Jan 17, 2020
Special Programme at the 70th Berlinale: „On Transmission”

During the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the anniversary will be celebrated with the special programme “On Transmission” at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts). The Artistic Director of the Berlinale, Carlo Chatrian, has called upon seven filmmakers whose films have shaped the Berlinale, to select one filmmaker to whom they feel attached and with whom they would like to converse about cinema. The two directors will then show their films and meet for an exchange in the form of a public discussion. “The result is a programme that is just as fascinating, as it is unexpected: Thanks to the contributions of these 14 directors, both a festival narrative and a vivid picture of cinema are created, documented in a time of audiovisual change,” says Carlo Chatrian.

Friday, February 21, 2020

Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul)
Hungary 2017
by Ildikó Enyedi
with Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider

Berlinale award-winner Ildikó Enyedi in dialogue with Zsófia Szilágyi.
Following the conversation:

Egy Nap (One Day)
Hungary 2018
by Zsófia Szilágyi
with Zsófia Szamosi, Leó Füredi, Annamária Láng

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
Italy 2012
by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
with Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca

Berlinale award-winner Paolo Taviani in dialogue with Carlo Sironi.
Following the conversation:

Sole
Italy / Poland 2019
by Carlo Sironi
with Sandra Drzymalska, Claudio Segaluscio, Barbara Ronchi, Bruno Buzzi, Marco Felli, Vitaliano Trevisan

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Heller Wahn (Sheer Madness)
Federal Republic of Germany 1983
by Margarethe von Trotta
with Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen
World premiere of the digitally restored version in 4K DCP

Berlinale director Margarethe von Trotta in dialogue with Ina Weisse.
Following the conversation:

Der Architekt (The Architect)
Germany 2008
by Ina Weisse
with Josef Bierbichler, Hilde van Miegheim, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Rois, Lucas Zolger

Monday, February 24, 2020

Xiao Wu (Artisan Pickpocket)
People’s Republic of China 1998
by Jia Zhang-Ke
with Wang Hongwei, Zuo Baitao, Hao Hongjian
World premiere of the digitally restored version
in 4K DCP

Berlinale director Jia Zhang-Ke in dialogue with Huo Meng.
Following the conversation:

Guo Zhao Guan (Crossing the Border - Zhaoguan)
People’s Republic of China 2018
by Huo Meng
with Yang Taiyi, Li Yunhu, Wan Zhong

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

35 rhums (35 Shots of Rum)
France / Germany 2008
by Claire Denis
with Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogué, Grégoire Colin

Berlinale director Claire Denis in dialogue with Olivier Assayas.
Following the conversation:

Irma Vep
France 1996
by Olivier Assayas
with Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

En kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story)
Sweden 1970
by Roy Andersson
with Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom, Bertil Norström, Lennart Tellfeldt, Margreth Weivers

Berlinale director Roy Andersson in dialogue with Niki Lindroth von Bahr.
Following the conversation:

Short Film Programme
with films by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Sweden

Tord och Tord (Tord and Tord) 2010, 11’
Simhall (Bath House) 2014, 15’
Min Börda (The Burden) 2017, 14’
Något att minnas (Something to Remember) 2019, 5’

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Brokeback Mountain
USA 2005
by Ang Lee
with Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams

Berlinale award-winner Ang Lee in dialogue with Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Following the conversation:

Wandafuru Raifu (After Life)
Japan 1998
by Hirokazu Kore-eda
with Arata, Erika Oda, Kyōko Kagawa, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô

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