26-10-2009

Festivals: Cottbus announces competition line-up

    The 19th Cottbus film festival (www.filmfestival-cottbus.de) has announced a record number of international premieres as well as an increase in prize money.

    The festival (November 10-15) opens with the German-Russian co-production THE LAST STATION, starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer as the main characters Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya.

    The festival's regional focus is on the Black Sea countries. Poland, Russia, and Khazakhstan will each be highlighted in festival theme days.

    The programme consists of 140 films from 34 countries, with competition films vying for € 76.000 in awards.

    The following films are in the main competition:

    ALIVE!

    Albania, Austria, France 2009, 90 min
    Director: Artan Minarolli

    BUBEN BARABAN

    Russia 2009, 90 min
    Director: Aleksey Mizgirev

    DIE 40. TÜR/40-CI QAPI/THE 40th DOOR

    Aserbaijan 2009, 82 min
    Director: Elchin Musaoglu

    DIE KONFLIKTZONE/KONPHLIKTIS ZONA/THE CONFLICT ZONE

    Georgia 2009, 82 min
    Director: Vano Burduli

    DIE SCHWARZEN/CRNCI/THE BLACKS

    Croatia 2009, 75 min
    Director: Zvonimir Jurić, Goran Dević


    ERSTER TRUPP/PERVYY OTRYAD/FIRST SQUAD: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

    Russia, Japan, Canada 2009, 80 min
    Director: Yoshiharu Ashino

    ICH BIN NICHT DEIN FREUND/NEM VAGYOK A BARÁTOD/I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND

    Hungary 2009, 100 min
    Director: György Palfi

    KLEINE FÜCHSE/LIŠTIČKY/FOXES

    Czech, Slovakia, Ireland 2009, 83 min
    Director: Mira Fornay

    ORDINARY PEOPLE

    France, Serbia, Switzerland 2008, 78 min
    Director: Vladimir Perisic

    SHOPPING GIRLS/GALERIANKI/MALL GIRLS

    Poland 2009, 82 min

    For more information go to the FNE Press Release section.
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