Berlinale 2012 Competition Heating Up – Billy Bob Thornton & Angelina Jolie Both Screening Films

(Berlin, Germany – January 9, 2012)

An additional ten world premieres have been announced by the Berlinale 2012 and will be screening in the Competition program.

Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competing for this year’s Berlinale Bears.

On the first weekend of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Angelina Jolie will make her directorial debut with, In the Land of Blood and Honey, in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele’s new cinema.

In Competition

Aujourd´hui 

France/Senegal
By Alain Gomis (L´AfranceAndalucia)
With Saül Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Djolof M’bengue
World premiere

Barbara
Germany
By Christian Petzold (YellaJerichowDreileben)
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere

Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
Italy
By Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padroneLa notte di San LorenzoLa masseria delle allodole,San Michele aveva un gallo)
With Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano
World premiere

Gnade 
Germany/Norway
By Matthias Glasner (The Free WillSexy Sadie)
With Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange
World premiere

Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Russian Federation/USA
By Billy Bob Thornton (Sling BladeThe King of LuckAll the pretty Horses)
With Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon
World premiere

L´enfant d´en haut (Sister)
Switzerland/France
By Ursula Meier (Tous à tableDes épaules solidesHome)
With Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston
World premiere

Metéora (Meteora)
Germany/Greece
By Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1)
With Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva
World premiere

Tabu 
Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France
By Miguel Gomes (The Face You DeserveOur Beloved Month Of August)
With Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta
World premiere

Csak a szél (Just The Wind)
Hungary/Germany/France
By Benedek Fliegauf (DealerRengetegTejútWomb)
With Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Géza Jungwirth
World premiere

Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend)
Germany
By Hans-Christian Schmid (StormRequiemDistant Lights)
With Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
World premiere

Berlinale Special:

In The Land Of Blood And Honey 
USA
By Angelina Jolie (directorial debut)
With Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šrbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo
German premiere