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From the "On The Scene" Archives: Berlinale Slate Shaping Up for 2003 Fest, Bookended by "Chicago" and "Gangs" by Eugene Hernandez
Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" will close the 2003 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, on February 15. The Miramax film joins another Miramax title in a high profile fest slot. Rob Marshall's "Chicago" is the previously announced opener for the event on February 6. Organizers in Berlin have announced a selection of titles for the festival's Panorama section. Eighteen films will screen in the Panorama section, along with 16 special screenings and 10 documentaries. Among the titles already set for the fest are Igor Zaritzki's "Devot" from Germany, Nir Bergman's "Broken Wings" and Eytan Fox's "Yossi & Jagger" from Israel, Sakamoto Junji's "Bokunchi" (Bokunchi - My House) and Hideo Nakata's "Last Scene" from Japan, Peter Chan's "Going Home" from Hong Kong, and Jang Sun Woo's "Resurrection of the Little Match Girl" from Korea. From India, the festival will offer Bubbhadeb Dasgupta's "Mondo Meyer Upakhyan" (A Tale of a Naughty Girl), while other titles include Keith Behrman's "Flower & Garnet," Richard Kwietniowski's "Owning Mahowny," and Ileana Pietrobruno's "Girl King", all from Canada. From Spain, the fest will screen Isabel Coixet's "My Life Without Me," along with Gilles MacKinnon's "Pure" from Great Britain, and finally from Italy, Marco Filiberti's "Poco Piu di un anno fa" (Little More Than a Year Ago) and Francesco Patierno's "Pater Familias." The festival will feature an homage to French film star Anouk Aimee, who will receive the Golden Bear. Festival Director Dieter Kosslick has announced that Aimee will be a special guest at the festival this year, for her award presentation on February 13. Ten of her films will be screened during the fest, including "Lola," and Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" and "Eight and a Half." [For more information, please visit: http://www.berlinale.de.] | |
