19 first selections for the Panorama, YSL in the lead

by Bénédicte Prot

19/12/2013 - Amongst the 19 first titles announced for Berlin’s second most important section, Yves Saint Laurent by French actor and director Jalil Lespert was chosen for the opening

19 first selections for the Panorama, YSL in the lead

On February 7, Yves Saint Laurent [+see also:
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The film is part of the 19 selections already announced for this section (in total, the Panorama will welcome 50 fiction and documentary features). The list includes famous names such as Michel Gondry, Sophie Fillières, Benjamin Heisenberg, Maximilian Erlenwein and John Michael McDonagh, but new talents were not left out either.

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Europe is so far represented by six films and two co-productions with non-European countries.

List of the first 19 selections for the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlinale:

Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert (France)
Opening film - Panaroma Special

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? by Michel Gondry (France)
World avant-premiere

If You Don't, I Will by Sophie Fillières (France)

Stereo by Maximilian Erlenwein (Germany)

Superegos by Benjamin Heisenberg (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)

The Lamb by Kutluğ Ataman (Germany /Turkey)

Calvary by John Michael McDonagh (Ireland/UK)

Test by Chris Mason Johnson (US)

The Better Angels by A. J. Edwards (US)