The 65th Berlin International Film Festival is about to be held on February 5, local time, and as one of the three major international film festivals, Berlin seems to have not received so much attention. Even in recent years, Berlin has been doing a very special thing. It seems that last year, they also contributed a number of excellent main competition films such as "Boyhood", "Budapest Grand Hotel", "Daytime Fireworks", "Tuina" and so on.
So, what films will be worth paying attention to at this year's Berlin Film Festival?
In order for you to better understand this Berlin Film Festival, I will give you a brief introduction to the films screened in Berlin. This introduction is roughly divided into four parts: including the main competition unit; popular screening films; classic screening films; and some noteworthy non-main competition unit films.
【I. Main Competition Unit】
This year's main competition in Berlin was decided to be chaired by American director Darren Aronofsky, along with actor Daniel Bruch, French actress Audrey Tato, American writer/director Matthew Weiner of Mad Men, Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Peruvian female director Claudia Lothar ("Sad Milk"), and Italian producer Martha De Laurentiis (Hannibal). Together, they will form the main competition unit jury and be responsible for the selection of the main competition unit awards (including the Golden Bear Award for Best Film)
Main Competition Section Competition Films:
【Opening Film】No one likes the night Nadie quiere la noche
Director: Isabelle Cosette
Starring: Juliet Binoche / Rinko Kikuchi / Gabriel Byrne
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Production: Spain / France / Bulgaria
This year's opening film in Berlin was slightly weaker, and neither the director nor the lineup was so attractive. Therefore, we can only hope for the quality of the film, and hope that the quality can be very good. The director of this film, Isabelle Cosette, is a well-known female director in Spain, who has included films such as "The Secret Life of Speech" and "Days Without Me".
Knight of Cups
Directed By: Terrence Malik
Starring: Christian Bell / Natalie Portman / Kate Blanchett / Teresa Palmer / Wes Bentley
Genre: Drama / Romance
Country of Production: United States
Terrence Malik's film is finally coming out, and he chose to compete for the Berlin Golden Bear. We've been looking forward to this movie for years. Including its strong lineup, this should also be the biggest film in this year's Berlin competition unit. However, in the style of Terrence Malik, your focus will not stop at those stars.
Queen of the Desert
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: James Franco / Nicole Kidman / Robert Pattinson / Demien Lewis
Genre: Drama / Biography
Another highlight of the main competition section in Berlin. Werner Herzog, a great director from Germany, has finally returned to dramamaking, and it is this kind of all-star blockbuster. The film is based on a biography of Gerchud Bell, a British female diplomat in Iraq. This legendary woman, who is also a poet, scholar, historian, etc., is known as the "female version of Lawrence of Arabia"; "Robert Pattinson will play the archetypal character of "Lawrence of Arabia" Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Stelio Sarvante / Luis Alberti / Elmer Bäck
New work by British director Peter Greenaway. Even today, his work still adheres to his own style and exploration.
Greenaway's new film focuses on Sergei Eisenstein's ten-day stay in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1931, an experience that had a profound impact on his life and on film. Peter Greenaway once said: "The reason I made this film is because I have long admired Eisenstein very much. In a sense, this opportunity is a way of paying homage to him. Peter Greenaway adds: "The film industry has never changed, and many of the problems Eisenstein encountered in 1931 are now resurfacing." (Douban)
女仆日记 Diary of a maid
Director: Benoët Jacques
Starring: Reyya Saidu / Vincent Linton / Clotilde Mollett / Vincent Lacost
Country/Region of Production: France
The film is based on the novel by Octave Mirbeau, which Luis Buñuel also directed that year, and the new version starred Leia Saidu.
Taxi Taxi
Director: Jafa Panahi
Starring: Jafa Panahi
Country/Region of Production: Iran
Language: Persian
The new work of Iranian director Jafa Panasi ("White Balloon", "Who Can Take Me Home"), he has also counted various twists and turns in the past two years.
45 years 45 years
Director: Andrew Hagrid
Starring: Charlotte Ramplin / Dolly Wells / Tom Contenell / Geraldine James / Sam Alexander
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Andrew Hagrid's new work, he previously directed "Weekend Time" and the American drama "Seeking".
The new film tells: With five days to go before Kate's 45th wedding anniversary, she's busy preparing for the party, and everything seems to be going well until she receives a letter from her husband's first love. The body of her husband's first love was found frozen in a glacier in the Swiss Alps. After five days, the 45-year marriage may cease to exist. (Douban)
When we dreamed, Als wir träumten
Director: Andreas Drisson
Starring: Marie Luise Stahl
Country/Region of Production: Germany / France
This director has previously directed "Summer In Front of the Balcony" and "Stop Tracking". Among them, "Stop Tracking" was a very popular German film that year, and it also won a kind of attention award in Cannes.
