WOLF is happy to represent the following films at this year’s Berlinale. Please see our attached line up for further details, full screening schedules and interview opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of our films!

Competition

HAVE A NICE DAY by Liu Jian – Liu Jian delivers a whirlwind neo-noir following a bag of stolen money around a small town in Southern China, cementing his place as a pioneering force in independent Chinese animation.

Berlinale Special

DEVIL’S FREEDOM by Everardo González – Via firsthand testimony from victims and perpetrators of Mexico’s violent drug trade, Devil’s Freedom explores the fear and uncertainty that penetrate every level of Mexican society. A search for meaning and a reflection on the darkest regions of the human psyche.

Panorama

UNTITLED by Michael Glawogger & Monika Willi – After the sudden death of Michael Glawogger in April 2014, his longstanding collaborator Monika Willi realizes a film out of the stunning, eye opening footage Glawogger shot in the last months of his life in the Balkans, Italy, North and West Africa. Serendipity is the guiding concept in editing and creating the film, just as it was for Glawogger’s final journey.

CLOSE-KNIT by Naoko Ogigami – It’s not the first time fifth grader Tomo goes and stays with her Uncle Makio for a few days after her mother leaves. Except that this time Uncle Makio is living with his beautiful girlfriend Rinko – and Tomo has never met a woman like Rinko before. The story of sixty heartwarming days in the life of three individuals, who each find their own happiness amid the blooming cherry blossoms of spring.

HOSTAGES by Rezo Gigineishvili – Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for a wedding are in full swing – but for the newlyweds and their friends, this celebration is actually part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union. Based on the true story of a hijacking gone wrong.

Berlinale Classics

AVANTI POPOLO by Rafi Bukaee – Director Rafi Bukaee’s debut film Avanti Popolo (1986), a tragicomedy about the absurdity of war, is one of Israeli cinema’s most significant auteur films. Bukaee’s film turns clichés and stereotypical images of Israelis and Arabs upside down, and for the first time in the history of Israeli film, Arab protagonists were portrayed by Arab actors. Bukaee’s controversial masterpiece, which caused furor among some Israeli politicians at the time of its release, has been restored by the Jerusalem Cinematheque.