Siberia
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© 2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© 2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© 2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© Federico Vagliati/2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© 2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
© 2020 Vivo film, maze pictures, Piano
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Film poster
Siberia by Abel Ferrara
ITA, DEU, MEX 2020, Competition
With
- Willem Dafoe (Clint)
- Dounia Sichov (Ex-Wife)
- Simon McBurney (Magician)
- Cristina Chiriac (Russian Woman)
- Daniel Giménez Cacho (Teacher)
- Phil Neilson (Woodsman)
- Fabio Pagano (Monk)
- Anna Ferrara (Clint’s Son)
- Laurentio Arnatsiaq (Inuit)
Crew
Director | Abel Ferrara |
Written by | Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois |
Cinematography | Stefano Falivene |
Editing | Fabio Nunziata, Leonardo D. Bianchi |
Music | Joe Delia |
Sound Design | Neil Benezra |
Sound | Lavinia Burcheri |
Production Design | Renate Schmaderer |
Costumes | Brenda Gómez |
Make-Up | Marco Pompei |
Assistant Director | Jacopo Bonvicini |
Casting | Giulio Donato |
Production Manager | Daniele Esposito |
Producers | Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Julio Chavezmontes, Diana Phillips |
World sales
The Match Factory
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Produced by
Vivo film
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Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara, Anna Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac
At the Photo Call.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Dounia Sichov, Maria Knofe
The actresses at the premiere.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Willem Dafoe
Behind their backs.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe
Photo Call.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara
The director.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Marta Donzelli
The producer at the Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara
The director at the Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Anna Ferrara
Father and daughter at the Photo Call.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe
The director and the leading actor.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe
The Photo Call.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Giada Colagrande, Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac
At the premiere in the Berlinale Palast.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Willem Dafoe
The actor in the greenery on the Red Carpet.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov
The Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Cristina Chiriac, Anna Ferrara
The actress helping her daughter signing her Star Portrait.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Group photo
The film team at the premiere.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Cristina Chiriac, Anna Ferrara
Rainy arrival.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe
The director (left) is getting prepared for the spotlight.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac
After the Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Cristina Chiriac
The actress at the Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Julio Chavezmontes
One of the film's producers.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Philipp Kreuzer
One of the film's producers.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Willem Dafoe
The leading actor at the Press Conference.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Anna Ferrara
The director's daughter is also acting in the film.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara, Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe
Shielded from the flashlights.
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Willem Dafoe
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Cristina Chiriac
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Willem Dafoe
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Dounia Sichov
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Abel Ferrara
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Anna Ferrara
Siberia · Competition · Feb 24, 2020
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Julio Chavezmontes, Philipp Kreuzer, Diana Phillips, Paolo Del Brocco, Marta Donzelli, Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov, Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara
Siberia
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 24, 2020
Press Conference at full length
Siberia
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 24, 2020
Red Carpet at full length
Abel Ferrara
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Born in the Bronx, New York City in 1951, he directed his first Super 8 films as a teenager and entered into early collaborations with screenwriters Nicholas St. John and John McIntyre. In the late 1970s, he made his first feature films, Driller Killer and Ms. 45. In the 1980s and 1990s, his international successes included King of New York, Bad Lieutenant, The Funeral and The Addiction, which was selected for the Berlinale Competition. He won the Honorary Leopard at Locarno in 2011. His work most recently screened in the Berlinale Competition in 2020 with Siberia.
Filmography
1979 Driller Killer 1981 Ms. 45 1984 Fear City 1987 China Girl 1990 King of New York 1992 Bad Lieutenant 1993 Body Snatchers · Dangerous Game 1995 The Addiction 1996 The Funeral 1997 The Blackout 1998 New Rose Hotel 2001 R XMas 2005 Mary 2007 Go Go Tales 2008 Chelsea on the Rocks; documentary 2009 Napoli, Napoli, Napoli 2011 4:44 – Last Day on Earth 2014 Welcome to New York · Pasolini 2017 Alive in France; documentary · Piazza Vittorio; documentary 2019 The Projectionist; documentary · Tommaso 2020 Siberia 2022 Padre Pio 2024 Turn in the Wound
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024