The situation is similar for the young Israeli in Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?. He flees to London but then HIV makes his relationship with his family even more complicated – a topic hardly pursued in recent years but which is now the focus of several productions in the Panorama 2016: for instance, Strike a Pose about the dancers of Madonna’s legendary Blond Ambition Tour; Brüder der Nacht (Brothers of the Night) and Kiki; as well as some previously announced films: The GDR Complex, Uncle Howard, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, and the fiction feature Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau. AIDS is still with us!
The Panorama Audience Award – for which more than 32,000 votes were cast in 2015 – will be presented for the 18th time together with radioeins to the best fiction and the best documentary features on the last day of the festival (Berlinale Publikumstag), Feb 21, 2016 at 5.00 pm in CinemaxX 7. The winning films will be screened afterwards.
Conceived to promote German cinematic art, the Heiner Carow Prize will be awarded for the fourth time to a documentary, fiction or essay film from the Panorama section in cooperation with the DEFA Foundation. After the ceremony, which will be held at 5.00 pm on Feb 18, Heiner Carow’s Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming, GDR 1968) will screen at Kino International.
Panorama 2016
Antes o tempo não acabava (Time Was Endless) – Brazil / Germany
By Sérgio Andrade, Fábio Baldo
With Anderson Tikuna, Rita Carelli, Begê Muniz, Emanuel Aragão
World premiere
Auf Einmal (All of a Sudden) – Germany / Netherlands / France
By Aslı Özge
With Sebastian Hülk, Julia Jentsch, Hanns Zischler, Sascha Alexander Gerşak
World premiere
Aquí no ha pasado nada (Much Ado about Nothing) - Chile / USA / France
By Alejandro Fernández Almendras
With Agustín Silva, Paulina García, Alejandro Goic, Luis Gnecco, Daniel Alcaíno
European premiere
Jug-yeo-ju-neun Yeo-ja (The Bacchus Lady) – Republic of Korea
By E J-yong
With Youn Yuh-jung, Chon Moo-song, Yoon Kye-sang, An A-zu, Choi Hyun-jun
World premiere
La Route d'Istanbul (Road to Istanbul) – Algeria / France / Belgium
With Rachid Bouchareb
Mit Astrid Whettnall, Pauline Burlet, Patricia Ide, Abel Jafri
World premiere
Mãe só há uma (Don’t Call me Son) – Brazil
By Anna Muylaert
With Naomi Nero, Dani Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele, Daniel Botelho, Luciana Paes
World premiere
Nunca vas a estar solo (You'll Never Be Alone) – Chile
By Alex Anwandter
With Sergio Hernández, Andrew Bargsted, Jaime Leiva
World premiere
San Fu Tian (Dog Days) – People’s Republic of China
By Jordan Schiele
With Huang Lu, Tian Mu Chen, Luo Lan Shan
World premiere
Shelley – Denmark / Sweden
By Ali Abbasi
With Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Peter Christoffersen
World premiere
Shepherds and Butchers – South Africa / USA / Germany
By Oliver Schmitz
With Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds
World premiere
Panorama Dokumente
Brüder der Nacht (Brothers of the Night) - Austria
By Patric Chiha
World premiere
Curumim - Brazil
By Marcos Prado
World premiere
Europe, She Loves - Swiss / Germany
By Jan Gassmann
World premiere
Inside the Chinese Closet - Netherlands
By Sophia Luvarà
International premiere
Kiki – Sweden / USA
By Sara Jordenö
European premiere
Strike a Pose - Netherlands
By Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan
World premiere
The Lovers and the Despot – United Kingdom
By Rob Cannan, Ross Adam
European premiere
WEEKENDS – Republic of Korea
By Lee Dong-ha
World premiere
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? – Israel / United Kingdom
By Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann
World premiere
Wu Tu (My Land) - People’s Republic of China
By Fan Jian
European premiere
Zona Norte - Germany
By Monika Treut
World premiere
Please find the previously announced titles in the press releases from Dec 17, 2015 and Jan 14, 2016 as well as in the PDF below.
Press Office
January 21, 2016