Berlin International Film Festival 2022
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Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek
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The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) is scheduled to take place from February 10th to 20th, 2022. For the third time, they will be under the direction of Carlo Chatrian (Artistic Director) and Mariette Rissenbeek (Management).
After the previous edition was held in two separate blocks due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the festival management is planning to hold the Berlinale on a date in February as a face-to-face event.
The American filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan was selected as president of the competition jury . The French actress Isabelle Huppert is to be honored with the Honorary Golden Bear and a tribute .
background
Film submission
As in the past, fictional films, documentary forms, animated films and experimental films were accepted in all sections with the exception of industrial or advertising films. After the pandemic-related suspension in the previous edition, short films were again accepted for the generation competitions at the Berlinale 2022 .
Feature films could be submitted until November 3, 2021, short films until November 17, and series until November 24.
Planned face-to-face event
At the beginning of October 2021, it was announced that the film festival as well as the European Film Market (February 10th to 17th, 2022), the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 12th to 16th, 2022) and Berlinale Talents (February 12th to 17th, 2022) February 2022) and the World Cinema Fund are planning to hold offers on site as a face-to-face event. In addition, online formats are to be offered. The scope of the film program should be based on the 2020 edition held before the pandemic . The theater on Potsdamer Platz (“Berlinale Palast”) is to remain the central venue, where the press center, service facilities and other festival cinemas are also to be located. In addition, as in the past, the Berlinale is to play numerous cinemas in Berlin and bring festival films to various art-house cinemas in the city districts under the format “Berlinale Goes Kiez”.
Information on the corona access rules and online ticketing is to be announced in the first half of November 2021.
Official Sections
Berlinale Special Gala and Berlinale Special
In these sections, films are shown that are out of competition. A first selection was announced on December 15, 2021.
Berlinale Special Gala
| Film title (reference title) |
Director | country | Actor (selection) / comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against the Ice | Peter Flinth | Iceland, USA, Denmark | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Joe Cole , Heida Reed , Charles Dance |
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Speaking of de Joan (About Joan) |
Laurent Larivière | France, Germany, Ireland | Isabelle Huppert , Lars Eidinger , Swann Arlaud |
| Gangubai Kathiawadi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | India | Alia Bhatt , Ajay Devgn |
| The passport forger | Maggie Peren | Germany, Luxembourg | Louis Hofmann , Jonathan Berlin , Luna Wedler |
Berlinale Special
| Film title (reference title) | Director | country | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le chêne (The Oak - My Home) |
Laurent Charbonnier , Michel Seydoux |
France | documentary |
| 1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am (1341 Images of War and Love) |
Ran valley | Israel, UK, USA | documentary |
| Nothing Lasts Forever | Jason Kohn | USA | documentary |
panorama
The Panorama section showed a selection of documentaries and feature films. First titles were announced on December 15, 2021.
Feature films
| Film title (reference title) |
Director | country | Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone talks about the weather (Talking About the Weather) |
Annika Pinske | Germany | Anne Schäfer , Anne-Kathrin Gummich , Judith Hofmann , Marcel Kohler , Max Riemelt |
| The Apartment with Two Women | Kim Se-in | South Korea | Im Jee-ho , Yang Mal-bok |
| Calcinculo (Swing Ride) |
Chiara Bellosi | Italy, Switzerland | Gaia Di Pietro , Andrea Carpenzano |
| Klondike | Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine, Turkey | Oxana Cherkashyna , Sergiy Shadrin , Oleg Scherbina |
| A love song | Max Walker-Silverman | USA | Dale Dickey , Wes Studi |
| Ta farda (Until Tomorrow) |
Ali Asgari | Iran, France, Qatar | Sadaf Asgari , Ghazal Shojaei , Babak Karimi , Amirreza Ranjbaran , Nahal Dashti , Mohammad Heidari |
| Taurus | Tim Sutton | USA | Colson Baker , Megan Fox , Maddie Hasson , Scoot McNairy , Ruby Rose , Demetrius "Lil Meech" Flenory Jr. , Lil Tjay |
Documentaries
| Film title (reference title) | Director | country | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainwashed: sex camera power | Nina Menkes | USA | with Julie Dash , Charlyne Yi , Joey Soloway , Rosanna Arquette , Eliza Hittman |
| Dreaming walls |
Amélie van Elmbt , Maya Duverdier |
Belgium, France, USA, Netherlands, Sweden | Film about the Chelsea Hotel |
| Myanmar Diaries | The Myanmar Film Collective | Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway | Cinematic diaries of young opposition activists from Myanmar |
| Nel mio nome (Into My Name) |
Nicolò Bassetti | Italy | |
| Nelly & Nadine | Magnus Gertten | Sweden | |
| Nous, étudiants! (We, Students!) |
Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia |
Forum
A first selection of films from the forum was announced on December 15, 2021.
