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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Levan Akin
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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 [+leggi anche:
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As usual, the section boasts a significant German presence. In Scorched Earth [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thomas Arslan
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intervista: Michael Fetter Nathansky
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intervista: Philipp Fussenegger, Judy …
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Other European highlights include the documentaries A Bit of a Stranger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Svitlana Lishchynska
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intervista: Birgitte Stærmose
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intervista: Bruce LaBruce
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
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intervista: Nora Fingscheidt
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The selected Panorama titles are listed in full below:

Crossing [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Levan Akin
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Afterwar [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Birgitte Stærmose
scheda film] - Birgitte Stærmose (Denmark/Kosovo/Sweden/Finland) (documentary)
Every You Every Me [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michael Fetter Nathansky
scheda film] - Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany/Spain)
All Shall Be Well - Ray Yeung (Hong Kong/China)
Andrea Gets a Divorce [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Josef Hader (Austria)
Which Way Africa? - David-Pierre Fila (Republic of the Congo/Angola/Cameroon) (documentary)
Baldiga – Unlocked Heart [+leggi anche:
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Betânia - Marcelo Botta (Brazil)
Between the Temples - Nathan Silver (USA)
A Bit of a Stranger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Svitlana Lishchynska
scheda film] - Svitlana Lishchynska (Ukraine) (documentary)
Cu Li Never Cries [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Lân Phạm Ngọc (Vietnam/Philippines/France/ Singapore/Norway)
Diaries from Lebanon [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Myriam El Hajj
scheda film] - Myriam El Hajj (Lebanon/ France/Qatar/Saudi Arabia) (documentary)
Faruk [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Asli Özge
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My New Friends [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Klára Tasovská
scheda film] - Klára Tasovská (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Austria) (documentary)
Brief History of a Family [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Lin Jianjie (China/France/Denmark/Qatar)
Memories of a Burning Body [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (Costa Rica/Spain)
No Other Land [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham
scheda film] - Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor (Palestine/Norway) (documentary)
The Outrun [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nora Fingscheidt
scheda film] - Nora Fingscheidt (UK/Germany)
Paradises of Diane [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carmen Jaquier & Jan Gassm…
scheda film] - Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann (Switzerland)
Meanwhile on Earth [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Jérémy Clapin (France)
My Stolen Planet [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Farahnaz Sharifi (Germany/Iran) (documentary)
Sex [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dag Johan Haugerud
scheda film] - Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway)
Teaches of Peaches [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Philipp Fussenegger, Judy …
scheda film] - Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer (Germany) (documentary)
Rising Up at Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nelson Makengo
scheda film] - Nelson Makengo (DR Congo/Belgium/Germany/Burkina Faso/Qatar) (documentary)
Scorched Earth [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thomas Arslan
scheda film] - Thomas Arslan (Germany)
The Visitor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bruce LaBruce
scheda film] - Bruce LaBruce (UK)
I Saw Three Black Lights [+leggi anche:
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scheda 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)