21-01-2020

FNE at Berlinale 2020: Films From FNE Partner Countries Selected for Berlinale’s Forum

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    Uppercase Print by Radu Jude Uppercase Print by Radu Jude credit: Silviu Ghetie

    BERLIN: Three Romanian and Czech productions and two Slovak and Bosnian minority coproductions were selected for Berlinale’s Forum section, which is celebrating its 50 years in 2020. Romanian Radu Jude has two projects selected for this section this year. The 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival will be held from 20 February to 1 March 2020.

    Forum has a new section head, Cristina Nord, and a new selection procedure. A total of 35 films were selected, of which 28 are world premieres.

    Films From FNE Partner Countries Selected for Forum:

    The Exit of the Trains / Ieşirea trenurilor din gară (Romania) World premiere
    Directed by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă
    Produced by microFILM and nomada.solo

    Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul (Romania) International premiere
    Directed by Radu Jude
    Produced by microFILM
    Coproduced by the Romanian Television (TVR), Hi Film Productions
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme in association with nomada.solo

    FREM (Czech Republic, Slovakia) International premiere
    Directed by Viera Čákanyová
    Produced by Hypermarket Film
    Coproduced by Punkchart Films
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    What Remains I Re-visited / Was bleibt I Šta ostaje (Germany, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina) World premiere
    Directed by Clarissa Thieme