Berlin 2008: Official Competition Line-Up

2008 Berlin Film Festival: Official Competition Line-Up

The Berlin Film Festival will be held between February 7–17, 2008.

Avaze Gonjeshk-ha / The Song of Sparrows, Iran (World Premiere)
by Majid Majidi
with Reza Najie, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hossein Aghazi

Ballast, USA (International Premiere)
by Lance Hammer
with Micheal J. Smith, Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs

Bam gua Nat / Night and Day, Republic of Korea (World Premiere)
by Hong Sangsoo
with Kim Youngho, Park Eunhye, Hwang Soojung

Caos calmo / Quiet Chaos, Italy (International Premiere)
by Antonello Grimaldi
with Nanni Moretti, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassman, Valeria Golino

Elegy, USA
by Isabel Coixet
with Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper

Feuerherz / Heart of Fire, Germany / Austria
by Luigi Falorni
with Letekidan Micael

Gardens of the Night, Great Britain / USA (World Premiere)
by Damian Harris
with Gillian Jacobs, Evan Ross, Tom Arnold and John Malkovich

Happy-Go-Lucky, UK
by Mike Leigh
with Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Roukin

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime / I've Loved You So Long, France / Germany (World Premiere)
by Philippe Claudel
with Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Grevill

Julia, France
by Erick Zonca
with Tilda Swinton, Aidan Gould, Saúl Rubinek

Kabei / Kabei – Our Mother, Japan (International Premiere)
by Yoji Yamada
with Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsugoro Bando, Tadanobu Asano