It’s been a pretty good 24 hours to be Claire Foy….or a Claire Foy fan. The actress picked up a SAG Award last night for her work in “The Crown,” and Monday kicks off with the news that her new movie “Unsane,” directed by Steven Soderbergh, is headed to the Berlin International Film Festival for its World Premiere.
Details about the picture are still far and few between, but we do know that it was shot on the sly last year, with Soderbergh lensing it with an iPhone. The cast is pretty intriguing too with Joshua Leonard, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving, and “Saturday Night Live” alum Jay Pharaoh rounding out the ensemble. As for the story, your guess is as good as mine, but it does seem to involve some kind of medical malfeasance, and “Unsane” has been described as a horror movie.
We’ll likely find out more soon, not just with the Berlin festival looming, but also with “Unsane” slated to open on March 23rd (which means a trailer is around the corner).
As for the rest of the Berlin International Film Festival, they’ve added another handful of new movies, including Lav Diaz‘s new “musical” (huh?) “Season Of The Devil” and José Padilha‘s “7 Days In Entebbe.”
The Berlin International Film Festival runs from February 15-25. You can check out the additional titles added to the lineup below along with the new images from”Unsane.”
Competition
7 Days in Entebbe
USA / United Kingdom
By José Padilha (The Elite Squad, Garapa)
With Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Menochet, Ben Schnetzer, Angel Bonanni, Juan Pablo Raba, Nonso Anozie
World premiere – Out of competition
Ága
Bulgaria / Germany / France
By Milko Lazarov (Otchuzhdenie)
With Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Galina Tikhonova, Sergey Egorov, Afanasiy Kylaev
World premiere – Out of competition
Ang panahon ng halimaw (Season of the Devil)
Philippines
By Lav Diaz (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, The Woman Who Left)
With Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Pinky Amador, Bituin Escalante, Hazel Orencio, Joel Saracho, Bart Guingona, Angel Aquino, Lilit Reyes, Don Melvin Boongaling
World premiere
Museo (Museum)
Mexico
By Alonso Ruizpalacios (Güeros)
With Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Simon Russell Beale, Bernardo Velasco, Leticia Brédice, Ilse Salas, Lisa Owen
World premiere
Unsane
USA
By Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, The Good German)
With Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving
World premiere – Out of competition
Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast
The Happy Prince
Germany / Belgium / Italy
By Rupert Everett
With Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Rupert Everett
European premiere – First Feature
Unga Astrid (Becoming Astrid)
Sweden / Germany / Denmark
By Pernille Fischer Christensen (A Soap, A Family, Someone You Love)
With Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie, Henrik Rafaelsen
World premiere
Berlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
AMERICA Land of the FreeKS – Documentary Form
Germany
By Ulli Lommel (Tenderness of the Wolves, The Boogey Man, Absolute Evil)
With Ulli Lommel, Tanner King Barklow, Nola Roeper, Gil Kofman, Chris Kriesa, Lilith Stangenberg, Tatjana Lommel, Max Brauer
World premiere
Tribute to Ulli Lommel
RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY – Documentary
USA / Japan
By Stephen Nomura Schible (Ryūichi Sakamoto: Coda)
International premiere
Berlinale Special at Kino International
The Interpreter
Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria
By Martin Šulík (The Garden, Landscape, Gypsy)
With Peter Simonischek, Jiří Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Attila Mokos, Anna Rakovská
World premiere
Usedom – Der freie Blick aufs Meer – Documentary
Germany
By Heinz Brinkmann (The Carbide Factory, Come Into The Garden, The Boehme Case – The Wondrous Life of a Left-Handed Man)
To date, the Berlinale Special includes titles from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong – China, Italy, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and USA.
In addition, Berlinale Series of the Berlinale Special is presenting productions from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Norway, and USA.
