26/01/2018 - Following last month’s sneak peek – when 11 titles were unveiled – the selection for the second major section of the Berlinale is now complete, including a total of 47 films from 40 countries

The editorial line and the first 11 titles to be included in the Panorama section at the 68^th Berlin Festival (15 to 25 February) – the first to be directed by Paz Lazaro – were announced in the run up to the new year (read the article here). The selection is now complete. The second section of the Berlinale will feature a total of 47 feature films representing 40 countries (27 fiction films divided between the central program and the Panorama Special section, and 20 documentaries in the sub-section dedicated to documentaries), with 16 debut films and 37 titles to be screened in world premiere. 

Among the latest films to be added to the line-up is Spanish film Sunday's Illness [+see also:
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interview: Ramón Salazar
film profile] by Ramón Salazar, starring Barbara Lennie and Susi Sánchez, as well as the Hispano-American co-production The Silence of Others [+see also:
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interview: Almudena Carracedo, Esther …
film profile] by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar, and a documentary produced by Pedro Almodovar, which focuses on tracking down criminals during Franco’s dictatorship. Another great director and European producer, Cristian Mungiu, will be represented by Lemonade [+see also:
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interview: Ioana Uricaru
film profile] by Ioana Uricaru, a fresh look at the American dream and her first solo feature following the collective title Tales From the Golden Age [+see also:
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film profile] (2009). The British actor Idris Elba will also be screening his directorial debut: Yardie [+see also:
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Festival-goers in Berlin will be able to watch two of the four "Shock Waves" telefilms, produced by Radio Télévision Suisse, directed by the four Bande à part directors and revolving around various events that have occurred in Switzerland: Shock Waves - Diary of My Mind [+see also:
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film profile] by Ursula Meier, starring Fanny Ardant and Kacey Mottet-Klein, and Shock Waves - First Name: Mathieu [+see also:
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film profile] by Lionel Baier.

In terms of non-Europeans attendees, the festival has once again invited the Congolese documentary maker Dieudo Hamadi (Mama Colonel [+see also:
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The complete program for the Berlinale Panorama 2018: 

Panorama + Panorama Special

Jibril [+see also:
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interview: Henrika Kull
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Styx [+see also:
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interview: Wolfgang Fischer
film profile] - Wolfgang Fischer (Germany/Austria)
A Paris Education [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
film profile] - Jean-Paul Civeyrac (France)
Yardie [+see also:
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film profile] - Idris Elba (UK)
Sunday's Illness [+see also:
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interview: Ramón Salazar
film profile] - Ramón Salazar (Spain)
Thirty Souls [+see also:
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interview: Diana Toucedo
film profile] - Diana Toucedo (Spain)
Boys Cry [+see also:
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interview: Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo
film profile] - Damiano D'Innocenzo (Italy)
Genesis [+see also:
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interview: Árpád Bogdán, Andrea Taschler
film profile] - Árpád Bogdán (Hungary)
Horizon [+see also:
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interview: Tinatin Kajrishvili
film profile] - Tinatin Kajrishvili (Georgia/Sweden)
When the Trees Fall [+see also:
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interview: Marysia Nikitiuk
film profile] - Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine/Poland/Macedonia)
Lemonade [+see also:
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interview: Ioana Uricaru
film profile] - Ioana Uricaru (Romania/Germany/Canada/Sweden)
Land [+see also:
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film profile] - Babak Jalali (Italy/France/The Netherlands/Mexico)
Shock Waves - Diary of My Mind [+see also:
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film profile] - Ursula Meier (Switzerland)
Shock Waves - First Name: Mathieu [+see also:
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film profile] - Lionel Baier (Switzerland)
Invasion - Shahram Mokri (Iran)
Garbage - Q (India)
Human, Space, Time and Human - Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
Marilyn - Martín Rodríguez Redondo (Argentina/Chile)
Girls Always Happy - Yang Mingming (China)
Hard Paint - Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher (Brazil)
Xiao Mei - Maren Hwang (Taïwan)
L'Animale [+see also:
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interview: Katharina Mückstein
film profile] - Katharina Mückstein (Austria)
The Omission [+see also:
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film profile] - Sebastián Schjaer (Argentina/The Netherlands/Switzerland) 
Profile [+see also:
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film profile] - Timur Bekmambetov (USA/UK/Cyprus)
Malambo, the Good Man - Santiago Loza (Argentina)
River's Edge - Isao Yukisada (Japan) 
Yocho (Foreboding) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan) 

Panorama Dokumente

Family Life [+see also:
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film profile] - Rosa Hannah Ziegler (Germany)
Partisan [+see also:
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film profile] - Lutz Pehnert, Matthias Ehlert, Adama Ulrich (Germany)
Game Girls [+see also:
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film profile] - Alina Skrzeszewska (France/Germany)
Shut Up and Play the Piano [+see also:
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film profile] - Philipp Jedicke (Germany/France/UK)
I See Red People [+see also:
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film profile] - Bojina Panayotova (France/Bulgaria)
When the War Comes [+see also:
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film profile] - Jan Gebert (Czech Republic/Croatia) 
Hotel Jugoslavija [+see also:
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film profile] - Nicolas Wagnières (Switzerland)
Kinshasa Makambo [+see also:
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film profile] - Dieudo Hamadi (Democratic Republic of the Congo/France/Switzerland/Germany/Qatar/Norway)
What Comes Around [+see also:
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film profile] - Reem Saleh (Libya/Egypt/Greece/Qatar/Slovenia)
The Trial [+see also:
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film profile] - Maria Ramos (Brazil/Germany/The Netherlands)
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. [+see also:
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film profile] - Stephen Loveridge (USA/UK/Sri Lanka)
The Silence of Others [+see also:
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interview: Almudena Carracedo, Esther …
film profile] - Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar (USA/Spain)
The Silk and the Flame - Jordan Schiele (USA)
Generation Wealth - Lauren Greenfield (USA)
Shakedown - Leilah Weinraub (USA)
Obscuro Barroco [+see also:
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film profile] - Evangelia Kranioti (Greece/France)
That Summer [+see also:
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film profile] - Göran Hugo Olsson (Sweden/Denmark/USA)
THF: Central Airport [+see also:
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interview: Karim Aïnouz
film profile] - Karim Aïnouz (Germany/Brazil/France)
Tranny Fag - Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman (Brazil)
Ex Shaman - Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil)

(Translated from French)