The full line-up for the 75th Berlin International Film Festival has been announced in the German capital ahead of the event next month.
New festival director Tricia Tuttle opened the press conference at 10am UK time this morning and gave an overview of the programme. With her co-directors of Film Programming Jacqueline Lyanga and Michael Stütz, Tuttle presented the film selection of Competition and the new competitive section Perspectives.
According to an official press release, 19 films will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, among them one first feature as well as one documentary. Productions from 26 countries are represented. 17 films are world premieres. Eight films were directed or co-directed by women. Nine filmmakers have screened their films in the Berlinale previously.
The Perspectives competition comprises 14 feature film debuts, of which twelve are world premieres and two are international premieres. 19 production countries are represented. Five films were directed or co-directed by women, two films were directed by non-binary directors.
There is Blue Moon, a new film by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley, as well as new works from Hong Sangsoo, Michel Franco and Radu Jude.
The comptetition film are as follows:
Blue Moon by Richard Linklater
La cache (The Safe House) by Lionel Baier
Dreams by Michel Franco
Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud
Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani (What Does that Nature Say to You) by Hong Sangsoo
Hot Milk by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You by Mary Bronstein
Kontinental ’25 by Radu Jude
El mensaje (The Message) by Iván Fund
Mother’s Baby by Johanna Moder
Reflet dans un diamant mort (Reflection in a Dead Diamond) by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Sheng xi zhi di (Living the Land) By Huo Meng
Strichka chasu (Timestamp) by Kateryna Gornostai
La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower) by Lucile Hadžihalilovi?
O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro
Was Marielle weiß (What Marielle Knows) by Frédéric Hambalek
The Berlinale kicks off from the 13th of February and runs to the 26th of February.
