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Berlin International Film Festival 2011: complete lineup for the Forum program

The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events has just announced their complete

lineup for the Forum program this year, and it looks incredible once again.

With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions, it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Basically it is the place to be if you work in the business. The European Film Market (EFM), a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit once a year. The trade fair serves distributors, film buyers, producers, financiers and co-production agents. The festival has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and a global media attention. The 61st Berlin International Film Festival will be held from 10 to 20 February 2011. The jury will be presided by Isabella Rossellini.
Find the complete list of films below.

Main Programme

Amnesty by Bujar Alimani, Albania/Greece/France – WP

Auf der Suche (Looking for Simon) by Jan Krüger, Germany/France – WP

Ausente (Absent) by Marco Berger, Argentina – WP

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier, USA/France – WP

Brownian Movement by Nanouk Leopold, The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium – EP

Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Republic of Korea – IP

Day Is Done by Thomas Imbach, Switzerland – WP

Dom (The House) by Zuzana Liová, Slowak Republic/Czech Republic – WP

E-Love by Anne Villaceque, France – IP

De Engel van Doel (An Angel in Doel) by Tom Fassaert, The Netherlands/Belgium – WP

En terrains connus (Familiar Ground) by Stéphane Lafleur, Canada – WP

FIT by Hirosue Hiromasa, Japan – IP

Folge mir (Follow Me) by Johannes Hammel, Austria – IP

Halaw (Ways of the Sea) by Sheron Dayoc, The Philippines – EP

Heaven’s Story by Zeze Takahisa, Japan – IP

Hi-So by Aditya Assarat, Thailand – EP

Jagadangchak: shidaejeongshin kwa hyeonshilchamyeo (Self Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement) by Kim Sun, Republic of Korea – WP

Kazoku X (Household X) by Yoshida Kōki, Japan – IP

Man chu (Late Autumn) by Kim Tae-Yong, Republic of Korea/Hongkong, China/USA – EP

Made in Poland by Przemysław Wojcieszek, Poland – IP

Les mains libres (Free Hands) by Brigitte Sy, France – IP

El mocito (The Young Butler) by Marcela Said, Jean de Certeau, Chile – WP

Nesvatbov (Matchmaking Mayor) by Erika Hníková, Czech Republic – IP

Ocio (Idleness) by Alejandro Lingenti, Juan Villegas, Argentina – IP

Osmdesát dopisů (Eighty Letters) by Václav Kadrnka, Czech Republic – WP

Os residentes (The Residents) by Tiago Mata Machado, Brasil – IP

Patang (The Kite) by Prashant Bhargava, India/USA – WP

Poor kor karn rai (The Terrorists) by Thunska Pansittivorakul, Germany/Thailand – WP

Sekai Good Morning!! (Good Morning to the World!!) by Hirohara Satoru, Japan – EP

Silver Bullets/Art History by Joe Swanberg, USA – WP

State of Violence by Khalo Matabane, Republic of South Africa/France – EP

Submarine by Richard Ayoade, Great Britain – EP

Swans by Hugo Vieira da Silva, Germany/Portugal – WP

Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols, USA – IP

Territoire perdu by Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd, France/Belgium – WP

Traumfabrik Kabul (Kabul Dream Factory) by Sebastian Heidinger, Germany/Afghanistan – WP

Unter Kontrolle (Under Control) by Volker Sattel, Germany – WP

Utopians by Zbigniew Bzymek, USA – WP

Viva Riva! by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Democratic Republic of Congo/France/Belgium – EP

Special Screenings

Dreileben – WP

Etwas besseres als den Tod by Christian Petzold, Germany

Komm mir nicht nach by Dominik Graf, Germany

Eine Minute Dunkel by Christoph Hochhäusler, Germany

Eine Serie von Gedanken by Heinz Emigholz, Germany – WP

Himmel und Erde by Michael Pilz, Austria, 1979-82 (Revival screening)

Sleepless Nights Stories by Jonas Mekas, USA – WP

The Stool Pigeon by Dante Lam, Hongkong, China – EP

Twenty Cigarettes by James Benning, USA – WP

Shibuya Minoru

Honjitsu kyushin (Doctor’s Day Off) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1952

Gendaijin (Modern People) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1952

Seigi-ha (Righteousness) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1957

Akujo no kisetsu (The Days of Evil Women) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1958

Mozu (The Shrikes) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1961

Kojin kojitsu (A Good Man, a Good Day) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1961

Yopparai tengoku (Drunkard’s Paradise) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1962

Daikon to ninjin (The Radish and the Carrot) by Shibuya Minoru, Japan 1964

EP = European premiere

IP = International premiere

WP = World premiere