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The 67th Berlinale will run from Febrary 9 to 18. The programme is currently being announced. Paul Verhoeven will be the jury president. Sally Potter's The Party will be among the films screening in the Official Competition.

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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
Long-banned film about a future distopia.
The Misandrists
The Misandrists
A radical female ‘army of lovers’ is preparing itself to fight for a world without men.
Maurice
Maurice
A young man has to come to terms with his sexuality.
Requiem for Mrs J
Requiem for Mrs J
Jelena wants to end her life and she’s only got a week to sort things out... a situation that proves difficult.
Vazante
Vazante
Drama about slavery in the gemstone mines of Brazil before independence from Portugal.
On Body And Soul
On Body And Soul
A slaughterhouse becomes an unlikely setting for romance.
A Fantastic Woman
A Fantastic Woman
A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
1945
1945
A Hungarian village becomes a mirror for the failure of an entire society.
Strong Island
Strong Island
The filmmaker investigates the shooting of his brother.
Félicité
Félicité
Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.
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World of difference
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Landscape of love
Director Francis Lee talks about authenticity and emotion in God's Own Country.
Pastures new
Alec Secareanu and Josh O'Connor on preparing for God's Own Country.
Teenage kicks
Director Kuba Czekaj talks about the shooting The Erlprince.
All is connected
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Beyond the music
Reda Kateb on discovering Django Reinhardt.
Finding Django
Étienne Comar on telling the story of Django Reinhardt and working with Warren Ellis.
Finding the rhythm
Cécile de France on her film about jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Gentleman of letters
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Recollections of James Baldwin
Gay Talese on the man behind the legend and I Am Not Your Negro.
Making The Wound
John Trengove talks about the challenges of his coming-of-age drama.
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Colm Tóibín's journey of discovery.
Keitel - a man for all seasons
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The Cinema of Philip K. Dick

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