Berlinale Competition and Berlinale Special

Another 11 films have now been invited to the Competition of the 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Six more have also been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special . (c) Netflix - Natalia de Molina and Greta Fernández in Elisa y Marcela Joining the seven Competition films and three Berlinale Special titles are 17 productions and co-productions from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Mongolia, Norway, People’s Republic of China, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the USA. Competition Di jiu tian chang ( So Long, My Son )
People’s Republic of China
by Wang Xiaoshuai ( In Love We Trust , Beijing Bicycle , Chinese Portrait )
with Wang Jingchun, Yong Mei, Qi Xi, Wang Yuan, Du Jiang, Ai Liya, Xu Cheng, Li Jingjing, Zhao Yanguozhang
World premiere Elisa y Marcela ( Elisa & Marcela )
Spain
by Isabel Coixet ( Elegy , The Bookshop , The Secret Life of Words )
with Natalia de Molina, Greta Fernández, Sara Casasnovas, Tamar Novas, Maria Pujalte
World premiere Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija ( God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija )
Macedonia / Belgium / Slovenia / Croatia / France
by Teona Strugar Mitevska ( When the Day Had No Name , The Women Who Brushed Off Her Tears , I Am From Titov Veles )
with Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Simeon Moni Damevski, Suad Begovski, Violeta Shapkovska, Stefan Vujisic, Xhevdet Jahari, Andrijana Kolevska
World premiere Marighella
Brazil
by Wagner Moura
with Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves, Bruno Gagliasso, Jorge Paz, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Humberto Carrão, Bella Camero, Ana Paula Bouzas
World premiere – First Feature
Out of competition Mr. Jones
Poland / United Kingdom / Ukraine
by Agnieszka Holland ( Spoor , Europa Europa , Angry Harvest )
with James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard
World premiere Öndög
Mongolia
by Wang Quan'an ( White Deer Plain , Apart Together , Tuya‘ s Marriage )
with Dulamjav Enkhtaivan, Aorigeletu, Norovsambuu Batmunkh
World premiere The Operative
Germany / Israel / France / USA
by Yuval Adler ( Bethlehem )
with Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar
World premiere – Out of competition La paranza dei bambini ( Piranhas )
Italy
by Claudio Giovannesi ( Fiore , Alì Blue Eyes )
with Francesco Di Napoli, Ar Tem, Viviana Aprea, Pasquale Marotta
World premiere Systemsprenger ( System Crasher )
Germany
by Nora Fingscheidt ( Without this World )
with Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Wold premiere – First Feature Ut og stjæle hester ( Out Stealing Horses )
Norway / Sweden / Denmark
by Hans Petter Moland ( The Beautiful Country , A Somewhat Gentle Man , In Order of Disappearance )
with Stellan Skarsgård, Tobias Santelmann, Bjørn Floberg, Danica Curcic
World premiere Varda par Agnès ( Varda by Agnès ) - Documentary
France
by Agnès Varda ( Cléo from 5 to 7 , The Gleaners and I , The Beaches of Agnès , Faces Places )
World premiere – Out of competition Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch - Documentary
Canada
by Jennifer Baichwal ( Long Time Running , Watermark , Manufactured Landscapes ), Nicholas de Pencier ( Long Time Running , Black Code , Four Wings and a Prayer ), Edward Burtynsky ( Watermark )
European premiere Es hätte schlimmer kommen können - Mario Adorf ( It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf ) - Documentary
Germany
by Dominik Wessely ( Reverse Angle: Rebellion of the Filmmakers , Nelly’s Adventure , The Housewife’s Flower )
with Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta
World premiere El Norte ( The North )
USA (1984)
by Gregory Nava ( Bordertown , My Family , Selena )
with Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros
El Norte was restored in 2017 by the Academy Film Archive, supported in part by the Getty Foundation.
European premiere of the restored version
In cooperation with NATIVe Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
United Kingdom
by Chiwetel Ejiofor
with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Lily Banda, Noma Dumezweni, Aïssa Maïga, Joseph Marcell, Lemogang Tsipa European premiere – First Feature Lampenfieber ( Kids in the Spotlight ) - Documentary
Germany
by Alice Agneskirchner ( On Hunting – Who Owns Nature? , 20xBrandenburg , Dear Mum, I Hardly Knew You… )
World premiere Berlinale Special Gala at the Zoo Palast Celle que vous croyez ( Who You Think I Am )
France
by Safy Nebbou ( Angel of Mine , Dumas , In the Forests of Siberia )
with Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia
World premiere