The 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) announced its competition line-up for the Golden and Silver Bears for this year. A total of 18 films will run in competition. This year is the first the festival is under the leadership of artistic director Carlo Chatrian and executive director Mariette Rissenbeek. The biggest film to come out of the festival's announcement today is the world premiere of Pixar's <em>Onward</em>, an animated film that tells the story of two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary journey to discover if there is still magic in the world. The film is out of competition. The anticipated films running in competition include <em>The Roads Not Taken</em> by Sally Potter, starring Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek, all of whom are expected to be in the German city for the festival, according to Chatrian. This drama feature follows a day in the life of Leo (Bardem) and his daughter Molly (Fanning), as he goes between two lives he could have lived. One of the biggest films coming out of Germany is acclaimed director Burhan Qurbani's <em>Berlin Alexanderplatz</em>, an adaptation of the classic 1929 novel by Alfred Doblin. <em>Siberia </em>by Abel Ferrara, which stars Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe, is an exploration into the language of dreams. Another anticipated film is <em>There is No Evil</em> by award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. Rasoulof's credits include the 2017 Cannes Un Certain Regard winner <em>A Man of Integrity</em>. The Berlinale will run from Thursday, February 20 to Sunday, March 1. <em>Berlin Alexanderplatz </em>by Burhan Qurbani<em> </em> <em>Dau. Natasha</em> by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel starring Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo <em>The Woman Who Ran</em> by Hong Sangsoo with Kim Minhee, Seo Younghwa and Song Seonmi <em>Delete History </em>by Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern with Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydes and Corinne Masiero <em>The Intruder</em> by Natalia Meta with Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Daniel Hendler <em>Bad Tales </em>by Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo starring Elio Germano, Barbara Chichiarelli and Lino Musella <em>First Cow </em>by Kelly Reichardt <em>Irradiated</em> Rithy Panh with Bion, André Wilms and Rebecca Marder <em>The Salt of Tears</em> by Philippe Garrel starring Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Andre Wilms <em>Never Rarely Sometimes Always</em> by Eliza Hittman with Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Theodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten <em>Days</em> by Ming-Liang Tsai with Kang-Sheng Lee and Anong Houngheuangsy <em>The Roads Not Taken </em>by Sally Potter <em>My Little Sister </em>by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond <em>There is no evil</em> by Mohammad Rasoulof <em>Siberia </em>by Abel Ferrara <em>All The Dead Ones</em> by Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra <em>Undine </em>by Christian Petzold <em>Hidden Away</em> by Giorgio Diritti ____________ <strong>Read more</strong> ____________
