Berlin 2008: Out of Competition Film Line-Up

Out of Competition

Opening Film:
Shine a Light, USA
by Martin Scorsese
with the Rolling Stones

Fireflies in the Garden, USA (World Premiere)
by Dennis Lee
with Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson

Katyn, Poland (International Premiere)
by Andrzej Wajda
with Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski and Andrzej Chyra

The Other Boleyn Girl, USA / Great Britain (World Premiere)
by Justin Chadwick
with Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana

Closing Film:
Be Kind Rewind, USA (International Premiere)
by Michel Gondry
with Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz

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Kirschblüten – Hanami / Cherry Blossoms, Germany
by Doris Dörrie
with Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl

Lady Jane, France
by Robert Guédiguian
with Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Frédérique Bonnal

Lake Tahoe, Mexico / US (World Premiere)
by Fernando Eimbcke
with Diego Cataño, Héctor Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara and Yemil Sefani

Musta Jaä / Black Ice, Finland / Germany (International Premiere)
by Petri Kotwica
with Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen

Restless, Israel / Germany / Canada / France / Belgium
by Amos Kollek
with Moshe Ivgy, Ran Danker, Karen Young, Phyllis Sommerville

S.O.P. Standard Operating Procedure, USA (World Premiere)
by Errol Morris

The Sparrow, Hong Kong
by Johnnie To
with Simon Yam Tat [...]

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 [...]