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Daily:
Day 12- 20 February
After
intense discussion, the jury came to a decision and announced
the Bear Winners
Golden
Bear:
Magnolia
by Paul Thomas Anderson
Out
of Competition screening
Bossa
Nova
by Bruno Barretto
In
1997, Bruno Barretto's sensitive and claustrophobic
kidnapping drama Four Days In September
(later nominated for an Oscar) screened in Berlin.
His earlier work, Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands
(1976) is one of the all-time Brazilian box
office champs. Now he surprises audiences
with this airy, touching romantic comedy. The protagonists'
refreshing romanticism and delightful innocence is
reminiscent of the great 1960s movie romances.
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Stone
starts a new chapter
A
football movie by the man who brought us Natural Born
Killers, Nixon and Platoon?
For
director Oliver Stone, Any Given Sunday, by
his own admission, kicks off a new creative chapter in his
life: "Natural Born Killers and U-Turn
were my darkest," he says. "I did those and reached an artistic
end. This is a very positive film for the millennium."
Press
conference
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Streaming
video
Oliver Stone explained his turn to football in film
Any Given Sunday.
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Streaming
video
La Chambre des Magiciennes director Claude Miller and
cast before the press |
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Competition
Bossa
Nova Dir: Bruno Barreto. Cast: Amy Irving,
Antonio Fagundes, Alexandre Borges. Explores the adventures
of a charming American widow who lives in Rio de Janeiro.
95 mins.
Retrospective
Alraune
(Federal Republic of Germany) 1952.
Dir: Arthur Maria Rabenalt. Cast: Hildegard Knef,
Erich von Stroheim, Rolf Henniger. A brilliant scientist
creates the perfect woman. 90 mins.
Son
Of Frankenstein (US) 1939. Dir: Rowland
V Lee. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela
Lugosi. The sequel to Bride Of Frankenstein and
the last of the classic trio. 94 mins.
The
Bride Of Frankenstein (US) 1935. Dir: James
Whale. Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie
Hobson. Baron Frankenstein is blackmailed by Dr
Praetorious into reviving his monster and building
a mate for it. 80 mins.2.30
Carne
Per Frankenstein/Mostro E In Tavola, Barone...
Frankenstein (Italy/France) 1973. Dir:
Anthony Dawson, Paul Morrissey. Cast: Joe Dallesandro,
Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren. Another take on
the Frankenstein tale. French subtitles. 95 mins.
Viva
Maria (France/Italy) 1965. Dir: Louis Malle.
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, George Hamilton.
An Irish anarchist girl arrives in Central America
and joins a group of strolling players. English
subtitles. 120 mins.
Homage:
Robert De Niro
Heat
(US) 1995. Dir: Michael Mann. Cast: Al Pacino,
Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer. A cop tracks down
a master thief and his gang. 171 mins.
Ronin
(US) 1998. Dir: John Frankenheimer. Cast: Sean
Bean, Robert De Niro, Natascha McElhone. A group
of guns-for-hire is assembled for a special job.
120 mins.
Panorama
Shadow
Boxers Dir:
Katya Bankowsky. Katya Bankowski, herself a
boxer, portrays Luica Rijker, the world kickboxing
champion. 72 mins. + short Darling International
Dir: Jennifer Reeves, M M Serra. 22 mins.
Chrissy
(Australia) Dir: Jacqui North. A family faces
a major challenge when the eldest daughter can
no longer hide the fact that she has Aids. 52
mins.
Die
Königin
(The Queen) Dir: Werner Schroeter.
With: Marianne Hoppe. The portrait of Marianne
Hoppe, one of the most fascinating German
actresses of the 20th century. German, English
subtitles. 100 mins.
Elze
Is Giljos (Elze's Life Love
Was All She Had) (Lithuania) Dir: Algimantas
Puipa. A chapter from the history of German-Lithuanian
relations in the town of Nehring. English
subtitles. 139 mins.
Peppermint
(Greece) Dir: Costas Kapakas. Cast: Georges
Corraface, Giorgos Gerontidakis, Annie Loulou.
A loving and playful reminiscence of a man's
youth. English subtitles. 106 mins.
