07-02-2018

FESTIVALS: 68th Berlinale Selection Complete

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    Mug by Małgorzata Szumowska Mug by Małgorzata Szumowska

    BERLIN: The 68th Berlin International Film Festival (15-25 February 2018) closed the selection on 6 February 2018 and announced that Jiří Menzel will receive a Berlinale Camera.

    The Romanian director Călin Peter Netzer is a member of the GWFF Best First Feature Award.

    The International Jury is composed of Tom Tykwer (Germany), Cécile de France (Belgium), Chema Prado (Spain), Adele Romanski (USA), Ryūichi Sakamoto (Japan) and Stephanie Zacharek (USA).

    See below the list of all films from the CEE countries selected for the 68th Berlinale.

    Competition Programme:

    Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă (Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France)
    Directed by Adina Pintilie
    Produced by Manekino Film
    Coproduced by RohFilm Productions, PINK, Agitprop Ltd, Les Films de l'Étranger
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, EURIMAGES, Torino Film Lab, MDM (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung) Germany, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Czech Film Fund and Strasbourg Urban Community
    Sales agent: Doc & Film International

    Mug / Twarz (Poland)
    Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
    Produced by Nowhere
    Coproduced by the Krakow Festival Office
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Dovlatov (Russia, Poland, Serbia)
    Directed by Aleksey German Jr.
    Produced by: SAGa films, Metrafilms and First Channel
    Coproduced by Message film, Art&Popcorn
    Supported by Eurimages, Film Center Serbia
    Sales agent: Alpha Violet

    Competition - Out of the Competition:

    Ága (Bulgaria, Germany, France)
    Directed by Milko Lazarov
    Produced by Red Carpet
    Coproduced by 42Film, Arizona Films Productions, the Bulgarian National Television and ZDF/Arte
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, French CNC and German MDM
    Winner of the 10. Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for Best East European Script
    Sales agent: Beta Cinema

    Berlinale Special at Kino International:Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie

    The Interpreter (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria)
    Directed by Martin Šulík
    Produced by Titanic, In Film
    Coproduced by Coop99, RTVS, the Czech Television
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund

    Panorama:

    What Comes Around / Al Gami'ya (Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Qatar, Slovenia)
    Directed by Reem Saleh
    Documentary

    When the War Comes / Až přijde válka (Czech Republic, Croatia)
    Directed by Jan Gebert
    Documentary

    Genesis / Genezis (Hungary)
    Directed by Árpád Bogdán
    Developed via the ScripTeast 9 edition

    Horizon / Horizonti (Georgia, Sweden, Germany)
    Directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili
    Produced by Gemini and Artizm
    Coproduced by Momento Film
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Center, the Swedish Film Institute

    I See Red People / Je vois rouge (France, Bulgaria) Documentary
    Directed by Bojina Panayotova

    When the Trees Fall / Koly padayut dereva (Ukraine, Poland, Macedonia)
    Directed by Marysia Nikitiuk
    Produced by Directory Films
    Coproduced by Message Film, Fokus In
    Winner of the 10. Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for Best East European Script

    Lemonade (Romania, Germany, Canada, Sweden)
    Directed by Ioana Uricaru
    Produced by Mobra films
    Coproduced by 42 Film, Peripheria, Filmgate Films
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Eurimages, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Telefilm, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles, CAVCO, SODEC - Crédits d’impôts, Film i Vast, Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union

    Profile (USA, UK, Cyprus)
    Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
    Produced by Bazelevs Entertainment

    Forum:

    Infinite Football / Fotbal infinit (Romania)
    Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
    Documentary

    The Chaotic Life of Nada Kadić / Kaotični život Nade Kadić (Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Marta Hernaiz

    Tower. A Bright Day. / Wieża. Jasny dzień. (Poland)
    Directed by Jagoda Szelc
    Produced by Indeks Film Studio
    Coproduced by Centrala, EBH Polska, Dreamsound, Heliograf and Odra Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Forum Special Screenings:

    When I Am Dead and Pale / Kad budem mrtav i beo (Yugoslavia, 1967)
    Directed by Živojin Pavlović

    Forum Expanded:

    Araf (Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Didem Pekün

    Today Is 11th June 1993 (Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Clarissa Thieme
    Documentary

    Group exhibition at Akademie der Künste am Hanseatenweg:

    Cold Body Shining (Poland)
    Directed by Marta Hryniuk

    Generation- Generation 14plus:

    Hendi & Hormoz (Iran, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Abbas Amini

    Short films in Generation 14plus:

    Bless You! / Na zdrowie! (Poland)
    Directed by Paulina Ziólkowska

    Untravel / Neputovanja (Serbia, Slovakia)
    Directed by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr.

    Generation Kplus:

    Short films in Generation Kplus:

    De Natura (Romania)
    Directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović

    Snow for Water / Snijeg za Vodu (Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK)
    Directed by Christopher Villiers

    Three Dreams of My Childhood / Trois rêves de ma jeunesse (Romania)
    Directed by Valérie Mréjen, Bertrand Schefer

    Retrospective & Homage:

    My 20th Century / Az én XX. századom (Hungary/Federal Republic of Germany, 1989)
    Directed by Ildikó Enyedi

    Berlin Critics’ Week:

    8th October 2016 / 2016. október 8.(Hungary)
    Directed by Péter Lichter, Bori Máté

    The Rub (Hungary)
    Directed by Péter Lichter

    Scary Mother (Georgia, Estonia)
    Directed by Ana Urushadze
    Produced by Studio Artizm
    Coproduced by Allfilm
    Produced by the Georgian National Film Center

    Yet to Rule / În pronunțare (Romania)
    Directed by Mihaela Popescu
    Produced by Saga Film
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre