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Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

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3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon)
Emily Atef

Black 47
Lance Daly

Damsel
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Eldorado - Documentary
Markus Imhoof

Las herederas (The Heiresses)
Marcelo Martinessi

Khook (Pig)
Mani Haghighi

La prière (The Prayer)
Cédric Kahn

Toppen av ingenting (The Real Estate)
Måns Månsson

Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie

Transit
Christian Petzold

Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Gus Van Sant

Dovlatov
Alexey German Jr.

Eva
Benoit Jacquot

Figlia mia (Daughter of Mine)
Laura Bispuri

In den Gängen (In the Aisles)
Thomas Stuber

Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot
Philip Gröning

Twarz (Mug)
Małgorzata Szumowska

yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

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Iran is considered part of Asia, so the answer is actually 1, not 0.

McCrutchy wrote:

yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

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Iran is considered part of Asia, so the answer is actually 1, not 0.

Two.

Don't forget Alexey German, from Russia. On past form, Dovlatov is likely to be the best film in competition, whether or not it gets any awards recognition. I haven't seen Garpastum, but his other three features are three of the best films of the last twenty years.

German is from St. Petersberg which is firmly in the European part of Russia.
(this is mostly to point out the absurdity of splitting Asia and Europe)

knives wrote:(this is mostly to point out the absurdity of splitting Asia and Europe)

Good point. So, 14?

Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.

Oh, apparently there was a surprise screening of a restored Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story there the other day...

Ribs wrote:Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.

What? Google has no idea either

domino harvey wrote:

Ribs wrote:Matilda's Matilda seems to be the first title to be getting near-universal raves out of Sundance.

What? Google has no idea either

Perhaps he means Mandy? The acid trip with Nicholas Cage? Unless they've rebooted that Danny DeVito venture from the nineties I'm unsure what he means as well.

Whoops, got the name wrong - it's Madeline's Madeline.

Debra Granik's Leave No Trace has been getting very positive reviews from Sundance, was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide for Int'l rights. US rights have not been determined yet.

Ribs wrote:Whoops, got the name wrong - it's Madeline's Madeline.

Oh—very happy for Josephine Decker. (I didn’t even know she had a new movie on its way.)

domino harvey wrote:Variety sez this year's Sundance Festival was pretty much a bust

Immediately jumped to my mind and now I can't stop thinking about it

Big Ben wrote:Perhaps he means Mandy? The acid trip with Nicholas Cage? Unless they've rebooted that Danny DeVito venture from the nineties I'm unsure what he means as well.

That's actually the film that I'm most looking forward to - Cage and Andrea Riseborough in the new film written and directed by Panos Cosmatos, the director of Beyond The Black Rainbow!

It also has a great Neon Demon-style poster:

I'm certainly looking forward to it too Colin! I was sort of taken aback by some of the articles saying this years Sundance was a dud but actually looking at some of the reviews I'm more than encouraged at the release of several of these films. Surely no one is expecting Mandy to be high art but it doesn't have to be. I'll gladly sit and watch Nicholas Cage be himself if he's utilized properly (And yes I know how that sounds!).

yoshimori wrote:Total number of Asian entries among the 18 Berlin Competition films announced so far?

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3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon)
Emily Atef

Black 47
Lance Daly

Damsel
David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

Eldorado - Documentary
Markus Imhoof

Las herederas (The Heiresses)
Marcelo Martinessi

Khook (Pig)
Mani Haghighi

La prière (The Prayer)
Cédric Kahn

Toppen av ingenting (The Real Estate)
Måns Månsson

Touch Me Not
Adina Pintilie

Transit
Christian Petzold

Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Gus Van Sant

Dovlatov
Alexey German Jr.

Eva
Benoit Jacquot

Figlia mia (Daughter of Mine)
Laura Bispuri

In den Gängen (In the Aisles)
Thomas Stuber

Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot
Philip Gröning

Twarz (Mug)
Małgorzata Szumowska

The film I’m most excited about is The Green Fog by Guy Maddin and Evan & Gale Johnson, which screens out of competition.

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Ah yes I was just reading about Mandy. Sounds like a blast. Hopefully Cage can have the comeback McConuaghey had (and blew when he decided to work with Gus Van Sant!) Can't find a trailer though. IMDB average is 8.2!

It apparently also has a score by Jóhann Jóhannsson too.

Touch Me Not, one of the worst-reviewed films out of Berlinale, has won the Golden Bear

Ribs wrote:Touch Me Not, one of the worst-reviewed films out of Berlinale, has won the Golden Bear

Fret not! Bill Murray just cracked a joke about playing a dog onstage!

I'm extremely ready for the year of Riley Keough.