In the Panorama Georgian director Tinatin Kajrishvili’s Georgian French coproduction Brides (Gemini) will be screened along with Land of Storms (Proton Cinema Llc, I'm Film, Cafe Film) by Hungarian director Adam Császi.
The Forum programme lineup includes two films from Romania, The Second Game directed by Corneliu Porumboiu and the Romanian German coproduction The Forest is Like the Mountains directed by Christiane Schmidt and Didier Guillian.
Velvet Terrorists (Hypermarket Film, Nukleus film d.o.o., Sentimentalfilm S.R.O.) directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes is a three country coproduction bringing together talent from the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Croatia.
One of Estonia’s best known directors, Veiko Õunpuu, scores a Forum slot with his Free Range (Homeless Production OU) and another Georgian film finds a place in the Berlinale lineup with Levan Koguashvili’s Blind Dates (Millimeter Film Production) also screening in the Forum.
Poland is represented by two women at the Berlinale with Polish UK coproduction Parasite (Filmpolis) directed by Anka Sasnal which will screen in the Forum and The Word (Opus Film) directed by Anna Kazejak a Polish Danish coproduction that screens in the Generation Programme.
Rounding out the films from the region are three shorts in the Generation Programme: Little Ruddy (Animacijas Brigade) by Dace Rīdūze and Vasa by Jānis Cimmermanis both from Lativa and Away directed by Roland Ferge from Hungary.
Full lineup for Main Competition, Panorama, Forum and Generation
Main Competition Programme
- Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice), People’s Republic of China
By Yinan Diao (Night Train, Uniform)
With Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang
World premiere
- Boyhood, USA
By Richard Linklater (Before Midnight, Me & Orson Welles)
With Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater
International premiere
- Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House), Japan
By Yoji Yamada (Tokyo Family, About Her Brother)
With Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baisho
International premiere
- Historia del miedo (History of Fear), Argentina / Uruguay / Germany / France
By Benjamin Naishtat - feature debut
With Jonathan Da Rosa, Claudia Cantero, Mirella Pascual, Cesar Bordon, Tatiana Gimenez
World premiere
- Jack, Germany
By Edward Berger
With Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer, Vincent Redetzki, Jacob Matschenz, Nele Mueller-Stöfen
World premiere
- Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance), Norway / Sweden / Denmark
By Hans Petter Moland (A Somewhat Gentle Man, The Beautiful Country)
With Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Jakob Oftebro, Anders Baasmo Christiansen
World premiere
- Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross), Germany
By Dietrich Brüggemann (Move; Renn, wenn du kannst)
With Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter
World premiere
- La belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast), France / Germany
By Christophe Gans (Silent Hill, Brotherhood of the Wolf)
With Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier
International premiere - Out of competition
- La tercera orilla (The Third Side of the River), Argentina / Germany / Netherlands
By Celina Murga (A Week Alone, Ana and the Others, Normal School)
With Alian Devetac, Daniel Veronese, Gaby Ferrero, Irina Wetzel, Dylan Agostini van del Boch
World premiere
- La voie de l‘ennemi (Two Men in Town), France / Algeria / USA / Belgium
By Rachid Bouchareb (London River, Little Senegal)
With Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzmán, Dolores Heredia
World premiere
- Macondo, Austria
By Sudabeh Mortezai - feature debut
With Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva
World premiere
