Thursday 20 February

Party and Event Alert

All parties and events require invitations from the organisers

19:20 Opening Ceremony at Berlinale Palast followed by opening party
Berlinale Palast

Screening Alert

10:15 Adventures of a Mathematician / Przygody matematyka (Germany, Poland, UK)
Directed by Thor Klein
Produced by Germany’s Dragonfly Films in coproduction with Poland’s Shipsboy
Supported by the Polish Film Institute within the Polish-German Film Fund
Sales: Indie Sales
Market Screening
CinemaxX 9

13:10 Motherland / Gimtinė (Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Greece)
Directed by Tomas Vengris
Produced by Lithuania’s Studio Uljana Kim, Latvia‘s Locomotive Productions, German Heimathafen Film, Greek Faliro House
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the National Film Centre of Latvia, Eurimages, Creative Europe Programme – Media
Sales: Alpha Violet
Market Screening
CinemaxX 12

13:10 Willow / Vrba (North Macedonia, Hungary, Albania, Belgium)
Directed by Milcho Manchevski
Produced by Banana Film in coproduction with Baba Film, Pioneer Pictures (Hungary), the Tirana Film Institute (Albania), and Belgian Saga Film and BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance
Sales: Reel Suspects
Market Screening
CinemaxX 16

14:30 Malmkrog (Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia) Encounters
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Produced by Mandragora (RO)
Coproduced by iadasarecasa (RO), SENSE Production (RS), Cinnamon Films (RS),  Film i Väst (SE), Doppelganger (SE), Bord Cadre Films (CH), Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo (BA), Sisters and Brothers Mitevski (MK)
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Romanian Television (TVR), Studioul de Creație Cinematografică al Ministerului Culturii, Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Culture and Information, Film Center Serbia, Canton Sarajevo - Ministry of Culture and Sports, the North Macedonia Film Agency
Sales: Shellac
Press Screening
CinemaxX 3

16:15 Blizzard of Souls / Dvēseļu putenis (Latvia)
Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs
Produced by Kultfilma
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia
Sales: Eyewell AB
Market Screening
CinemaxX 13

17:00 Servants / Služobníci (Slovakia, Romania, Czech Republic, Ireland)
Directed by Ivan Ostrochovský
Produced by Punkchart films
Coproduced by Point Film (RO), Radio and Television of Slovakia (SK), Negativ (CZ), Film and Music Entertainment (IE), Libra Film Productions (RO), Hai Hui Entertainment (RO), sentimentalfilm (SK)
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Romanian Film Centre
Sales: Loco Films
Market Screening
CinemaxX 10

17:20 The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (Ukraine, Lithuania)
Directed by Iryna Tsilyk
Produced by Albatros Communicos (Ukraine), Moonmakers (Lithuania) www.moonmakers.lt
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Ukrainian State Agency, IDFA Bertha Fund Classic and IDFA Bertha Fund Europe Co-production
Sales: CAT&Docs
Market Screening
Marriott 1