Berlin Film Festival 2007 Film Line-Up

Berlin 2007: Official Competition Line-Up
 

300 by Zack Snyder, U.S. (World Premiere, Out of Competition)

Angel by François Ozon, France/Belgium/U.K. (World Premiere)/Closing Film

Beaufort by Joseph Cedar, Israel (World Premiere)

Bordertown by Gregory Nava, U.S. (World Premiere)

Desert Dream / Hyazgar by Zhang Lu, Republic of Korea/France (World Premiere)

Die Fälscher | The Counterfeiter by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany/Austria (World Premiere)

El Otro | The Other by Ariel Rotter, Argentina/France/Germany (World Premiere)

Goodbye Bafana by Bille August, Germany/France/Belgium/U.K./Italy (World Premiere)

Hallam Foe by David Mackenzie, U.K. (World Premiere)

In memoria di me / In Memory of Myself by Saverio Costanzo, Italy (World Premiere)

Irina Palm by Sam Garbarski, Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg/U.K./France (World Premiere)

La Môme | La Vie en rose by Olivier Dahan, France/U.K./Czech Republic (World Premiere)/Opening Film

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by Andre Soares | January 26, 2007   
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Berlin 2007: 300, THE COUNTERFEITERS, YELLA

300 by Zack Snyder (top); Nina Hoss in Yella (middle); In Memory of Myself by Saverio Costanzo (bottom)

Berlin Film Festival 2007: Part I
A few other titles that sound intriguing:

Inspired by Frank Miller’s drawings and directed by Zack Snyder, 300 depicts the battle of Thermopylae in the year 480 B.C.E. At that decisive battle, King Leonidas of Sparta and a mere 300 followers confronted invader King Xerxes‘ brush-stomping Persian army. If the film looks even half as good as the stills, it’ll win every cinematography and production design award for 2007. But I wonder if 300 will display anything resembling intelligent storytelling, or if it’ll simply be a series of extended battle sequences glorifying bravery, honor, sadism, and all those great [...]

by Andre Soares | January 26, 2007   
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