14 Added to Berlinale Competition: Frears, Ozon, Tavernier, Wajda and More

Eugene Hernandez by Eugene Hernandez (January 15, 2009)
14 Added to Berlinale Competition: Frears, Ozon, Tavernier, Wajda and More
The Berlinale Palast in Berlin last year. Photo by indieWIRE

Organizers at the Berlin International Film Festival have added fourteen films to the competition lineup for the 2009 festival, joining titles that were announced last month. The upcoming Berlinale, set for February 5 - 15 in Germany, will finalize its lineup soon.

“With their very distinctive artistic styles, the films of the 2009 Competition provide evidence of living conditions in our globalized world. We are also pleased to present many world premieres again this year”, comments Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.

Berlin competition lineup (information provided by the festival)

“Alle Anderen” Germany
by Maren Ade
with Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka
World premiere

“Cheri” UK
By Stephen Frears
With Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones
World premiere

“Darbareye Elly” (About Elly) Iran
By Asghar Farhadi
With Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidousti, Mani Haghighi
World premiere

“Deutschland 09” Germany - Out of Competition
Compilation film by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Isabelle Stever, Hans Steinbichler, Hans Weingartner, Christoph Hochhaeusler, Dani Levy and Angela Schanelec
World premiere

“The Dust of Time” Greece / Germany / Italy / Russia
by Theo Angelopoulos
with Irene Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz
Out of competition
International premiere

“Eden a l’ouest” (Eden is West) France/Greece/Italy - Out of Competition
By Costa-Gavras
With Riccardo Scamarcio, Juliane Koehler, Ulrich Tukur
International premiere

“Forever Enthralled” (Mei Lanfang) People’s Republic of China
by Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, The Promise)
with Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Chen Hong
International premiere

“Gigante” Uruguay/Germany/Argentina
By Adrian Biniez
With Horacio Camandulle, Leonor Svarcas
World premiere

“Happy Tears” USA
By Mitchell Lichtenstein
With Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin
World premiere

“In the Electric Mist” France/USA
By Bertrand Tavernier
With Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard
World premiere

“Katalin Varga” Romania/UK/Hungary - debut film
By Peter Strickland
With Hilda Peter, Norbert Tanko, Tibor Palfy, Sebastian Marina
World premiere

“La Teta Asustada” (The Milk of Sorrow) Spain/Peru
By Claudia Llosa
With Magaly Solier, Susi Sanchez, Efrain Solis
World premiere

“Lille Soldat” (Little Soldier) Denmark
By Annette K. Olesen
With Trine Dyrholm, Finn Nielsen, Lorna Brown
International premiere

“London River” Algeria / France / Great Britain
by Rachid Bouchareb
with Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate
World premiere

“Mammoth” Sweden / Germany / Denmark
by Lukas Moodysson
with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide, Tom McCarthy
International premiere

“The Messenger” USA
by Oren Moverman - directorial debut
with Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton
International premiere

“Notorious USA” - Out of Competition
By George Tillman Jr. 
With Angela Bassett, Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie
International premiere

“Pink Panther II” USA
by Harald Zwart
with Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia
Out of competition
International premiere

“The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” USA
by Rebecca Miller
with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder
Out of competition
World premiere

“Rage” Great Britain / USA
by Sally Potter
with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Simon Abkarian
World premiere

“The Reader” USA / Germany
by Stephen Daldry
with Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara
Out of competition

“Ricky” France/Italy
By Francois Ozon
With Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Melusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret
World premiere

“Storm” (Sturm) Germany/Denmark
By Hans-Christian Schmid
With Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgard
World premiere

“Tatarak” (Sweet Rush) Poland
By Andrzej Wajda
With Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda, Jan Englert
World premiere

posted on January 15, 2009
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