#BerlinaleCompetition - 18 films announced

The Competition programme includes 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary form.

“The Competition films tell intimate and earth-shattering, individual and collective stories that have an enduring effect and gain their impact from their interplay with the audience. If there is a predominance of dark tones, this may be because the films we have selected tend to look at the present without illusion – not to cause fear, but because they want to open our eyes. The trust cinema places in humankind, these suffering, ill-treated, manipulative beings, is unbroken – so unbroken that it consistently views them as its protagonists” Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian.

The line-up of the Berlinale Special has now also been completed. Four more titles have been confirmed. You can find these films following the list of the Competition.

Berlin Alexanderplatz
 Germany / Netherlands
 by Burhan Qurbani
 with Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen, Richard Fouofié Djimeli
 World premiere

DAU. Natasha
 Germany / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Russian Federation
 by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
 with Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, Luc Bigé
 World premiere

Domangchin yeoja (The Woman Who Ran)
 Republic of Korea
 by Hong Sangsoo
 with Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Song Seonmi, Kim Saebyuk, Lee Eunmi, Kwon Haehyo, Shin Seokho, Ha Seongguk
 World premiere

Effacer l'historique (Delete History)
 France / Belgium
 by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
 with Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydès, Corinne Masiero
 World premiere

El prófugo (The Intruder)
 Argentina / Mexico
 by Natalia Meta
 with Érica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth, Guillermo Arengo, Agustín Rittano, Mirta Busnelli
 World premiere

Favolacce (Bad Tales)
 Italy / Switzerland
 by Damiano & Fabio D'Innocenzo
 with Elio Germano, Barbara Chichiarelli, Lino Musella, Gabriel Montesi, Max Malatesta
 World premiere

First Cow
 USA
 by Kelly Reichardt
 with John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer, Lily Gladstone
 International premiere

Irradiés (Irradiated)
 France / Cambodia
 by Rithy Panh
 World premiere / Documentary form

Le sel des larmes (The Salt of Tears)
 France / Switzerland
 by Philippe Garrel
 with Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, André Wilms, Louise Chevillotte, Souheila Yacoub
 World premiere

Never Rarely Sometimes Always
 USA
 by Eliza Hittman
 with Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten
 International premiere

Rizi (Days)
 Taiwan
 by Tsai Ming-Liang
 with Lee Kang-Sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
 World premiere

The Roads Not Taken
 United Kingdom
 by Sally Potter
 with Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney
 World premiere

Schwesterlein (My Little Sister)
 Switzerland
 by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
 with Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier, Linne-Lu Lungershausen, Noah Tscharland, Isabelle Caillat, Moritz Gottwald, Urs Jucker
 World premiere

Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil)
 Germany / Czech Republic / Iran
 by Mohammad Rasoulof
 World premiere

Siberia
 Italy / Germany / Mexico
 by Abel Ferrara
 with Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Cristina Chiriac
 World premiere

Todos os mortos (All the Dead Ones)
 Brazil / France
 by Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra
 with Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez, Alaíde Costa, Leonor Silveira, Agyei Augusto, Rogério Brito, Thomás Aquino, Andrea Marquee
 World premiere

Undine
 Germany / France
 by Christian Petzold
 with Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz
 World premiere

Volevo nascondermi (Hidden Away)
 Italy
 by Giorgio Diritti
 with Elio Germano
 World premiere

“This section provides a platform for films that captivate a wide audience. We call them ‘moving images’ because they move audiences with their expressiveness and their brilliant and courageous performers. The gala premieres fulfil the desire for the stars, glitz and glamour that is part of every big festival. Berlinale Series offers an insight into new forms of storytelling while Berlinale Special presents itself as a forum for debate and discussion and builds bridges between the audience and cinema,” comments Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Berlinale.

The following four films complete the programme of this year’s Berlinale Special. In total, 20 films from 19 countries, among them 15 world premieres, will be shown in the section.

Onward
 USA
 by Dan Scanlon
 with the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, Ali Wong
 International premiere / Animation

Curveball
 Germany
 by Johannes Naber
 with Sebastian Blomberg, Dar Salim, Virginia Kull, Michael Wittenborn, Thorsten Merten, Franziska Brandmeier
 World premiere

DAU. Degeneratsia (DAU. Degeneration)
 Germany / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Russian Federation
 by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Ilya Permyakov
 World premiere

Speer Goes to Hollywood
 Israel
 by Vanessa Lapa
 World premiere / Documentary form