- Praia do Futuro, Brazil / Germany
By Karim Aïnouz (Suely in the Sky, Madame Satã)
With Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa
World premiere
- Tui Na (Blind Massage), People’s Republic of China / France
By Ye Lou (Mistery, Suzhou River)
With Hao Qin, Xiaodong Guo, Lei Zhang
World premiere
- Wu Ren Qu (No Man’s Land), People’s Republic of China
By Hao Ning (Crazy Stone, Mongolian Ping Pong)
With Zheng Xu, Nan Yu, Bo Huang, Bujie Duo
International premiere
- Zwischen Welten (Inbetween Worlds), Germany
By Feo Aladag (When We Leave)
With Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere
Panorama Programme: Feature Films
- Asabani Nistam!(I'm Not Angry!) - Iran
by Reza Dormishian
With Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Reza Behboudi, Misagh Zare, Bahram Afshari
IP
- Blind– Norway / Netherlands
by Eskil Vogt
With Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt
EP
- Difret - Ethopia
by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
With Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere
EP
- Fieber (Fever) – Luxembourg / Austria
By Elfi Mikesch
With Eva Mattes, Martin Wuttke, Carolina Cardoso, Nicole Max, Sascha Ley
WP
- Güeros - Mexico
By Alonso Ruízpalacios
With Ilse Salas
WP
- Highway-India
By Imtiaz Ali
With Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt
WP
- Ieji (Homeland) - Japan
By Nao Kubota
With Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuko Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Takashi Yamanaka, Seiyo Uchino
WP
- In Grazia di Dio -Italy
By Edoardo Winspeare
With Celeste Casciaro, Laura Licchetta, Barbara De Matteis, Anna Boccadamo, Gustavo Caputo
WP
- Love Is Strange-USA
By Ira Sachs
With John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson
IP
- Mo Jing (That Demon Within) – Hong Kong, China
By Dante Lam
With Daniel Wu, Nick Cheung
WP
- Na kathese ke na kitas (Standing Aside, Watching) - Greece
By Yorgos Servetas
With Marina Symeou, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Yorgos Kafetzopoulos, Nikos Georgakis
EP
- Night Flight – Republic of Korea
By LeeSong Hee-il
With Lee Jae-jun, Kwak Shi-yang
WP
- Nước (2030)- Vietnam
By Nghiêm-Minh Nguyễn-Võ
With Quỳnh Hoa, Quý Bình, Thạch Kim Long, Hoàng Trần Minh Đức, Hoàng Phi
WP
- Patardzlebi (Brides) – Georgia / France
By Tinatin Kajrishvili
With Mari Kitia, Giorgi Maskharashvili
W
- Risse im Beton (Cracks in Concrete) - Austria
PBy Umut Dağ
With Murathan Muslu, Alechan Tagaev, Mehmet Ali Salman, Erdem Turkoglu, Ivan Kriznjak
WP
- The Midnight After – Hong Kong, China
By Fruit Chan
With Wong You-nam, Simon Yam, Kara Hui, Janice Man, Suet Lam
WP
- Viharsarok (Land of Storms) - Hungary
By Adam Császi
With Andras Sütő, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky
WP
- YE (The Night) – People’s Republic of China
By Hao Zhou
With Zhou Hao, Liu Xiao Xiao, Li Jin Kang, Zhou Feng Qi
WP
Previously announced fictional features
Arrête ou je continue (If You Don't, I Will) by Sophie Fillières, France (WP)
Bai Mi Zha Dan Ke (The Rice Bomber) by Cho Li, Taiwan (WP)
Bing Du (Ice Poison) by Midi Z, Taiwan / Myanmar (WP)
Calvary by John Michael McDonagh, Ireland / United Kingdom (EP)
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks) by Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil (WP)
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? by Michel Gondry, France (EP)
O Homem das Multidões (The Man of the Crowd) by Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães, Brazil (IP)
Papilio Buddha by Jayan Cherian, India / USA (EP)
Quick Change by Eduardo Roy Jr., Philippines (IP)
Stereo by Maximilian Erlenwein, Germany (WP)
Test by Chris Mason Johnson, USA (EP)
The Better Angels by A. J Edwards, USA (IP)
Kuzu (The Lamb) by Kutluğ Ataman, Germany / Turkey (WP)
Things People Do by Saar Klein, USA (WP)
Triptyque (Triptych) by Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires, Canada (EP)
