Today, the Berlinale announced the full Panorama line-up for its 2024 edition, poised to unspool in the German capital from 15-25 February. The programme will be opened by Levan Akin’s fourth feature, Crossing [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. In it, an unlikely duo travels from Batumi to the urban, labyrinthine Istanbul in search of a young transwoman called Tekla. According to the official press release, in this picture, Akin will regale the audience with “a topography of places that offer queer people comfort and solidarity while movingly connecting reality with imagination”.

This year’s line-up aims to explore “the world around us, shaped by global crises, wars and social divisions”, wherein “communication and language are becoming restricted and coarsened […]. Essentially, it’s about communicating experiences and realities of life, history, understanding and empathy. Whether rigorously stark and unadorned or innovative in image, structure and across all filmmaking crafts, the films in this year’s programme express their attitudes in many voices, building bridges between lived experiences and cinematic possibilities that inspire us to look to the future,” commented Panorama head Michael Stütz.

In total, the strand will host 31 titles, including one series and 25 world premieres. This year’s line-up will also play host to André Téchiné’s new effort My New Friends [+lire aussi :
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As usual, the section boasts a significant German presence. In Scorched Earth [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]) along with four instalments of the series Zeit Verbrechen.

Other European highlights include the documentaries A Bit of a Stranger [+lire aussi :
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interview : Svitlana Lishchynska
fiche film] by Svitlana Lishchynska (Ukraine) and Birgitte Stærmose’s Afterwar [+lire aussi :
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interview : Birgitte Stærmose
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interview : Bruce LaBruce
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interview : Dag Johan Haugerud
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interview : Nora Fingscheidt
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The selected Panorama titles are listed in full below:

Crossing [+lire aussi :
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interview : Levan Akin
fiche film] - Levan Akin (Sweden/Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia) (opening film)
Afterwar [+lire aussi :
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interview : Birgitte Stærmose
fiche film] - Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark/Kosovo/Sweden/Finland) (documentary)
Every You Every Me [+lire aussi :
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interview : Michael Fetter Nathansky
fiche film] - Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany/Spain)
All Shall Be Well - Ray Yeung (Hong Kong/China)
Andrea Gets a Divorce [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Josef Hader (Austria)
Which Way Africa? - David-Pierre Fila (Republic of the Congo/Angola/Cameroon) (documentary)
Baldiga – Unlocked Heart [+lire aussi :
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Betânia - Marcelo Botta (Brazil)
Between the Temples - Nathan Silver (USA)
A Bit of a Stranger [+lire aussi :
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interview : Svitlana Lishchynska
fiche film] - Svitlana Lishchynska (Ukraine) (documentary)
Cu Li Never Cries [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Lân Phạm Ngọc (Vietnam/Philippines/France/ Singapore/Norway)
Diaries from Lebanon [+lire aussi :
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interview : Myriam El Hajj
fiche film] - Myriam El Hajj (Lebanon/ France/Qatar/Saudi Arabia) (documentary)
Faruk [+lire aussi :
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interview : Asli Özge
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My New Friends [+lire aussi :
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I Saw the TV Glow - Jane Schoenbrun (USA)
Janet Planet - Annie Baker (USA)
I’m Not Everything I Want to Be [+lire aussi :
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interview : Klára Tasovská
fiche film] - Klára Tasovská (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Austria) (documentary)
Brief History of a Family [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Lin Jianjie (China/France/Denmark/Qatar)
Memories of a Burning Body [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (Costa Rica/Spain)
No Other Land [+lire aussi :
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interview : Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham
fiche film] - Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor (Palestine/Norway) (documentary)
The Outrun [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nora Fingscheidt
fiche film] - Nora Fingscheidt (UK/Germany)
Paradises of Diane [+lire aussi :
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interview : Carmen Jaquier & Jan Gassm…
fiche film] - Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann (Switzerland)
Meanwhile on Earth [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Jérémy Clapin (France)
My Stolen Planet [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Farahnaz Sharifi (Germany/Iran) (documentary)
Sex [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dag Johan Haugerud
fiche film] - Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway)
Teaches of Peaches [+lire aussi :
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interview : Philipp Fussenegger, Judy …
fiche film] - Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer (Germany) (documentary)
Rising Up at Night [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nelson Makengo
fiche film] - Nelson Makengo (DR Congo/Belgium/Germany/Burkina Faso/Qatar) (documentary)
Scorched Earth [+lire aussi :
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interview : Thomas Arslan
fiche film] - Thomas Arslan (Germany)
The Visitor [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bruce LaBruce
fiche film] - Bruce LaBruce (UK)
I Saw Three Black Lights [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Santiago Lozano Álvarez (Colombia/Mexico/France/Germany)
Zeit Verbrechen 1: Dezember - Mariko Minoguchi (Germany) (series)
Zeit Verbrechen 2: Der Panther - Jan Bonny (Germany) (series)
Zeit Verbrechen 3: Deine Brüder - Helene Hegemann (Germany) (series)
Zeit Verbrechen 4: Love by Proxy - Faraz Shariat (Germany) (series)