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Berlinale Panorama 2011 with Renowned Directors, Three Films on India and Many New DiscoveriesNow that the programme is almost complete it can be said that in the aftermath of the financial crisis truly independent cinema is at an advantage. The themes of many first films are daring and hence inspiring, as seen in the work of Israeli filmmaker Michal Aviad who, set against the backdrop of the interminable Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has her protagonists work through traumas in Lo Roim Alaich (Invisible), or with French director Céline Sciamma whose Tomboy portrays the coming of age of a boy in a girl's body - a deeply touching story, one that is also the subject of a German directorial debut, Sabine Bernardi's Romeos. Then there's the French entry Dernier étage gauche gauche (Top Floor Left Wing) by Angelo Cianci that revolves around the next generation of Arab adolescents who are already integrated but marginalized, and of whom too little is demanded. Though, of course, topical political issues are also taken up by famous Europeans, such as the boatpeople from Afghanistan by Greek filmmaker Constantine Giannaris (many-time guest of the Panorama and in the 2002 Competition with One Day In August) in his work Man At Sea; and the past and present consequences of colonisation by Spanish director Icíar Bollaín in her film También la lluvia (Even the Rain). In it, Sebastian (played by Gael García Bernal) casts a drama about the Spanish conquest 500 years earlier with the indigenous people from an entire village. This film is also screening in the Berlinale's Culinary Cinema series on February 16. Star chef Thomas Kammeier will prepare two dishes inspired by the film for the occasion.
Beyond this, there's a wave of innovative genre cinema for audiences to discover. For instance, Amador, a warm-hearted intimate piece about an illegal immigrant from South America by Spanish director Fernando León De Aranoa (who presented Familia in the Panorama in 1997 and contributed to the Invisibles, which was produced by Javier Bardem, in 2007). Or Vampire by Iwai Shunji (who opened the Panorama in 2002 with his film All About Lily Chou-Chou) and in which Kevin Zegers plays the most endearing vampire of all time.
New narrative styles are evident in, for example, a first work by Argentinean filmmaker Gustavo Taretto. His film Medianeras revolves around trying to get an Internet junkie to return to real life. And then there's Jan Gassmann's feature debut OFFBEAT, an unconventional and atmospheric story from Switzerland about a generation of rappers who are getting on in years. Producers Ridley and Tony Scott, on the other hand, explore the narrative possibilities of social media in Life In A Day, directed by Kevin MacDonald. Selected from thousands of digital contributions sent in by members of the global community, the British filmmaker unveils a kaleidoscope of parallel worlds such as has never been seen before. Working with 3D demands a completely new approach to the camera, lighting, set design and above all editing: The Mortician by Britain's Gareth Maxwell Roberts is one of the best-crafted examples so far and demonstrates how this new challenge can be met.
Innovative narrative styles and unusually critical images of society are also discernible in the three films on India in the 2011 Panorama: on a grand scale Vishal Bhardwaj tells of an intimidating female character who moves between the religions and their male proponents in 7 Khoon Maaf (7 Sins Forgiven), while young director Q has angry young men set out - unfiltered and raw - to find a place for themselves in the world in his film debut Gandu (Asshole): "Words are burning inside us. Rap is a way to say them." British filmmaker Phil Cox lets viewers experience the city of Calcutta up close in The Bengali Detective: it takes you to the darkest corners of the metropolis with private detectives whose businesses are booming because the police can no longer be trusted.
Details about the opening films of the Main Programme, the Panorama Special and Panorama Dokumente as well as the complete Panorama programme will be coming soon.
