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BERLINALE 2016 UK

British contenders set for Berlin

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- Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion and Michael Grandage’s Genius to bow

British contenders set for Berlin
A Quiet Passion by Terence Davies

A brace of British adaptations of American literary figures are headed to Berlin. Fresh off the success of Sunset Song [+see also:
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that won acclaim the world over and scored nominations at the BFI London Film Festival, San Sebastian and the British Independent Film Awards, British master Terence Davies is all set to land at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (11-21 February 2016) with the World Premiere Special Gala screening of his latest film A Quiet Passion [+see also:
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, a portrait of the renowned American poet Emily Dickinson that follows her from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist (read the news). Cynthia Nixon stars as Dickinson and the cast also includes Jennifer Ehle and Keith Carradine. The film is a co-production between Hurricane Films (UK) and Potemkino (Belgium). Double Dutch International is handling international sales.

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Berlin will also see the debut of Competition title Genius [+see also:
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, British theatre impresario Michael Grandage’s feature debut, an account of American literary editor Max Perkins’ time at publishing house Scribner that centres on his real-life relationship with literary giant Thomas Wolfe. The powerhouse cast includes Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Dominic West. The film is a co-production between the Michael Grandage Company (UK), Desert Wolf Productions (US) and Riverstone Pictures (UK). Filmnation Entertainment is handling international sales.

Vincent Perez’s Alone in Berlin [+see also:
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(read the news), based in Hans Fallada’s powerful and redemptive novel written shortly after the Second World War and co-produced by FilmWave (UK) with France (Master Movies, Pathé Films) and Germany (X Filme Creative Pool), is also in Competition.

Other British films to look out for are John Michael McDonagh’s War on Everyone [+see also:
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, David Farr’s The Ones Below [+see also:
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, Omer Fast’s Remainder [+see also:
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in the Panorama section, Aaron Brookner’s Uncle Howard [+see also:
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 in the Panorama Documentary strand, and omnibus The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger [+see also:
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by Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz and Tilda Swinton in the Special Screenings list.

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