(Berlin Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful- Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale)

In a week it will open the last edition directed by Dieter Kosslick in a general climate of doubt for the films in competition.

We already know that Kindness of Strangers by Lone Scherfig will open the 69th Berlinale

The 69 ° Berlin International Film Festival will open on 7 February 2019 with the world premiere of the new film by Lone Scherfig, The Kindness of Strangers.

Denmark-Canada co-production in English with Sweden, France and Germany was shot in Toronto, Copenhagen and New York. The Kindness of Strangers is a contemporary drama that follows a disparate set of characters, all in their own way they are struggling to survive in a New York winter, who find laughter, love and kindness to one another. The opening film will participate in the international competition.

“How nice that Lone Scherfig is back and that his most recent work will open the Berlinale 2019. His sensitivity to the characters, strong emotions and subtle humor promise a wonderful start of the festival “, afferma Dieter Kosslick, director of the Berlinale.

Lone Scherfig says: “I'm really honored that Dieter Kosslick has selected our film to celebrate an evening so festive and important. It will be a great joy to see him for the first time at the famous public Berlinale “.

Since the beginning of his career, writer-director Danish director Lone Scherfig was a guest of the Berlinale numerous times. In 1990 It presented The Birthday Trip (Kaj's birthday) in Panorama, and 1998 his film On Our Own (When Mom comes home …) It was screened in Kinderfilmfest (now known as Generation).

His turning point and the beginning of his international career was the Dogme film Italian For Beginners (Italian for Beginners), which won the Jury Prize Silver Bear at the Berlinale 2001. Two years after, il suo film Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself (Wilbur commits suicide) It was presented in a special screening of the competition.

Furthermore, Lone Scherfig wrote the screenplay for A Serious Game (The serious game, directed by Pernilla August), which opened at the Berlinale Special Gala 2016.

Il cast di The Kindness of Strangers – based on the script written by Lone Scherfig same – He sees Zoe Kazan participation, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough, Caleb Landry Jones, con Jay Baruchel e Bill Nighy.

Another note news is that the actress Juliette Binoche will head the international jury 2019 Berlinale

“I am very glad that Juliette is president of the international jury 2019. The festival shares a strong bond with her and I am very happy that he will return to the festival in this prime location”, afferma Dieter Kosslick, director of the Berlinale.

“Thank you for this great honor and invitation for your last Berlinale, dear Dieter, It means the world to me! I look forward to this special event with the whole panel and embrace my task with joy and care “, says Juliette Binoche.

Juliette Binoche is one of Hollywood's most recognized around the world. She has captivated audiences and critics in over 70 films and has received numerous awards and nominations. It was the first European actress to receive the honors at the Berlin Film Festival, Venice and Cannes.

He received the Volpi Cup at the Venice 1993 per il suo ruolo in Three Colors: Bleu (Three colours: blu) di Krzysztof Kieslowski, nonché a César Award, France's national film prize. In the same year, He was awarded the Berlinale Camera at the International Film Festival Berlin.

Juliette Binoche won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, BAFTA and Oscar in 1997 for the French-Canadian nurse Hana role in The Patient Inglese (1996, direct: Anthony Minghella).

During his multifaceted career to date, Juliette Binoche has worked with many famous directors and actors. In the romantic melodrama Chocolat by Lasse Hallström (2000), presented in competition at the Berlinale 2001, he starred next to Hollywood star Johnny Depp. In 2004, He has once again participated in the Berlinale, this time with Samuel L. Jackson in “Country Of My Skull” (direction: John Boorman).

After a role in Shirin Abbas Kiarostami in 2008, He was awarded Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her starring role in the film Copiars (Certified Copy, 2010) of Kiarostamis. In 2012, he played a leading role in Elles Małgorzata Szumowska, screened in the Berlinale Panorama.

In 2013, Juliette Binoche played the title role in the selection of the Berlinale Competition Bruno Dumont Camille Claudel 1915. His last screen appearance was in the Berlinale opening film of 2015, Nobody wants night (The endless night) di Isabel Coixet.

The last Juliette Binoche movies are High Life (2018) di Claire Denis E Double lives (Non-Fiction, 2018) di Assayas.

The other members of the international jury who will support Binoche have:

Justin Chang (United States) Movie critic

Sandra Hüller (Germany) actress

Sebastián Lelio (Chile) director

Rajendra Roy (United States) curatore Museum of Modern Art in New York

Trudie Styler (UK) actress

Instead, the international jury of the Berlinale Shorts shorts 2019 I'm: Jeffrey Bowers, Vanja Kaluđerčić und Koyo Kouoh

Senior Curator and Vimeo American Programmer, Jeffrey Bowers; The director of acquisitions MUBI, Vanja Kaluđerčić dalla Croatia; e Koyo Kouoh, founder of the artistic director of the Raw Material Company from Senegal. Will award the Golden and the Silver and the Audi Short Film Award. Furthermore, nominate the candidate for the short film in Berlin for the European Film Awards 2019. Maike Mia Höhne, which he is curator and director of the Berlinale Shorts 2007, comments: “I can not wait to savor the intercultural perspectives, that will lead to multilayer reading modes “.

Finally after the recent controversy, director Dieter Kosslick said the festival films in competition Grâce à Dieu François Ozon: “Thanks to God – about sexual abuse of minors that have gone on for years in the Archdiocese of Lyon – shows how cinema can be present. The archbishop of the archdiocese and the other members have been accused of keeping secret their knowledge of abuse cases. The judicial process is started 7 January 2019, accompanied by extensive media coverage. The Berlinale will show the film at the beginning of the festival. ”

This year in the spaces of the theater will be held HUA edition 2019 Talents of the Focus on MISTAKE , to be attended by artists featured at the Berlinale with young talents to share their experience of when they were beginners.

Specifically We'll tell you our impressions of:

ADOLESCENCE: THE CINEMA OF TÉCHINÉ ANDRÉ TÉCHINÉ

BERLINALE HOMAGE: THE LOOK – CHARLOTTE RAMPLING

IN THE AFTERMATH: SAVIANO'S WRITINGS Roberto Saviano

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We just have to wait to choose from a variety of films of various sections that almost reach the threshold of 400 film as it is usual for the pop festival of the Old Continent.