GullyBoy is selected for Competition & the Berlinale Special of th

The first nine films have been selected for the Competition and the Berlinale Special of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.

Alongside the previously announced opening film, The Kindness of Strangers by Lone Scherfig, six productions and co-productions from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Serbia, and Turkey have been invited to take part in the Competition.

So far three productions have been invited to participate in the Berlinale Special. As part of the Official Programme, it screens recent works by contemporary filmmakers, as well as documentaries and works with extraordinary formats.

Further announcements regarding programme selections will be made in the coming weeks.

Competition

Der Boden unter den Fen (The Ground Beneath My Feet)
Austria
by Marie Kreutzer (The Fatherless, We Used to be Cool)
with Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hrbiger, Michelle Barthel, Marc Benjamin, Axel Sichrovsky, Dominic Marcus Singer, Meo Wulf
World premiere

Der Goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove)
Germany / France
by Fatih Akin (Head On, In the Fade)
with Jonas Dassler, Margarethe Tiesel, Hark Bohm
World premiere

Grce dieu (By the Grace of God)
France
by Franois Ozon (8 Women, In the House)
with Melvil Poupaud, Denis Mnochet, Swann Arlaud, ric Caravaca, Franois Marthouret, Bernard Verley, Martine Erhel, Josiane Balasko, Hlne Vincent, Franois Chattot, Frdric Pierrot
International premiere

Ich war zuhause, aber (I Was at Home, but)
Germany / Serbia
by Angela Schanelec (The Dreamed Path, Marseille)
with Maren Eggert, Franz Rogowski, Lilith Stangenberg, Jakob Lassalle, Clara Mller
World premiere

Kz Kardeler (A Tale of Three Sisters)
Turkey / Germany / Netherlands / Greece
by Emin Alper (Beyond the Hill, Frenzy)
with Cemre Ebzziya, Ece Yksel, Helin Kandemir, Kayhan Aikgz, Mfit Kayacan, Kubilay Tuner
World premiere

Rpertoire des villes disparues (Ghost Town Anthology)
Canada
by Denis Ct (Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, Bestiaire)
with Robert Naylor, Jose Deschnes, Jean-Michel Anctil, Larissa Corriveau, Rmi Goulet, Diane Lavalle, Hubert Proulx, Rachel Graton, Normand Carrire, Jocelyne Zucco
World premiere

Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast

Gully Boy
India
by Zoya Akhtar (You Won't Get This Life Again, Lust Stories)
with Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Raaz, Amruta Subhash, Vijay Verma
World premiere

Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Brecht
Germany / Austria
by Heinrich Breloer (The Manns Novel of a Century, Buddenbrooks The Decline of a Family)
with Burghart Klauner, Tom Schilling, Adele Neuhauser, Trine Dyrholm, Mala Emde, Franz Hartwig, Friederike Becht, Ernst Sttzner, Lou Strenger
World premiere

Watergate - Documentary
USA
by Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight, Inside Job)
with Douglas Hodge, Jill Wine-Banks, Dan Rather, Lesley Stahl, Richard Ben-Veniste
European premiere

Press Office
December 13, 2018

Delighted!!!...#GullyBoy has been selected by the Berlin International Film Festival for a special gala screening!!! Ow Oww!!! #ZoyaAkhtar @aliaa08 @ritesh_sid @FarOutAkhtar