Three more films – Chime, August My Heaven and The Strangers’ Case have been added to the Berlinale Special program of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 15 to 25, 2024
Two mid-length films including Chime by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and August My Heaven by Riho Kudo have been added to Berlinale Special and The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen has been added to the Berlinale Special Gala.
In Chime, Tashiro, a student at a culinary school, hears voices in his head. His teacher, Matsuoka, remains unconcerned. But then Tashiro claims that half of his brain has been replaced by a machine. In August My Heaven, Joe earns a living as a professional stand-in actor for hire to play a relative, lover or friend for her clients and attend ceremonies. After an encounter at a funeral, her professional and private live begin to merge. Both Japanese films – one by a renowned master, the other by a young filmmaker – are great examples of the art of shaping riveting stories in a shorter length.
Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo in The Strangers’ Case. This triggers a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries. A kaleidoscopic tale that flows from place to place thanks to an incredibly rich cast, featuring Omar Sy, Jason Beghe and Yasmine Al Massri, among others.
The programme of the Berlinale Special 2024 is now complete.
August My Heaven
by Riho Kudo | with Yukino Murakami, Shuri Suwa, Takuma Fujie
Japan 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere
Averroès & Rosa Parks (At Averroes & Rosa Parks)
by Nicolas Philibert
France 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Beom-Joe-do-si 4 (The Roundup: Punishment)
by Heo Myeong-haeng | with Don Lee, Kim Moo-yul, Park Ji-hwan, Lee Dong-hwi
South Korea 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Chime
by Kiyoshi Kurosawa | with Mutsuo Yoshioka, Tomoko Tabata, Ikkei Watanabe
Japan 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere
Cuckoo
by Tilman Singer | with Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás, Jan Bluthardt
Germany / USA 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Dostoevskij (Dostoevsky)
by Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo | with Filippo Timi, Carlotta Gamba, Federico Vanni, Gabriel Montesi
Italy 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Series
Elf Mal Morgen: Berlinale Meets Fußball (Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Football)
by Maximilian Bungarten, Anna-Maria Dutoit, Kilian Armando Friedrich, Indira Geisel, Eva Gemmer, Felix Herrmann, Hannah Jandl,
Justina Jürgensen, Hilarija Ločmele, Daniela Magnani-Hüller, Sophie Mühe, Camille Tricaud, Marie Zrenner
Germany 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
exergue – on documenta 14
by Dimitris Athiridis
Greece 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Filmstunde_23 (Subject: Filmmaking)
by Jörg Adolph, Edgar Reitz
Germany 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Hako Otoko (The Box Man)
by Gakuryu Ishii | with Masatoshi Nagase, Tadanobu Asano, Koichi Sato, Ayana Shiramoto
Japan 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere
Das leere Grab (The Empty Grave)
by Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay
Germany / Tanzania 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Love Lies Bleeding
by Rose Glass | with Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Jena Malone
USA / United Kingdom 2023
Berlinale Special Gala | International premiere
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
by David Hinton | with Martin Scorsese
United Kingdom 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Sasquatch Sunset
by David & Nathan Zellner | with Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek
USA 2024
Berlinale Special | International premiere
Seven Veils
by Atom Egoyan | with Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Canada 2023
Berlinale Special Gala | International premiere
Shikun
by Amos Gitai | with Irène Jacob, Bahira Ablassi, Hana Laslo, Menache Noy, Pini Mittelman
Israel / France / Switzerland 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere
Spaceman
by Johan Renck | with Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, Isabella Rossellini
USA 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
The Strangers’ Case
by Brandt Andersen | with Yasmine Al Massri, Yahya Mahayni, Omar Sy, Constantine Markoulakis, Jason Beghe
Jordan 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Supersex
by Francesca Manieri (Creator), Matteo Rovere, Francesco Carrozzini, Francesca Mazzoleni (Directors) | with Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine
Trinca, Adriano Giannini
Italy 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Series
Treasure
by Julia von Heinz | with Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Germany / France 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Turn in the Wound
by Abel Ferrara
United Kingdom / Germany / Italy / USA 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
Wu Suo Zhu (Abiding Nowhere)
by Tsai Ming-liang | with Lee Kang-Sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
Taiwan / USA 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere