Berlin Film Festival rolls out 9 new competition titles January 11, 2016 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 66th Berlin International Film Festival unveiled nine new competition titles Monday, January 11 including Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune, Mia Hansen-Love’s Things To Come and Danis Tanovic’s Death in Sarajevo, Deadline reports. Tanovic previously won the Berlin jury grand prize and best actor Silver Bears in 2013 for An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker. Also joining the main official section are Portugese filmmaker Ivo M. Ferreira’s Letters from War, Iranian filmmaker – and Berlin stalwart- Mani Haghighi’s A Dragon Arrives, the feature length docu Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi and Lav Diaz’ A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery. Rounding out the additions is Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love. The festival kicks off February 11 with the world premiere of the Coen Bros’ Hail, Caesar! starring George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johannson. Other titles previously announced include Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special, starring Kirsten Dunst, Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton.  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 |  Latest news 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.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
