The Berlin Film Festival has now announced its entire fiction slate for the always fascinating Panorama program. Yes, the first thing that sticks out is that James Franco has two films playing, including his riff on the cut footage from William Friedkin's Cruising, Interior. Leather Bar. But hey! There are 31 features from 23 different countries in this lineup. And while I'm certainly excited to catch up with Franco and some Sundance Highlights (particularly Upstream Color), I'm even more pumped to discover new work from exciting international filmmakers.
The entire lineup is below with the recently added titles first, and the previously announced titles at the bottom.
Panorama fictional films
Boven is het stil (It's all so Quiet) - Netherlands/Germany
By Nanouk Leopold
With Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim Opbrouck, Martijn Lakemeier
World Premiere
Concussion - USA
By Stacie Passon
With Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Emily Kinney, Daniel London, Ben Shenkman
International Premiere
Flores Raras (Reaching for the Moon AKA: The Art of Loosing) - Brazil
By Bruno Barreto
With Miranda Otto, Gloria Pires, Tracy Middendorf
World Premiere
Hayatboyu (Lifelong) - Germany
By Asli Ozge
With Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser
World Premiere
Interior. Leather Bar. - USA
By Travis Mathews, James Franco
With Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, James Franco
International Premiere
Kai PO Che - India
By Abhishek Kapoor
With Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Kumar, Amit Sadh, Amrita Puri
World Premiere
Burn it up Djassa - Ivory Coast/France
By Lonesome Solo
With Abdoul Karim Konaté, Adelaïde Ouattara, Mamadou Diomandé, Souleymane Bamba
European Premiere
Lose Your Head - Germany
By Stefan Westerwelle, Patrick Schuckmann
With Fernando Tielve, Marko Mandić, Sesede Terziyan, Stavros Yagulis, Samia Chancrin
World Premiere
Maladies - USA
By Carter
With James Franco, Catherine Keener, David Strathairn, Fallon Goodson, Vince Jolivette
World Premiere
Mes séances de lutte - France
By Jacques Doillon
With Sara Forestier, James Thiérrée
World Premiere
Soğuk (Cold) - Turkey
By Uğur Yücel
With Cenk Alibeyoğlu, A. Rıfat Şungar, Valeria Skorohodova, Yulia Vaniukova, Yulia Erenler, Şebnem Bozoklu, Ezgi Mola
World Premiere
Something in the Way - Indonesia
By Teddy Soeriaatmadja
With Reza Rahadian, Ratu Felisha, Verdi Solaiman
World Premiere
Upstream Color - USA
By Shane Carruth
With Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Kathy Carruth
International Premiere
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Taiwan
By Arvin Chen
With Richie Jen, Mavis Fan, Stone, Kimi Hsia, Lawrence Ko
World Premiere
Workers - Mexico/Germany
By José Luis Valle González
With Susana Salazar, Jesús Padilla
World Premiere
Youth - Israel/Germany
By Tom Shoval
With Eitan Cunio, David Cunio, Moshe Ivgy, Gita Amely, Shirili Deshe
World Premiere
Panorama special screening
Die Legende von Paul und Paula (The Legend of Paul and Paula) - Germany
By Heiner Carow
Panorama short supporting films
After Hours - Germany
By Steffen Köhn
World Premiere
Jury - Republic of Korea
By Kim Dongho
With Ahn Sung-ki, Kang Soo-yeon, Jung In-ki, Tony Rayns
International Premiere
Two Girls Against the Rain - Cambodia
By Sao Sopheak
European Premiere
Previously Announced Fiction Films:
Baek Ya (White Night) by Hee-il LeeSong, Republic of Korea
Behind the Camera by E J-Yong, Republic of Korea
Chemi sabnis naketsi (A Fold in my Blanket) by Zaza Rusadze,
Georgia
Deshora (Belated) by Barbara Sarasola-Day, Argentina/Columbia/Norway
Don Jon's Addiction by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, USA
Frances Ha by Noah Baumbach, USA
Habi, la extranjera (Habi, the Foreigner) by María Florencia Alvarez, Argentina/Brazil Inch'Allah by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada
Kashi-ggot (Fatal) by Don-ku Lee, Republic of Korea
The Broken Circle Breakdown by Felix van Groeningen, Belgium
La Piscina (The Swimming Pool) by Carlos Machado Quintela,
Cuba/Venezuela
Lovelace by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, USA
Meine Schwestern (My Sisters) by Lars Kraume, Germany
Rock the Casbah by Yariv
Horowitz, Israel
Tanta Agua (So Much Water) by Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero,
Uruguay/Mexico/Netherlands/