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BERLINALE 2016 Jury

Berlin unveils Meryl Streep’s very European international jury

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- The competition jury, chaired by the US star, will comprise Lars Eidinger, Clive Owen, Alba Rohrwacher, Małgorzata Szumowska, Nick James and Brigitte Lacombe

Berlin unveils Meryl Streep’s very European international jury
(l-r) Lars Eidinger, Alba Rohrwacher, Nick James, Clive Owen, Brigitte Lacombe and Małgorzata Szumowska (© Berlinale)

One week away from the opening of the great international gathering, the organisers of the Berlin Film Festival have announced the members of the international jury chaired by Meryl Streep (read the article), which will have the honour of handing out the Golden and Silver Bears at the 66th edition of the event.

The six jury members who will team up with the actress to judge the international competition are all European. Some of them are even regulars at the festival, starting with German actor Lars Eidinger, who was seen in competition in Maren Ade’s Everyone Else [+see also:
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in 2009 (winner of a Silver Bear/Grand Jury Prize), as well as in Home for the Weekend [+see also:
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by Hans-Christian Schmid in 2012 and Laura Bispuri’s Albanian tale Sworn Virgin [+see also:
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last year, before heading to Cannes for Clouds of Sils Maria [+see also:
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by Olivier Assayas.

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Alba Rohrwacher, one of the most prominent Italian actresses at the moment, appearing in films of all nationalities and at all of the major festivals, including Berlin, will also serve on the jury. Since 2009, when she was invited to the great German rendezvous as a Shooting Star, she has been back many times in special screenings (with What More Do I Want [+see also:
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and Bliss [+see also:
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by Doris Dörrie) and the competition (most recently playing the lead role of Sworn Virgin). 

British actor Clive Owen, who switches between arthouse films and mainstream titles, and who has collaborated with Altman, Cuarón and Spike Lee (also a guest at this 66th edition), is also well known at the Berlinale: he appeared in the opening film, Tom Tykwer’s The International [+see also:
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, in 2009, and in Shadow Dancer [+see also:
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by James Marsh, which was presented out of competition in 2012. 

Superb Polish filmmaker Małgorzata Szumowska, the only person on the jury to represent the profession of director, has been invited to the Berlin Panorama twice before, for Strangers [+see also:
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and Elles [+see also:
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with Juliette Binoche (screened as the opening film), before taking part in the competition three years ago with In the Name of [+see also:
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(which took home the Teddy Award), and again last year with Body [+see also:
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, which earned her the Silver Bear for Best Director. 

The two remaining members of the jury have contributed to several prestigious newspapers and magazines: the UK’s Nick James as a critic and France’s Brigitte Lacombe as a photographer.

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(Translated from French)

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