The Berlinale announces the second set of ten films competing at the 62nd annual festival. Among the new titles are Billy Bob Thornton’s “Jayne Mansfield’s Car, “Angelina Jolie’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and several German and European titles (listed below). Benoit Jacquot’s “Farewell My Queen” will open the fest, which runs February 9-19.
The first ten titles and jury members listed here.
The ten newly announced competition titles:
“Aujourd´hui” France/Senegal By Alain Gomis (L´Afrance, Andalucia) | World premiere
With Saül Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Djolof M’bengue
“Barbara Germany” By Christian Petzold (Yella, Jerichow, Dreileben)
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld | World premiere
“Cesare deve morire” (Caesar Must Die) Italy By Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padrone, La notte di San Lorenzo, La masseria delle allodole, San Michele aveva un gallo) | World premiere
With Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano
“Gnade” Germany/Norway By Matthias Glasner (The Free Will, Sexy Sadie) | World premiere
With Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange
“Jayne Mansfield’s Car” Russian Federation/USA By Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, The King of Luck, All the pretty Horses) | World premiere
With Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon
“L´enfant d´en haut” (Sister) Switzerland/France By Ursula Meier (Tous à table, Des épaules solides, Home) | World premiere
With Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston
“Metéora” (Meteora) Germany/Greece By Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1) | World premiere
With Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva
“Tabu” Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France By Miguel Gomes (The Face You Deserve, Our Beloved Month Of August) | World premiere
With Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta
“Csak a szél” (Just The Wind) Hungary/Germany/France By Benedek Fliegauf (Dealer, Rengeteg, Tejút, Womb) | World premiere
With Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Géza Jungwirth
“Was bleibt” (Home For The Weekend) Germany By Hans-Christian Schmid (Storm, Requiem, Distant Lights) | World premiere
With Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
Berlinale Special : “In The Land Of Blood And Honey” USA By Angelina Jolie (directorial debut) | German premiere
With Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šrbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo
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