Ecco i primi film selezionati per il Festival di Berlino 2009:
Alle Anderen
_ Germany
_ by Maren Ade (The Forest for the Trees)
_ with Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka
_ World premiere
Rage
_ Great Britain / USA
_ by Sally Potter (The Tango Lesson, Orlando)
_ with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Simon Abkarian
_ World premiere
The Dust of Time
_ Greece / Germany / Italy / Russia
_ by Theo Angelopoulos (Eternity and a Day, The Weeping Meadow)
_ with Irene Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz
_ Out of competition
_ International premiere
Mei Lanfang (Forever Enthralled)
_ People’s Republic of China
_ by Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, The Promise)
_ with Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Chen Hong
_ International premiere
The Messenger
_ USA
_ by Oren Moverman – directorial debut
_ with Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton
_ International premiere
London River
_ Algeria / France / Great Britain
_ by Rachid Bouchareb (Little Senegal, Days of Glory)
_ with Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate
_ World premiere
Mammoth
_ Sweden / Germany / Denmark
_ by Lukas Moodysson (Show me Love, Lilja 4-ever)
_ with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide, Tom McCarthy
_ International premiere
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
_ USA
_ by Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose)
_ with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, Winona
_ Ryder
_ Out of competition
_ World premiere
The Reader
_ USA / Germany
_ by Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot)
_ with Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara
_ Out of competition
Pink Panther II
_ USA
_ by Harald Zwart (One Night at McCool’s)
_ with Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia
_ Out of competition
_ International premiere