
| Festivals: Cottbus announces competition line-up |
| 27 October 2009 | By FNE Staff |
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The 19th Cottbus film festival (www.filmfestival-cottbus.de) has announced a record number of international premieres as well as an increase in prize money.
The festival (November 10-15) opens with the German-Russian co-production THE LAST STATION, starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer as the main characters Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya. The festival's regional focus is on the Black Sea countries. Poland, Russia, and Khazakhstan will each be highlighted in festival theme days. The programme consists of 140 films from 34 countries, with competition films vying for € 76.000 in awards. The following films are in the main competition: ALIVE!
Albania, Austria, France 2009, 90 min BUBEN BARABAN
Russia 2009, 90 min DIE 40. TÜR/40-CI QAPI/THE 40th DOOR
Aserbaijan 2009, 82 min DIE KONFLIKTZONE/KONPHLIKTIS ZONA/THE CONFLICT ZONE Georgia 2009, 82 min DIE SCHWARZEN/CRNCI/THE BLACKS
Croatia 2009, 75 min
Russia, Japan, Canada 2009, 80 min ICH BIN NICHT DEIN FREUND/NEM VAGYOK A BARÁTOD/I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND
Hungary 2009, 100 min KLEINE FÜCHSE/LIŠTIČKY/FOXES
Czech, Slovakia, Ireland 2009, 83 min ORDINARY PEOPLE
France, Serbia, Switzerland 2008, 78 min SHOPPING GIRLS/GALERIANKI/MALL GIRLS
Poland 2009, 82 min
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