Berlin Film Festival unveils complete 2024 Panorama, Generation, Forum sections

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‘Crossing’

The Berlinale has completed the lineup for its Panorama, Generation, Forum and Forum expanded sections, with new films from Levan Akin and Andre Techine, plus the debut feature of US playwright Annie Baker.

Swedish filmmaker Akin, who scored an international hit in 2019 with And Then We Danced, will open the Panorama strand with Crossing, about two people travelling from Georgia to Istanbul in search of a young transgender woman.

Scroll down for the full list of Panorama, Generation and Forum features

Also among the 31 films in Panorama are My New Friends from French filmmaker Techine, starring Isabelle Hupert, Hafsia Herzi and Nahuel Perez Biscayart in the story of a police officer whose solitary life is disturbed by the arrival of a girl next door; and Baker’s US title Janet Planet, starring Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton and Sophie Okonedo.

25 of the Panorama titles are world premieres, including Meanwhile On Earth, a live-action drama about a young woman contacted by a life form that claims it can bring her older brother safely back to Earth. It is a debut live-action feature for French filmmaker Clapin, who previously directed Netflix animation I Lost My Body in 2019.

The 15 features in Generation (seven in Generation Kplus, eight in Generation 14plus) include the world premiere of Last Swim, the debut feature of UK director Sasha Nathwani, written by 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow producer Helen Simmons. Deba Hekmat stars as an ambitious Iranian-British teenager who makes a journey across London with her friends, while grappling with a life-changing decision.

In Forum, the 30 films include Alexander Horwath’s documentary Henry Fonda For President, a three-hour depiction of the life and career of the 20^th century American actor.

The festival has also programmed a screening of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, following the ceremony on February 20 when Scorsese will be presented his previously announced Honorary Golden Bear.

The Berlinale has also selected ten international series projects for its co-production market; and 15 shows for its Series market.

The 2024 Berlinale runs from February 15-25.

Berlinale 2024 line-up

Panorama

Afterwar (Den-Kos-Swe-Fin) dir. Birgitte Staermose
Every You Every Me (Ger-Sp) dir. Michael Fetter Nathansky
All Shall Be Well (HK-China) dir. Ray Yeung
Andrea Gets A Divorce (Austria) dir. Josef Hader
Which Way Africa? (DRC-Ang-Cam) dir. David-Pierre Fila
Baldiga – Unlocked Heart (Ger) dir. Markus Stein
Betania (Braz) dir. Marcelo Botta
Between The Temples (US) dir. Nathan Silver
A Bit Of A Stranger (Ukr) dir. Svitlana Lishchynska
Crossing (Swe-Den-Fr-Tur-Geo) dir. Levan Akin
Cu Li Never Cries (Viet-Phi-Fr-Sing-Nor) dir. Lan Pham Ngoc
Diaries From Lebanon (Leb-Fr-Qat-S Arabia) dir. Myriam El Hajj
Faruk (Ger-Tur-Fr) dir. Asli Ozge
My New Friends (Fr) dir. Andre Techine
I Saw The TV Glow (US) dir. Jane Schoenbrun
Janet Planet (US) dir. Annie Baker
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Cze-Slovakia-Austria) dir. Klara Tasovska
Brief History Of A Family (China-Fr-Den-Qat) dir. Lin Jianjie
Memories Of A Burning Body (Cos-Sp) dir. Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
No Other Land (Pal-Nor) dirs. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
The Outrun (UK-Ger) dir. Nora Fingscheidt
Paradises Of Diane (Switz) dirs. Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann
Meanwhile On Earth (Fr) dir. Jeremy Clapin
My Stolen Planet (Ger-Iran) dir. Farahnaz Sharifi
Sex (Nor) dir. Dag Johan Haugerud
Teaches Of Peaches (Ger) dirs. Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer
Rising Up At Night (DRC-Bel-Ger-B Faso-Qat) dir. Nelson Makengo
Scorched Earth (Ger) dir. Thomas Arslan
The Visitor (UK) dir. Bruce LaBruce
I Saw Three Black Lights (Col-Mex-Fr-Ger) dir. Santiago Lozano Alvarez
Zeit Verbrechen (Ger) - series, four episodes

Generation 14plus

Who by Fire (Can-Fr) dir. Philippe Lesage
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story (Fr-Mad-Ger-Mau-S Afr-Qat) dir. Luck Razanajaona
Elbow (Ger-Tur-Fr) dir. Aslı Özarslan
Fin (Phi) dir. Ryan Machado
Last Swim (UK) dir. Sasha Nathwani
Maydegol (Iran-Ger-Fr) dir. Sarvnaz Alambeigi
My Summer with Irène (It-Fr) dir. Carlo Sironi
The Great Phuket (Fr-HK-China-Ger-Bel) dir. Liu Yaonan

