COLOGNE, Germany -- Isabel Coixet's "Elegy", an adaptation of the Philip Roth bestseller "The Dying Animal", Erick Zonca's "Julia" starring Tilda Swinton and "Sparrow", the latest crime drama from Hong Kong helmer Johnnie To are among the titles that have been picked for the competition lineup of the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.
Also heading to Berlin are Mike Leigh's North London drama "Happy-Go-Lucky;" Robert Guediguian's French working class thriller "Lady Jane" and the politically themed drama "Restless" from Israeli Amos Kollek.
Another competition film with strong political undertones is "Heart of Fire", Luigi Florni's adaptation the biography of African child soldier Senait Mehari. The film follows the cross-over success of his "The Story of the Weeping Camel" (2003), which Florni co-directed with Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa.
"Heart of Fire" is only the second German film to make this year's cut in Berlin, the other being Doris Dorrie's "Kirschbluten -- Hanami". Berlin fest favorite Yoji Yamada returns to the competition this year with his latest, the WWII family drama "Kabei -- Our Mother".
Italy's Antonella Grimaldi, who last appeared in Berlin's Panorama sidebar with "Bits and Pieces" in 1996, will bring his literary adaptation of Sandro Veronesi's bestseller "Quiet Chaos" to the festival.
Also heading to Berlin are Mike Leigh's North London drama "Happy-Go-Lucky;" Robert Guediguian's French working class thriller "Lady Jane" and the politically themed drama "Restless" from Israeli Amos Kollek.
Another competition film with strong political undertones is "Heart of Fire", Luigi Florni's adaptation the biography of African child soldier Senait Mehari. The film follows the cross-over success of his "The Story of the Weeping Camel" (2003), which Florni co-directed with Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa.
"Heart of Fire" is only the second German film to make this year's cut in Berlin, the other being Doris Dorrie's "Kirschbluten -- Hanami". Berlin fest favorite Yoji Yamada returns to the competition this year with his latest, the WWII family drama "Kabei -- Our Mother".
Italy's Antonella Grimaldi, who last appeared in Berlin's Panorama sidebar with "Bits and Pieces" in 1996, will bring his literary adaptation of Sandro Veronesi's bestseller "Quiet Chaos" to the festival.
- 1/10/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Today's nine title announcement for the Berlin Festival’s main competition section (the 58th edition runs between Feb. 7-17.) is an early sign that the 2008 year in film is rich in international film from all corners of the globe and that the upcoming Cannes film festival is going to be loaded once again with heavyweight titles. Out of the titles I'm most looking forward to seeing are the little known Mike Leigh project called Happy-Go-Lucky and Erick Zonca’s French thriller Julia starring Tilda Swinton, and the postponed domestic release of Isabel Coixet’s Elegy. Here is the 9-list:Feuerherz (Heart of Fire) Germany/Austria (adapted from the bestseller by Senait Mehari) by Luigi Falorni (The Story of the Weeping Camel) with Letekidan Micael Julia France by Erick Zonca (The Dreamlife of Angels) with Tilda Swinton, Aidan Gould, Saúl Rubinek Lady Jane France By Robert Guédiguian (Le Promeneur du champ de Mars,
- 1/9/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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