The Berlin International Film Festival has begun and Father Geek is hoping to receive many reports on the Fest and its attendees because several important films are being unveilled there over the next several days.
Some of the movies to be seen in the competition for the Gold and Silver Bears are:From Asia, will be competing:
BEIJING BICYCLE by Wang Xiao-shuai (PR of China) with Zhou Xun, Cui Lin and Li Bin.;
BETELNUT BEAUTY by Ling Chin-sen (Taiwan, China) with Chang Chen, Sinje, and Leon Dai.;CHLOE by Go Riju (Japan) with Masatoshi Nagase, Shinya Tsukamoto and Rie Tomosaka - an adaptation of Boris Vian novel “L’Ecume des Jours”;
INUGAMI by Masato Harada (Japan) with Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe and Kazuhiro Yamaji.;
JOINT SECURITY AREA (JSA) by Park Chan-Wook (South Korea) with Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Young-ae and Kim Tae-woo.
From South America and Africa are present, each with one film:
LA CIENAGA by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) with Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán and Martin Adjemian.;
LITTLE SENEGAL by Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria/Senegal) with Sotigui Kouyate, Roschdy Zem and Sharon Hope.
European cinema will offer a strong participation in this year’s program. From France:
A MA SOEUR by Catherine Breillat with Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Librero de Rienzo and Arsinée Khanjian.;
FELIX ET LOLA by Patrice Leconte with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Philippe Torreton and Alain Bashung.;
INTIMACY by Patrice Chéreau with Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Marianne Faithfull and Phillipe Calvario, entirely shot in England.
From Italy:
LE FATE IGNORANTI by Ferzan Ozpetek with Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz and Andrea Renzi.;
MALENA by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro and Luciano Federico.
From Great Britain and Ireland:
CHOCOLAT by Lasse Hallström with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench and Lena Olin.;
THE CLAIM by Michael Winterbottom with Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.;
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA by John Boorman with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine McCormack.
From Denmark, Poland and Spain, each with one film:
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS by Lone Scherfig with Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk and Peter Gantzler - a new Dogma film, the first directed by a woman.;
YOU’RE THE ONE (UNA HISTORIA DE ENTONCES) by José Luis Garci with Lydia Bosch, Julia G. Caba, Juan Diego and Ana Fernandez.;
WEISER by Wojciech Marczewski with Marek Kondrat, Juliane Köhler, Krystyna Janda and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
And finally, German cinema will present:
ENEMY AT THE GATES by Jean-Jacques Annaud with among others Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Matthias Habich, Eva Mattes and Sophie Rois. This film will open the festival on February 7 (out of competition).;
MY SWEET HOME by Filippos Tsitos with Harvey Friedman, Nadja Uhl, Mario Mentrup and Monika Hansen. A low budget co-production with Greece.
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
From Asia, will be competing:
BEIJING BICYCLE by Wang Xiao-shuai (PR of China) with Zhou Xun, Cui Lin and Li Bin.;
BETELNUT BEAUTY by Ling Chin-sen (Taiwan, China) with Chang Chen, Sinje, and Leon Dai.;CHLOE by Go Riju (Japan) with Masatoshi Nagase, Shinya Tsukamoto and Rie Tomosaka - an adaptation of Boris Vian novel “L’Ecume des Jours”;
INUGAMI by Masato Harada (Japan) with Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe and Kazuhiro Yamaji.;
JOINT SECURITY AREA (JSA) by Park Chan-Wook (South Korea) with Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Young-ae and Kim Tae-woo.
From South America and Africa are present, each with one film:
LA CIENAGA by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) with Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán and Martin Adjemian.;
LITTLE SENEGAL by Rachid Bouchareb (Algeria/Senegal) with Sotigui Kouyate, Roschdy Zem and Sharon Hope.
European cinema will offer a strong participation in this year’s program. From France:
A MA SOEUR by Catherine Breillat with Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Librero de Rienzo and Arsinée Khanjian.;
FELIX ET LOLA by Patrice Leconte with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Philippe Torreton and Alain Bashung.;
INTIMACY by Patrice Chéreau with Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Marianne Faithfull and Phillipe Calvario, entirely shot in England.
From Italy:
LE FATE IGNORANTI by Ferzan Ozpetek with Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz and Andrea Renzi.;
MALENA by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro and Luciano Federico.
From Great Britain and Ireland:
CHOCOLAT by Lasse Hallström with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench and Lena Olin.;
THE CLAIM by Michael Winterbottom with Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.;
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA by John Boorman with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine McCormack.
From Denmark, Poland and Spain, each with one film:
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS by Lone Scherfig with Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk and Peter Gantzler - a new Dogma film, the first directed by a woman.;
YOU’RE THE ONE (UNA HISTORIA DE ENTONCES) by José Luis Garci with Lydia Bosch, Julia G. Caba, Juan Diego and Ana Fernandez.;
WEISER by Wojciech Marczewski with Marek Kondrat, Juliane Köhler, Krystyna Janda and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
And finally, German cinema will present:
ENEMY AT THE GATES by Jean-Jacques Annaud with among others Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Matthias Habich, Eva Mattes and Sophie Rois. This film will open the festival on February 7 (out of competition).;
MY SWEET HOME by Filippos Tsitos with Harvey Friedman, Nadja Uhl, Mario Mentrup and Monika Hansen. A low budget co-production with Greece.
