The Berlinale Film Festival has unveiled the jury members for its major International Competition, which will probably be presided over by Lupita Nyong’o.
The members of the International Jury are American actor and filmmaker Brady Corbet, Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui, German director Christian Petzold, Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca, and Ukrainian novelist and poet Oksana Zabuzhko.
Nyong’o’s presidential appointment was introduced in December.
The competition additionally unveiled the three-member jury for its Encounters strand. Lisandro Alonso (Argentina), Denis Côté (Canada), and Tizza Covi (Italy) will decide the competitors sidebar’s Best Film, Best Director, and Special Jury award winners.
The 2024 Berlin Film Festival runs Feb 15 – Feb 25. The competition opens with the Cillian Murphy film Small Things Like These. The movie reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalen laundries – horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic establishments from the 1820s till 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” It takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal service provider Bill Furlong (Murphy) discovers startling secrets and techniques saved by the convent in his city, together with some surprising truths of his personal. The film reunites director Tim Mielants (WIL, De Patrick, The Responder) with Murphy, who beforehand labored collectively on collection three of Peaky Blinders.
Other standout titles already introduced embody Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, a characteristic documentary about influential British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger narrated by Killers of the Flower Moon filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The characteristic is directed by David Hinton and options uncommon archival materials from the private collections of Powell, Pressburger, and Scorsese.
Love Lies Bleeding, the newest characteristic from British filmmaker Rose Glass may even play within the Specials program. The characteristic stars Kristen Stewart alongside Weronika Tofilska. A brief synopsis describes the pic as “a romance fueled by ego, desire, and the American Dream.” The movie will arrive in Berlin following its debut at Sundance.