18/01/2013 - 19 of the 24 films in the official programme will be vying for the Golden and Silver Bears.

The last eight films on the programme for the Competition section of Berlin's 63rd International Film Festival (from February 7 to 17, 2013) have been announced, including five candidates for the Golden Bear: the Polish film In the Name of by Małgośka Szumowska (see news), the German-Kazakh movie Harmony Lessons directed by Emir Baigazin, A Long and Happy Life by Russian director Boris Khlebnikov, the American movie Prince Avalanche by David Gordon Green and Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (lit. Vic+Flo Saw a Bear) by Canadian director Denis Côté.

Out of competition, the public will be able to see the German-Swiss-Portuguese coproduction Night Train to Lisbon (see the making of) by Danish director Bille August, two-time winner of the Palme d'Or in Cannes. The cast features a panoply of European stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, August Diehl, Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling. The other two features added to the out-of-competition programme are the Greek-American coproduction Before Midnight directed by Richard Linklater with Julie Delpy, and the Dutch movie Dark Blood by George Sluizer.

In all, the programme for the Competition section is comprised of 24 titles including 19 candidates for the Golden Bear.

Full programme for the Competition section:

Camille Claudel 1915 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bruno Dumont
film profile] by Bruno Dumont (France)

On My Way [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Emmanuelle Bercot (France)

An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Danis Tanović
film profile] by Danis Tanovic (Bosnia Herzegovina/France/Slovenia)

Gloria [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Sebastián Lelio (Chile/Spain)

Gold [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Thomas Arslan
film profile] by Thomas Arslan (Germany)

The Nun [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Guillaume Nicloux
film profile] by Guillaume Nicloux (France/Germany/Belgium)

Layla Fourie [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Pia Marais (Germany/South Africa/France/Netherlands)

Paradise: Hope [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Ulrich Seidl (Austria/France/Germany)

Child's Pose [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Calin Peter Netzer
film profile] by Călin Peter Netzer (Romania)

In the Name of [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
interview: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
film profile] by Małgośka Szumowska (Poland)

Harmony Lessons [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Emir Baigazin (Germany/Kazakhstan)

A Long and Happy Life by Boris Khlebnikov (Russia)

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman by Fredrik Bond (USA)

Nobody's Daughter Haewon by Hong Sangsoo (Republic of Korea)

Pardé (Closed Curtain) by Jafar Panahi and Kambozia Partovi (Iran)

Promised Land by Gus Van Sant (USA)

Side Effects by Steven Soderbergh (USA)

Prince Avalanche by David Gordon Green (USA)

Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (VicFlo saw a Bear) by Denis Côté (Canada) 

Films out of competition :

The Grandmaster by Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong/China) – Opening film

The Croods by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders (USA), animation film in 3D

Night Train to Lisbon [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile] by Bille August (Germany/Switzerland/Portugal)

Before Midnight by Richard Linklater (Greece/USA)

Dark Blood by George Sluizer (Netherlands) 

(Translated from French)