Taviani, Petzold and Billy Bob Thornton: World Premieres in the Competition and Angelina Jolie’s Directorial Debut in the New Cinema at the 'Haus der Berliner Festspiele'
An additional ten world premieres will be screening in the Competition programme of the Berlinale 2012. Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competing for this year's Berlinale Bears. (For the other Competition titles, see press releases from Dec. 16, 2011 and Jan. 4, 2012.)
On the first weekend of the Festival, Angelina Jolie will be presenting her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele's new cinema.
Competition
Aujourd´hui
France/Senegal
By Alain Gomis (L´Afrance, Andalucia)
With Saül Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Djolof M'bengue
World premiere
Barbara
Germany
By Christian Petzold (Yella, Jerichow, Dreileben)
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
Italy
By Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padrone, La notte di San Lorenzo, La masseria delle allodole, San Michele aveva un gallo)
With Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano
World premiere
Gnade
Germany/Norway
By Matthias Glasner (The Free Will, Sexy Sadie)
With Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange
World premiere
Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Russian Federation/USA
By Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, The King of Luck, All the pretty Horses)
With Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon
World premiere
L´enfant d´en haut (Sister)
Switzerland/France
By Ursula Meier (Tous à table, Des épaules solides, Home)
With Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston
World premiere
Metéora (Meteora)
Germany/Greece
By Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1)
With Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva
World premiere
Tabu
Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France
By Miguel Gomes (The Face You Deserve, Our Beloved Month Of August)
With Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta
World premiere
Csak a szél (Just The Wind)
Hungary/Germany/France
By Benedek Fliegauf (Dealer, Rengeteg, Tejút, Womb)
With Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Géza Jungwirth
World premiere
Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend)
Germany
By Hans-Christian Schmid (Storm, Requiem, Distant Lights)
With Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
World premiere
Berlinale Special
In The Land Of Blood And Honey
USA
By Angelina Jolie (directorial debut)
With Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šrbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo
German premiere
09.01.2012 | Editor's blog
Cat. : Alain Gomis American film directors Ana Moreira Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie Aujourd´hui Benedek Fliegauf Benedek Fliegauf Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton Birgit Minichmayr Brazil CAESAR MUST DIE Christian Petzold Cinema of Germany Corinna Harfouch Dealer Distant Lights Ernst StötznerWorld Fabio Cavalli Film France Germany Gillian Anderson Goran Kosti Hans-Christian Schmid Henry StangeWorld Hungary In the Land of Blood and Honey John Hurt Kacey Mottet Klein Katalin Toldi Kevin BaconWorld King Laura Soveral Martin CompstonWorld Mass media Matthias Glasner Miguel Gomes New Cinema Nina Hoss Nina Hoss Paolo Taviani Person Career Petzold Petzold Thornton Portugal Rade Šrbedžija Rengeteg Robert Duvall Ronald ZehrfeldWorld Salvatore StrianoWorld San Lorenzo Sebastian Zimmler Spiros Stathoulopoulos Switzerland Teresa Madruga Theo Alexander Thornton Ursula Meier Vanesa GlodjoGerman Vittorio Taviani