Berlin Film Festival Panorama Picks James Franco-Starrer 'Cherry'; Completes Line-Up

The Berlin Film Festival has completed the roster for its Panorama program, adding 11 features including Stephen Elliot’s Cherry with James Franco, Lili Taylor and Heather Graham. In total, there are 53 features in the sidebar. Of the 53, 34 productions from 37 countries are screening as world premieres. The festival has also announced that on February 17, director Ulrike Ottinger and Andy Warhol fixture Mario Montez will receive Special Teddy awards as part of the Queer Film Award ceremony. New additions to the Panorama section follow:

Feature Films
Bugis Street Redux
By Yonfan, Hong Kong
With Hiep Thi Le, Michael Lam, Greg-O, Ernest Seah

Cherry
By Stephen Elliott, USA
With Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor
World Premiere

Chocó
By Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, Columbia
With Karent Hinestroza, Esteban Copete, Fabio García, Daniela Mosquera, Jesús Benavides
World Premiere

Glaube, Liebe, Tod (Belief, Love, Death)
By Peter Kern, Austria
With Traute Furthner, Peter Kern, Joao Moreira Pedrosa
World Premiere

Highway
By Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal/USA
With Dayahang Rai, ASHA Magarati, SHRISTI Ghimire, EELUM Dixit
World Premiere

Iron Sky
By Timo Vuorensola, Finland/Netherlands/Australia/Germany
With Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Julia Dietze, Udo Kier
World Premiere

Love By Doze
By Niu Chen-zer, China/Taiwan
With Shu Qi, Vicky Zhao, Ethan Juan, Mark Jau

Man On Ground
By Akin Omotoso, South Africa
With Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Fana Mokoena

My Brother The Devil
By Sally El Hosaini, Great Britain
With James Floyd, Saïd Taghmaoui, Nasser Memarzia, Fady Elsayed
World Premiere

Rentaneko (Rent-a-Cat)
By Naoko Ogigami, Japan
With Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka
World Premiere

The Convoy
By Alexey Mizgirev, Russian Federation
With Oleg Vasilkov, Azamat Nigmanov, Dmitry Kulichkov
World Premiere

Documentaries
Wo Men De Gu Shi (Our Story 10-year ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ Of Beijing Queer Film Festival)
By Yang Yang, People’s Republic of China

“Blut Muss fließen” – Undercover Unter Nazis
By Peter Ohlendorf, Germany
World Premiere

Short Supporting Films
7 Deadly Kisses
By Sammaria Simanjuntak, Indonesia
With Sunny Soon, Daud Sumolang
World Premiere

A Lazy Summer Afternoon With Mario Montez
By John Heys, Germany
World Premiere

Green Laser
By John Greyson, Canada
World Premiere

Zucht und Ordnung (Law and Order)
By Jan Soldat, Germany
World Premiere

Previously announced Panorama films can be found here.