The International Berlin Film Festival has just announced its Competition line-up for the 74th Berlinale.
Festival heads Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian just unveiled this year’s official Competition titles, all 20 contenders for the prestigious Golden Bear. This curated selection features new films from Tim Mielants, Hong Sangsoo and Gustav Möller.
Among the Competition titles are Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler’s Needs), Sterben (Dying), Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath), and the previously announced Small Things Like These, which is set to open the festival.
Martin Scorsese will receive this year’s honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.
Here is the full line-up announcement of the Competition and Encounters sections:
COMPETITION
- Small Things Like These by Tim Mielants
- Another End by Piero Messina
- Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky
- Black Tea by Abderrahmane Sissako
- La cocina by Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Dahomey by Mati Diop
- A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg
- L’Empire by Bruno Dumont
- Gloria! by Margherita Vicario
- Hors du temps by Olivier Assayas
- In Liebe, Eure Hilde by Andreas Dresen
- Keyke mahboobe man by Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha
- Langue Étrangère Claire Burger
- Mé el Ain by Meryam Joobeur
- Pepe by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias
- Shamhala by Min Bahadur Bham
- Sterben by Matthias Glasner
- Des Teufels Bad by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
- Vogter by Gustav Möller
- Yeohaengjaui pilyo by Hong Sangsoo
ENCOUNTERS
- Arcadia by Yorgos Zois
- Cidade; Campo by Juliana Rojas
- Demba by Mamadou Dia
- Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell
- Dormir de olhos abertos by Nele Wohlatz
- The Fable by Raam Reddy
- Une Famille by Christine Angot
- Favoriten by Ruth Beckermann
- Ivo by Eva Trobisch
- Khamyazeye bozorg by Aliyar Rasti
- Kong fang jian li de nv ren by Qiu Yang
- Mãos no fogo by Margarida Gil
- Matt and Mara by Kazik Radwanski
- Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing by Travis Wilkerson
- Tú me abrasas by Matías Piñeiro
You can find the whole programme and more information about the films on Berlinale.de
The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from 15-25 February. Stay tuned for our full preview of the 2024 Berlinale in the coming days, including a breakdown on which titles could lead as this year’s potential winners.
