18/12/2018 - With 22 titles representing 21 countries, including 14 world premieres and 13 European (co-)productions, the second-most-important section of the Berlinale is half complete

The first 22 titles selected for the Panorama section of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival (7-17 February 2019) have been announced by section director Paz Lázaro, and co-curator and programme manager Michael Stütz. This first batch of films, which represents half of the final selection of the second-most-important programme of the major German festival (and involves a total of 21 production countries), includes five documentaries, nine debuts, eight fully European (co-)productions, five co-productions involving EU countries and 14 films that will screen as world premieres.

Amongst the highlights in this first series of films is Seamus Murphy's documentary on PJ Harvey; a movie by renowned British auteur Joanna Hogg, which unites Tilda Swinton and her daughter Honor Swinton-Byrne in her first lead role; Oscar-nominated US actor Jonah Hill’s debut behind the camera; and a portrait of controversial film critic Pauline Kael and her influence on a male-dominated universe by Rob Garver, which includes the testimonies of such personalities as Sarah Jessica Parker, Quentin Tarantino, Alec Baldwin, David O Russell and Paul Schrader.

Here is the first half of the 2019 Panorama selection: 

Dafne [+see also:
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A Dog Called Money [+see also:
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The Souvenir [+see also:
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Hellhole [+see also:
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interview: Bas Devos
film profile] - Bas Devos (Belgium/Netherlands)
Selfie [+see also:
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Jessica Forever [+see also:
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O Beautiful Night [+see also:
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interview: Xaver Böhm
film profile] - Xaver Böhm (Germany)
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea [+see also:
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Flatland [+see also:
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film profile] - Jenna Bass (South Africa/Germany/Luxembourg)
Chained [+see also:
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interview: Yaron Shani
film profile] - Yaron Shani (Israel/Germany)
Tremors [+see also:
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interview: Jayro Bustamante
film profile] - Jayro Bustamante (Guatemala/France/Luxembourg)
Monos [+see also:
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Shooting the Mafia [+see also:
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Acid [+see also:
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The Day After I'm Gone - Nimrod Eldar (Israel)
Greta - Armando Praça (Brazil)
Waiting for the Carnival - Marcelo Gomes (Brazil) (documentary)
Family Members - Mateo Bendesky (Argentina)
Mid90s - Jonah Hill (USA)
Skin - Guy Nattiv (USA)
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael - Rob Garver (USA) (documentary)
37 Seconds - HIKARI (Japan)