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BERLINALE 2017 Forum

43 films selected for the Berlinale Forum

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- The real and the surreal rub shoulders on this year’s programme for the Berlin Film Festival’s most exploratory section

43 films selected for the Berlinale Forum
Loving Pia by Daniel Joseph Borgmann

The 47th Forum of the 67th Berlin Film Festival (9-19 February 2017) will present 43 films, 29 of which as world premieres and ten as international premieres – plus several yet-to-be-announced movies due to be shown as special screenings. 

Here is the complete selection of the 2017 Berlinale Forum:

Loving Pia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Daniel Joseph Borgman
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- Daniel Joseph Borgmann (Denmark)
Strange Birds [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elise Girard
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]
- Élise Girard (France)
Occidental [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Neïl Beloufa
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]
- Neïl Beloufa (France)
Tinselwood [+see also:
trailer
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- Marie Voignier (France)
From a Year of Non-Events [+see also:
trailer
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- Ann Carolin Renninger, René Frölke (Germany)
Casting [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicolas Wackerbarth
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]
- Nicolas Wackerbarth (Germany)
2+2=22 [The Alphabet] [+see also:
trailer
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- Heinz Emigholz (Germany)
Dieste [Uruguay] - Heinz Emigholz (Germany)
Streetscapes [Dialogue] [+see also:
trailer
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]
- Heinz Emigholz (Germany)
Bickels [Socialism] - Heinz Emigholz (Germany/Israel)
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Manuel Muñoz Rivas
film profile
]
- Manuel Muñoz Rivas (Spain/Netherlands)
Barrage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Laura Schroeder
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]
- Laura Schroeder (Luxembourg/Belgium/France)
Animals [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Greg Zglinski
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]
- Greg Zglinski (Switzerland/Austria/Poland)
Spell Reel [+see also:
trailer
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- Filipa César (Germany/Portugal/France/Guinea-Bissau)
somniloquies - Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor (France/USA)
Mama Colonel [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Dieudo Hamadi (Congo/France)
Foreign Body [+see also:
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trailer
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- Raja Amari (Tunisia/France)
Low Tide [+see also:
trailer
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- Daniel Mann (Israel/France)
Rifle [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
- Davi Pretto (Brazil/Germany)
My Happy Family [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon G…
film profile
]
- Nana & Simon (Germany/Georgia/France)
City of the Sun [+see also:
film review
trailer
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- Rati Oneli (Georgia/USA/Netherlands/Qatar)
So Long Enthusiasm - Vladimir Durán (Argentina/Colombia)
Autumn, Autumn - Jang Woo-jin (South Korea)
Casa Roshell - Camila José Donoso (Mexico/Chile)
Rustlers - Albertina Carri (Argentina)
Dayveon - Amman Abbasi (USA)
For Ahkeem - Jeremy Levine, Landon Van Soest (USA)
Golden Exits - Alex Ross Perry (USA)
Lady of the Lake - Haobam Paban Kumar (India)
Newton - Amit V Masurkar (India)
El mar la mar - JP Sniadecki, Joshua Bonnetta (USA)
Menashe - Joshua Z Weinstein (USA/Israel)
Three Lights - Kohki Yoshida (Japan)
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue - Yuya Ishii (Japan)
Railway Sleepers - Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Thailand)
Motherland - Ramona S Diaz (USA/Philippines)
Inmates - Ma Li (China)
Green River. The Time of the Yakurunas - Alvaro and Diego Sarmiento (Peru)
A Feeling Greater than Love - Mary Jirmanus Saba (Lebanon)
Simulation - Abed Abest (Iran)
The Theatre of Disappearance - Adrián Villar Rojas (Argentina)
House in the Fields - Tala Hadid (Morocco/Qatar)
Werewolf - Ashley McKenzie (Canada)

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(Translated from French)

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