Saturday, February 14, 2009

FESTIVAL 4: Berlin, Germany



One of the top three festivals in the World (the others being Cannes and Venice) is more serious and political than the others. However due to its time slot, it doesn't get the big films that Cannes gets. Instead Berlin gets to pick from big Hollywood films that gets released late in the year for Award considerations. It's the only one of the three festivals open to the public.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION:
“Cheri,” Stephen Frears, U.K.
Darbareye Elly” (About Elly), Asghar Farhadi, Iran Silver Bear Director
“Deutschland 09,” Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, et al., Germany
“Eden Is West,” Constantin Costa-Gavras, France/Greece/Italy
Gigante,” Adrian Biniez, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina Silver Bear
“Happy Tears,” Mitchell Lichtenstein, U.S.
“In the Electric Mist,” Bertrand Tavernier, France/U.S.
“Katalin Varga,” Peter Strickland, Romania/U.K./Hungary
La Teta Asustada” (The Milk of Sorrow), Claudia Llosa, Spain/Peru Golden Bear
“Lille Soldat” (Little Soldier), Annette K. Olesen, Denmark
“Notorious,” George Tillman Jr., U.S.
“Ricky,” Francois Ozon, France/Italy
“Storm,” Hans-Christian Schmid, Germany/Denmark
“Tatarak” (Sweet Rush), Andrzej Wajda, Poland
"Alle Anderen" (Everyone Else), Maren Ade, Germany Silver Bear
"London River," Rachid Bouchareb, France/UK
"The Messenger," Oren Moverman, U.S.

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