Main line-up at Berlin film fest

Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick speaks during a press conference prior to the 67th Berlinale film festival in Berlin on 31 January, 2017. Photo: AFP

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The 67th Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, opens in February with 24 international productions screening in the main showcase.

Eighteen pictures will vie for the Golden Bear top prize at the event which runs from 9 to 19 February, with a jury led by Hollywood director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct”, “Elle”) selecting the best film. Twenty-two of the 24 features in the main showcase are world premieres and two are directors’ feature debuts.

The Berlinale Special sidebar section features other notable films that are given gala screenings.

Here is the complete list including the official English title, director, well-known stars and countries where the films were produced:

• Main showcase -

“Ana, mon amour”, Calin Peter Netzer, winner of the 2013 Golden Bear, Romania/Germany/France

“Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja” (On the Beach at Night Alone), Hong Sang-soo, South Korea

“Beuys”, Andres Veiel, Germany (documentary on controversial 20th century German artist Joseph Beuys)

“Colo”, Teresa Villaverde, Portugal/France

“The Dinner”, Oren Moverman starring Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall, US

“Django”, Etienne Comar, France (debut feature, opening film, biopic on the life of Gypsy jazz great Django Reinhardt)

“El bar” (The Bar), Alex de la Iglesia, Spain (out of competition)

“Felicite”, Alain Gomis, France/Senegal/Belgium/Germany/Lebanon

“Final Portrait”, Stanley Tucci starring Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush and Clemence Poesy Britain/France (out of competition, biopic on Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti)

“Hao ji le” (Have a Nice Day), Liu Jian, China (animated feature)

“Helle Naechte (Bright Nights), Thomas Arslan, Germany/Norway

“Joaquim”, Marcelo Gomes, Brazil/Portugal

“Logan”, James Mangold starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Richard E. Grant, US (out of competition, latest Wolverine instalment of the X-Men superhero series)

“Mr Long”, Sabu, Japan/China/Taiwan/Germany

“The Party”, Sally Potter starring Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Bruno Ganz and Kristin Scott Thomas, Britain

“Pokot” (Spoor), Agnieszka Holland, Poland/Germany/Czech Republic/Sweden/Slovakia

“Return to Montauk”, Volker Schloendorff starring Stellan Skarsgard, France/Germany/Ireland

“Sage femme” (Midwife), Martin Provost starring Catherine Deneuve, France/Belgium (out of competition)

“T2 Trainspotting,” Danny Boyle starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle, Britain (out of competition)

“Testrol es lelekrol” (On Body and Soul), Ildiko Enyedi, Hungary

“Toivon tuolla puolen” (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismaki, Finland/Germany

“Una mujer fantastica” (A Fantastic Woman), Sebastian Lelio, Chile/US/Germany/Spain

“Viceroy’s House”, Gurinder Chadha starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson and Manish Dayal, India/Britain (out of competition)

“Wilde Maus” (Wild Mouse), Josef Hader, Austria (debut feature)

• Berlinale special highlights -

“the bomb”, Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser, US (multimedia installation)

“Es war einmal in Deutschland...” (Bye Bye Germany), Sam Garbarski, Germany/Luxembourg/Belgium

“In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts” (In Times of Fading Light), Matti Geschonneck, Germany

“La libertad del diablo” (Devil’s Freedom), Everardo Gonzalez, Mexico (documentary)

“La Reina de Espana” (The Queen of Spain), Fernando Trueba starring Penelope Cruz and Mandy Patinkin, Spain

“Le jeune Karl Marx” (The Young Karl Marx), Raoul Peck, France/Germany/Belgium

“The Lost City of Z”, James Gray starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller, US

“Masaryk” (A Prominent Patient), Julius Sevcik, Czech Republic/Slovakia

“Maudie”, Aisling Walsh starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, Canada/Ireland (biopic on Canadian artist Maud Lewis)

“The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov”, Askold Kurov, Estonia/Poland/Czech Republic (documentary)

“Ultimos dias en La Habana” (Last Days in Havana), Fernando Perez, Cuba/Spain