22-02-2020

FNE at Berlinale 2020: Party and Screening Alert Saturday 22 February and Sunday 23 February

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    Saturday 22 February

    Party and Event Alert

    All parties and events require invitations from the organisers

    12:00-13:30 KIDS Regio Forum
    Berlinale Meeting Point
    Debate Cinema as Discovery Space
    30 Venue: Vertretung des Freistaats Thüringen beim Bund (The Representation of the Free State of Thuringia) Mohrenstraße 64

    13:00-15:00 Film New Europe/CICAE/Media Salles party
    13:00-16:00 EUFCN Board Meeting
    18:00 Armenian Happy Hour
    20:00-24:00 Hungarian party
    21:00-23:00 Midpoint party
    22:00 Serbian party

    Screening Alert

    09:10 Son-Mother (Iran, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi
    Produced by Europe Media Nest, Filminiran
    Sales: Beta Cinema
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 12

    09:15 The Voice (Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia)
    Directed by Ognjen Svilicic
    Produced by MaXima Film, Skopje Film Studio, Biberche Productions
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, North Macedonia Film Agency, Film Centre Serbia, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, and Croatian Radiotelevision
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 17

    10:50 The Lawyer / Advokatas (Lithuania)
    Directed by Romas Zabarauskas
    Produced by Lithuania's Naratyvas with Serbia‘s Film Road Production
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre benefited from the Lithuanian Tax Incentive scheme
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 15

    10:50 The Barefoot Emperor (Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia)
    Directed by Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens
    Produced by Entre Chien et Loup, Bo Films, Art Fest and Topkapi Films, along with Croatian Propeler Film
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
    Sales: Be For Films
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 17

    11:00 W.R. – Mysteries of the organism / W.R. – misterije organizma (1971)
    Directed by Dusan Makavjev
    Produced by Neoplanta (Yugoslavia), Telepool (Germany)
    Festival Screening
    Akademie der Künste

    11:30 FREM (Czech Republic, Slovakia) Forum / International premiere
    Directed by Viera Čákanyová
    Produced by Hypermarket Film
    Coproduced by Punkchart Films
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
    Festival Screening
    Delphi Filmpalast

    12:50 Cook, F**k, Kill / Žaby bez jazyka (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Mira Fornay
    Produced by CINEART TV Prague in coproduction with RTVS, the Czech Television and MIRAFOX
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund and Eurimages
    Sales: Cercamon
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 11

    12:55 A Dose of Happiness (Bulgaria, UK)
    Directed by Yana Titova
    Sales: Reason8 Films
    Market Screening
    Parliament Studio

    13:10 Extracurricular (Croatia)
    Directed by Ivan-Goran Vitez
    Produced by Interfilm
    Market Screening
    Dffb Cinema

    13:30 Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul (Romania) Forum / International premiere
    Directed by Radu Jude
    Produced by microFILM
    Coproduced by the Romanian Television (TVR), Hi Film Productions
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme in association with nomada.solo
    Sales: Best Friend Forever
    Festival Screening
    Delphi Filmpalast

    14:10 The Castle / Pilis (Lithuania, Ireland)
    Directed by Lina Luzyte
    Produced by Lithuanian ARTBOX in coproduction with Samson Films (Ireland)
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, Screen Ireland and the Irish public service broadcaster, RTE
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 18

    15:00 What Remains / Re-visited / Was bleibt / Šta ostaje (Germany, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Forum / World premiere
    Directed by Clarissa Thieme
    Festival Screening
    Kino Arsenal 1

    16:00 Charlatan (Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia)
    Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Produced by Marlene Film Production
    Coproduced by Film & Music Entertainment (F.&.M.E.), Madants, Furia Film
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Polish Film Institute, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund
    Sales: Films Boutique
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 4

    16:10 The Flying Circus / Cirku Fluturues (Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia)
    Directed by Fatos Berisha
    Produced by B2 Agency
    Market Screening
    Marriott 1

    16:25 Adventures of a Mathematician / Przygody matematyka (Germany, Poland, UK)
    Directed by Thor Klein
    Produced by Germany’s Dragonfly Films in coproduction with Poland’s Shipsboy
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute within the Polish-German Film Fund
    Sales: Indie Sales
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 2

    16:30 Sole (Italy, Poland) On Transmission
    Directed by Carlo Sironi
    Sales: Luxbox
    Festival Screening
    Akademie der Künste

    17:00 Mare (Switzerland, Croatia)
    Directed by Andrea Štaka
    Produced by Okofilm Productions
    Coproduced by Dinaridi Film, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ARTE, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages
    Sales: Be For Films
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 19

    18:00 Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedz z tego miasta (Poland) Encounters
    Directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
    Produced by Studio Wilka
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute
    Festival Screening
    CinemaxX 7

    18:15 The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (Ukraine, Lithuania)
    Directed by Iryna Tsilyk
    Produced by Albatros Communicos (Ukraine), Moonmakers (Lithuania)
    Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Ukrainian State Agency, IDFA Bertha Fund Classic and IDFA Bertha Fund Europe Co-production
    Sales: CAT&Docs
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 12

    18:30 Father / Otac (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Panorama / World Premiere
    Directed by Srdan Golubović
    Produced by Baš Čelik
    Coproduced by Propeler Film, Vertigo, SCCA/Pro.Ba
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Film Fund, France’s CNC - Cinéma du Monde, Germany’s MDM Fund, ZDF Arte, Eurimages and the MEDIA Creative Europe
    Sales: The Match Factory
    Festival Screening (Premiere)
    Zoo Palast 1

    19:30 The Last Stage / Ostatni etap (Poland) Berlinale Classics
    Directed by Wanda Jakubowska
    Produced by Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Film Polski
    Restoration by Poland’s National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute, Warsaw, in cooperation with Tor Film Production
    Restoration supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
    Festival Screening (Guests: Dariusz Wieromiejczyk, Monika Talarczyk)
    CinemaxX 8

    19:45 Malmkrog (Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia) Encounters
    Directed by Cristi Puiu
    Produced by Mandragora (RO)
    Coproduced by iadasarecasa (RO), SENSE Production (RS), Cinnamon Films (RS),  Film i Väst (SE), Doppelganger (SE), Bord Cadre Films (CH), Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo (BA), Sisters and Brothers Mitevski (MK)
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Romanian Television (TVR), Studioul de Creație Cinematografică al Ministerului Culturii, Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Culture and Information, Film Center Serbia, Canton Sarajevo - Ministry of Culture and Sports, the North Macedonia Film Agency
    Sales: Shellac
    Festival Screening
    Cubix 6

    20:00 Golden Thread (Georgia, France)
    Directed by Lana Gogoberidze
    Produced by 3003 Film Production in coproduction with Manuel Cam Studio
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Center, Georgian Public Broadcasting
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 2

    20:15 Pelican Blood (Germany, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Katrin Gebbe
    Produced by Verena Gräfe-Höft (Germany) and Mila Voinikova (Bulgaria)
    Sales: Films Boutique
    Market Screening
    Cubix 4

    Sunday 23 February

    Party and Event Alert

    All parties and events require invitations from the organisers

    20:00 Baltic Party
    22:00 to 2AM Central European Cinema Party
    22:00 m-appeal film premiere party
    22:30-3:00 Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Film Commission, Thessaloniki Film Festival party

    Screening Alert

    10:00 Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul (Romania)
    Directed by Radu Jude
    Produced by microFILM
    Coproduced by the Romanian Television (TVR), Hi Film Productions
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme in association with nomada.solo
    Sales: Best Friend Forever
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 11

    12:20 What a Country! / Koja je ovo država (Croatia, Serbia, Poland)
    Directed by Vinko Bresan
    Produced by Interfilm in coproduction with Serbia’s Zillion Films and Poland’s Orka Production Studio
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Polish Film Institute, Film Center Serbia and Eurimages
    Sales: TVP
    Market Screening
    Staatsbibliothek (Otto-Braun-Saal)

