A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg, Dahomey by Mati Diop, and Suspended Time by Olivier Assayas are among the 20 films that will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
Productions from 30 countries are represented. 19 films are world premieres. Six films were directed or co-directed by women. Nine filmmakers have been at the festival before, six in Competition.
“We are particularly proud of this year’s selection which achieves the best possible balance between auteurs we cherish and admire and powerful new voices in the independent cinema landscape. What drives the selection is of course the variety of the stories and their storytellers, but also and even more so the plurality of styles with the goal of showing the extensive possibilities of cinema language”, says Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director.
The competitive section Encounters will comprise 15 films, all of which are world premieres. There are two first features plus one debut of a documentary form.17 countries are represented. Six films were directed by women.
“Each film selected in Encounters challenges the predetermined categories with which we evaluate cinema. Surreal detections, ironic tales, sentimental comedies, observational documentaries, parables and therapeutic exercises are just some of the genres at play here. At the same time, all fifteen titles together offer an incredibly rich picture of the world of the 21st century, with all its beauty and tragedies”, says Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director.
Berlinale Competition
Another End
by Piero Messina | with Gael García Bernal, Renate Reinsve, Bérénice Bejo, Olivia Williams, Pal Aron
Italy 2024
Competition | World premiere
Architecton
by Victor Kossakovsky
Germany / France 2024
Competition | World premiere | Documentary Form
Black Tea
by Abderrahmane Sissako | with Nina Mélo, Chang Han, Wu Ke-Xi, Michael Chang
France / Luxembourg / Taiwan / Mauritania / Cote d’Ivoire 2024
Competition | World premiere
La Cocina
by Alonso Ruizpalacios | with Raúl Briones Carmona, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster, Oded Fehr
Mexico / USA 2024
Competition | World premiere
Dahomey
by Mati Diop
France / Senegal / Benin 2024
Competition | World premiere | Documentary Form
A Different Man
by Aaron Schimberg | with Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson
USA 2023
Competition | International premiere
L’ Empire (The Empire)
by Bruno Dumont | with Brandon Vlieghe, Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini
France / Italy / Germany / Belgium / Portugal 2024
Competition | World premiere
Gloria!
by Margherita Vicario | with Galatéa Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi, Maria Vittoria Dallasta, Sara Mafodda
Italy / Switzerland 2024
Competition | World premiere
Hors du temps (Suspended Time)
by Olivier Assayas | with Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nine D’Urso, Nora Hamzawi
France 2024
Competition | World premiere
In Liebe, Eure Hilde (From Hilde, With Love)
by Andreas Dresen | with Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann
Germany 2024
Competition | World premiere
Keyke mahboobe man (My Favourite Cake)
by Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha | with Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi
Iran / France / Sweden / Germany 2024
Competition | World premiere
Langue Étrangère
by Claire Burger | with Lilith Grasmug, Josefa Heinsius, Nina Hoss, Chiara Mastroianni, Jalal Altawil
France / Germany / Belgium 2024
Competition | World premiere
Mé el Aïn (Who Do I Belong To)
by Meryam Joobeur | with Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Adam Bessa, Dea Liane
Tunisia / France / Canada / Norway / Qatar / Saudi Arabia 2024
Competition | World premiere
Pepe
by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias | with Jhon Narváez, Sor María Ríos, Fareed Matjila, Harmony Ahalwa, Jorge Puntillón García
Dominican Republic / Namibia / Germany / France 2024
Competition | World premiere
Shambhala
by Min Bahadur Bham | with Thinley Lhamo, Sonam Topden, Tenzin Dalha, Karma Wangyal Gurung, Karma Shakya
Nepal / France / Norway / Hong Kong, China / Turkey / Taiwan / USA / Qatar 2024
Competition | World premiere
Small Things Like These (Kleine Dinge wie diese)
by Tim Mielants | with Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson
Ireland / Belgium 2024
Competition | World premiere | Opening film
Sterben (Dying)
by Matthias Glasner | with Corinna Harfouch, Lars Eidinger, Lilith Stangenberg, Ronald Zehrfeld, Robert Gwisdek
Germany 2024
Competition | World premiere
Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath)
by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | with Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter
Austria / Germany 2024
Competition | World premiere
Vogter (Sons)
by Gustav Möller | with Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull, Dar Salim
Denmark / Sweden 2024
Competition | World premiere
Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler’s Needs)
by Hong Sangsoo | with Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Kwon Haehyo, Cho Yunhee, Ha Seongguk
South Korea 2024
Competition | World premiere
Encounters Program
Arcadia
by Yorgos Zois | with Vangelis Mourikis, Angeliki Papoulia, Elena Topalidou, Nikolas Papagiannis, Vagelis Evangelinos
Greece / Bulgaria / USA 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Cidade; Campo
by Juliana Rojas | with Fernanda Vianna, Mirella Façanha, Bruna Linzmeyer, Kalleb Oliveira, Andrea Marquee
Brazil / Germany / France 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Demba
by Mamadou Dia | with Ben Mahmoud Mbow, Awa Djiga Kane, Mamadou Sylla, Aicha Talla, Saikou Lo
Senegal / Germany 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Direct Action
by Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell
Germany / France 2024
Encounters | World premiere | Documentary Form
Dormir de olhos abertos (Sleep With Your Eyes Open)
by Nele Wohlatz | with Chen Xiao Xin, Wang Shin-Hong, Liao Kai Ro, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lu Yang Zong
Brazil / Argentina / Taiwan / Germany 2024
Encounters | World premiere
The Fable
by Raam Reddy | with Manoj Bajpayee, Priyanka Bose, Deepak Dobriyal, Tillotama Shome, Hiral Sidhu
India / USA 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Une famille (A Family)
by Christine Angot
France 2024
Encounters | World premiere | Documentary Form | Debut film
Favoriten
by Ruth Beckermann | with Ilkay Idiskut
Austria 2024
Encounters | World premiere | Documentary Form
Ivo
by Eva Trobisch | with Minna Wündrich, Pia Hierzegger, Lukas Turtur, Lilli Lacher, Johann Campean
Germany 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Khamyazeye bozorg (The Great Yawn)
by Aliyar Rasti | with Mohammad Aghebati, Amirhossein Hosseini, Saber Abar, Mahin Sadri, Mehrdad Ziaie
Iran 2024
Encounters | World premiere | Debut film
Kong fang jian li de nv ren (Some Rain Must Fall)
by Qiu Yang | with Yu Aier, Di Shike, Wei Yibo, Xu Tianyi, Gu Tingxiu
People’s Republic of China / USA / France / Singapore 2024
Encounters | World premiere | Debut film
Mãos no fogo (Hands in the Fire)
by Margarida Gil | with Carolina Campanela, Marcello Urgeghe, Adelaida Teixeira, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo
Portugal 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Matt and Mara (Matt und Mara)
by Kazik Radwanski | with Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson, Mounir Al Shami, Emma Healey, Avery Nayman
Canada 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing
by Travis Wilkerson | with Ivan Peric, Travis Wilkerson, Matilda Jane Wilkerson, Dalton Wilkerson
USA 2024
Encounters | World premiere
Tú me abrasas (You Burn Me | Du verbrennst mich)
by Matías Piñeiro | with Gabi Saidón, María Villar, María Inês Gonçalves, Agustina Muñoz
Argentina / Spain 2024
Encounters | World premiere