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
European cinema will offer a strong participation in this year’s program. From France:
A MA SOEUR by Catherine Breillat with Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Librero de Rienzo and Arsinée Khanjian.;
FELIX ET LOLA by Patrice Leconte with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Philippe Torreton and Alain Bashung.;
INTIMACY by Patrice Chéreau with Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Marianne Faithfull and Phillipe Calvario, entirely shot in England.
From Italy:
LE FATE IGNORANTI by Ferzan Ozpetek with Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz and Andrea Renzi.;
MALENA by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro and Luciano Federico.
From Great Britain and Ireland:
CHOCOLAT by Lasse Hallström with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench and Lena Olin.;
THE CLAIM by Michael Winterbottom with Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.;
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA by John Boorman with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine McCormack.
From Denmark, Poland and Spain, each with one film:
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS by Lone Scherfig with Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk and Peter Gantzler - a new Dogma film, the first directed by a woman.;
YOU’RE THE ONE (UNA HISTORIA DE ENTONCES) by José Luis Garci with Lydia Bosch, Julia G. Caba, Juan Diego and Ana Fernandez.;
WEISER by Wojciech Marczewski with Marek Kondrat, Juliane Köhler, Krystyna Janda and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
And finally, German cinema will present:
ENEMY AT THE GATES by Jean-Jacques Annaud with among others Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Matthias Habich, Eva Mattes and Sophie Rois. This film will open the festival on February 7 (out of competition).;
MY SWEET HOME by Filippos Tsitos with Harvey Friedman, Nadja Uhl, Mario Mentrup and Monika Hansen. A low budget co-production with Greece.
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
From Italy:
LE FATE IGNORANTI by Ferzan Ozpetek with Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz and Andrea Renzi.;
MALENA by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro and Luciano Federico.
From Great Britain and Ireland:
CHOCOLAT by Lasse Hallström with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench and Lena Olin.;
THE CLAIM by Michael Winterbottom with Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.;
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA by John Boorman with Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine McCormack.
From Denmark, Poland and Spain, each with one film:
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS by Lone Scherfig with Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk and Peter Gantzler - a new Dogma film, the first directed by a woman.;
YOU’RE THE ONE (UNA HISTORIA DE ENTONCES) by José Luis Garci with Lydia Bosch, Julia G. Caba, Juan Diego and Ana Fernandez.;
WEISER by Wojciech Marczewski with Marek Kondrat, Juliane Köhler, Krystyna Janda and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
And finally, German cinema will present:
ENEMY AT THE GATES by Jean-Jacques Annaud with among others Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Matthias Habich, Eva Mattes and Sophie Rois. This film will open the festival on February 7 (out of competition).;
MY SWEET HOME by Filippos Tsitos with Harvey Friedman, Nadja Uhl, Mario Mentrup and Monika Hansen. A low budget co-production with Greece.
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
From Denmark, Poland and Spain, each with one film:
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS by Lone Scherfig with Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk and Peter Gantzler - a new Dogma film, the first directed by a woman.;
YOU’RE THE ONE (UNA HISTORIA DE ENTONCES) by José Luis Garci with Lydia Bosch, Julia G. Caba, Juan Diego and Ana Fernandez.;
WEISER by Wojciech Marczewski with Marek Kondrat, Juliane Köhler, Krystyna Janda and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
And finally, German cinema will present:
ENEMY AT THE GATES by Jean-Jacques Annaud with among others Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Matthias Habich, Eva Mattes and Sophie Rois. This film will open the festival on February 7 (out of competition).;
MY SWEET HOME by Filippos Tsitos with Harvey Friedman, Nadja Uhl, Mario Mentrup and Monika Hansen. A low budget co-production with Greece.
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
America will present five films in competition, coming mostly from independent production companies:
BAMBOOZLED by Spike Lee with Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.;
FINDING FORRESTER by Gus Van Sant with Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Brown and Anna Paquin.;
THE PLEDGE by Sean Penn with Jack Nicholson, Sam Shepard, Robin Wright Penn, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Harry Dean Stanton and Helen Mirren.;
TRAFFIC by Steven Soderbergh with Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio del Toro.;
WIT by Mike Nichols with Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins and Harold Pinter.
Any way this came across my desk today...
I write to you from Germany and I ask me, why there are no informations about the 'Berlinale' (Berlin) on AICN? Are the readers not interested in that?
So, if you are looking for same news on it go to www.berlinale.de ;(the site is also in English)
The festival take place on the new Potzdamer Platz in Berlin. The fist movie was 'Duell - Enemy At The Gates'. The audience was a little bit disappointed. So I hope that I can get a ticket for HANNIBAL on Feb. 11th. Kirk Douglas will be honored by the Berlin International Film Festival with a 'Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement' Also interesting: Retrospective 2001: The world premiere of a newly reconstructed version of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS! And a re-release of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY!
With 16 world premieres, the main competition program of the 51st Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. 24 feature films and 11 short films will compete for the prestigious Golden and Silver Bears, awarded by a jury of nine members chaired by the American producer Bill Mechanic.
I hope that there are same useful news for you!
Greetz from Germany and best regards
TiAdiMundo
P.S. Sorry for my baaad English
