Berlin

The Competition of the 64^th Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. 20 of the 23 films in the Competition programme will be vying for the Golden Bear and Silver Bears (see also press releases from December 17  and 20, 2013). The following countries are participating: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, People’s Republic of China, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay and the USA. The Competition programme includes 18 world premieres and three feature debuts.

The Award Ceremony will take place at the Berlinale Palast on Saturday, February 15, 2014. The event will close with a screening of the winner of the Golden Bear.

The following films will complete the Competition programme:

Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice)

People’s Republic of China

By Yinan Diao (Night Train, Uniform)

With Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang

World premiere

Boyhood

USA

By Richard Linklater (Before Midnight, Me & Orson Welles)

With Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater

International premiere

Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House)

Japan

By Yoji Yamada (Tokyo Family, About Her Brother)

With Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baisho

International premiere

Historia del miedo (History of Fear)

Argentina / Uruguay / Germany / France

By Benjamin Naishtat - feature debut

With Jonathan Da Rosa, Claudia Cantero, Mirella Pascual, Cesar Bordon, Tatiana Gimenez

World premiere

Jack

Germany

By Edward Berger

With Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer, Vincent Redetzki, Jacob Matschenz, Nele Mueller-Stöfen

World premiere

Kraftidioten (In Order of Disappearance)

Norway / Sweden / Denmark

By Hans Petter Moland (A Somewhat Gentle Man, The Beautiful Country)

With Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Jakob Oftebro, Anders Baasmo Christiansen

World premiere

Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross)

Germany

By Dietrich Brüggemann (Move; Renn, wenn du kannst)

With Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter

World premiere

La belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast)

France / Germany

By Christophe Gans (Silent Hill, Brotherhood of the Wolf)

With Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier

International premiere - Out of competition

La tercera orilla (The Third Side of the River)

Argentina / Germany / Netherlands

By Celina Murga (A Week Alone, Ana and the Others, Normal School)

With Alian Devetac, Daniel Veronese, Gaby Ferrero, Irina Wetzel, Dylan Agostini van del Boch

World premiere

La voie de l‘ennemi (Two Men in Town)

France / Algeria / USA / Belgium

By Rachid Bouchareb (London River, Little Senegal)

With Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzmán, Dolores Heredia

World premiere

Macondo

Austria

By Sudabeh Mortezai - feature debut

With Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva

World premiere

Praia do Futuro 

Brazil / Germany

By Karim Aïnouz (Suely in the Sky, Madame Satã)

With Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa

World premiere            

Tui Na (Blind Massage)

People’s Republic of China / France

By Ye Lou (Mistery, Suzhou River)

With Hao Qin, Xiaodong Guo, Lei Zhang

World premiere

Wu Ren Qu (No Man’s Land)

People’s Republic of China

By Hao Ning (Crazy Stone, Mongolian Ping Pong)

With Zheng Xu, Nan Yu, Bo Huang, Bujie Duo

International premiere

Zwischen Welten (Inbetween Worlds)

Germany

By Feo Aladag (When We Leave)

With Ronald Zehrfeld

World premiere