Award-winner Olivier Assayas will be in attendance and numerous guests from the international film and serial drama industry are expected.

When the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg opens on Friday, October 9, 2015, the Festival Director Dr. Michael Kötz and Program Manager Daniela Kötz will have once again invited an exquisite selection of directors, actors and producers to the festival.

With the Master of Cinema Award for Olivier Assayas, the film festival honors a well-established, distinguished personality of the international film industry. And there may well be a future Master of Cinema in the midst of the young directors and producers that are among the invited participants this year.

Here is an overview of the guests:

• For this year’s opening film, “Stubborn”, we are expecting the director Armel Hostiou, whose film debut “Rives” celebrated its premiere at the Festival de Cannes in 2011, as well as the actresses Kate Moran and Anne Sofie Rimestad and producer Jasmina Sijercic. // German premiere: October 9, 8 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “12 Months in 1 Day” we are expecting the director Margot Schaap, winner of the 2008 Tuschinski Award. // European premiere: October 10, 7 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Before Sunrise”, actor Bilal Bulut and director Murat Eroglu will be present. // German premiere: October 14, 7 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Bridgend”, producer Michel Schønnemann will be in attendance. // German premiere: October 10, 6 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Clever” we are expecting the co-directors Federico Borgia and Guillermo Madeiro as well as the producer Francisco Magnou. // European Premiere: October 12, 8 p.m. in Mannheim
• For the Film “Home Care” the director Slávek Horák, a multi-awarding-winning advertising film maker, will be attending. // German premiere: October 14, 7 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Homesick” actor Simon Berger is confirmed. // German premiere: October 10, 8 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Jalal’s Story”, director Abu Shahed Emon, chosen for the renowned Australia Awards Endeavor Scholarship, and actor Gias Uddin Ahmed as well as the producers Faridur Reza and Ebne Hashan Khan will be attending. // European premiere: October 20, 6 p.m. in Mannheim
• “La Tierra Roja” will be represented by director Diego Martínez Vignatti. // German premiere: October 17, 7 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “Magallanes”, the directorial debut of the well-known Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar, the producer Andres Longares will be in attendance. // German premiere: October 19, 9 p.m. in Mannheim
• Director Mihkel Ulk will be representing his film “Zero Point” // German premiere: October 14, 7 p.m. in Mannheim
• For “Once at the Orphanage” we are expecting director Serik Abishev and producer Sergey Azimnov. // World premiere: October 16, 8 p.m. in Heidelberg
• The film “Paradise Trips” will be represented by actor Gene Bervoets and director Raf Reyntjens. // International premiere: October 15, 8 p.m. in Mannheim
• “Rider Jack”, featuring German actors Roeland Wiesnekker and Wolfram Berger, will be represented by director This Lüscher and actress Ragna Guderian. // German premiere: October 15, 7 p.m. in Mannheim
• For the Iranian film “Road To Shahriyar” director Vahid Qazimirsaeid and leading actress Baharan Baniahmadi will be present. // International premiere: October 14, 8 p.m. in Mannheim
• For “Simshar”, the first-ever Maltese submission to the Academy Awards in 2014, we are expecting director Rebecca Cremona and the renowned Maltese actress Clare Agius. // German premiere: October 19, 5 p.m. in Mannheim
• “So Long Africa”, which won the Prix Junior for Best Script in 2012 and features French actor Niels Arestrup, will be represented by director Ada Loueilh. // International premiere: October 9, 9 p.m. in Heidelberg
• The film “Son of Mine” will be represented by Remy van Heugten. // German premiere: October 10, 10 p.m. in Heidelberg
• For “The Lion’s Path” we are expecting director Stéphan Beaudoin, screenwriter Sophie-Anne Beaudry, actor Frederic Lemay and producer Alexis Mercier. // International premiere: October 15, 9 p.m. in Heidelberg
• The film “The Thin Yellow Line”, co-produced by Guillermo del Toro, will be presented by director Celso R. García. // German premiere: October 21, 6 p.m. in Heidelberg
• “Walking Distance” will be represented by director Alejandro Guzmán Álvarez. // German premiere: October 20, 5 p.m. in Heidelberg