMS
1341 Frames of Love and War
Ran Tal
Israel / U.K. / U.S.
Documentary
A German Party
Simon Brückner
Germany
Documentary
Le chêne
Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux
France
Documentary
Nest
Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark / Iceland
Starring: Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Grímur Hlynsson, Þorgils Hlynsson
Short film
Nothing Lasts Forever
Jason Kohn
U.S.
Documentary
North Terminal
Lucrecia Martel
Argentina
Documentary Short
This Much I Know To Be True
Andrew Dominik
U.K.
Starring:: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Documentary
ENCOUNTERS FILMS
A Little Love Package
Gastón Solnicki
Austria / Argentina
Starring: Angeliki Papoulia, Carmen Chaplin, Mario Bellatin
See You Friday, Robinson
Mitra Farahani
France / Switzerland / Iran / Lebanon
Starring: Jean-Luc Godard, Ebrahim Golestan
Documentary
Axiom
Jöns Jönsson
Germany
Starring: Moritz von Treuenfels, Ricarda Seifried, Thomas Schubert
Brother In Every Inch
Alexander Zolotukhin
Russian Federation
Starring: Sergey Zhuravlev, Nikolay Zhuravlev
Coma
Bertrand Bonello
France
Starring: Julia Faure, Louise Labeque
Father’s Day
Kivu Ruhorahoza
Rwanda
Starring: Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike, Yves Kijyana
Flux Gourmet
Peter Strickland
U.K./U.S./Hungary
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer
The City And The City
Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas
Greece
Starring: Vassilis Kanakis, Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Angeliki Papoulia
American Journal
Arnaud des Pallières
France
Documentary
Small, Slow But Steady
Shô Miyake
Japan / France
Yukino Kishii, Tomokazu Miura, Masaki Miura
MUTZENBACHER
Ruth Beckermann
Austria
Documentary
Queens Of The Qing Dynasty
Ashley McKenzie
Canada
Starring: Sarah Walker, Ziyin Zheng
Sonne
Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
Starring: Melina Benli, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka
Unrest
Cyril Schäublin
Switzerland
Starring: Clara Gostynski, Alexei Evstratov
The Death Of My Mother
Jessica Krummacher
Starring: Birte Schnöink, Elsie de Brauw, Johanna Orsini, Susanne Bredehöft, Gina Haller, Christian Löber
What do you think of the lineup? What are you most looking forward to seeing? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Twitter account.
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