The buzz from the Berlin Film Festival is always strong, and the Berlinale Special Program typically attracts wide interest across the industry. This week we see 8 more strong contenders added to the lineup. Brandon Blake, entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A, shares the news.
Golda and Others
A key focus among the 8 new additions will no doubt be Embankment’s Golda, a biopic-lite based on Golda Meir’s decisions during the so-called Yom Kippur War of 1973. We also see Netflix’s Kill Boksoon, starring Cannes Best Actress (2007) Jeon Do-Yeon take a spot in the lineup.
Last Night of Amore, which follows a retiring police lieutenant whose last case will be that of the murder of a friend during a high-stakes heist, nets another spot. Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me, Sun and Concrete, Mad Fate, Talk To Me, and Der vermessene Mensch will finish the roster of new additions.
New Forum Titles
In addition to the expanded Berlinale Special Program lineup, we have also had confirmation on the Forum section. This will include quite an interesting piece indeed. I Heard It through the Grapevine, the 1982 documentary by Dick Fontaine and James Baldwin will snag a spot. It has recently been restored through the Harvard Film Archive. With 11 other interesting titles, including two for Wanjiru Kinyanjui (The Battle of the Sacred Tree and A Lover & Killer of Colour), this is looking to be a can’t-miss section of the event.
Other titles for the Forum section include:
Ein Herbst im Ländchen Bärwalde
Aufenthaltserlaubnis
I, Your Mother
Other than That, I’m Fine
All in Order
Oyoyo
Black Head
Mein Vater, der Gastarbeiter
The Devil Queen
Despite the return of most festivals to at least some kind of in-person presence in 2022, 2023 is shaping up to be the year we truly see a ‘taste of normality’ for the festival circuit. These latest additions to the Berlin lineup look fit to make it a great one indeed.
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