New Terrence Malick and Peter Greenaway Films to Premiere at the Berlinale

Posted December 15, 2014 03:41 PM by


The organizers of the Berlin Film Festival announced today that the first seven films to be screened in the Competition section of the prestigious event have been selected. Amongst them are Terrence Malick's new project Knight of Cups and Peter Greenaway's Eisenstein in Guanajuato. Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella Cinderella by Kenneth Branagh will be screened out of competition as well. The 65th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 5th – 15th 2015. American director Darren Aronofsky will be the jury president. Films confirmed in Competition to date (in alphabetical order): 45 Years United Kingdom By Andrew Haigh (Weekend) With Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay World premiere Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming) Germany / France By Andreas Dresen (Grill Point, Cloud 9, Stopped on Track) With Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Joel Basman, Marcel Heuperman, Frederic Haselon, Ruby O. Fee World premiere Cinderella USA By Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) With Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera, Derek Jacobi und Helena Bonham Carter International premiere – Out of competition Eisenstein in Guanajuato The Netherlands / Mexico / Belgium / Finland By Peter Greenaway (Goltzius and the Pelican Company) With Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti World premiere Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) Guatemala / France By Jayro Bustamante With María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy World premiere – Debut feature Knight of Cups USA By Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line) With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman World premiere *Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds)* Russian Federation / Ukraine / Poland By Alexey German (Paper Soldier) With Lui Frank, Merab Ninidze, Viktoriya Korotkova, Chulpan Khamatova, Anastasiya Melnikova, Piotr Gasowski World premiere Note: Included below is the official new trailer for director Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups.
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Jowiko96

Dec 15, 2014

I am super pumped for Knight Of Cups!

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Malick's doc 'Voyage of Time' is taking forever to complete - according to imdb it's in post production and rumored for a 2016 release "time" will tell... it's that nature film that comprises of all the alternate takes and additional footage that was shot around the filming of 'Tree of Life'

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lemonski

Dec 15, 2014

That looks incredible

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wonkavision

Dec 15, 2014

Looking forward to seeing Eisenstein in Guanajuato as it's been a long time since I've seen a Peter Greenaway film.

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rollinwith26s

Dec 15, 2014

Terrence Malick cinematography + Natalie Portman+ Cate Blanchett= too much beauty for my heart to take.

jw007

Dec 16, 2014

I just watched the new trailer for Knight of Cups. This looks almost like an updated or alternate universe for The Tree of Life about a man/actor who becomes famous in Hollywood and forgets about his roots and is too caught up in materialism and decadence. It's clearly a morality play from Malick and I like that we have recurring themes of upbringing and adulthood (but this time there aren't any children but rather the past is in his mind). I have no idea what this film will be about but I'm basing all of this on a single viewing of the trailer, which I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE as a film!

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Bluyoda

Dec 16, 2014

Can't wait for Knight of Cups! This seems very exciting! I might actually go to the theater for this one.

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billyearle

Dec 17, 2014

I wonder how Peter Greenaway's appreciation, and work, has evolved. He was by far my least favorite art-film director, but I kind of liked ZOO and Draftsman's Contract, kind of. I remember me and all my artist friends, and our girlfriends hating Pillow Book and I gave up on him after that (though Ewen MacGregor's lightsaber was pretty amazing). I read a very spot on scathing overview of his work on some arty website, so I felt at least not alone.