20 Films Competing For The Golden Bear at The 74th Berlin Film Festival

Berlin, the capital of Germany, is gearing up for a fantastic 10-day festival from February 15-25. Known as the 74th Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale), this event will see 20 films vying for the prestigious Golden Bear award. The festival will kick off with the film 'Small Things Like These' by Belgian director Tim Mielants, starring the accomplished star of 'Oppenheimer,' Cillian Murphy. The awards ceremony is set to take place on the festival's closing day, February 20. Join us as we explore the lineup of films competing at the 74th Berlin Film Festival.In 1985, Bill Furlong, a devoted father, unravels disturbing secrets hidden by a local monastery in a town in Ireland, exposing shocking truths about himself.Director: Tim MielantsCast: Cillian Murphy, Ciarán Hinds, Emily WatsonSet in the near future, 'Another End' explores a period where new technology allows transferring the consciousness of a deceased person back into a living body to ease the pain of separation and bid farewell.Director: Piero MessinaCast: Philip Rosch, Gael García Bernal, Bérénice BejoTaking the audience on a journey towards the materials that shape our living spaces, the film focuses on concrete and its ancestral stone, examining their impact on a changing planet.Director: Victor Kossakovsky'Black Tea' narrates the story of Aya, who leaves Ivory Coast on her wedding day and embarks on a journey to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.Director: Abderrahmane SissakoThe film unfolds events and people in the kitchen of a New York restaurant where cultures from around the world blend during the lunch rush.Director: Alonso RuizpalaciosCast: Rooney Mara, Oded Fehr, John Pyper-FergusonDiop's film follows the journey of 26 royal treasures looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey, displayed in Paris, now being returned to Benin, expressing the demands of the new generation artistically.Director: Mati DiopThe film tells Edward's story, focusing on his struggle with adapting to his old life after undergoing facial reconstruction surgery and getting stuck playing an actor in a stage production.Director: Aaron SchimbergCast: Sebastian Stan, Miles G. Jackson, Adam PearsonExpected to make a mark at the festival, 'L'Empire' depicts a small village in Northern France turning into a battleground for secret extraterrestrial knights.Director: Bruno DumontCast: Camille Cottin, Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria VartolomeiSet in the enchanting atmosphere of the Baroque era in Venice, 'Gloria!' takes on the classical music world from a more just and equal perspective.Director: Margherita VicarioCast: Galatéa Bellugi, Carlotta Gamba, Veronica LucchesiDirector: Olivier AssayasCast: Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Micha LescotThis drama film follows the various challenges and struggles faced by a couple deeply in love, spending a delightful summer until they are captured by the Gestapo.Director: Andreas DresenCast: Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann, Sina MartensDirectors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash SanaeehaCast: Esmaeel Mehrabi, Lili FarhadpourDirector: Claire BurgerCast: Chiara Mastroianni, Nina Hoss, Lilith GrasmugWhen a Tunisian woman faces the dilemma between motherly love and seeking the truth upon her son's return from war, dark secrets unfold in her village.Director: Meryam JoobeurCast: Adam Bessa, Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Hassine GrayaaA hippopotamus is brought from Africa to Colombia to live in drug lord Pablo Escobar's private zoo, serving as a narrator within the film.Director: Nelson Carlo de Los Santos AriasPEMA, pregnant in a polyandrous village in the Himalayas, faces investigations when her husband disappears. She, along with her monk brother-in-law, embarks on a journey in the wild, discovering herself along the way.Director: Min Bahadur BhamCast: Thinley Lhamo, Sonam Topden, Tenzing DalhaLissy Lunies, in her mid-70s, enjoys her freedom as her husband Gerd, suffering from dementia, resides in a nursing home. However, Lissy herself battles various illnesses: diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer.Director: Matthias GlasnerCast: Lars Eidinger, Saskia Rosendahl, Ronald ZehrfeldSet in 18th-century Austria, the film portrays villages surrounded by forests, leading to the death penalty for a woman accused of killing a baby, creating a dark path for Agnes as she prepares for married life.Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika FranzCast: Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstätter, David ScheidThe film depicts the dilemma of Eva, an idealistic prison officer, as her life takes a turn when a young man from her past starts working at the prison.Director: Gustav MöllerCast: Dar Salim, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jacob LohmannDirector: Hong Sang-sooCast: Isabelle Huppert, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yunhee Cho