My
Mother Frank Dir: Mark Lamprel. A woman
finds salvation in education, at the same university
as her 18-year-old son. 96 mins. + short Mabrouk
Again!
Verdammt
in alle Eitelkeit (From Here To
Vanity) Dir: Lothar Lambert. Cast: Eva
Ebner, Carl Andersen, Stefan Stricker. Sylvia
Heidemann has saved the money to become a
diva on the screen. German, English subtitles.
80 mins. +
short Finimondo
Dlug
(Debt) (Poland) Dir: Krzysztof
Krauze. Cast: Joanna Szurmiej, Robert Gonera,
Agnieszka Warchulska. Two Poles want to start
a scooter business, but when they are blackmailed
by the Mafia they are driven to extreme and
illegal measures. English subtitles. 102 mins.5.30
Kinyufusyokuretto
Jubaku (Spellbound) (Japan) Dir:
Masaro Harada. Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Jun Fubuki. The 1997 bank scandal is the basis
for this action thriller, as a bank is raided
and investigated for making loans to criminals.
English subtitles. 114 mins.
Forum
I
Could Read The Sky (UK) Dir: Nichola Bruce.
Cast: Dermot Healy, Brendan Coyle. The moving story
of an old man living in a bedsit in London, remembering
his life on the west coast of Ireland. 86 mins.
Eine
Reise nach Genf (A Journey To Geneva)
(Switzerland) Dir: Irene Loebell. The story of Austrian
writer Fred Wander, who fled from the Nazis to Geneva
in 1942. 61 mins
Hans
Warns Mein 20. Jahrhundert (Hans
Warns My 20th Century) Dir: Gordian Maugg.
A fascinating tour through the 20th century seen
through the eyes of a German sailor. English subtitles.
105 mins.
Neustadt
Stau Der Stand Der Dinge (Germany)
Dir: Thomas Heise. A look at Germany at the beginning
of the new century. 90 mins.
A
Sudden Loss Of Gravity (US) Dir: Todd Verow.
Cast: Brenda Velez, Devery Doleman. Traces multiple
stories through the colourful fringe of a quiet
northern town. 90 mins.
La
Voleuse De St Lubin (France) Dir: Claire
Devers. Cast: Dominique Blanc, Denis Podalydès.
A mother is tried for stealing meat from a supermarket.
80 mins.
Wotenick
(Germany) Dir: Axel Kalhoun. Documentary on the
plight of Demmin, a district with 10,000 unemployed
people. 60 mins.
A
Comme Adrienne (Belgium) Dir: Boris Lehman.
Cast: Adrienne Boulvin, Edouard Higuet. 115 mins.
Saluzzi,
Composition For Bandonéon And Three Brothers
(Argentina) Documentary. Dir: Daniel Rosenfeld.
A record of the creative process of bandonéon
player Dino Saluzzi, who, although far from home
on tour in Europe, remains closely in touch with
his roots through his music. Spanish, German subtitles.
68 mins
Teatro
Amazonas (US) Dir: Sharon Lockhart. Filmed
in the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, this
is a literal interpretation of the idea of one
culture looking at another. 40 mins.
Cheung
Fo The Mission (Hong Kong) Dir: Johnnie
To. English subtitles. 81 mins.
There's
A Strong Wind In Beijing (China) Dir:
Ju An Qi. 47 mins.
Making
Sundried Red Peppers (Korea) Dir: Hee-Sun
Jang. On the rooftop of an apartment, a grandmother
and granddaughter spread out red peppers to dry
in the sun. This ritualistic event gives them
a rare chance to talk to each other. English subtitles.
60 mins.
Kinderfest
Kruimeltje
(Little Crumbs) (Netherlands) Dir: Maria Peters.
The tale of a street boy. English subtitles. 119
mins.
Sherdil
(Sweden) Dir: Gita Mallik. A fairy-tale adventure
about a teenage girl who loves horses, and her fight
for justice. English subtitles. 97 mins.
Blinker
Dir: Filip Van Neyghem. Depicts the lives of a likeable
family characterised by mutual acceptance and the
way they allow space for each highly individual
personality to thrive. 92 mins. + short En
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