Body Ciał
Directed By: Makozata Shmovzka
Starring: Janus Gayos / Maya Ostazeska / Justyna Suwala
Country of Production: Poland
A new work by the director of "The Name".
Big Daddy, Little Daddy and other stories Cha và con và
Director: Pan Dangdi
Starring: Du's Petrel / Le Cong Hoang / Truong The Vinh
Country/Region of Production: Vietnam
Vietnamese director Pan Dangdi's new film, who has previously been shortlisted for Critics Week in Cannes.
Life under the volcano Ixcanul
Director: Jerro Bustamante
Country/Region of Production: Guatemala / France
This film is the first work of director Jerro, and it was shortlisted for the main competition in Berlin.
Under the electronic clouds
Director: Alexei Germain Jr
Starring: Miller Niniz / Chupan Hamatova
Country/Region of Production: Russia
The film's director's previous work "Paper Soldier" won the Venice Silver Lion Director Award.
Cheers Aferim!
Director: Radu Jude
主演: Teodor Corban / Mihai Comanoiu / Cuzin Toma / Alexandru Dabija
Type: Western
Country/Region of Production: Romania / Bulgaria / France
The Romanian director had a previous film called The Happiest Girl in the World, which was not bad.
珠扣 The Mother-of-Pearl Button
Director: Patrick Guzman
Genre: Documentary
Country/Region of Production: Chile / France
The film is directed by a well-known Chilean documentary filmmaker.
Club El club
Director: Pablo Laraine
Starring: Antonia Zeggs / Alfred Castro / Roberto Farias / Alejandro Goic / Alejandro Sieveking
Country/Region of Production: Chile
"Chile Says No" director's new work.
Tennochasuke Tennochasuke
Director: SABU
Writers: SABU
Starring: Kenichi Matsuyama / Ito Ohno / Akira Osugi / Susumu Terashima / Yusuke Iseya / Tina Tamaki
Country/Region of Production: Japan
"Letter Thief Love" Sabu's new work, it is said that the state has a return to the brave Oh.
Oath of the Virgin Vergine giurata
Directed by: Laura Bispuri
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher
Country/Region of Production: Albania / France / Switzerland / Italy / Kosovo
It is also the director's feature film debut.
Victoria Victoria
Director: Sebastian Spoor
Starring: Laia Costa / Frederick Lau / Franz Rogowski / Burak Yigit / Max Mafford
Country of Production: Germany
As an actor, Sebastian Spoor has starred in films such as Ludwig II and Triangle Relationship.
One step away
Director: Jiang Wen
Starring: Jiang Wen / Ge You / Zhou Yun / Shu Qi / Article
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Adventure
Country/Region of Production: Chinese mainland / Hong Kong
This year,s only Chinese-language film to be shortlisted for the main competition. It seems that there is no need to introduce it too much.
The above is the competition film of the main competition unit of this year, and the final awards will also be generated in these films.
【2. Popular Screening Films】
Mr. Holmes
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Ian McKellen
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Country of Production: United Kingdom / United States
This film is a screening of the main competition unit and does not participate in the competition. Ian McLean starred as the old detective Sherlock Holmes, who had retired at this time. The 93-year-old Holmes had physical problems, and even his memory began to decline. He was determined to solve a 50-year-old unsolved case without Watson's help. Bill Condon directed and Laura Linnie joined.
Everything Will Be Fine
Directed By: Wim Wenders
Starring: James Franco / Rachel McAdams / Charlotte Gainsbourg / Peter Sternman / Mary-Josie Kroze
Country/Region of Production: Germany / Canada / Norway
This is also the main competition unit screening, do not participate in the competition. From German director Wim Wenders.
Elser: Er hätte die Welt verändert
Directed by: Oliver Seesberg
Starring: Katarina Schutler / Berghart Kristner / Felix Itner / Christian Friedel / Johann von Bülow
Based on true events, the film's protagonist, Georg Elser, tried to assassinate Hitler, but unfortunately failed. The film's director Oliver Seesberg's masterpiece is "The Destruction of the Empire", and it is necessary to direct the Fuehrer again. This film is also a screening of the main competition unit.
