Among the latest titles to be unveiled are the Argentine director Ariel Rotter's second feature The Other (El Otro) which deals with the existential uncertainty of a man who decides to change his identity, Israeli film-maker Joseph Cedar's Beaufort about the last military unit to be stationed in southern Lebanon prior to the troops being withdrawn from the country, and Li Yu's Lost in Beijing from China, which portrays the longings, fears and values of several residents of Beijing against the backdrop of a rapidly changing metropolis.
In addition, festival director Dieter Kosslick and his selection committee have invited Ryan Eslinger's drama When A Man Falls In The Forest, starring Sharon Stone, Timothy Hutton and Dylan Baker, and Zack Snyder's 300, which is set in virtual locations and based on drawings by the legendary comic-book writer Frank Miller, as well as two UK productions: Richard Eyre's Zoe Heller adaptation Notes On A Scandal and David Mackenzie's Hallam Foe, starring Jamie Bell.
This year's awards ceremony will be followed on the evening of February 17 by Angel, the new film by French director Francois Ozon who has been a regular visitor to the Berlinale in the past with his previous films. Filmed entirely in English with a cast including 2006 Jury President Charlotte Rampling and Sam Neill and set in England at the beginning of the 20th century, Angel portrays the rise and fall of a young woman from humble beginnings, who manages to break into the highest echelons of society as an author
The complete lineup for the 2007 Competition programme is as follows:
300 by Zack Snyder, US (World Premiere, Out of Competition)
Angel by Francois Ozon, France/Belgium/UK (World Premiere)/Closing Film
Beaufort by Joseph Cedar, Israel (World Premiere)
Bordertown by Gregory Nava, US (World Premiere)
Desert Dream (Hyazgar) by Zhang Lu, Republic of Korea/France (World Premiere)
Don't Touch The Axe (Ne touchez pas la hache) by Jacques Rivette, France/Italy (World Premiere)
Goodbye Bafana by Bille August, Germany/France/Belgium/UK/Italy (World Premiere)
Hallam Foe by David Mackenzie, UK (World Premiere)
I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK (Sai bo gu ji man gwen chan a) by Park Chan-wook, Republic of Korea (International Premiere)
In Memory Of Myself (In memoria di me) by Saverio Costanzo, Italy (World Premiere)
Irina Palm by Sam Garbarski, Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg/UK/France (World Premiere)
I Served The King Of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglickeho krale ) by Jiri Menzel, Czech Republic / Slovakia (International Premiere)
La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan, France/UK/Czech Republic (World Premiere)/Opening Film
Letters From Iwo Jima by Clint Eastwood, US (European Premiere, Out of Competition)
Lost In Beijing ( Ping guo) by Li Yu, China (World Premiere)
Notes On A Scandal by Richard Eyre, UK (International Premiere, Out of Competition)
The Counterfeiters (Die Falscher) by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany/Austria (World Premiere)
The Good German by Stephen Soderbergh, US (International Premiere)
The Good Shepherd by Robert de Niro, US (International Premiere)
The Other (El otro) by Ariel Rotter, Argentina/France/Germany (World Premiere)
The Walker by Paul Schrader, US/UK (World Premiere, Out of Competition)
The Witnesses (Les Temoins) by Andre Techine, France (World Premiere)
The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (O ano em que meus pais sairam de ferias) by Cao Hamburger, Brazil / Argentina (International Premiere)
Tuya's Marriage (Tu ya de hun shi) by Wang Quan'an, China (World Premiere)
When A Man Falls In The Forest by Ryan Eslinger, Canada/US (World Premiere)
Yella by Christian Petzold, Germany (World Premiere)
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