Generation Kplus

Fox and Hare Save the Forest (Neth-Bel-Lux) dir. Mascha Halberstad
It’s Okay! (S Kor) dir. Kim Hye-young
Reinas (Switz-Peru-Sp) dir. Klaudia Reynicke
The Major Tones (Arg-Sp) dir. Ingrid Pokropek
Through Rocks and Cloud (Peru-Chile) dir. Franco García Becerra
Winners (Ger) dir. Soleen Yusef
Young Hearts (Bel-Neth) dir. Anthony Schatteman

Forum

The Secret Drawer (It-Switz) dir. Costanza Quatriglio
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 (Alg-Fr) dir. Abdenour Zahzah
The Cats Of Gokogu Shrine (Jap) dir. Kazuhiro Soda
Henry Fonda For President (Austria-Ger) dir. Alexander Horwath
The Undergrowth (Sp) dir. Macu Machin
Holy Week (Rom-Switz) dir. Andrei Cohn
L’homme-vertige: Tales Of A City (Fr) dir. Malaury Eloi Paisley
The Human Hibernation (Sp) dir. Anna Cornudella
Well Ordered Nature (Ger) dir. Eva C. Heldmann
Intercepted (Can-Fr-Ukr) dir. Oksana Karpovych
In The Belly Of A Tiger (Ind) dir. Siddartha Jatla
The Adamant Girl (Ind) dir. Vinothraj PS
Maria’s Silence (Lat-Lith) dir. Davis Simanis
Sleeping With A Tiger (Austria) dir. Anja Salomonowitz
The Nights Still Smell Of Gunpowder (Moz-Ger-Fr-Por-Neth-Nor) dir. Inadelso Cossa
Oasis (Chile) dirs. Tamara Uribe, Felipe Morgado
Oasis Of Now (Mal-Sing-Fr) dir. Chee Sum Chia
Exhuma (S Kor) dir. Jang Jae-hyun
Skin In Spring (Col-Chile) dir. Yennifer Uribe Alzate
Reas (Arg-Ger-Switz) dir. Lola Arias
The Editorial Office (Ukr-Ger-Slovakia-Czech) dir. Roman Bondarchuk
Reproduction (Ger) dir. Katharina Pethke
Republic (Sing-China) dir. Jin Jiang
Resonance Spiral (Por-G Bis-Ger) dirs. Marinho de Pina, Filipa Cesar
Shahid (Ger) dir. Narges Kalhor
Traces Of Movement Before The Ice (Ger) dir. Rene Frolke
The Invisible Zoo (Ger) dir. Romuald Karmakar
What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov? (Ger) dir. Faraz Fesharaki
The Wrong Movie (US-Bel) dir. Keren Cytter
All The Long Nights (Jap) dir. Sho Miyake

Forum Special

Art Education (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Baroque Statues (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Chairs (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Couples (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Mother And Daughter, or The Night Is Never Complete (Geo-Fr) dir. Lana Gogoberidze
Those Days In Terezin (Ger-Czech) dir. Sibylle Schonemann
Voices Of The Silenced (Jap-S Kor) dirs. Park Soo-nam, Park Maeui
Encounter (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Iris (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Letter From My Village (Sen) dir. Safi Faye
The Ballad Of Maria Lassnig (Austria) dirs. Maria Lassnig, Hubert Sielecki
Palmistry (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Selfportrait (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Shapes (Austria-US) dir. Maria Lassnig
Techqua Ikachi, Land – My Life (FRG-Switz) dirs. Anka Schmid, James Danaqyumptewa, Agnes Barmettler

Forum Expanded

barrunto (UK-P Rico) dir. Emilia Beatriz
CERTAIN WINDS FROM THE SOUTH (Gha) dir. Eric Gyamfi
Death Mask (Can) dir. John
detours while speaking of monsters (Ger-Tur) dir. Deniz Şimşek
for here am i sitting in a tin can far above the world (Fr) dir. Gala Hernández López
Grandmamauntsistercat (Neth-Pol) dir. Zuza Banasińska
Here We Are (Thai) dir. Chanasorn Chaikitiporn
hold on to her (Bel) dir. Robin Vanbesien
I Don’t Want To Be Just A Memory (Ger) dir. Sarnt Utamachote
In Praise Of Slowness (UK-It) dir. Hicham Gardaf
Myanmar Anatomy (UAE-Thai) dir. Prapat Jiwarangsan
Nanacatepec (Mex-Sp) dirs. Elena Pardo, Azucena Losana
On The Battlefield (US) dirs. Little Egypt Collective, Theresa Delsoin, Lisa Marie Malloy, J.P. Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker
O Seeker (US-Ind) dir. Gavati Wad
The Perfect Square (Ger-Bel) dir. Gernot Wieland
The Periphery Of The Base (China) dir. Zhou Tao
QUEBRANTE (Braz) dir. Janaina Wagner
Remote Occlusions (Ind-US) dir. Utkarsh
Room 404 (Pol-HK-China) dir. Elysa Wendi, Wai Shing Lee
Sarcophagus Of Drunken Loves (Fr-Leb) dir. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) (US-Ind) dir. Suneil Sanzgiri