Berlinale to host European Premier of Peepli Live news
Delhi based filmmaker Anusha Rizvi’s debut feature film “Peepli Live” will be screened as a part of Berlinale ‘Special’ in the 60th edition of the festival. The Berlinale Special is part of the festival’s official programme and presents recent works by contemporary filmmakers and re-screens historical works. The filmmakers of the movies in the Berlinale Special will attend the premieres and present their films.
While Berlinale would host its European premier, Peepli Live is all set for a world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the USA on January 24, where it’ll compete for the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema (dramatic) category. The film deals with lots of contemporary issues like bureaucracy, media and rural economy and rural migration.
22 films have been invited to the Berlinale Special, 12 of them are world premieres.
Berlinale Special - Gala Screenings in the Friedrichstadtpalast
Boxhagener Platz Germany
By Matti Geschonneck
With Gudrun Ritter, Michael Gwisdek, Samuel Schneider, Meret Becker,
Jürgen Vogel
World premiere
Cosa voglio di piu (What More Do I Want), Italy / Switzerland
By Silvio Soldini
With Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Giuseppe Battiston
World premiere
Die Friseuse (The Hairdresser) Germany
By Doris Dörrie (Cherry Blossoms, Enlightenment Guaranteed, Am I Beautiful?, Nobody Loves Me)
With Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Natascha Lawiszus, Ill-Young Kim
World premiere
Henri 4 (Henry of Navarre) Germany / France / Spain / Austria
By Jo Baier
With Julien Bosselier, Joachim Król, Hannelore Hoger, Ulrich Noethen
World premiere
Da bing xiao jiang (Little Big Soldier) People’s Republic of China / Hong Kong, China
By Ding Sheng
With Jackie Chan, Wang Leehom
European premiere
L´Autre Dumas France/Belgium
By Safy Nebbou
With Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry
International premiere
Metropolis Germany
By Fritz Lang
With Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Frank Strobel
World premiere of the reconstructed original cut
Tanzträume (Dancing Dreams) Germany
Documentary by Anne Linsel and Rainer Hoffmann
With Pina Bausch
World premiere
BIRTHDAY SPECIAL
Nine USA
By Rob Marshall
With Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Stacy Ferguson, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren
Berlinale Special – in the Cinema Paris in the Institut Français
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? Great Britain / Spain Documentary by Norberto Lopez and Carlos Carcas
With Lord Foster
World premiere
Ingelore USA
Documentary by Frank Stiefel
With Ingelore Herz Honigstien, Hanna Schwamborn
International premiere
Kinshasa Symphony, Germany
Documentary by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer
With the musicians of the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste
World premiere
Michel Ciment, le cinéma en partage (Michel Ciment, The Art of Sharing Movies) France
Documentary by Simone Lainé
World premiere
Moloch Tropical France / Haiti
By Raoul Peck
With Zinedine Soualem, Sonia Rolland, Mireille Métellus, Nicole Dogué
European premiere
Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today USA 1948
[The 2009 Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]
By Stuart Schulberg
German premiere
Peepli Live India
By Anusha Rizvi
With Omkar Das, Raghubir Yadav, Shalini Vatsa, Farukh Jaffer, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Malaika Shenoy, Vishal Sharma
European premiere
S.O.S./State of Security USA
Documentary by Michèle Ohayon
With Richard Clarke
World premiere
Berlinale Special – in the Kino International
L´Illusionist Great Britain / France
Animated film by Sylvain Chomet (Les triplettes de Belleville)
World premiere
Revolución Mexico
Compilation film by Mariana Chenillo, Patricia Riggen, Fernando Eimbcke, Amat Escalante, Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo García, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas
World premiere
Spur der Bären (Trace of the Bears)
60 Jahre Berlinale Germany
A Documentary by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg and Alfred Holighaus
Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
World premiere
Welt am Draht (World on a Wire) Germany 1973
By Rainer Werner Fassbinder
With Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Adrian Hoven, Ivan Desny
Cinema premiere of the restored version
Berlinale Special – in the Zoo Palast Theatre 4
Su Qi Er (True Legend) People’s Republic of China / Hong Kong, China
By Yuen Woo Ping
With Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun,Andy On, Guo Xiaodong
European premiere
