Monday 13 February
Party and Event Alert
All parties and events require invitations from the organisers
9:00 Shooting Stars Press Presentation
9:00-13:0 European Film Forum: Big Data, Bigger Audiences
Ritz Carlton Hotel
13:00-14:30 European Film Forum Networking Lunch
14:30-18:00 European Film Forum
Spotlight on Uniting Film, Democracy and Technology
18:30 Jihlava Film Festivals EMERGING PRODUCERS cocktail
Czech Centre Berlin
22:00 Georgian Party
Screening Alert
9:00 The Last Day (Romania, France)
Directed by Gabriel Achim
Produced by Green Film, C-Story Productions
Sales Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 17
09:30 Spoor / Pokot aka Game Count (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia) COMPETITION
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by by TOR Film Production in coproduction with Heimatfilm GmbH (Germany), Chimney Group (Sweden) and nutprodukce (Czech Republic), nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the MEDIA Programme, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute and the Polish-German Co-Development Fund
Sales: Beta Cinema
Friedrichstadt-Palast (E, G)
10:50 Two Lottery Tickets (Romania)
Directed by Paul Negoescu
Produced by Actorie de Film
Sales: Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 17
11:00 The Secret Ingredient (Macedonia)
Directed by Gjorce Stavreski
Produced by Fragment Film
Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency
Market Screening
Kino Arsenal 2
11:30 Milk (Russia, Lithuania) SHORT FILMS GENERATION 14plus
Directed by Daria Vlasova
Produced by Mimesis (RU)
CinemaxX 3 (E)
12:00 Spoor / Pokot aka Game Count (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia) COMPETITION
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by by TOR Film Production in coproduction with Heimatfilm GmbH (Germany), Chimney Group (Sweden) and nutprodukce (Czech Republic), nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the MEDIA Programme, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute and the Polish-German Co-Development Fund
Sales: Beta Cinema
Haus der Berliner Festspiele (E, G)
12:30 The Planet Petrila (Romania)
Directed by Andrei Dascalescu
Produced by Filmlab Anamaria Antoci
Sales: Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 17
12:55 Chronicles of Melanie / Melānijas hronikas (Latvia, Czech Republic, Finland)
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs
Produced by Latvia’s Mistrus Media, Finland’s Inland and Czech 8 Heads Production
Supported bythe National Film Center of Latvia, Latvian Cultural Capital Foundation and the Finnish Film Foundation
Sales Eastwest Filmdistribution
Market Screening
CinemaxX 16
14:00 City of the Sun (Georgia, USA, Qatar, Netherlands) FORUM
Directed by Rati Oneli
Produced by OFA / Office of Film Architecture
Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre
CineStar 8
14:45 Hostages (Russia, Georgia, Poland) PANORAMA, WP
Directed by Rezo Gigineishvili
Produced by Russia’s INK TV and NEBO Film Company, Georgia’s 20 Steps Productions and Poland’s Extreme Emotions
Sales: WestEnd Films
Market Screening (BUYERS ONLY)
CinemaxX 2
15:30 Spoor / Pokot aka Game Count (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia) COMPETITION
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by by TOR Film Production in coproduction with Heimatfilm GmbH (Germany), Chimney Group (Sweden) and nutprodukce (Czech Republic), nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the MEDIA Programme, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute and the Polish-German Co-Development Fund
Sales: Beta Cinema
Market Screening
CinemaxX 10
15:30 Little Harbour / Piata Loď (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary) GENERATION Kplus, WP
Directed by Iveta Grófová
Produced by Hulapa Film, endorfilm , Katapult, RTVS
Sales: Loco Films
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain (E) German voice-over
18:30 Little Harbour / Piata Loď (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary) GENERATION Kplus, WP
Directed by Iveta Grófová
Produced by Hulapa Film, endorfilm , Katapult, RTVS
Sales: Loco Films
Market Screening
CinemaxX 12
18:45 The Dissidents (Estonia, Finland, Latvia)
Directed by Jaak Kilmi
Produced by Taska Film
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute
Sales: Eywell
Market Screening
Dffb Cinema
19:00 Requiem for Mrs. J / Rekvijem za gospodju J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France) PANORAMA, WP
Directed by Bojan Vuletić
Produced by Serbia’s SEE Film Pro, Bulgaria’s Geopoly Film, Macedonia’s Skopje Film Studio
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Macedonian Film Fund and Eurimages
Sales: Soul Food
Zoo Palast 1 (E)
19:30 Animals / Tiere (Switzerland, Austria, Poland) FORUM
Directed by Greg Zglinski
Produced by Tell Film, Opus Film and COOP99
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Sales: Be For Films
Zoo Palast 2 (E)
20:15 My Happy Family / Chemi bednieri ojakhi (Germany, Georgia, France) FORUM
Directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross
Produced by augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH in coproduction with Polare Film Llc and Arizona Production
Supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Federal Government Representative for Culture and Media (BKM) and German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) from Germany, Eurimages, the Georgian National Film Centre and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Sales: Memento Films
CineStar 8 (E)
22:00 Miss Holocaust (Poland, Germany) SHORT FILM COMPETITION – Berlinale Shorts II: The shining stars
Directed by Michalina Musielak
Produced by Furia Film
CinemaxX 3 (E)
Tuesday 14 February
Party and Event Alert
All parties and events require invitations from the organisers
17:00-19:00 GoEast Cocktail
Screening Alert
9:00 Russian Red (Brazil, Serbia)
Directed by Charlie Braun
