John Michael McDonagh’s ‘War On Everyone,’ Rebecca Miller's 'Maggie's Plan,' And More Added To Berlin Film Festival

War On EveryoneIt’s beginning to look a lot like festival season. Just when you thought you were out of the clutches of the Venice/Telluride/TIFF/New York autumn car crash, January and February are coming with the Sundance and Berlin Film Festival, respectively. And the latter has just added a batch of new titles to the slate, as part of their Panorama program.

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The most notable is the World Premiere of John Michael McDonagh’s "War On Everyone" starring Michael Pena and Alexander Skarsgard, about two crooked cops who blackmail everyone they can, until one criminal proves to be more difficult to handle than they anticipated. It’s definitely high on our must-see list for next year, so we’re glad it’s arriving early. Also very much worth paying attention is to Rebecca Miller‘s "Maggie’s Plan" starring Greta Gerwig and Ethan Hawke, which I think deserved way more love out of TIFF (read our review). Meanwhile, the Teddy section, which highlights LGBTIQ film, has programmed a thirtieth anniversary slate of movies.

Check out the full slate below. The Berlin Film Festival runs from February 11-21, 2016.

Panorama 2016

Já, Olga Hepnarová (I, Olga Hepnarová– Czech Republic / Poland / Slowak Republic / France 
By Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda
With Michalina Olszanska, Marta Mazurek, Ondrej Malý
World premiere

Junction 48 – Israel / Germany / USA
By Udi Aloni
With Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty, Salwa Nakkara, Sameh Zakout, Ayed Fadel
World premiere

Les Premiers, les Derniers (The First, the Last– France / Belgium
By Bouli Lanners
With Albert Dupontel, Bouli Lanners, Suzanne Clément, Michael Lonsdale, David Murgia 
International premiere

Maggie’s Plan – USA
By Rebecca Miller
With Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph
European premiere

Nakom – Ghana / USA
By Kelly Daniela Norris, TW Pittman
With Jacob Ayanaba, Grace Ayariga, Abdul Aziz, Justina Kulidu, Shetu Musah, Esther Issaka, Thomas Kulidu, James Azudago, Felicia Awinbe, Sumaila Ndaago
World premiere

Remainder – United Kingdom / Germany
By Omer Fast
With Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, Ed Speleers, Arsher Ali, Shaun Prendergast
International premiere

S one strane (On the Other Side– Croatia / Serbia
By Zrinko Ogresta
With Ksenija Marinković, Lazar Ristovski
World premiere

Starve Your Dog – Morocco
By Hicham Lasri
With Jirari Ben Aissa, Latifa Ahrrare, Fehd Benchemsi
European premiere

Sufat Chol (Sand Storm) – Israel
By Elite Zexer
With Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal-Asfour, Haitham Omari, Khadija Alakel, Jalal Masarwa
European premiere – debut feature film

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59– France
By Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
With Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot
World premiere

The Ones Below – United Kingdom 
By David Farr
With Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn
European premiere – debut feature film

War on Everyone – United Kingdom 
By John Michael McDonagh
With Michael Peña, Alexander Skarsgård, Theo James
World premiere

Panorama Dokumente

Don’t Blink – Robert Frank – USA / France
By Laura Israel
International premiere

Hotel Dallas – Romania / USA
By Livia Ungur, Sherng-Lee Huang
With Patrick Duffy
World premiere – debut feature film

Teddy30

1 Berlin Harlem – Germany (Federal Republic), 1974
By Lothar Lambert, Wolfram Zobus

Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others) – Germany, 1919
By Richard Oswald

Before Stonewall – USA, 1984
By Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg
Info-Schau (former title of Panorama) 1985

Die Betörung der Blauen Matrosen (The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors) – Germany (Federal Republic), 1975
By Ulrike Ottinger

Die Wiese der Sachen (The Meadow of Things) – Germany (Federal Republic), 1974-1987
By Heinz Emigholz
Panorama / Teddy Award winner 1988

Gendernauts – Eine Reise durch die Geschlechter (Gendernauts – A Journey Through Shifting Identities) – Germany, 1999
By Monika Treut
Panorama / Teddy Award winner 1999

I Shot Andy Warhol – USA, 1996
By Mary Harron

Je, tu, il, elle (I, You, He, She) – France / Belgium, 1974
By Chantal Akerman

Looking for Langston – United Kingdom, 1989
By Isaac Julien
Panorama / Teddy Award winner 1989

Machboim (Hide and Seek) – Israel, 1979
By Dan Wolman
Info-Schau (former title of Panorama)1980

Marble Ass – Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1995
By Želimir Žilnik
Panorama / Teddy Award winner1995

Nitrate Kisses – USA, 1992
By Barbara Hammer
Forum 1993

The Watermelon Woman – USA, 1996
By Cheryl Dunye
Panorama / Teddy Award winner 1996

Tongues Untied – USA, 1989
By Marlon Riggs
Panorama / Teddy Award winner 1990

Toute une nuit (A Whole Night) – France / Belgium, 1982
By Chantal Akerman
Info-Schau (former title of Panorama) 1983

Tras el cristal (In a Glass Cage) – Spain, 1987
By Agustí Vilaronga