Malmkrog de Cristi Puiu en ouverture de la compétition Encounters à Berlin
par Vladan Petkovic
- 15 films se disputeront les trois prix en lice dans cette nouvelle section du festival, qui a également annoncé tout le programme de Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Cet article est disponible en anglais.
One of the most important changes that new artistic director Carlo Chatrian is bringing to the 70th edition of the Berlinale (20 February-1 March) is a new competitive strand dubbed Encounters. A three-member jury will choose the winners for Best Film, Best Director and a Special Jury Award.
“As a result of passionate research, the 15 titles chosen for Encounters present the vitality of cinema in all of its forms. Each film presents a different way of interpreting the cinematic story: autobiographical, intimate, political, social, philosophical, epic, surreal. The films take up the challenge of shaping a world, rather than reproducing it,” says Chatrian.
The section will open with Romanian auteur Cristi Puiu's newest film, Malmkrog [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a co-production with Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. Described as “a tour de force of words and mise-en-scène”, the title is part of a selection that also includes documentaries such as Viktor Kossakovsky's Gunda [+lire aussi :
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interview : Catarina Vasconcelos
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interview : Mariusz Wilczyński
fiche film] by Poland's Mariusz Wilczyński, Tim Sutton's Funny Face (USA), Matías Piñeiro's Isabella [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (Argentina/France), Pushpendra Singh's The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (India), Camilo Restrepo's debut, Los conductos [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (France/Colombia/Brazil), Ivan Ostrochovský's Servants [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sandra Wollner
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fiche film] (USA/Sweden/Japan/Hong Kong, China/UK), Josephine Decker's Shirley (USA), and three German productions: The Last City [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Heinz Emigholz, Naked Animals [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Melanie Waelde and Orphea [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Alexander Kluge and Khavn. All of the titles save for Shirley, which is coming straight from Sundance, will have their world premieres at the Berlinale.
After a first announcement (read the news), the festival has also announced the full line-up of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, a traditional section that gained more international visibility last year when Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's Oray [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], Eliza Petkova's A Fish Swimming Upside Down [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], which will officially open the section. The documentary titles in the line-up are: Automotive [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Jonas Heldt, Wagenknecht [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Natalija Yefimkina and Walchensee Forever [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Janna Ji Wonders. Another documentary, Out of Place [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Friederike Güssefeld, is listed as a “guest of Perspektive Deutsches Kino”.
The eight films will compete for the Compass-Perspektive-Award, which is endowed with €5,000. The winner will be decided by director Mia Spengler, screenwriter Bernd Lange and producer Melanie Andernach.
The list of films selected:
Encounters
Malmkrog [+lire aussi :
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Funny Face - Tim Sutton (USA)
Gunda [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Victor Kossakovsky (Norway/USA) (documentary)
Isabella [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Matías Piñeiro (Argentina, France)
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs - Pushpendra Singh (India)
Los conductos [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Camilo Restrepo (France/Colombia/Brazil)
The Last City [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Heinz Emigholz (Germany)
The Metamorphosis of Birds [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Catarina Vasconcelos (Portugal) (documentary)
Naked Animals [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Melanie Waelde (Germany)
Orphea [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Alexander Kluge, Khavn (Germany)
Shirley - Josephine Decker (USA)
Servants [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ivan Ostrochovský
fiche film] - Ivan Ostrochovský (Slovakia/Romania/Czech Republic/Ireland)
The Trouble with Being Born [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sandra Wollner
fiche film] - Sandra Wollner (Austria/Germany)
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - CW Winter, Anders Edström (USA/Sweden/Japan/Hong Kong/UK)
Kill It and Leave This Town [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mariusz Wilczyński
fiche film] - Mariusz Wilczyński (Poland)
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
Kids Run [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Barbara Ott (Germany) (opening film)
Automotive [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Jonas Heldt (Germany) (documentary)
A Fish Swimming Upside Down [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Eliza Petkova (Germany)
Garage People [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Natalija Yefimkina (Germany) (documentary)
Out of Place [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Friederike Güssefeld (Germany)
Sisters Apart [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Daphne Charizani (Germany/Greece)
Sleep [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Michael Venus (Germany)
Wagenknecht [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Sandra Kaudelka (Germany) (documentary)
Walchensee Forever [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Janna Ji Wonders (Germany) (documentary)
(Traduit de l'anglais)