| Film title (reference title) |
Director | country | Actor / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterwater | Dane Komljen | Germany, Spain, Republic of Korea, Serbia | Jonasz Hapka , Signe Westberg , Boban Kaludjer |
| Akyn (poet) |
Darezhan Omirbayev | Kazakhstan | Yerdos Kanayev , Serik Salkinbayev , Klara Kabylgazina |
| La edad media (The Middle Ages) |
Alejo Moguillansky , Luciana Acuña |
Argentina | Cleo Moguillansky , Luciana Acuña, Alejo Moguillansky |
| Europe | Philip Scheffner | Germany, France | Rhim Ibrir , Thierry Cantin , Didier Cuillierier |
| Une Fleur à la bouche (A Flower in the Mouth) |
Eric Baudelaire | France, Germany, South Korea | Oxmo Puccino , Dali Benssalah |
| Miền ký ức (Memoryland) |
Kim Quy Bui | Vietnam, Germany | Mong Giao Vu , Thi Thu Trang Nguyen , Van Thai Nguyen |
| Mis dos voces (My Two Voices) |
Lina Rodriguez | Canada | documentary |
| Nuclear Family |
Erin Wilkerson , Travis Wilkerson |
USA, Singapore | documentary |
| The United States of America | James Benning | USA |
Forum Expanded
In August 2021 it became known that the previous head and co-founder of the Forum Expanded section, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus , was giving up her position. Co-founder Anselm Franke will also leave the selection team. Ulrich Ziemons (member of the selection team since 2012) and Kuwait artist and curator Ala Younis will take over the new management .
generation
This Berlinale section shows suitable international film productions for children and young people. The first contributions were presented on December 15, 2021. The House of World Cultures will once again function as the venue , while short films have been included in the program for the first time since 2020.
Feature films
| Film title (reference title) |
Director | country | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allons enfants (rookies) |
Thierry Demaizière , Alban Teurlai |
France | documentary form |
| Beba | Rebeca Huntt | USA, Mexico | Debut film, documentary form |
| To Cailín Ciúin (The Silent Girl) |
Colm Bairéad | Ireland | |
| Comedy Queen | Sanna Steer | Sweden | |
| Child hearts |
Olivia Rochette , Gerard-Jan Claes |
Belgium | documentary form |
| Knor (Oink) |
Mascha Halberstad | Netherlands, Belgium | Debut film, animation |
| Millie Lies Low | Michelle Savill | New Zealand | Debut film |
| My Father's Truck (Papas vans) |
Mauricio Osaki | Vietnam, USA | Debut film |
| Sublime | Mariano Biasin | Argentina | Debut film |
| Tytöt tytöt tytöt (Girl Picture) |
Alli Haapasalo | Finland |
Short films
| Film title (reference title) |
Director | country | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Una aprendiz invisible (An Invisible Apprentice) |
Emilia autumn | Argentina | |
| Au revoir Jérôme! (Goodbye Jerome!) |
Adam Sillard , Gabrielle Selnet , Chloé Farr |
France | animation |
| Blue noise (Blue Noise) |
Simon Maria Kubiena | Germany, Austria | |
| Gavazn (deer) |
Hadi Babaeifar | Iran | |
| I'm not afraid! (I'm Not Afraid!) |
Marita Mayer | Germany, Norway | animation |
| Nada para ver aqui (Nothing to See Here) |
Marita Mayer | Portugal, Belgium, Hungary | documentary form |
| Vlekkeloos (Spotless) |
Emma Branderhorst | Netherlands |
Perspective German cinema
The section is to be realigned in 2022 with the additional program “Perspective Match”. In addition to the work of directors and producers, the aim is to highlight the work of screenwriters, cinematographers, costume and make-up artists, editors, film composers, actors, production designers and sound designers. Together with the German Film Academy, a complementary film series is to be created in this way.
European Film Market
Under the motto "It all (re) starts here", the European Film Market is to be held from February 10th to 17th, 2022 with exhibition space in the Gropius Bau and the Marriott Hotel. The market is used for rights trading and numerous market screenings are to be held in the surrounding cinemas and in online screenings. The Berlinale Co-Production Market is part of the European Film Market. Martina Bleis is the director and project curator of the Berlinale Co-Production Market .
Berlinale Series Market
The Berlinale Series Market is scheduled to take place from February 14 to 16, 2022. In addition to a selection of market demonstrations, a conference on the subject of "High-end series" is planned.
Berlinale Talents
The 20th edition of the Berlinale Talents is planned as a program of publicly accessible talks and discussions. Most of the 200 invited talents should take part in the event in person. The program is to be supplemented by live streaming and interactive formats. Project manager is Christine Tröstrum , program manager Florian Weghorn.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The International Jury 2022. In: berlinale.de. October 19, 2021, accessed October 19, 2021 .
- ↑ Homage and Honorary Golden Bear for Isabelle Huppert at the Berlinale 2022 . In: berlinale.de, December 16, 2021 (accessed December 16, 2021).
- ↑ a b Welcome to the film registration . In: berlinale.de (accessed September 30, 2021).
- ↑ a b c d e Berlinale 2022 focused on face-to-face events . In: berlinale.de, October 7, 2021 (accessed October 14, 2021).
- ↑ First films for the Berlinale Special confirmed . In: berlinale.de, December 15, 2021 (accessed December 15, 2021).
- ↑ Panorama 2022: First 13 titles confirmed . In: berlinale.de, December 15, 2021 (accessed December 15, 2021).
- ↑ Experimental areas: the first ten film titles of the Forum 2022 . In: berlinale.de, December 15, 2021 (accessed December 15, 2021).
- ↑ New team at Forum Expanded . In: berlinale.de, August 19, 2021 (accessed September 30, 2021).
- ↑ Generation 2022: Words Don't Come Easy . In: berlinale.de, December 15, 2021 (accessed December 15, 2021).
- ↑ Berlinale and German Film Academy are realigning their cooperation: "Perspective Match" . In: berlinale.de, October 7, 2021 (accessed October 14, 2021).
- ↑ Berlinale Co-Production Market: Submit feature film and series projects now. Retrieved December 14, 2021 .
- ↑ Martina Bleis. Retrieved December 14, 2021 .
- ↑ Berlinale Talents - Team. Retrieved November 28, 2021 (UK English).