Berlinale. The line-up so far.

The Berlinale Competition now goes to eleven. The line-up usually runs to just under two dozen, so we're about halfway there. In addition to unveiling the new titles that'll be competing for Bears in 2005 - eight of which are world premieres - the fest has announced that it's made a rather surprising choice for president of the International Jury: Roland Emmerich. The line of thought: His first full-length feature, The Noah's Ark Principle, roused interest in the Hollywood-bound German director when it was screened at the Berlinale in 1984.

The Competition line-up so far:

• Régis Wargnier's Man to Man, the opener.
• Christian Petzold's Gespenster (Ghosts).
• Marc Rothemund’s Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl - Hope and Resistance), featuring Germany's rapidly rising star, Julia Jentsch.
• Hannes Stöhr's One Day in Europe.
• Robert Guédiguian's Le promeneur du Champ de Mars (The Walker of the Champ de Mars).
• André Téchiné's Les temps qui changent (Changing Times), with Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.
• Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.
• David Mackenzie's Asylum, with Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellen.
• Mark Dornford-May's U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (Carmen in Khayelitsha).
• Terry George's Hotel Rwanda.
• Cinematographer Gu Changwei's directorial debut, Peacock.

Posted by dwhudson at December 24, 2004 3:31 AM