Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino, Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg (pictured) and Benoit Delephine’s Mammuth are among 12 additional world premieres that will screen in the official selection at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

An 18-strong programme has been added to the seven titles announced in December, including Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer.

The latest line-up also includes the world premiere of Quanan Wang’s Apart Together (Tuan Yuan), which will also open the festival on February 11, Oskar Roehler’s Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen and Pernille Fischer Christensen’s A Family.

The programme also includes six international premieres including Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give, The Killer Inside Me, by Michael Winterbottom, and About Her Brother (Otouto) by Yoji Yamada, which will also close the festival on February 20.

There are two debut films in the official selection: Burhan Qurbani’s Shahada, the first production by the Berlin-based Bittersuess Pictures, and Romanian filmmaker Florin Serban’s If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle.

One further title is expected to be added to the line-up in the coming weeks. The full programme will be announced on February 1.

The latest additions to the official selection:

About Her Brother (Otouto), (Japan), Yoji Yamada, international premiere, out of competition

A Family, (En Familie), (Denmark), Pernille Fischer Christensen, world premiere

A Somewhat Gentle Man (En Ganske Snill Mann), (Norway) Hans Petter Moland, world premiere

Apart Together (Tuan Yuan), (China), Quanan Wang, world premiere

Caterpillar, (Japan), Koji Wakamatsu, world premiere

GreenbergI, (US), Noah Baumbach, world premiere

Howl, (US) Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, international premiere

If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Când Vreau Să Fluier, Fluier), (Romania/Sweden), Florin Şerban, world premiere

Jud Süß - Film Ohne Gewissen, (Germany/Austria), Oskar Roehler, world premiere

Kak Ya Provel Etim Letom (How I Ended This Summer), (Russian Federation), Alexei Popogrebsky, world premiere

Mammuth, (France),. Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern, world premiere

Please Give, (US) Nicole Holofcener, international premiere/Out of competition

Puzzle (Rompecabezas), (Argentina/France), Natalia Smirnoff, world premiere

San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi (A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop), Zhang Yimou (People´s Republic of China), international premiere

Shahada, (Germany), Burhan Qurbani, world premiere

Submarino, (Denmark), Thomas Vinterberg, world premiere

The Kids Are All Right, (USA/France), Lisa Cholodenko, international premiere/Out of Competition

The Killer Inside Me, (US/UK) Michael Winterbottom, international premiere

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