Panorama Main Programme + Panorama Special
7 Khoon Maaf (7 Sins Forgiven) by Vishal Bhardwaj, India, world premiere with Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Naseeruddin Shah Panorama Special
Amador by Fernando León De Aranoa, Spain with Magaly Solier, Celso Bugallo, Pietro Sibille, Sonia Almarcha, Fanny de Castro Panorama Special
Byakuyakou (Into the White Night) by Yoshihiro Fukagawa, Japan with Maki Horikita, Kengo Kora, Eiichiro Funakoshi Panorama Main Programme
Dernier étage gauche gauche (Top Floor Left Wing) by Angelo Cianci, France/Luxemburg with Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saidi, Judith Henry, Michel Vuillermoz Panorama Main Programme
Gandu (Asshole) by Kaushik Mukherjee (Q), India with Anubrata Basu, Joyraj Bhattacharya, Rituporna Sen, Shilajit Majumder, Kamalika Banerjee Panorama Main Programme
Here by Braden King, USA with Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal Panorama Main Programme
Life In A Day by Kevin MacDonald, Great Britain Panorama Special
Lo Roim Alaich (Invisible) by Michal Aviad, Israel/Germany, world premiere with Ronit Elkabetz, Evgenia Dodina Panorama Main Programme
Man At Sea by Constantine Giannaris, Greece, world premiere with Andonis Karystinos, Theodora Tzimou, Konstantinos Avarikiotis, Stathis Papadopoulos, Thanasis Tatavlalis Panorama Special
Medianeras by Gustavo Taretto, Argentina/Germany/Spain, world premiere with Pilar López de Ayala, Javier Drolas, Inés Efrón, Carla Peterson, Rafael Ferro Panorama Special
OFFBEAT by Jan Gassmann, Switzerland, world premiere with Hans-Jakob Mühlethaler, Domenico Pecoraio, Manuel Neuburger, Vesna Garstik, Marlise Fischer Panorama Main Programme
Qualunquemente by Giulio Manfredonia, Italy with Sergio Rubini, Lorenza Indovina, Nicola Rignanese, Davide Giordano Panorama Main Programme
Romeos by Sabine Bernardi, Germany, world premiere with Rick Okon, Liv Lisa Fries, Maximilian Befort Panorama Main Programme
Sala samobójców (Suicide Room) by Jan Komasa, Poland, world premiere with Jakub Gierszal, Roma Gasiorowska, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Agata Kulesza Panorama Special
También la lluvia (Even The Rain) by Icíar Bollaín, Spain/France/Mexico with Luis Tosar, Gael García Bernal, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Karra Elejalde, Raúl Arévalo Panorama Main Programme
The Mortician by Gareth Maxwell Roberts, Great Britain/USA, world premiere, 3D with Method Man, Edward Furlong, Dash Mihok, Judy Marte, Angelic Zambrana Panorama Main Programme
Tomboy by Céline Sciamma, France, world premiere with Zoé Heran, Malonn Raffin, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy Panorama Main Programme
Vampire by Iwai Shunji, Canada/USA with Kevin Zegers, Rachel Leigh Cook, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Adelaide Clemens, Kristin Kreuk Panorama Main Programme
Supporting Films
Porno Melodrama by Romualdas Zabarauskas, Lithuania/France/Finland, world premiere with Marius Repšys, Vilma Kutavičiūtė, Kurtis
Spring by Hong Khaou, Great Britain with Christopher O'Donnell, Jonathan Keane 19.01.2011 | Berlin's blog Cat. : 7 Khoon Maaf Adelaide Clemens Afghanistan Agata Kulesza ALL ABOUT All About Lily Chou-Chou Angelic Zambrana Angelo Cianci Aranoa Argentina Arts Ben Foster berlin Berlinale's Culinary Cinema Braden King Calcutta Canada Carla Peterson Céline Sciamma CELSO BUGALLO Chef Christopher O'Donnell Cinema of Japan Constantine Giannaris Dash Mihok detective Director Domenico Pecoraio Edward Furlong Entertainment Entertainment Even the Rain Evgenia Dodina Fanny de Castro Fernando León De Films Finland France Gael García Bernal Gareth Maxwell Roberts Germany Giulio Manfredonia Greece Gustavo Taretto Hans-Jakob Mühlethaler Hong Khaou Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín India Inés Efron Into the White Night Irrfan Khan Israel Italy Iwai Shunji Jakub Gierszal Jan Gassmann Jan Komasa Japan Javier Bardem Javier Drolas Jeanne Disson John Abraham Jonathan Keane Juan Carlos Aduviri Judith Henry Judy Marte Kaushik Mukherjee Keisha Castle-Hughes Kengo Kora Kevin Macdonald Kevin Zegers Konstantinos Avarikiotis Kristin Kreuk Lithuania Liv Lisa Fries Lo Roim Alaich Lorenza Indovina Lubna Azabal Luis Tosar Luxemburg Magaly Solier Maki Horikita Manuel Neuburger Marius Repšys Mathieu Demy Maximilian Befort Mexico Michal Aviad Michel Vuillermoz Mohamed Fellag mortician Naseeruddin Shah Neil Nitin Mukesh Nicola Rignanese Panorama Person Career Phil Cox Pietro Sibille Pilar López de Ayala Poland Private Priyanka Chopra Qualunquemente Rachel Leigh Cook Rafael Ferro Raúl Arévalo Rick Okon Ridley Roim Alaich Romualdas Zabarauskas Ronit Elkabetz Sabine Bernardi Sergio Rubini Shunji Iwai Social Issues Social Issues Sonia Almarcha Sophie Cattani South America Spain Supporting Films Switzerland Technology Technology Theodora Tzimou Thomas Kammeier Tony Scott United Kingdom United States Vesna Garstik Vilma Kutavičiūtė Vishal Bhardwaj Yoshihiro Fukagawa Yoshihiro Fukagawa Zoe Heran FESTIVALS
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