Über-Ich und Du (Superegos) by Benjamin Heisenberg, Germany / Switzerland / Austria (WP)
Unfriend by Joselito Altarejos, Philippines (WP)
Xi You (Journey to the West) by Tsai Ming-liang, France / Taiwan (WP)
Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert, France (IP)
Berlinale Forum Programme
The Airstrip by Heinz Emigholz, Germany - WP
Al doilea joc (The Second Game) by Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania - WP
Le beau danger by René Frölke, Germany / Italy - WP
Butter on the Latch by Josephine Decker, USA - WP
Casse (Scrap Yard) by Nadège Trebal, France - IP
Castanha by Davi Pretto, Brasil - WP
Cheol-ae-kum (A Dream of Iron) by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Republic of Korea / USA - WP
Chilla (40 Days of Silence) by Saodat Ismailova, Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Netherlands / Germany / France - WP
The Darkside by Warwick Thornton, Australia - IP
L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq) by Guillaume Nicloux, France - WP
Forma by Ayumi Sakamoto, Japan - IP
Free Range – Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest (Free Range) by Veiko Õunpuu, Estonia - IP
Das große Museum (The Great Museum) by Johannes Holzhausen, Austria - WP
The Guests by Ken Jacobs, USA - WP
Gui ri zi (Shadow Days) by Zhao Dayong, China / Hong Kong - WP
Huba (Parasite) by Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal, Poland / United Kingdom - WP
Ich will mich nicht künstlich aufregen (Asta Upset) by Max Linz, Germany - WP
Iranien (Iranian) by Mehran Tamadon, France / Switzerland - WP
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter by David Zellner, USA - IP
Kumun tadı (Seaburners) by Melisa Önel, Turkey - WP
Lajwanti (The Honour Keeper) by Pushpendra Singh, India - WP
Los Ángeles by Damian John Harper, Germany/Mexico - WP
La marche à suivre (Guidelines) by Jean-François Caissy, Canada - WP
N - The Madness of Reason by Peter Krüger, Belgium / Germany / Netherlands - WP
Nagima by Zhanna Issabayeva, Kazakhstan
Non-fiction Diary by Jung Yoon-suk, Republic of Korea - IP
Pădurea e ca muntele, vezi?(The Forest is Like the Mountains) by Christiane Schmidt, Didier Guillian, Romania / Germany - WP
Que ta joie demeure (Joy of Man’s Desiring) by Denis Côté, Canada - WP
Shemtkhveviti paemnebi (Blind Dates) by Levan Koguashvili, Georgia
She’s Lost Control by Anja Marquardt, USA - WP
Ship bun (10 Minutes) by Lee Yong-seung, Republic of Korea - IP
Souvenir by André Siegers, Germany - WP
Sto spiti (At Home) by Athanasios Karanikolas, Greece / Germany - WP
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely by Josephine Decker, USA - WP
To Singapore, With Love by Tan Pin Pin, Singapore
Töchter (Daughters) by Maria Speth, Germany - WP
Top Girl oder la déformation professionnelle (Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle) by Tatjana Turanskyj, Germany - WP
Und in der Mitte, da sind wir (And There We are, in the Middle) by Sebastian Brameshuber, Austria - WP
Zamatoví teroristi (Velvet Terrorists) by Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes, Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Croatia - IP
(WP = World premiere, IP = International premiere)
Berlinale Generation 2014: Out Of This World
Generation 14plus
- 3 Histoires d’Indiens – Canada
By Robert Morin
- ärtico (arctic) – Spain
By Gabri Velázquez
- Feriado (Holiday) – Ecuador / Argentina
By Diego Araujo
- Mavi Dalga (The Blue Wave) – Turkey / Germany / Netherlands / Greece
By Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan
- Supernova – Netherlands / Germany / Belgium
By Tamar van den Dop
- Obietnica (The Word) – Poland / Denmark
By Anna Kazejak
- Violet – Belgium / Netherlands
By Bas Devos
- What We Do in the Shadows – New Zealand / USA
By Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
