23 films in The Competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival
The Competition of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival is now complete. 19 of the 23 films in the Competition programme will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears. 21 films are world premieres.
The following countries are participating in the entire programme: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong/China, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Ukraine, the USA and Vietnam.
The Award Ceremony will take place at the Berlinale Palast on Saturday, February 14th, 2015. The event will close with a screening of the winner of the Golden Bear.
The following films will complete the Competition programme:
Aferim!
Romania / Bulgaria / Czech Republic
By Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family)
With Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija
World premiere
El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button) - documentary
France / Chile / Spain
By Patricio Guzmán (Nostalgia for the Light)
World premiere
El Club (The Club)
Chile
By Pablo Larraín (Tony Manero, No)
With Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Jaime Vadell, Marcelo Alonso
World premiere
Elser (13 Minutes)
Germany
By Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall)
With Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow, Felix Eitner
World premiere – Out of competition
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Germany / Canada / France / Sweden / Norway
By Wim Wenders (PINA, Wings of Desire, The American Friend)
With James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams, Marie-Josée Croze
World premiere – Out of competition
Ten no chasuke (Chasuke's Journey)
Japan
By Sabu (Kanikosen, Dead Run)
With Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Ito Ohno, Ren Ohsugi, Yusuke Iseya, Hiromasa Taguchi, Tina Tamashiro, Susumu Terajima
World premiere
Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin)
Italy / Switzerland / Germany / Albania / Kosovo
By Laura Bispuri - Feature debut
With Alba Rohrwacher, Lars Eidinger, Flonja Kodheli, Luan Jaha, Emily Ferratello
World premiere
45 Years by Andrew Haigh
United Kingdom
Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming) by Andreas Dresen
Germany / France
Body by Malgorzata Szumowska
Poland
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories) by Di Phan Dang
Vietnam / France / Germany / Netherlands
Cinderella by Kenneth Branagh
USA – Out of competition
Eisenstein in Guanajuato by Peter Greenaway
Netherlands / Mexico / Belgium / Finland
Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante
Guatemala / France – Feature debut
Journal d'une femme de chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid) by Benoit Jacquot
France / Belgium
Knight of Cups by Terrence Malick
USA
Mr. Holmes by Bill Condon
United Kingdom – Out of competition
Nobody Wants the Night by Isabel Coixet – Opening film
Spain / France / Bulgaria
Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds) by Alexey German
Russian Federation / Ukraine / Poland
Queen of the Desert by Werner Herzog
USA
Taxi by Jafar Panahi
Iran
Victoria by Sebastian Schipper
Germany
Yi bu zhi yao (Gone with the Bullets) by Wen Jiang
People’s Republic of China / USA / Hong Kong, China