Produced by Muiraquita Filmes, Walking Up Films
Sales FiGa Films
Market Screening
CinemaxX 17
9:00 The Day My Father Became a Bush (Netherlands, Croatia)
Directed by Micole van Kilsdonk
Produced by Lemming Film, Nukleus Film, A Private View
Sales Beta Cinema
Market Screening
CineStar 1
09:30 Requiem for Mrs. J / Rekvijem za gospodju J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France) PANORAMA, WP
Directed by Bojan Vuletić
Produced by Serbia’s SEE Film Pro, Bulgaria’s Geopoly Film, Macedonia’s Skopje Film Studio
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Macedonian Film Fund and Eurimages
Sales: Soul Food
CinemaxX 7 (E)
9:30 Animals / Tiere (Switzerland, Austria, Poland) FORUM
Directed by Greg Zglinski
Produced by Tell Film, Opus Film and COOP99
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Sales: Be For Films
CinemaxX 6
10:00 Singing Hugo and His Incredible Adventures / Dziedošais Hugo un viņa neticamie piedzīvojumi (Latvia) SHORT FILMS GENERATION Kplus
Directed by Reinis Kalnaellis
Produced by Rija Films
Sales: Rija Films
HKW (E) German voice-over / Headphones for OV
10:00 Hedgehog´s Home (Canada, Croatia) SHORT FILMS GENERATION Kplus
Directed by Eva Cvijanovic
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio (HR)
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), Grad Zagreb
Sales: National Film Board of Canada
HKW (E) German voice-over / Headphones for OV
10:50 The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic) Documentary, BERLINALE SPECIAL, WP
Diected by Askold Kurov
Produced by Marx Film (Estonia), Message Film (Poland) and the Czech Television
Supported by the Polish Film Institute and B2B Doc
Sales: Rise and Shine World Sales
CinemaxX 4
11:00 Requiem for Mrs. J / Rekvijem za gospodju J. (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France) PANORAMA, WP
Directed by Bojan Vuletić
Produced by Serbia’s SEE Film Pro, Bulgaria’s Geopoly Film, Macedonia’s Skopje Film Studio
Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Macedonian Film Fund and Eurimages
Sales: Soul Food
CinemaxX 13 EFM
11:15 Dede (Georgia)
Directed by Mariam Khatchvani
Produced by 20 Steps Productions
Supported by Georgian National Film Centre
Sales Wide
CinemaxX 2
11:30 Into the Blue / U Plavetnilo (Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden) SHORT FILMS GENERATION 14plus
Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
Produced by Blade Production (Slovenia), Motion (Croatia) in coproduction with Honeypot Film Productions (Stockholm), MB Grip (Ljubljana), Poster (Zagreb)
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), Slovenian Film Centre, City of Dubrovnik, Viba Film
CinemaxX 3 (E)
12:15 Spoor / Pokot aka Game Count (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia) COMPETITION
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by by TOR Film Production in coproduction with Heimatfilm GmbH (Germany), Chimney Group (Sweden) and nutprodukce (Czech Republic), nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the MEDIA Programme, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute and the Polish-German Co-Development Fund
Sales: Beta Cinema
Zoo Palast 1 (E, G)
12:35 Light Thereafter (Bulgaria, Belgium)
Directed by Konstantin Bojanov
Produced by Multfilm, Left Field Ventures
Supported by Bulgarian National Film Centre
Sales Latido Films
Market Screening
CinemaxX 19
13:00 Breaking News (Romania)
Directed by Iulia Rugina
Produced by Hai-Hui Entertainment
Sales: Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CienamxX 18
13:00 The Fixer (Romania, France)
Directed by Adrian Sitaru
Produced by 4 Proof Film, Petit Film
Sales: MPM Film
Market Screening
Parliament
14:15 The Flock / Stado (Serbia)
Directed by Nikola Kojo
Produced by K12 Production, TV Prva and Cineplexx
Supported by Film Center Serbia
Sales: K-12
Market Screening
CinemaxX 17
14:30 The Manakia Brothers. A Diary of a Long Look Back (Romania)
Directed by Eliza Zdru
Produced by Saga Film
Sales: Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 18
15:00 Patriot (US, Czech Republic) BERLINALE SPECIAL SERIES
Directed by Steve Conrad
Produced by Amazon Studios in coproduction with Milk&Honey
Sales: Amazon Studios
Haus der Berliner Festspiele (G)
16:10 The Family (Slovenia, Austria) documentary
Directed by Rok Bicek
Produced by Cvinger Film
Supported by Slovenian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 11
16:50 The Anniversary (Romania)
Directed by Dan Chisu
Produced by Dakino Production
Sales: Romanian Film Centre
Market Screening
CinemaxX 14
17:00 Miss Holocaust (Poland, Germany) SHORT FILM COMPETITION – Berlinale Shorts II: The shining stars
Directed by Michalina Musielak
Produced by Furia Film
Colosseum 1 (E)
18:40 Satan Said Dance (Poland, Netherlands)
Directed by Kasia Roslaniec
Produced by Manana, OAK Montion Pictures
Sales: Manana
Market Screening
CinemaxX 19
19:00 When the Day Had no Name (Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia) PANORAMA, WP
Directed by Teona Mitevska
Produced by Sisters and brother Mitevski in coproduction with Entre Chien et Loup and Vertigo
Supported by Macedonian Film Agency, Eurimages, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Sales: Cercamon
Zoo Palast 1 (E) World Premiere
21:30 My Happy Family / Chemi bednieri ojakhi (Germany, Georgia, France) FORUM
Directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross
Produced by augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH in coproduction with Polare Film Llc and Arizona Production
Supported by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Federal Government Representative for Culture and Media (BKM) and German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) from Germany, Eurimages, the Georgian National Film Centre and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Sales: Memento Films
w o l f - Saal 1 (E), Berlinale Goes Kiez / Simultaneously in both cinema halls
