With the Sundance Film Festival kicking off tomorrow, it will be the first stop for many films on the 2014 festival circuit as they pick up steam before eventual awards season runs, theatrical releases or both. And as Park City gets ready to kick things off stateside, over at the Berlin Film Festival, they are gearing up to roll out the red carpet for international audiences next month.
With a lineup that already includes Wes Anderson‘s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” George Clooney‘s “Monuments Men” and Lars von Trier‘s director’s cut of “Nymphomaniac Part 1,” organizers have unveiled a slate of new competition films today, with Richard Linklater‘s “Boyhood” the big highlight, followed by Christoph Gans‘ “Beauty And The Beast” (though it will be screening out of competition). Linklater’s film, a 12 years-in-the-making coming of age drama, already jumped to being one of the must see movies in Park City after its surprise addition yesterday, and we’re sure it will be a hot ticket in Berlin too.
Check out the batch of new movies headed to the fest below. The Berlin Film Festival runs from February 6-16 with a jury presided by former Focus Features honcho James Schamus and rounded out by Michel Gondry, Greta Gerwig, Christoph Waltz, Tony Leung and more.
“Bai Ri Yan Huo” (Black Coal, Thin Ice)
China
By Yinan Diao (“Night Train,” “Uniform”)
With Fan Liao, Lun Mei Gwei, Xuebing Wang
World premiere
“Boyhood” (U.S.)
By Richard Linklater (“Before Midnight,” “Me & Orson Welles”)
With Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater.
International premiere
“Chiisai Ouchi” (The Little House) (Japan)
By Yoji Yamada (“Tokyo Family,” “About Her Brother”)
With Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baisho
International premiere
“Historia del miedo” (History of Fear) (Argentina/Uruguay/Germany/France)
By Benjamin Naishtat – feature debut
With Jonathan Da Rosa, Claudia Cantero, Mirella Pascual, Cesar Bordon, Tatiana Gimenez
World premiere
“Jack” (Germany)
By Edward Berger
With Ivo Pietzcker, Georg Arms, Luise Heyer, Vincent Redetzki, Jacob Matschenz, Nele Mueller-Stofen
World premiere
“Kraftidioten” (In Order of Disappearance)
Norway/Sweden/Denmark
By Hans Petter Moland (“A Somewhat Gentle Man,” “The Beautiful Country”)
With Stellan Skarsgard, Bruno Ganz, Pal Sverre Hagen, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, Jakob Oftebro, Anders Baasmo Christiansen
World premiere
“Kreuzweg” (Stations of the Cross) (Germany)
By Dietrich Bruggemann (“Move,” “Renn, wenn du kannst”)
With Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter
World premiere
“La belle et la bete” (Beauty and the Beast) (France/Germany)
By Christophe Gans (“Silent Hill,” “Brotherhood of the Wolf”)
With Vincent Cassel, Lea Seydoux, Andre Dussollier
International premiere – Out of competition
“La tercera orilla” (The Third Side of the River)
Argentina/Germany/Netherlands
By Celina Murga (“A Week Alone,” “Ana and the Others,” “Normal School”)
With Alian Devetac, Daniel Veronese, Gaby Ferrero, Irina Wetzel, Dylan Agostini van del Boch
World premiere
“La Voie de l’ennemi” (Two Men in Town) (France/Algeria/U.S./Belgium)
By Rachid Bouchareb (“London River,” “Little Senegal”)
With Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Brenda Blethyn, Luis Guzman, Dolores Heredia
World premiere
“Macondo” (Austria)
By Sudabeh Mortezai – feature debut
With Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva
World premiere
“Praia do Futuro” (Brazil/Germany)
By Karim Ainouz (“Suely in the Sky,” “Madame Sata”)
With Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa
World premiere
“Tui Na” (Blind Massage) (China/France)
By Ye Lou (“Mistery,” “Suzhou River”)
With Hao Qin, Xiaodong Guo, Lei Zhang
World premiere
“Wu Ren Qu” (No Man’s Land) (China)
By Hao Ning (“Crazy Stone,” “Mongolian Ping Pong”)
With Zheng Xu, Nan Yu, Bo Huang, Bujie Duo
International premiere
“Zwischen Welten” (Inbetween Worlds) (Germany)
By Feo Aladag (“When We Leave”)
With Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere