Isabel Coixet’s ‘Nobody Wants the Night’ has been announced as the opening film of the 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival, that is scheduled to take place from 5 to 15 February 2015.
American film director Darren Aronofsky has been announced as the President of the Jury and German film director Wim Wenders is scheduled to be presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.
The Competition section of the prestigious film festival includes 19 films that will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears, while many of the films are world premieres.
The following countries are participating in the entire program: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong/China, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Ukraine, the USA and Vietnam.
The Award Ceremony will take place at the Berlinale Palast on Saturday, February 14th, 2015. The event will close with a screening of the winner of the Golden Bear.
The following films will compete in the Competition section:
Aferim! by Radu Jude (Everybody in Our Family)
Romania / Bulgaria / Czech Republic
El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button) – documentary By Patricio Guzmán (Nostalgia for the Light)
France / Chile / Spain
El Club (The Club) by Pablo Larraín (Tony Manero, No)
Chile
Ten no chasuke (Chasuke’s Journey) by Sabu (Kanikosen, Dead Run)
Japan
Vergine giurata (Sworn Virgin) By Laura Bispuri – Feature debut
Italy / Switzerland / Germany / Albania / Kosovo
45 Years by Andrew Haigh
United Kingdom
Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming) by Andreas Dresen
Germany / France
Body by Malgorzata Szumowska
Poland
Cha và con và (Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories) by Di Phan Dang
Vietnam / France / Germany / Netherlands
Eisenstein in Guanajuato by Peter Greenaway
Netherlands / Mexico / Belgium / Finland
Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante
Guatemala / France – Feature debut
Journal d’une femme de chambre (Diary of a Chambermaid) by Benoit Jacquot
France / Belgium
Knight of Cups by Terrence Malick
USA
Nobody Wants the Night by Isabel Coixet – Opening film
Spain / France / Bulgaria
Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds) by Alexey German
Russian Federation / Ukraine / Poland
Queen of the Desert by Werner Herzog
USA
Taxi by Jafar Panahi
Iran
Yi bu zhi yao (Gone with the Bullets) by Wen Jiang
People’s Republic of China / USA / Hong Kong, China