Colin Firth, Jude Law’s “Genius” to premiere at Berlin Film FestivalDecember 12, 2015 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michael Grandage’s “Genius”, starring Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman, will world premiere at the 66th Berlin Film Festival in February. The film, which was scripted by John Logan, tells the true story of the complex relationship between literary giant Thomas Wolfe and iconic editor Max Perkins, Variety reports. Another world premiere at Berlin will be sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special,” starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Kirsten Dunst. Director Jeff Nichols, who broke through with “Mud” and “Take Shelter,” delivers a tale about a nationwide manhunt for a father and his son who has supernatural powers. Also world premiering is Vincent Perez’s “Alone in Berlin,” starring Brendan Gleeson, Emma Thompson and Daniel Bruhl. The story centers on an ordinary couple living in Berlin during World War II. When their only child is killed fighting at the front, their loss propels them into an extraordinary act of resistance. Further Berlin world premieres revealed Friday, December 11 include Alex Gibney’s documentary “Zero Days,” and Denis Cote’s “Boris without Beatrice,” which stars James Hyndman, Simone-Elise Girard and Denis Lavant. All five films screen in the Competition section. They join the previously announced opening film “Hail, Caesar!” by Joel and Ethan Coen, which will be playing out of competition. In the Berlinale Special section, documentary “The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger,” which was helmed by Colin MacCabe, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz and Tilda Swinton, will world premiere. Also in that section are Michael Moore’s documentary “Where to Invade Next” and Morgan Neville’s documentary “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble,” which both make their European premieres. The festival runs Feb. 11-21. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |