The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival has an exciting line-up of films and events including new work from across the globe. Opening with Wong Kar Wai's acclaimed martial arts drama The Grandmaster, it also includes the latest work from banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi.

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Paradise: Hope
Paradise: Hope
A teenager from a troubled middle class background spends the summer at fat camp and determines to seduce its director.
Workers
Workers
A loyal factory cleaner is refused a pension whilst a maid finds herself employed by the dog who inherited the house where she works.
Before Midnight
Before Midnight
Jesse and Celine consider their lives together after nine years of living together.
Reaching For The Moon
Reaching For The Moon
The poet Elizabeth Bishop falls in love and finds inspiration.
The Moo Man
The Moo Man
The year in a life of a dairy stockman and his herd.
Viola
Viola
The lines between fiction and reality blur for an all-female Shakespeare troupe.
Dark Blood
Dark Blood
When a couple's car breaks down at an former nuclear test site they are rescued and imprisoned by a local hermit.
Prince Avalanche
Prince Avalanche
Odd couple comedy about two road workers in the backwaters of Texas.
Mussels In Love
Mussels In Love
A look at the complex and ever-changing relationship between humans and mussels.
Side Effects
Side Effects
A successful couple's lives spiral out of control after one of them is prescribed a drug to treat anxiety.
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