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