United States of Love (2016)

Nine films have been added to the Competition lineup for the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 11 to 21. The following films are to have their world or international premiere during the upcoming festival, and will compete for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Cartas da guerra (Letters from War) Portugal By Ivo M. Ferreira (Na Escama do Dragão) With Miguel Nunes, Margarida Vila-Nova World premiere Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad! (A Dragon Arrives!)(pictured above) Iran By Mani Haghighi (Modest Reception, Men at Work) With Amir Jadidi, Homayoun Ghanizadeh, Ehsan Goudarzi, Kiana Tajammol International premiere Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea) – documentary Italy / France By Gianfranco Rosi (Sacro GRA, El Sicario – Room 164) World premiere Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery) Philippines / Singapore By Lav Diaz (From What Is Before, Norte, the End of History, Melancholia) With John Lloyd Cruz, Piolo Pascual, Hazel Orencio, Alessandra De Rossi, Joel Saracho, Susan Africa, Sid Lucero, Ely Buendia, Bernardo Bernardo, Angel Aquino, Cherie Gil World premiere Kollektivet (The Commune) Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands By Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, Submarino, It’s All About Love) With Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Marta Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen, Lars Ranthe, Fares Fares, Magnus Millang, Anne Gry Henningsen, Julie Agnete Vang International premiere L’avenir (Things to Come) France / Germany By Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden, Goodbye First Love, Father of My Children) With Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob, André Marcon World premiere Quand on a 17 ans (Being 17) France By André Téchiné (Les Témoins) With Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Alexis Loret World premiere Smrt u Sarajevu / Mort à Sarajevo (Death in Sarajevo) France / Bosnia and Herzegovina By Danis Tanović (An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, No Man’s Land) With Jacques Weber, Snežana Vidović, Izudin Bajrović, Vedrana Seksan, Muhamed Hadžović, Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić, Edin Avdagić World premiere Zjednoczone Stany Miłosci (United States of Love) Poland / Sweden By Tomasz Wasilewski (Floating Skyscrapers) With Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Łukasz Simlat, Andrzej Chyra, Tomek Tyndyk World premiere

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