Berlin International Film Festival | 9 -20 February

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-- The Forum
-- The Panorama
-- Retrospective
-- Kinderfilmfest
-- New German Films




Parallel: The Panorama

The Panorama section will open with the Philippine film Burlesk King by Mel Chionglo on 9 February at the CinemaxX at Potsdamer Platz. Director Chionglo examines the influence of sex tourism on the people of a culture which does not repress sexuality. The "Panorama Special" will open its doors on 10 February with a Spanish (Daniel Calparsoro's Asphalt) and an Indian (Bhopal Express by Mahesh Mathai) film. "Panorama Documents" also opens on 10 February with the film Grass by Ron Mann (Canada). With a total of 39 features, 13 documentaries and 22 short films, the Panorama section offers a close look at films which may hit movie screens next season. Major film producing countries such as Germany, France, Spain and the USA are strongly represented.

Bears awarded to pair of shorts

On 15 February at the Panorama reception, the short film winners were announced.
This year's Panorama short film jury (German film-maker Lily Grote, Sydney Neter of The World Sales Co. and Berlin cinema programmer Peter Domsch) chose ex aequo Teddy winner Nathalie Percillier's Sticky Dough and Hop, Skip & Jump by Srdjan Vuletic.

The New York Film Academy Scholarship was awarded to Finimondo by Gianluca Vallero. Two honorable mentions went to Sparklehorse by Gariné Torossian and Richard Press for 2+3.

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Asphalt (Asfalto) - Daniel Calparsoro (Spain)

 

Bhophal Express - Mahesh Mathai (India/US)
Botin De Guerra (Spoils of War) - David Blaustein (Argentina/Spain)
Burlesk King - Mel Chionglo (Philippines) (Opening Film)

 

Chill Out - Andreas Struck (Germany)
Chrissy - Jacqui North (Australia)
Chutney Popcorn - Nisha Ganatra (US)
The Crossing (Boku No Ojisan) - Yoichi Higashi (Japan)
Cremaster 2 - Barney Matthew (US)

 

Die Jungfrauenmaschine (The Virgin Machine) - Monika Truet (German)
Drole De Felix (Funny Felix) - Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (France)
Debt (Dlug) - Krzysztof Krauze (Poland)

 

Elze's Life – Love Was All She Had (Elze Is Gilijos) - Puipa Algimantas (Lithuania/Germany)
Extension Du Domaine De La Lutte (Whatever) - Philippe Harel (France)

 

Fandango - Mathias Glasner (Germany)
From Here To Vanity (Verdammt In Alle Eitelkeit) - Lothar Lambert (Germany)

 

Glamour - von Frigyes Godros (Hungary)
Grass - Ron Mann (Canada)

 

Hans Warns - My 20th Century (Hans Warns: Mein 20. Jahrhundert) -Gordian Maugg (Germany)
The Himmler-Project (Das Himmler Projekt) - Romuald Karmakar (Germany)
Hunters in the Snow (Heimkehr Der Jaeger) - Michael Kreihsl (Austria)

 

Kennedy et moi (Kennedy and I) - Sam Karmann (France)
Die Koenigin - Werner Schroeter (Germany)

 

The Life Before This - Jerry Ciccoritti (Canada)

 

Mala Noche - Gus Van Sant (US)
Die Markus Family - Elfi Mikesch (Germany)
Mit "Bubi" Heim Ins Reich (Back Home to the Reich with Bubi) - Stanislaw Mucha (Germany)
Morir (O No) (To Die (or Not) - Ventura Pons (Spain)
Mr Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr - Errol Morris (US)
My Mother Frank - Mark Lamprell (Australia)

 

Nationale 7 - Jean-Pierre Sinapi (France)
Night Waltz: The Music Of Paul Bowles - Owsley Brown III (US)
No One Sleeps - Jochen Hick (Germany)

 

L'Ombra Del Gigante (Shadow of the Giant) - Roberto Petrocchi (Italy)
One More Day (Yek Rouz Bishtar) - Babak Payami (Iran)
On The Beach Beyond The Pier (Sulla Spiaggia E Di Là Dal Molo) - Giovanni Fago (Italy)
Orator (Voiz) - Jusuf Razykov (Uzbekistan)

 

Pantaleon Y Las Visitadoras (The Special Service) - Francisco Lombardi (Peru)
Paragraph 175 - Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman (US)
Peppermint - Costas Kapakas (Greece)
The Promised Land: The Return - Aleksandr Rechwiaschwili

 

Saltwater - Conor McPherson (UK)
Second Skin (Segunda Piel) - Gerardo Vera (Spain)
Se Quien Eres (I Know Who You Are) - Patricia Ferreira (Spain/Argentina)
Shadow Boxers - Katya Bankowsky (UK)
Spellbound - Masato Harada (Japan)
Spring Of Life (Pramen Zivota) - Milan Cieslar Czech Republic
Stepping Out - Eva Heldmann (Germany)

 

Tempting Heart - Sylvia Chang (Hong Kong)
The Third Miracle - Agnieszka Holland (US/Canada)
The Times of Harvey Milk - Rob Epstein, Richard Schmeichen (US)
Toro - José Javier Reyes (Philippines)
The Virgin - Diego Donnhofer (Austria)

 

Vorosilovskij Strelok (Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment ) - Stanislav Govoruchin (Russia)

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