67th Berlinale: Competition and Berlinale Special

67^th Berlinale: Competition and Berlinale Special - Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader’s Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme

 

Competition

 

The following films will be celebrating world or international premieres in the Competition of the Berlinale 2017.

 

Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)

South Korea

By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody's Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)

With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun, Kwon Haehyo, Song Seonmi, Ahn Jaehong, Park Yeaju

World premiere

 

El Bar (The Bar)

Spain

By Álex de la Iglesia (Mad Circus, The Day of the Beast, The Oxford Murders)

With Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez, Secun de la Rosa, Alejandro Awada, Joaquín Climent, Jaime Ordóñez

World premiere - Out of competition

 

Helle Nächte (Bright Nights)
Germany / Norway
By Thomas Arslan (Dealer, Vacation, In the Shadows, Gold)
With Georg Friedrich, Tristan Göbel, Marie Leuenberger, Hanna Karlberg
World premiere

 

Joaquim
Brazil / Portugal
By Marcelo Gomes (Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures, The Man of the Crowd, I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You)
With Julio Machado, Isabél Zuaa, Nuno Lopes, Rômulo Braga, Welket Bungué, Karay Rya Pua
World premiere

 

Logan
USA
By James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted; Walk The Line, The Wolverine)
With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Doris Morgado, Sienna Novikov, Elizabeth Rodriguez
World premiere - Out of competition

 

Mr. Long
Japan / Germany / Hong Kong, China / Taiwan
By Sabu (Monday, Chasuke’s Journey)
With Chen Chang, Sho Aoyagi, Yiti Yao, Junyin Bai
World premiere

 

Return to Montauk

Germany / France / Ireland

By Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum, Diplomatie)

With Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss, Susanne Wolff, Niels Arestrup

World premiere

 

T2 Trainspotting

United Kingdom

By Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach, Slumdog Millionaire)

With Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner

International premiere - Out of competition

 

Viceroy’s House
India / United Kingdom

By Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham, What’s Cooking)
With Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi
World premiere - Out of competition

 

Wilde Maus (Wild Mouse)
Austria
By Josef Hader
With Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann, Denis Moschitto
World premiere – First Feature

 

 

Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast

 

Es war einmal in Deutschland... (Bye Bye Germany)

Germany / Luxemburg / Belgium

By Sam Garbarski (The Rashevski’s Tango, Irina Palm, Quartier Lointain)

With Moritz Bleibtreu, Antje Traue, Mark Ivanir, Tim Seyfi, Hans Löw, Anatol Taubman, Pál Mácsai, Vaclav Jakoubek

World premiere

 

 

Berlinale Special Gala at the Zoo Palast

 

In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts (In Times of Fading Light)

Germany

By Matti Geschonneck (Boxhagener Platz, Das Zeugenhaus)

In collaboration with Wolfgang Kohlhaase

With Bruno Ganz, Hildegard Schmahl, Sylvester Groth, Evgenia Dodina, Natalia Belitski, Alexander Fehling, Gabriela Maria Schmeide

World premiere

 

Berlinale Special at Kino International

 

Masaryk (A Prominent Patient)

Czech Republic / Slovakia

By Julius Sevcík (Restart, Normal - The Düsseldorf Ripper)

With Karel Roden, Hanns Zischler, Arly Jover, Oldrich Kaiser, Dermot Crowley, Milton Welsch, Eva Herzigova

World premiere

 

A further 13 films have thus been invited to screen in the Competition and Berlinale Special section at the 67th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival.

In addition to the previously announced titles (see press releases from January 4, 2017 and December 15, 2016), productions from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong – China, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the USA have now been added to the programme. Austrian actor Josef Hader will be presenting his directorial debut in the Berlinale Competition 2017.

 

The complete programme of the Competition and Berlinale Special will be announced soon.