Cinderella
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kate Blanchett / Lily James / Richard Madden / Strandskaard / Hollyder Granger
Genre: Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Adventure
Disney's live-action fairy tales were invited to be screened in the main competition in Berlin.
Fifty Shades of Grey
Directed By: Sam Taylor Johnson
Starring: Jamie Donan / Dakota Johnson / Jennifer Ellie / Luke Grams / Marcia Guy Harden
Genre: Drama / Romance / Erotic
You are all familiar with this film, maybe the North American box office will explode. The film will have an international premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival as a special screening. The premiere will take place on February 11 local time. The film's director Sam Taylor-Johnson, fiction author E L James, and starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan will appear in Berlin.
Life
Director: Anton Koban
Starring: Robert Pattinson / Dane De Hahn / Joel Edgerton / Ben Kingsley / Kristen Haag
"Life" photographer with james Dean's story, Dane De Hahn will play James Dean. The film was specially screened in Berlin.
Woman in Gold
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Ryan Reynolds / Katie Holmes / Helen Mirren / Tatiana Maslani / Daniel Bruch
Country/Region of Production: United States / United Kingdom
Special Screening: The story of Maria Ultraman, a Jewish refugee, who, through legal means, reclaims a family heirloom painting that was looted during World War II. The title refers to a painting by Gustav Klimt. Helen Mirren starred as Ultraman, Ryan Reynolds as her lawyer, and supporting roles include Katie Holmes and Daniel Bruch, directed by Simon Curtis, director of "A Week with Marilyn."
In addition, "Selma", the documentary "Love and Compassion", "Virgin Mountain", Margrethe von Trotta's new film "The Lost World", emmanuel Olmi's "Everything Recovered" will also be screened in Berlin
【III. Classic Screening】
This section will introduce some of the classic films screened at the Berlinale.
1. Three newly restored German classic films will be held in Berlin for the world premiere.
Juggling class Varieté (1925)
Directed by: Ewald André Dupont
Starring: Emile Cunnings / Mellie DelShaft / Leah de Putty
Genre: Drama / Romance / Crime
One of the hundred great German films, starring Emil Junnings. 2K brand new fix
Born jahrgang '45 in 1945 (1965)
Directed by: Jürgen Böttcher
主演: Monika Hildebrand / Rolf Römer / Paul Eichbaum
The only feature film by painter and documentary director Jürgen Böttcher tells the story of a newlywed couple enjoying crazy joy in their small apartment. The film was banned in East Germany as soon as it was released, and it was not until 1990 that east and west Germany were reunited. (Douban)
This time it is a new 4K restoration
Neun Leben hat die Katze (1968)
Directed by: Ula Stöckl
Country of Production: West Germany
2K new fixes.
Several other classic restoration films include
Goldfinger 007 (1964)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Sean Connery / Horner Blackman / Jett Forby / Shirley Eaton / Tanya Marrett
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure
International premiere of the 4K restored version.
冷血 In Cold Blood (1967)
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Robert Blake / Scott Wilson / John Forsyth
Genre: Drama / History / Crime
Truman Capote's reportage adaptation of Cold Blood was nominated for four Oscars. The world premiere of the 4K restored version will be held in Berlin.
In addition, in the forum section, there are also screenings of Ichikawa Kun's "Burning Kinkaku-ji Temple", "Younger Brother", and "Snow Change".
【IV. Non-main competition unit films】
This section will also introduce some films that are not the main competition unit, such as the panorama unit.
There is a movie in the panoramic unit documentary that mainland audiences may be looking forward to. That is
Fenyang boy Jia Zhangke
Directed By: Walter Cyrus
Starring: Jia Zhangke
Genre: Documentary / Biography
Country/Region of Production: Brazil / France
A documentary about Jia Zhangke, directed by Central Station director Walter Cyrus, was previously screened at the Rome Film Festival. This time shortlisted for the record unit of the Berlin Panorama.
Drunken Dream Death Drunken Dream Death (2015)
Director: Zhang Zuoji
Writers: Zhang Zuoji
Starring: Huang Shanghe / Lv Xuefeng / Li Hong / Zheng Renshuo
Genre: Drama / Same-Sex
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan
Taiwanese director Zhang Zuoji launched a same-sex theme drama film very low-key, which was shortlisted for the panoramic unit.
furthermore. Li Ruijun's "Home in a Place with Abundant Water and Grass" was shortlisted for the Berlin New Era unit.
Finally, in the past experience, there should be a lot of Chinese films to go to Berlin to sell film promotion, I don't know what blockbusters will be?
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