- Above Us All – Netherlands / Belgium
By Eugenie Jansen
- 52 Tuesdays, Australia
By Sophie Hyde – EP
- Atlántida (Atlantida), Argentina / France
By Inés María Barrionuevo - WP
- Einstein and Einstein, People’s Republic of China
By Cao Baoping - EP
- Galore, Australia
By Rhys Graham - IP
- God Help the Girl,Great Britain
By Stuart Murdoch - EP
- Il Sud è Niente (South Is Nothing),Italy / France
By Fabio Mollo - EP
- Ömheten (Broken Hill Blues), Sweden
By Sofia Norlin - IP
- Somos Mari Pepa (We Are Mari Pepa), Mexico
By Samuel Kishi Leopo – EP
Generation Kplus
- Beyond Beyond– Sweden / Denmark
By Esben Toft Jacobsen
- Emil & Ida i Lönneberga (That Boy Emil) – Sweden
By Per Åhlin, Alicja Jaworski Björk and Lasse Persson
- Finn – Netherlands
By Frans Weisz
- Hitono Nozomino Yorokobiyo (Joy of Man’s Desiring) – Japan
By Masakazu Sugita
- Jack et la mécanique du cœur (Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart) – France
By Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla
- Killa (The Fort) – India
By Avinash Arun
- Midden in de Winternacht (A Christmoose Story) – Netherlands / Sweden / Belgium
By Lourens Blok
- Were Dengê Min (Come to My Voice) – Turkey / Germany / France
By Hüseyin Karabey
- Ciencias Naturales(Natural Sciences), Argentina / France
By Matías Lucchesi – WP
- Loulou, l'incroyable secret(Wolfy, the Incredible Secret),France
By Grégoire Solotareff and Éric Omond - IP
- MGP Missionen(The Contest) Denmark
By Martin Miehe-Renard - IP
- Tante Hilda!(Aunt Hilda!), France / Luxembourg
By Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Benoît Chieux - IP
Short films - Generation 14plus
- Cowboys Janken Ook (Even Cowboys Get to Cry), Netherlands
By Mees Peijnenburg - IP
- Emo (the musical), Australia
By Neil Triffett - WP
- Exchange & Mart, Great Britain
By Martin Clark and Cara Connolly - EP
- Luna Vieja (Old Moon), USA
By Raisa Bonnet - EP
- Mike, Great Britain
By Petros Silvestros – WP
- Proavlio (Schoolyard), Greece
By Rinio Dragasaki - EP
- rhizome, Japan
By Masahiro Ohsuka - EP
- Seagulls, Great Britain
By Martin Smith - WP
- Snowblind, Australia
By Sean Kruck, Berlinale Generation 14plus 2009: Summer Breaks - IP
- SOLITON, Japan
By Isamu Hirabayashi, Berlinale Generation 14plus 2013: Ninja & Soldier –WP
- Søn (Son), Denmark
By Kristoffer Kiørboe - WP
- Tits, Great Britain
By Alex Winckler, Berlinale Generation Kplus 2011: Thomas - IP
- Yebhokhwe (The Goat), South Africa
By John Trengove, Berlinale Talent 2014- WP
- Vetrarmorgun (Winter Morning) Faroe Islands
By Sakaris Stórá, Berlinale Talent 2010) - IP
Short films - Generation Kplus
Ağrı ve Dağ (Ağri and the Mountain), Turkey, by Hasan Serin - EP
el(away), Hungary, by Roland Ferge - WP
Eleven, New Zealand, by Abigail Greenwood - WP
Eu não digo adeus, digo até logo (I Don't Say Goodbye, I Say See You Soon), Brazil, by Giuliana Monteiro - WP
Hijos de la tierra (Earth's Children), Peru, by Diego Sarmiento,Berlinale Talent 2014- WP
Kalle Kran, Sweden, by Johan Hagelbäck, Berlinale Generation Kplus 2013: Köttbullarna och mobbångrarna - WP
Min vän lage (My Friend Lage), Sweden / Denmark,by Eva Lindström, Berlinale Kinderfilmfest 1995: Lutning - EP
Moy lichniy los' (My Own Personal Moose), Russian Federation, by Leonid Shmelkov - WP
Nain Géant (Dwarf Giant), Switzerland / France, by Fabienne Giezendanner - WP
Out of this World, Sweden, by Viktor Nordenskiöld - WP
Pigs, USA / Singapore / Malaysia, by Laura Mohai - IP
Rangzen, India, by Gaurav Saxena - WP
Sārtulis (Little Ruddy) Latvia, byDace Rīdūze, Berlinale Generation Kplus 2011: ZĪĻUKS - WP
Sepatu Baru (On Stopping the Rain), Indonesia, by Aditya Ahmad - IP
Sprout, Republic of Korea, by Ga-eun Yoon – IP
The Dam Keeper, USA, by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi - WP
Vāsa, (Vasa, Latvia), by Jānis Cimmermanis, Berlinale Generation Kplus 2012: Corrida – WP