20 Films Competing For The Golden Bear at The 74th Berlin Film Festival

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Berlin, the capital of Germany, is gearing up for a fantastic 10-day festival from February 15-25. Known as the 74th Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale), this event will see 20 films vying for the prestigious Golden Bear award. The festival will kick off with the film 'Small Things Like These' by Belgian director Tim Mielants, starring the accomplished star of 'Oppenheimer,' Cillian Murphy. The awards ceremony is set to take place on the festival's closing day, February 20. Join us as we explore the lineup of films competing at the 74th Berlin Film Festival.

Small Things Like These (2024)

In 1985, Bill Furlong, a devoted father, unravels disturbing secrets hidden by a local monastery in a town in Ireland, exposing shocking truths about himself.

Director: Tim Mielants

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Ciarán Hinds, Emily Watson

Another End (2024)

Set in the near future, 'Another End' explores a period where new technology allows transferring the consciousness of a deceased person back into a living body to ease the pain of separation and bid farewell.

Director: Piero Messina

Cast: Philip Rosch, Gael García Bernal, Bérénice Bejo

Architecton (2024)

Taking the audience on a journey towards the materials that shape our living spaces, the film focuses on concrete and its ancestral stone, examining their impact on a changing planet.

Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Black Tea (2024)

'Black Tea' narrates the story of Aya, who leaves Ivory Coast on her wedding day and embarks on a journey to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako

La Cocina (2024)

The film unfolds events and people in the kitchen of a New York restaurant where cultures from around the world blend during the lunch rush.

Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios

Cast: Rooney Mara, Oded Fehr, John Pyper-Ferguson

Dahomey (2024)

Diop's film follows the journey of 26 royal treasures looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey, displayed in Paris, now being returned to Benin, expressing the demands of the new generation artistically.

Director: Mati Diop

A Different Man (2024)

The film tells Edward's story, focusing on his struggle with adapting to his old life after undergoing facial reconstruction surgery and getting stuck playing an actor in a stage production.

Director: Aaron Schimberg

Cast: Sebastian Stan, Miles G. Jackson, Adam Pearson

L'Empire (2024)

Expected to make a mark at the festival, 'L'Empire' depicts a small village in Northern France turning into a battleground for secret extraterrestrial knights.

Director: Bruno Dumont

Cast: Camille Cottin, Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei

Gloria! (2024)

Set in the enchanting atmosphere of the Baroque era in Venice, 'Gloria!' takes on the classical music world from a more just and equal perspective.

Director: Margherita Vicario

Cast: Galatéa Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica Lucchesi

Suspended Time (2024)

Director: Olivier Assayas

Cast: Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Micha Lescot

From Hilde, with Love (2024)

This drama film follows the various challenges and struggles faced by a couple deeply in love, spending a delightful summer until they are captured by the Gestapo.

Director: Andreas Dresen

Cast: Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann, Sina Martens

My Favourite Cake (2024)

Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha

Cast: Esmaeel Mehrabi, Lili Farhadpour

Langue Étrangère (2024)

Director: Claire Burger

Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Nina Hoss, Lilith Grasmug

Who Do I Belong To (2024)

When a Tunisian woman faces the dilemma between motherly love and seeking the truth upon her son's return from war, dark secrets unfold in her village.

Director: Meryam Joobeur

Cast: Adam Bessa, Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine Grayaa

Pepe (2024)

A hippopotamus is brought from Africa to Colombia to live in drug lord Pablo Escobar's private zoo, serving as a narrator within the film.

Director: Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias

Shambhala (2024)

PEMA, pregnant in a polyandrous village in the Himalayas, faces investigations when her husband disappears. She, along with her monk brother-in-law, embarks on a journey in the wild, discovering herself along the way.

Director: Min Bahadur Bham

Cast: Thinley Lhamo, Sonam Topden, Tenzing Dalha

Sterben (2024)

Lissy Lunies, in her mid-70s, enjoys her freedom as her husband Gerd, suffering from dementia, resides in a nursing home. However, Lissy herself battles various illnesses: diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer.

Director: Matthias Glasner

Cast: Lars Eidinger, Saskia Rosendahl, Ronald Zehrfeld

The Devil's Bath (2024)

Set in 18th-century Austria, the film portrays villages surrounded by forests, leading to the death penalty for a woman accused of killing a baby, creating a dark path for Agnes as she prepares for married life.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz

Cast: Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstätter, David Scheid

Vogter (2024)

The film depicts the dilemma of Eva, an idealistic prison officer, as her life takes a turn when a young man from her past starts working at the prison.

Director: Gustav Möller

Cast: Dar Salim, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jacob Lohmann

Yeohaengjaui Pilyo (2024)

Director: Hong Sang-soo

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yunhee Cho