Berlin International Film Festival 2006

by Andre Soares

 

The Elementary Particles by Oskar RoehlerNineteen films will be vying for the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival. Among those are Marc Evans’s opening night drama Snow Cake, with Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver; Claude Chabrol’s L’Ivresse du pouvoir / Comedy of Power, starring Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, and Patrick Bruel; Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’s political docudrama The Road to Guantanamo; Michele Placido’s Romanzo Criminale / Crime Novel, in which Kim Rossi Stuart plays a thug who wants to control the Roman underworld; Robert Altman’s ensemble comedy A Prairie Home Companion, starring Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, and Virginia Madsen; and Oskar Roehler’s psychological drama Elementarteilchen / The Elementary Particles, with Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, and Franka Potente. The festival runs from Feb. 9-19.

 

IN COMPETITION:

Snow Cake by Marc Evans, starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver

Opening film: Snow Cake, director Marc Evans

Candy (2005) directed by Neil Armfield, starring Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish

Candy, Neil Armfield

El Custodio / The Minder (2006) directed by Rodrigo Norena, starring Adrian Andrade, Julio Chavez

El Custodio / The Minder, Rodrigo Norena

Elementarteilchen / The Elementary Particles, (2005) directed by Oskar Roehler, starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, and Franka Potente, Corinna Harfouch

Elementarteilchen / The Elementary Particles, Oskar Roehler

Find Me Guilty by Sidney Lumet, starring Vin Diesel

Find Me Guilty, Sidney Lumet

Der freie Wille | The Free Will (2006) directed by Matthias Glasner, starring Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, André Hennicke

Der Freie Wille / The Free Will, Matthias Glasner

Grbavica (2006) directed by Jasmila Zbanic, starring Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev

Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic

Invisible Waves (2005) directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, starring Asano Tadanobu, Gang Hye Jung, Eric Tsang, Maria Cordero

Invisible Waves, Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Isabella (2006) directed by Pang Ho-cheung, starring hapman To, Isabella Leong, J. J. Jia, Derek Tsang, Meme Tian

Isabella, Pang Ho-cheung

Claude Chabrol directs Isabelle Huppert in L'Ivresse du pouvoir / Comedy of Power (2006), also starring François Berléand, and Patrick Bruel

L’Ivresse du pouvoir / Comedy of Power, Claude Chabrol

Offside (2006) directed by Jafar Panahi, starring Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safar Samandar, Shayesteh Irani, M. Kheyrabadi, Ida Sadeghi

Offside, Jafar Panahi

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) directed by Robert Altman, starring Garrison Keillor, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Virginia Madsen, Lily Tomlin, and Lindsay Lohan

A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman

Requiem (2006) directed by Hans-Christian Schmid, starring Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner, Imogen Kogge

Requiem, Hans-Christian Schmid

The Road to Guantanamo (2006) directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Rizwan Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan Usman

The Road to Guantanamo, Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross

Romanzo Criminale / Crime Novel (2006) directed by Michele Placido, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Stefano Accorsi, Pierfrancesco Favino

Romanzo Criminale / Crime Novel, Michele Placido

Sehnsucht aka Desire (2006) directed by Valeska Grisebach, starring Andreas Muller, Ilka Welz

Sehnsucht / Desire, Valeska Grisebach

Slumming (2006) directed by Michael Glawogger, starring Paulus Manker, August Diehl, Pia Hierzegger, Michael Ostrowski, Maria Bill

Slumming, Michael Glawogger

En Soap (2005) directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen, starring Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik

En Soap / A Soap, Pernille Fischer Christensen

Zemestan (2006) directed by Rafi Pitts, starring Ali Nicksolat, Mitra Hadjar, Hashem Abdi, Said Orkani

Zemestan, Rafi Pitts

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

Capote (2005) directed by Bennett Miller, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood

Capote, Bennett Miller

The New World (2005) directed by Terrence Malick, starring Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale

The New World, Terrence Malick

The Science of Sleep (2006) directed by Michel Gondry, starring Gaël Garcia Bernal, Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou

The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry

Syriana (2005) directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper

Syriana, Stephen Gaghan

V for Vendetta (2005) directed by James McTiegue, starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt

V for Vendetta, James McTiegue

Wu ji / The Promise (2005) directed by Chen Kaige, starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-Gun, Cecilia Cheung

Wu ji / The Promise, Chen Kaige

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1972) directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards

Closing film: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah (digitally restored print)

 

Top Contenders for the 2006 Golden Bear

2006 Berlin Film Festival winners

2005 Berlin Film Festival winners

2007 Berlin Film Festival winners

21st Warsaw Film Festival

41st Chicago International Film Festival

Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

24th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival

Danish Films a Success in Denmark

 

 

by Andre Soares | February 3, 2006 | Filed Under Film, Film Festivals 

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