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After an initial line-up that included Aki Kaurismäki‘s The Other Side of Hope, Oren Moverman‘s Richard Gere-led The Dinner, Sally Potter‘s The Party, and Agnieszka Holland‘s Spoor, the Berlin International Film Festival have added more anticipated premieres. Highlights include one of two (maybe three) new Hong Sang-soo films this year, On the Beach at Night Alone, along with Volker Schlöndorff‘s Return to Montauk with Stellan Skarsgård and Nina Hoss, as well as the high-profile world premiere of James Mangold‘s Logan and the international premiere of Danny Boyle‘s T2: Trainspotting.

With Paul Verhoeven serving as jury president for the 67th edition of the festival, check out the new additions below.

Competition

Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone)

South Korea

By Hong Sangsoo (Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, Right Now, Wrong Then)

With Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa, Jung Jaeyoung, Moon Sungkeun,...

The 13th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff), a Reliance entertainment initiative organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image today announced that Marry Me and Family by Neelesha Barthel has been selected to be presented at the intensive three day workshop. This project was selected from numerous other submitted projects. The screenplay in its third draft had received script development support by the German Federal Film Board in the past and German Broadcaster Zdf is signed in as a co-production partner for the feature film debut of Writer/Director Neelesha Barthel. The Three day workshop will be held from the 11th to the 13th of October 2011, in association with Life Entertainment, "Germany and India 2011-2012- Infinite Opportunities", Primehouse, dffb, Hff and Skw Schwarz Rechtsanwälte. The workshop will bring together some of the best script writers, directors and teachers from India and Germany. Amongst them: Dani Levy (Go for Zucker, My Führer...

The 13th Mumbai Film Festival (Mff), a Reliance entertainment initiative organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image today announced that Marry Me and Family by Neelesha Barthel has been selected to be presented at the intensive three day workshop. This project was selected from numerous other submitted projects. The screenplay in its third draft had received script development support by the German Federal Film Board in the past and German Broadcaster Zdf is signed in as a co-production partner for the feature film debut of Writer/Director Neelesha Barthel. The Three day workshop will be held from the 11th to the 13th of October 2011, in association with Life Entertainment, "Germany and India 2011-2012- Infinite Opportunities", Primehouse, dffb, Hff and Skw Schwarz Rechtsanwälte. The workshop will bring together some of the best script writers, directors and teachers from India and Germany. Amongst them: Dani Levy (Go for Zucker, My Führer...

Writer Director Neelesha Barthel will present her Wueste-Film-Project Marry Me & Family at the Indo-German Script Development Workshop at 13th Mumbai Film Festival Mumbai, 3 October, 2011. The 13th Mumbai film festival, a Reliance entertainment initiative organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image today announced that Marry Me and Family by Neelesha Barthel has been selected to be presented at the intensive three day workshop. This project was selected from numerous other submitted projects. The screenplay in its third draft had received script development support by the German Federal Film Board in the past and German Broadcaster Zdf is signed in as a co-production partner for the feature film debut of Writer/Director Neelesha Barthel. The Three day workshop will be held from the 11th to the 13th of October 2011, in association with Life Entertainment, "Germany and India 2011-2012- Infinite Opportunities", Primehouse, dffb, Hff and Skw Schwarz Rechtsanwalte. The workshop will bring...

Writer Director Neelesha Barthel will present her Wueste-Film-Project Marry Me & Family at the Indo-German Script Development Workshop at 13th Mumbai Film Festival Mumbai, 3 October, 2011. The 13th Mumbai film festival, a Reliance entertainment initiative organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image today announced that Marry Me and Family by Neelesha Barthel has been selected to be presented at the intensive three day workshop. This project was selected from numerous other submitted projects. The screenplay in its third draft had received script development support by the German Federal Film Board in the past and German Broadcaster Zdf is signed in as a co-production partner for the feature film debut of Writer/Director Neelesha Barthel. The Three day workshop will be held from the 11th to the 13th of October 2011, in association with Life Entertainment, "Germany and India 2011-2012- Infinite Opportunities", Primehouse, dffb, Hff and Skw Schwarz Rechtsanwalte. The workshop will bring...

Cologne, Germany – Germany has kicked off its campaign for best Foreign Language Oscar with a nine-film shortlist.

The contenders to be Germany's official 2011 Oscar candidate include, not surprisingly, three Nazi-era dramas: Ludi Boekens "Saviors in the Night," "Habermann" from director Juraj Herz and Oskar Roehler's controversial Nazi melodrama "Jew Suss – Rise and Fall."

The other titles picked by local promotion body German Films Service + Marketing include Matti Geschonneck's "Boxhagener Platz," a period drama set in East Berlin in 1968; Feo Aladag's honor killing drama "When We Leave;" Jo Baier's historic epic "Henry of Navarre;" The family drama "The Coming Days" from Lars Kraume and cross-cultural romance "Same Same But Different" from director Detlev Buck.

A nine-member jury of German industry professionals will pick the official nominee on Sept. 17. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film on Jan.

Berlin -- Rob Marshall's musical "Nine," Jo Baier's period epic "Henry of Navarre" and "L'Illusionist," the new animated film by French director Sylvain Chomet ("The Triplets of Belleville") will get the red carpet treatment at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival as part of the event's special screenings program.

The non-competitive sidebar will also feature the world premieres of Doris Doerrie's new romantic comedy, "The Hairdresser," Silvio Soldini's "What More Do I Want" and "Boxhagener Platz," a German-language mystery from director Matti Geschonneck.

Several documentaries will be included in program, among them "How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?" a Spanish-British doc on star architect Lord Foster and "Dancing Dreams" from German filmmakers Anne Linsel and Rainer Hoffmann on legendary choreographer Pina Bausch.

But the can't-miss highlight of this year's program is the newly restored, and finally complete, version of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," which will have its world premiere on Feb.