Artistic director Tricia Tuttle’s second Berlinale lineup features a cavalcade of world and international premieres — including several films arriving fresh from their premieres at Sundance. The festival runs February 12-22.
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22 films are set to play in the main Competition section, including new films from Kornel Mundruczo, Ilker Catak, Emin Alper, Angela Schanelec, Karim Ainouz, Warwick Thornton, Anthony Chen and Hanna Bergholm.
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Nine of the competition films are directed or co-directed by women, up from eight last year and six two years ago.
There are 13 titles in Perspectives, 11 of which are world premieres including two UK titles; Ashley Walters’ directorial debut Animol, and Dara Van Dusen’s A Prayer For The Dying, starring Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly.
Screen International profiles the titles set to launch in Competition, Perspectives, Special and Panorama, and picks out highlights from the Generation, Forum and Panorama Documentary strands.
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Panorama Documentary Highlights
Generation Highlights
Forum Highlights
Profiles by Ellie Calnan, Ben Dalton, Tim Dams, Elaine Guerini, Jeremy Kay, Rebecca Leffler, Michael Rosser, Matt Schley, Mona Tabbara, Silvia Wong