Editor

The Panorama section of the 52nd Berlinale has now confirmed two thirds of
its Main Program, the Panorama Dokumente and the Panorama Special. With productions
selected from over 1500 films, 26 nations will be participating this year. France,
the USA, Germany and Japan are focal points. Eastern Europe, South America and
other countries in Asia are also well represented. In Panorama well known directors
as well as newcomers are presented.

Certain topics are in the air worldwide, such as the spirit and the ideals
of the Seventies - and in keeping with the times, they find pragmatic, hedonistic
and often disillusioned expression; or the life concept promising untouchability
felt by a couple wrapped up in their own universe, marginalizing the world around.
In this year's program music plays a central or significant role in a number
of productions by celebrated filmmakers such as Tony Gatlif, Lynne Stopkewich
and Mika Kaurismäki.

The directors and actors of nearly all these works are expected to attend the
Berlinale. Here, the "Cinema d'auteur" has a long standing tradition.
The main programme features a maximum of 20 titles. The programme is focussed
on assisting the participating professionals to find their crop for the upcoming
arthouse season in Europe and beyond.

Australia, Walking on Water 90' by Tony Ayres with Vince Colosimo, Maria
Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean, Judi Farr, Nicholas Bishop

Belgium/Luxemburg/France, Le 3ième Oeil The Third Eye 87' by
Christophe Fraipont with Jérémie Renier, Nozha Khouadra, Christian
Crahay

Brazil/Italy, As três Marias (The Three Marias) 90' by Aluizio
Abranches (Panorama 1999: Um copo de coléra - A Glass of Rage)
with Marieta Severo, Julia Lemmertz, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Luiza Mariani

People's Republic of China, Hua Yan (Dazzling) 84' by Xin Lee with Lala
Wu, Jinglei Xu, Ting Mei, Anzi, Xuebin Wang, Juan Li, Zi An

Germany

Bungalow 84' by Ulrich Köhler with Lennie Burmeister, Trine Dyrholm,
Devid Striesow, Nicole Gläser

Kriegerin des Lichts (Warrior of Light) 90' documentary by Monika Treut
with Yvonne Bezerra de Mello

Tunten lügen nicht (Queens Don't Cry) 90' documentary by Rosa von
Praunheim with BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn, Tima die Göttliche

Germany/Finland/France/Brazil, Moro no Brasil 104' documentary by Mika
Kaurismäki



Germany/USA, Marlene Dietrich - Her own Song 100' documentary by David
Riva with Burt Bacharach, Beate Klarsfeld, Hildegard Knef, Maria Riva, Volker
Schlöndorff, Nicholas von Sternberg

Estonia/Latvia, Head Käed (Good Hands) 90' by Peeter Simm with
Rezija Kalnina, Tiit Sukk, Lembit Ulfsak, Tõnu Kark, Maija Apine, Atis
Tenbergs

France

Chaos 106' by Coline Serreau with Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot, Rachida
Brakni

La Bande du Drugstore (Dandy) 98' by François Armanet with Mathieu
Simonet, Aurélien Wiik, Cécile Cassel, Alice Taglioni

Sur mes Lèvres (Read my Lips) 115' by Jacques Audiard with Vincent
Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos

Swing 90' by Tony Gatlif with Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt,
Ben Zimet, Fabiène Mai

United Kingdom, Lost in La Mancha 89' documentary by Keith Fulton, Louis
Pepe with Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp

Italy, L'Inverno (Winter) 97' by Nina di Majo with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,
Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Yorgo Yoyagis

India, Jang Aur Aman (War And Peace) 172' documentary by Anand Patwardhan

Japan

All About Lily Chou Chou 146' by Shunji Iwai with Hayato Ichihara, Shugo
Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Yu Aoi

Itai Futari (A Painful Pair) 112' by Hisashi Saito with Hidetoshi Nishijima,
Miako Tadano, Takuji Suzuki

Kami no ko tachi (God's Children) 105' documentary by Hiroshi Shinomiya

Canada

L'Ange de Goudron ( Tar Angel) 103' by Denis Chouinard with Zinedine
Soualem, Catherine Trudeau, Hiam Abbass, Rabah Aït Ouyahia

Lilith on Top 100' documentary by Lynne Stopkewich (Kissed 1996, Suspicious
River 2000) with Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, The Dixie Chicks,
Indigo Girls, Sandra Bernhard

Suddenly Naked 105' by Anne Wheeler (Panorama 1999: Better Than Chocolate)
with Wendy Crewson, Peter Coyote, Joe Cobden

Canada/Yugoslavia, Boomerang 92' by Dragan Marinkovic with Lazar Ristovski,
Paulina Manov, Nebojsa Glogovac, Dragan Jovanovic

Kirgistan/Kazakhstan, Altyn Kyrghol (My Brother, Silk Road) 80' by Marat
Sarulu with Busurman Odurakaev, Tinar Abdrazaeva, Mukhambet Toktay

Cuba/USA, Piñero 95' by Leon Ichaso with Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo
Esposito, Talisa Soto, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin

Moldavia, Patul lui procust (The Bed of Procust) 118' by Viorica Mesina,
Sergiu Prodan with Oleg Iankovski, Petru Vutcarau, Maia Morgenstern, Tania Popa

Norway, Øyenstikker (Dragonflies) 90' by Marius Holst with Kim
Bodnia, Maria Bonnevie, Mikael Persbrandt

Norway/Danmark, Alt om min Far (All about my Father) 75' documentary
by Even Benestad with Esben Benestad

Austria, Im toten Winkel. Hitlers Sekretärin (Blind Spot.
Hitler's Secretary) 90' documentary by André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
with Traudl Junge

Switzerland/Germany/USA, Venus Boyz 104' documentary by Gabriel Baur
with Dréd Gerestant, Diane Torr, Del LaGrace Volcano, Bridge Markland,
Storme Webber, Mo Fischer

Slovenia, Varuh Meje (Guardian of the Frontier) 100' by Maja Weiss with
Iva Krajnc, Pia Zemlji, Tanja Poto Nik, Jonas Znidarsi

Spain, The Dancer Upstairs 129' by John Malkovich with Javier Bardem,
Laura Morante, Juan D. Botto

En la ciudad sin limites (Beyond Remembrance) 120' by Antonio Hernandez
with Leonardo Sbaraglia, Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Fernandez

Food Of Love 112' by Ventura Pons with Juliet Stevenson, Paul Rhys, Allan
Corduner, Kevin Bishop, Geraldine McEwan

USA

America So Beautiful 91' by Babak Shokrian with Mansour, Fariborz David
Diaan, Alain deSatti, Houshang Touzie, Diane Gaidry

Just a Kiss 89' by Fisher Stevens with Marisa Tomei, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron
Eldard, Patrick Breen, Marley Shelton

The Laramie Project 97' by Moises Kaufman with Steve Buscemi, Jeremy
Davies, Peter Fonda, Janeane Garafalo, Laura Linney

On_Line 85' by Jed Weintrob with Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau, Isabel
Gillies, John Fleck, Vanessa Ferlito

Ruthie And Connie: Every Room In The House 58' documentaryby Deborah
Dickson with Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz