13/12/2018 - Amongst the first titles to enter the competition are the latest films by three Berlinale regulars: François Ozon, Fatih Akin and Denis Côté

The Golden Glove by Fatih Akin (© Bombero International/Warner Bros Entertainment/Gordon Timpen)

After revealing the opening film of its prestigious competition, Lone Scherfig's The Kindness of Strangers [+see also:
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interview: Lone Scherfig
film profile] (see the news), and the president of the jury that will weigh up the selected films, French actress Juliette Binoche (see the news), the organisers of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival (7-17 February 2019) have revealed six more titles that will be vying for the Golden Bear, as well as some Berlinale Special selections.

These candidates for the supreme trophy, representing Austria, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Serbia, Canada and Turkey, include the latest offerings by three regulars in the Berlin Competition: François Ozon, with By the Grace of God [+see also:
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Q&A: François Ozon
film profile] (after he competed in 2000, 2002, 2007 and 2009, with Water Drops on Burning Rocks, 8 Women [+see also:
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film profile], Angel [+see also:
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film profile], respectively); Fatih Akin, with The Golden Glove [+see also:
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interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Jonas Dassler
film profile] (after he won the Golden Bear in 2004 with Head-On [+see also:
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film profile]); and Quebec's Denis Côté, with Ghost Town Anthology (after he was awarded in 2013 for Vic + Flo Saw a Bear and was in competition again in 2016 with Boris Without Béatrice).

Austrian director Marie Kreutzer, whose feature debut, The Fatherless [+see also:
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interview: Marie Kreutzer
film profile]. Her German colleague Angela Schanelec – responsible for Marseille (selected in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2004) and The Dreamed Path [+see also:
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film profile] (in competition at Locarno in 2016), amongst others – will run with I Was at Home, but [+see also:
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interview: Angela Schanelec
film profile]. Finally, Turkey's Emin Alper has been selected with his third film, A Tale of Three Sisters [+see also:
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interview: Emin Alper
interview: Emin Alper
film profile].

Meanwhile, three productions have been invited to participate in the Berlinale Special, including Academy Award winner Charles Ferguson (Inside Job), with the long-awaited 260-minute documentary Watergate.

Here is a list of the new selections for the 69th Berlinale:

Competition

The Ground Beneath My Feet [+see also:
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interview: Marie Kreutzer
film profile] - Marie Kreutzer (Austria)
The Golden Glove [+see also:
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interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Jonas Dassler
film profile] - Fatih Akin (Germany/France)
By the Grace of God [+see also:
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Q&A: François Ozon
film profile] – François Ozon (France/Belgium)
I Was at Home, but [+see also:
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interview: Angela Schanelec
film profile] - Angela Schanelec (Germany/Serbia)
A Tale of Three Sisters [+see also:
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interview: Emin Alper
interview: Emin Alper
film profile] - Emin Alper (Turkey/Germany/Netherlands/Greece)
Ghost Town Anthology ­- Denis Côté (Canada)

Berlinale Special

Brecht - Heinrich Breloer (Germany/Austria)
Watergate - Charles Ferguson (USA)

Berlinale Special Gala

Gully Boy - Zoya Akhtar (India)