24/01/2007

Nine of the 22 feature films that will compete for the Golden Bear at the upcoming Berlinale received support from the MEDIA Programme, in its different domains:

La Vie en Rose [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Olivier Dahan (MEDIA - Automatic support)
Ne touchez pas la hache [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Jacques Rivette (MEDIA Slate funding)
Irina Palm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sam Garbarski
interview: Sébastien Delloye
film profile] by Sam Garbarski (MEDIA Slate funding + I2I + Automatic)
Les Témoins [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (The Witnesses) by André Téchiné (MEDIA I2I + Slate funding)
In Memory Of Myself [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Saverio Costanzo (MEDIA Dev. Single project)
Angel [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by François Ozon (MEDIA Automatic: Dev. Single project)
Goodbye Bafana [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Bille August (Slate funding + I2I + Automatic)
The Counterfeiters [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Stefan Ruzowitzky (MEDIA Slate funding + I2I)
Yella [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Christian Petzold

Moreover, the EU programme aiming to strengthen the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry also backed other titles to be presented in the festival's sidebar sections, including Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (MEDIA Automatic + I2I), David Ondricek's Grandhotel (MEDIA Dev. Single project) and Marco Simon Puccioni's Riparo - Anis tra di noi (MEDIA Dev. Single project); all of which will be in the Panorama section.

MEDIA backed projects screening in the Forum are Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd's Le cercle des noyés (MEDIA slate funding), Jeanne Waltz's Pas douce (MEDIA Slate funding) and Maria Speth's Madonnen (MEDIA I2I + Slate).