The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 20 February to 1 March 2020.[1][2]
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear |
| Festival date | 20 February–1 March 2020 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Jury
Main competition
The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[3][4]
- Jeremy Irons (Jury President), British actor
- Bérénice Bejo, French-Argentine actress
- Bettina Brokemper, German producer
- Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker and poet
- Kenneth Lonergan, American filmmaker
- Luca Marinelli, Italian actor
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazillian filmmaker
In competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[5][6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the Dead Ones | Todos os mortos | Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra | Brazil, France |
| Bad Tales | Favolacce | Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo | Italy, Switzerland |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Germany, Netherlands | |
| DAU. Natasha | Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel | Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia | |
| Days | 日子 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Delete History | Effacer l'historique | Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern | France, Belgium |
| First Cow | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| Hidden Away | Volevo nascondermi | Giorgio Diritti | Italy |
| The Intruder | El Prófugo | Natalia Meta | Argentina, Mexico |
| Irradiated | Irradiés | Rithy Panh | France, Cambodia |
| My Little Sister | Schwesterlein | Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond | Switzerland |
| Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Eliza Hittman | United States | |
| The Roads Not Taken | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | |
| The Salt of Tears | Le sel des larmes | Philippe Garrel | France, Switzerland |
| Siberia | Abel Ferrara | Italy, Germany, Mexico | |
| There Is No Evil | شیطان وجود ندارد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Germany, Czech Republic, Iran |
| Undine | Christian Petzold | Germany, France | |
| The Woman Who Ran | 도망친 여자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7][8][9][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| À L'abordage | Guillaume Brac | France | |
| Always Amber | Alltid Amber | Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen | Sweden |
| The Assistant | Kitty Green | United States | |
| Black Milk | Schwarze Milch | Uisenma Borchu | Germany, Mongolia |
| A Common Crime | Un crimen común | Francisco Márquez | Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland |
| Digger | Georgis Grigorakis | Greece, France | |
| Dry Wind | Vento Seco | Daniel Nolasco | Brazil |
| Eeb Allay Ooo! | Prateek Vats | India | |
| Exile | Exil | Visar Morina | Belgium, Germany, Kosovo |
| Father | Otac | Srdan Golubović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia |
| Hope | Håp | Maria Sødahl | Norway, Sweden |
| If It Were Love | Si c'était de l'amour | Patric Chiha | France |
| Mare | Andrea Štaka | Croatia, Switzerland | |
| Minyan | Eric Steel | United States | |
| Mughal Mowgli | Bassam Tariq | United Kingdom | |
| No Hard Feelings | Futur Drei | Faraz Shariat | Germany |
| Notes from the Underworld | Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt | Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel | Austria |
| One in a Thousand | Las Mil y Una | Clarisa Navas | Argentina, Germany |
| One of These Days | Bastian Günther | Germany, United States | |
| Pari | Siamak Etemadi | Bulgaria, France, Greece, Netherlands | |
| Shine Your Eyes | Cidade Pássaro | Matias Mariani | Brazil |
| Sow the Wind | Semina il vento | Danilo Caputo | France, Greece, Italy |
| Suk Suk | Ray Yeung | Hong Kong | |
| Surge | Aneil Karia | United Kingdom | |
| Wildlands | Kød & Blod | Jeanette Nordahl | Denmark |
Panorama Dokumente
The following films were selected for the Panorama Dokumente section:[7][8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Mirror | O reflexo do lago | Fernando Segtowick | Brazil |
| Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets | Bill and Turner Ross | United States | |
| Days of Cannibalism | Teboho Edkins | France, Netherlands, South Africa | |
| The Foundation Pit | Kotlovan | Andrey Gryazev | Russia |
| I Dream of Singapore | Lei Yuan Bin | Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom | |
| If It Were Love | Si c'était de l'amour | Patric Chiha | France |
| Little Girl | Petite fille | Sébastien Lifshitz | France, Belgium |
| Nardjes A. | Karim Aïnouz | Algeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Qatar | |
| Running on Empty | Jetzt oder morgen | Lisa Weber | Austria |
| Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence | Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien | Bettina Böhler | Germany |
| Welcome to Chechnya | David France | USA | |
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Sector | Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez | United States | |
| Charlatan | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia | |
| Curveball | Johannes Naber | Germany | |
| DAU. Degeneration | DAU. Degeneratsia | Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Ilya Permyakov | Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia |
| Golda Maria | Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman | France | |
| High Ground | Stephen Maxwell Johnson | Australia | |
| Hillary | Nanette Burstein | United States | |
| Last and First Men | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Iceland | |
| Minamata | Andrew Levitas | United Kingdom | |
| My Salinger Year | Philippe Falardeau | Canada, Ireland | |
| Night Shift | Police | Anne Fontaine | France |
| Numbers | Nomera | Oleg Sentsov in collaboration with Akhtem Seitablaiev | Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, France |
| The Nutty Professor | Jerry Lewis | United States | |
| Onward | Dan Scanlon | United States | |
| Paris Calligrammes | Ulrike Ottinger | Germany, France | |
| Persian Lessons | Vadim Perelman | Russia, Germany, Belarus | |
| Pinocchio | Matteo Garrone | France, Italy, United Kingdom | |
| Speer Goes to Hollywood | Vanessa Lapa | Israel | |
| Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue | 一直游到海水变蓝 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Time to Hunt | 사냥의 시간 | Yoon Sung-hyun | South Korea |
References
- ^ "Dec 19, 2019 Berlinale 2020: Key Visual and 70th Anniversary Events". Berlinale. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Berlin: Roberto Benigni-Starring Live-Action Pinocchio Among First Titles for 2020 Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Jeremy Irons Will Be the Jury President of the Berlinale 2020". Berlinale. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Kenneth Lonergan, Bérénice Bejo, Annemarie Jacir Join Berlin Jury". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special". Berlinale. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Panorama 2020: (Un)common Grounds". Berlinale. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Crossing Borders". Berlinale. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio, Starring Roberto Benigni, to Screen at Berlinale". Variety. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Berlin completes 2020 Panorama line-up, adds Riz Ahmed's Mogul Mowgli". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 31 January 2020.