As previously announced, the festival is kicking off with François Ozon’s “Peter von Kant,” starring French cinema legend Isabelle Adjani. Meanwhile, Claire Denis’ new film “Both Sides of the Blade” is her first film since 2018’s “High Life,” and stars Juliette Binoche (star of Denis’ “Let the Sunshine In”) and Vincent Lindon (star of Denis’ “Bastards”). Prolific South Korean director Hong Sang-soo returns with “The Novelist’s Film” after winning the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2020 with “The Woman Who Ran.”
Overall, the competition lineup boasts 17 world premieres — plus Sundance premieres “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” and Phyllis Nagy’s “Call Jane,” starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver.
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Notably returning to the festival in the Encounters lineup is “In Fabric” director Peter Strickland with “Flux Gourmet,” starring Asa Butterfield and Gwendoline Christie, as well as Bertrand Bonello with his latest film, “Coma.”
While the Berlinale’s European Film Market has moved online, Berlinale is sticking to an in-person event with limited capacity, mandatory vaccines, and no parties.
M. Night Shyamalan serves as president of this year’s competition jury.
Berlin International Competition Lineup
“A E I O U – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe (A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love)” Germany / France by Nicolette Krebitz with Sophie Rois, Udo Kier, Milan Herms, Nicolas Bridet World premiere
“Alcarràs” Spain / Italy by Carla Simón with Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad World premiere
“Avec amour et acharnement (Both Sides of the Blade)” France by Claire Denis with Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Bulle Ogier World premiere
“Rimini” Austria / France / Germany by Ulrich Seidl with Michael Thomas, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Tessa Göttlicher, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini World premiere
“Call Jane” USA by Phyllis Nagy with Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara International premiere
“Drii Winter (A Piece of Sky)” Switzerland / Germany by Michael Koch with Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler World premiere
“Everything Will Be OK” France / Cambodia by Rithy Panh World premiere / documentary form
“La ligne (The Line)” Switzerland / France / Belgium by Ursula Meier with Stéphanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Elli Spagnolo World premiere
“Leonora addio” Italy by Paolo Taviani with Fabrizio Ferracane, Matteo Pittiruti, Dania Marino, Dora Becker World premiere
“Les passagers de la nuit (The Passengers of the Night)” France by Mikhaël Hers with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon-Richter, Noée Abita, Megan Northam, Thibault Vinçon, Emmanuelle Béart World premiere “Nana (Before, Now & Then)” Indonesia by Kamila Andini with Happy Salma, Laura Basuki, Arswendy Bening Swara, Ibnu Jamil World premiere “Peter von Kant” France by François Ozon with Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla World premiere / opening film “Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush)” Germany / France by Andreas Dresen with Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer World premiere “Robe of Gems” Mexico / Argentina / USA by Natalia López Gallardo with Nailea Norvind, Antonia Olivares, Aida Roa World premiere / debut film “So-seol-ga-ui Yeong-hwa (The Novelist’s Film)” South Korea by Hong Sangsoo with Lee Hyeyoung, Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa World premiere “Un año, una noche (One Year, One Night)” Spain / France by Isaki Lacuesta with Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Noémie Merlant, Quim Gutiérrez World premiere “Un été comme ça (That Kind of Summer)” Canada by Denis Côté with Larissa Corriveau, Aude Mathieu, Laure Giappiconi, Anne Ratte Polle, Samir Guesmi World premiere “Yin Ru Chen Yan (Return to Dust)” People’s Republic of China by Li Ruijun with Wu Renlin, Hai Qing World premiere Encounters “A Little Love Package” Austria / Argentina by Gastón Solnicki with Angeliki Papoulia, Carmen Chaplin, Mario Bellatin World premiere “À vendredi, Robinson (See You Friday, Robinson)” France / Switzerland / Iran / Lebanon by Mitra Farahani with Jean-Luc Godard, Ebrahim Golestan World premiere / documentary form “Axiom” Germany by Jöns Jönsson with Moritz von Treuenfels, Ricarda Seifried, Thomas Schubert World premiere “Brat vo vsyom (Brother in Every Inch)” Russian Federation by Alexander Zolotukhin with Sergey Zhuravlev, Nikolay Zhuravlev World premiere “Coma” France by Bertrand Bonello with Julia Faure, Louise Labeque World premiere “Father’s Day” Rwanda by Kivu Ruhorahoza with Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike, Yves Kijyana World premiere “Flux Gourmet” United Kingdom / USA / Hungary by Peter Strickland with Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Richard Bremmer World premiere “I Poli ke i Poli (The City and the City)” Greece by Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas with Vassilis Kanakis, Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Angeliki Papoulia World premiere “Journal d’Amérique (American Journal)” France by Arnaud des Pallières World premiere / documentary form “Keiko, me wo sumasete (Small, Slow but Steady)” Japan / France by Shô Miyake with Yukino Kishii, Tomokazu Miura, Masaki Miura World premiere “MUTZENBACHER” Austria by Ruth Beckermann World premiere / documentary form
“Queens of the Qing Dynasty” Canada by Ashley McKenzie with Sarah Walker, Ziyin Zheng World premiere “Sonne” Austria by Kurdwin Ayub with Melina Benli, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka World premiere / Debut “Unrueh (Unrest)” Switzerland by Cyril Schäublin with Clara Gostynski, Alexei Evstratov World premiere “Zum Tod meiner Mutter (The Death of my Mother)” Germany by Jessica Krummacher with Birte Schnöink, Elsie de Brauw, Johanna Orsini, Susanne Bredehöft, Gina Haller, Christian Löber World premiere Berlinale Special Gala films “Against the Ice” Iceland / Denmark by Peter Flinth with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Heida Reed, Charles Dance World premiere “À propos de Joan (About Joan)” France / Germany / Ireland by Laurent Larivière with Isabelle Huppert, Lars Eidinger, Swann Arlaud World premiere “Gangubai Kathiawadi” India by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn World premiere “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” United Kingdom by Sophie Hyde with Daryl McCormack, Emma Thompson European premiere “Incroyable mais vrai (Incredible But True)” France / Belgium by Quentin Dupieux with Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier World premiere “Der Passfälscher (The Forger)” Germany / Luxembourg by Maggie Peren with Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler World premiere “Occhiali neri (Dark Glasses)” Italy / France by Dario Argento with Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Zhang World premiere “The Outfit” USA by Graham Moore with Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien World premiere / Debut Berlinale Special Films “1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am (1341 Frames of Love and War)” Israel / United Kingdom / USA by Ran Tal World premiere / documentary form “Eine deutsche Partei (A German Party)” Germany by Simon Brückner World premiere / documentary form “Le chêne (Die Eiche – Mein Zuhause)” France by Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux International premiere / documentary form “Nest” Denmark / Iceland by Hlynur Pálmason with Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Grímur Hlynsson, Þorgils Hlynsson World premiere / short film “Nothing Lasts Forever” USA by Jason Kohn World premiere / documentary form “Terminal norte (North Terminal)” Argentina by Lucrecia Martel International premiere / documentary form / short film “This Much I Know To Be True” United Kingdom by Andrew Dominik with Nick Cave, Warren Ellis World premiere / documentary form Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
