58th BERLINALE - Berlin International Film Festival
February 7 - 17, 2008
Up to 400 films are shown every year as part of the Berlinale's public programme, the vast majority of which are world or European premieres. Films of every genre, length and format can be submitted for consideration. The Berlinale is divided into different sections, each with its own unique profile: big international movies in the Competition, independent and art-house productions in Panorama, movies specially for a young audience in the Generation section, the most exciting German cinema productions in Perspektive Deutsches Kino, an in-depth look at films from "distant" countries and experimental forms in the International Forum of New Cinema, as well as an investigation of diverse cinematic possibilities in the Berlinale Shorts. The programme is rounded off by a thematic Retrospective and a Homage, which focuses on the lifework of a great cinema personality.
Berlinale Retrospective 2008 - Luis Buñuel
Berlinale Talent Campus 2008 - Mapping (Cinematic) Emotions
Culinary Cinema 2008 - The Alpha and Omega of Good Taste
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story / Heavy Metal in Baghdad / Suddenly, Last Winter
Wild Combinations: A Portrait of Arthur Russell / Steal a Pencil for Me / Her Name Is Sabine
COMPETITION - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
SHINE A LIGHT (out of competition)
(USA 2008)
Director: Martin Scorsese
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
(USA 2008)
Director: Errol Morris
PANORAMA - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
A JIHAD FOR LOVE
(Halal Films, USA, Germany, UK, Australia 2007)
Director: Parvez Sharma
BANANAZ
(Head Film Ltd, UK 2007)
Director: Ceri Levy
CAFÉ DE LOS MAESTROS
(Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentina, USA, Brazil 2008)
Director: Miguel Kohan
DARLING! THE PIETER-DIRK UYS STORY
(Green Light Productions, Australia 2007)
Director: Julian Shaw
DEAD GAY MEN AND LIVING LESBIANS
(Rosa von Praunheim Film, Germany 2007)
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
DEREK
(JN Films Ltd, UK 2008)
Director: Isaac Julien
EAST/WEST - SEX AND POLITICS
(Galeria Alaska Productions, Germany 2008)
Director: Jochen Hick
ERIKA RABAU - PUCK OF BERLIN
(DFFB, Germany 2007)
Director: Samson Vicent
FULL BATTLE RATTLE
(Market Road Films / Mile End Films, USA 2008)
Director: Tony Gerber / Jesse Moss
HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD
(Vice Films, USA 2007)
Director: Eddy Moretti / Suroosh Alvi
JESUS CHRIST SAVIOUR
(Kinski, Germany 2008)
Director: Peter Geyer
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
(Thirteen Wnet, USA 2007)
Director: Steven Sebring
SHARON
(Omer TV, Israel, Germany 2007)
Director: Dror Moreh
SUDDENLY, LAST WINTER
(hiq productions, Italy 2007)
Director: Gustav Hofer / Luca Ragazzi
THE BEAUTIES FROM LEIPZIG
(speculum medienproduktion, Germany 2007)
Director: Gunther Scholz
THE GLOW OF WHITE WOMEN
(Little Bird Television, RSA 2007)
Director: Yunus Vally
THE OTHER SIDE OF ISTANBUL
(DFFB, Germany 2008)
Director: Döndü Kilic
WILD COMBINATIONS: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL
(Polari Pictures, USA 2008)
Director: Matt Wolf
WITH GILBERT & GEORGE
(Whole Pictures, UK 2007)
Director: Julian Cole
FORUM - SPECIAL SCREENINGS
CITIZEN HAVEL
(Film & Sociologie, Czech Republic 2008)
Director: Pavel Koutecký / Miroslav Janek
Citizen Havel features a unique mix of official and behind-the-scenes footage, focusing on Havel's political as well as private life. The audiences will get a glimpse of his tension during the first presidential election or his difficulties while practicing a speech. They will also see him recite poetry or pour a shot of Becherovka for Miloš Zeman. The camera does not turn away from Havel even as he gets angry and starts swearing over badly tailored shirts. The film will also solve some of the most persistent and mind-boggling mysteries in Czech politics: How did Václav Klaus manage to get into the jazz club? Who seated Jacques Chirac next to the first lady? Just as in his private life, both Havel's wives, Olga and Dagmar, play an important part in the film that will also show some of his friends, a number of world and Czech politicians or the Rolling Stones.
Screening Times:
Mon, Feb 11 - 19:30 CineStar 8
Tue, Feb 12 - 16:30 Delphi Filmpalast
Thu, Feb 14 - 20:00 Colosseum 1
FORUM - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
BE LIKE OTHERS
(USA, Canada, Iran 2008)
Director: Tanaz Eshaghian
CORRIDOR #8
(AGITPROP, Bulgaria 2008)
Director: Boris Despodov
Corridor #8 tells the story of the everyday life of people living along a non-existing road through the Balkans. The road passes through Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania and coincides with a major infrastructure project funded by the EU, which has been in its first stage for the past 10 years. For more information, click HERE.
FLIPPING OUT
(Israel, Canada 2007)
Director: Yoav Shamir
THE INFINITE BORDER
(Mexico 2007)
Director: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
SEAVIEW
(Ireland 2008)
Director: Paul Rowley, Nicky Gogan
SHAHIDA - BRIDES OF ALLAH
(Israel 2008)
Director: Natalie Assouline
SOUTH MAIN
(USA 2008)
Director: Kelly Parker
BERLINALE SPECIAL - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
1000 JOURNALS
(andrea-k productions, Inc., Marina del Rey, USA 2007)
Director: Andrea Kreuzhage
EYE TO EYE - ALL ABOUT GERMAN FILM
(Preview Production GbR, Transit Film GmbH, Germany 2007)
Director: Michael Althen / Hans Helmut Prinzler
CSNY DEJA VU
(Shakey Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment, USA 2008)
Director: Bernard Shakey a.k.a. Neil Young
REVERSE ANGLE - REBELLION OF THE FILMMAKERS
(Kinowelt Filmproduktions GmbH, Filmverlag der Autoren, Germany 2007)
Director: Dominik Wessely
NERAKHOON (THE BETRAYAL)
(Pandinlao Films, USA 2007)
Director: Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
THE CHICKEN, THE FISH AND THE KING CRAB
(Zebra Producciones, S.A., Spain 2008)
Director: José Luis López-Linares
TRIP TO ASIA / THE QUEST FOR HARMONY
(Boomtownmedia GmbH & Co Kg, Germany 2007)
Director: Thomas Grube
STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME
(Diamond Lane Films, USA 2007)
Director: Michèle Ohayon
BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS SPECIAL
HER NAME IS SABINE
(Mosaique Films, France 2007)
Director: Sandrine Bonnaire
GENERATION 14PLUS - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
WAR CHILD
(18th Street Films, USA 2008)
Director: Christian Karim Chrobog
LOVE, PEACE & BEATBOX
(Karl Handke Filmproduktion, Germany 2007)
Director: Volker Meyer-Dabisch