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Opening Film Berlinale 2019
Lone Scherfig’s The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers, Competition 2019/DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA, stars Zoe Kazan and Tahar Rahim (above). Director: Lone Scherfig. The Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Prof. Monika Grütters, the Mayor of Berlin; Michael Muller, Jury President; Juliette Binoche; and Festival Director Dieter Kosslick open the 69th Berlin International Film Festival tonight at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 pm with the world premiere of Lone Scherfig feature The Kindness of Strangers.The English-language drama, a Denmark-Canada co-production with Sweden, France and Germany was filmed in Toronto, Copenhagen and New York. The Kindness of Strangers is a contemporary drama following a disparate ensemble of characters. “How lovely that Lone Scherfig is back and that her most recent work has opened the 2019 Berlinale. Her feel for characters, strong emotions and subtle humour promises a wonderful start to the festival,” said Dieter Kosslick, Director of the Berlinale. Lone Scherfig commented: “I am truly honoured that Dieter Kosslick selected our film to celebrate such a festive and important evening. It will be a great joy to watch it for the first time alongside the renowned Berlinale audience.” The ensemble cast based on the screenplay written by Lone Scherfig stars Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough, Caleb Landry Jones, with Jay Baruchel and Bill Nighy. HanWay Films represents worldwide sales, Entertainment One will distribute the film in Canada, and SF Studios in Scandinavia.

Elspeth Tavares

Editorial Comment - Elspeth Tavares
The C Word Is As Derogatory
As The N Word When Spoken
To Alienate Any Gender

At a time in history when women are seeking and fighting for equality, it is demeaning when a film that purports to be about three ‘powerful women’ would use the C word in five blaringly unnecessary instances... read more

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche Heads The 69th
International Jury At The Berlinale

French actress Juliette Binoche presides over the 69th Berlinale International Jury, with a team that includes film critic and author Justin Chang (USA), actress Sandra Hüller (Germany), director Sebastián Lelio (Chile), curator Rajendra Roy (USA), and the producer, director, and actress Trudie Styler (United Kingdom). Dieter Kosslick... read more

Dieter Kosslick

The Progamme Of The Berlinale 2019 Is A Triumph
Of The Spirit and Passion Of Filmmaking And Hails
Dieter Kosslick Kingpin And Grand Master Of Film
The 21st Century Visual Communicator

The programme for the Competition and Berlinale Special sections at the 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival and the entire programme for the sections of the Berlinale is yet another triumph... read more

Danielle Raaphorst

An Emphasis On Consistent Quality
Fuels Growth For Incredible Film

Incredible Film, the Dutch based independent company headed by Danielle Raaphorst, CEO, is one of the most successful production, sales and distribution companies in Europe. Established in 2009, the company has garnered a reputation for its catalogue of quality films, with an emphasis on solid scripts and storytelling... read more

Nora Fingscheidt

Nora Fingscheidt Debut System Crasher
Delves Into The Varied Psyche Of A Child

Writer/director Nora Fingscheidt’s feature film debut System Crasher has been picked up by Beta Cinema for worldwide sales. System Crasher unveils in the 69th Berlin International Film Festival Competition section and depicts the story of the adorable but wild 9-year-old girl Benni, who has already become what child protection services... read more

Matthijs Wouter Knol

The European Film Market Is Characterized By Its
Unique Mandate To Fuse The Different Platforms In
The Digital Revolution Of The International Film Industry

The European Film Market (EFM) of the 69th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival opens today and runs to the 15th February. It is both a gathering place for the industry and a distribution platform for the Berlinale, and many of the films which are in the varied sections... read more

Ron Gell

Malibu Dan The Family Man Pure Flix's
Original Series Started Airing Across
The US Beginning Of February 2019

The blurring of the platform lines see companies with films and television content faring equally well with international buyers as streaming impacts the industry matrix across all platforms at the first annual gatherings for international content buyers at the European Film... read more

Mikael Marcimain

Swedish Director Mikael Marcimain To Direct
Horizon Line With STXinternational Handling
Sales Globally At EFM

Award-winning director Mikael Marcimain is set to direct the survival-thriller Horizon Line starring Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon for STXfilms, and SF Studios with SRXfilms International selling the project internationally at EFM. SF Studios, the major entity... read more

Chris Nebe

Investing & Building Young
Talent In The East & West

Chris D Nebe, award-winning director, writer, producer, and the President of LA-based Independent Monarex Hollywood Studio over the last fifteen years, has been cementing relationships with a group of talented and up-and-coming independent entrepreneurial filmmakers, a segment of the vast sector of the filmmaking... read more

Moreyba Bidessie

A+E Studios Ramps Up Its Internationally Focused
Scripted Co-productions As It Builds On Scripted
Relationship Opportunities In The Global Marketplace

Moreyba Bidessie is Director of Scripted Development and Sales as A+E Networks® International launched into internationally-focused co-productions, to complement the current slate of original scripted projects from A+E Studios with new international co-productions... read more

When The Women's Liberation Movement
First Broke Acceptance Of Objectifying Women
& The First Black Woman Broke The Norm

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Miss Grenada, Jennifer Hosten in Misbehaviour / Pathé UK

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (above) stars in Misbehaviour, a comedy drama based on the true story behind the disruption of the 1970 Miss World contest by the newly-formed Women’s Liberation Movement. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays the role of Miss Grenada, Jennifer Hosten, who was the first black woman to win the Miss World title. Principal photography recently wrapped on film with Pathé handling sales internationally at EFM. Misbehaviour also stars Kiera Knightley, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans and Phyllis Logan. Additional cast who joined the production included Suki Waterhouse, Clara Rosager, Loreece Harrison, Emma Corin, Lily Newmark, Emma D’Arcy, Ruby Bentall and Alexa Davies. Misbehaviour is directed by BAFTA winner Philippa Lowthorpe from an original script written by Rebecca Frayn with revisions by Gaby Chiappe. In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly-formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. The film is produced by BAFTA nominee Suzanne Mackie (The Crown, Calendar Girls) and by Sarah-Jane Wheale. Executive Producers are Andy Harries and Rebecca Frayn for Left Bank; Cameron McCracken and Jenny Borgars for Pathé; Rose Garnett for BBC Films, Natascha Wharton for the BFI; and Andrea Scarso for Ingenious. Pathé is also the distributor of the film in the UK, France and Switzerland.

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