    12:30 I Was At Home But / Ich war zuhause, aber (Germany, Serbia)
    Directed by Angela Schanelec
    Produced by Nachmittagfilm, Dart Film & Video, ZDF/3sat
    Supported by Film Center Serbia
    Sales: Deutsche Kinemathek
    Market Screening
    Cubix 3

    13:00 Father / Otac (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Panorama / World Premiere
    Directed by Srdan Golubović
    Produced by Baš Čelik
    Coproduced by Propeler Film, Vertigo, SCCA/Pro.Ba
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Film Fund, France’s CNC - Cinéma du Monde, Germany’s MDM Fund, ZDF Arte, Eurimages and the MEDIA Creative Europe
    Sales: The Match Factory
    Festival Screening
    Cubix 9

    13:55 Servants / Služobníci (Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Ireland)
    Directed by Ivan Ostrochovský
    Produced by Punkchart films
    Coproduced by Point Film (RO), Radio and Television of Slovakia (SK), Negativ (CZ), Film and Music Entertainment (IE), Libra Film Productions (RO), Hai Hui Entertainment (RO), sentimentalfilm (SK)
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Romanian Film Centre
    Sales: Loco Films
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 10

    14:30 Distant Journey / Daleká cesta (Czechoslovakia 1948) Berlinale Classics / Documentary / Digitally restored 2019
    Directed by Alfréd Radok
    Produced by Československý státní film (CZ)
    DCP: Národní filmovy archiv, restoration supervised by Národní filmový archiv and carried out at Universal Productions Partners (UPP)
    Festival Screening
    CinemaxX 8 (Guest: Michal Bregant)

    15:00 Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz / Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza (Poland)
    Directed by Maciej Pieprzyca
    Produced by RE Studio in coproduction with TVP, Canal+, Next Film, Chimney Poland, the Mazovia Film Commission, Silesia-Film, the Krakow Festival Office and Aeroplan Studios
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute
    Sales: Intramovies
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 13

    16:30 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Caroline Link
    Produced by Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
    Sales: Beta Cinema
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 5

    16:30 Truth And Justice (Estonia)
    Directed by Tanel Toom
    Produced by Allfilm
    Supported by the Estonian Film Institute and a private investor Armin Karu
    Sales: Films Boutique
    Market Screening
    Delphi Lux 1

    17:00 You Know Him (Turkey, Serbia)
    Directed by Ercan Kesal
    Produced by Ay Yapim, Poyraz Film
    Sales: Ay Yapim
    Market Screening
    Staatsbibliothek (Simon-Bolivar-Saal)

    17:10 I Never Cry / Jak najdalej stąd (Poland, Ireland)
    Directed by Piotr Domalewski
    Produced by Akson Studio, Irish MK1 Productions
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute and the Mazovia Film Fund
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 14

    18:15 Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedz z tego miasta (Poland) Encounters
    Directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
    Produced by Studio Wilka
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute
    Festival Screening
    Cubix 6

    18:30 Malmkrog (Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia) Encounters
    Directed by Cristi Puiu
    Produced by Mandragora (RO)
    Coproduced by iadasarecasa (RO), SENSE Production (RS), Cinnamon Films (RS),  Film i Väst (SE), Doppelganger (SE), Bord Cadre Films (CH), Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo (BA), Sisters and Brothers Mitevski (MK)
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Romanian Television (TVR), Studioul de Creație Cinematografică al Ministerului Culturii, Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Culture and Information, Film Center Serbia, Canton Sarajevo - Ministry of Culture and Sports, the North Macedonia Film Agency
    Sales: Shellac
    Festival Screening
    Haus der Berliner Festspiele

    18:45 Numbers/ Nomery (Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, France)
    Directed by Oleg Sentsov in collaboration with Akhtem Seitablaiev
    Produced by 435 Films
    Coproduced by Apple Film
    Supported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, the Polish Film Institute
    Sales: Latido Films
    Market Screening
    CinemaxX 2

    22:00 Mare (Switzerland, Croatia) Panorama / World premiere
    Directed by Andrea Štaka
    Produced by Okofilm Productions
    Coproduced by Dinaridi Film, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, ARTE, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages
    Sales: Be For Films
    Festival Screening
    Zoo Palast 1