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Stathoulopoulos’ ‘Meteora’ to Premiere in Berlin International Film Festival

Spiros Stathoulopoulos

“Meteora,” a film by Greek director Spiros Stathoulopoulos, has been selected to premiere in the prestigious International Film Festival Berlinale, which will take place February 9-19 in Berlin, Germany.  An additional nine world premieres will be screening in the Competition programme of the Berlinale 2012. Directors Billy Bob Thornton, Christian Petzold, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Benedek Fliegauf, Hans-Christian Schmid, Matthias Glasner, Miguel Gomes, Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier and Spiros Stathoulopoulos will all be competing for this year’s Berlinale Bears.

“Meteora” is set in Greece, and explores the dynamics of spirituality and human desire, told through the story of a Greek monk and a Russian nun.

On the first weekend of the Festival, Angelina Jolie will be presenting her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele’s new cinema.

Here is the list of the ten films that will be competing for a Golden Bear:

Aujourd´hui 
France/Senegal
By Alain Gomis (L´AfranceAndalucia)
With Saül Williams, Aïssa Maïga, Djolof M’bengue
World premiere

Barbara
Germany
By Christian Petzold (YellaJerichowDreileben)
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld
World premiere

Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
Italy
By Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre padroneLa notte di San LorenzoLa masseria delle allodole,San Michele aveva un gallo)
With Fabio Cavalli, Salvatore Striano
World premiere

Gnade 
Germany/Norway
By Matthias Glasner (The Free WillSexy Sadie)
With Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange
World premiere

Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Russian Federation/USA
By Billy Bob Thornton (Sling BladeThe King of LuckAll the pretty Horses)
With Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon
World premiere

L´enfant d´en haut (Sister)
Switzerland/France
By Ursula Meier (Tous à tableDes épaules solidesHome)
With Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston
World premiere

Metéora (Meteora)
Germany/Greece
By Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1)
With Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva
World premiere

Tabu 
Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France
By Miguel Gomes (The Face You DeserveOur Beloved Month Of August)
With Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Carloto Cotta
World premiere

Csak a szél (Just The Wind)
Hungary/Germany/France
By Bence Fliegauf (DealerRengetegTejútWomb)
With Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, György Toldi
World premiere

Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend)
Germany
By Hans-Christian Schmid (StormRequiemDistant Lights)
With Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
World premiere

Berlinale Special

In The Land Of Blood And Honey 
USA
By Angelina Jolie (directorial debut)
With Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šrbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo
German premiere

About Berlinale

The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), also called the Berlinale, is one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly-attended film festival worldwide. Up to 400 films are shown in several sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the awards called the Golden and Silver Bears. Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick. The Berlinale has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and global media attention.

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