Lumet's Find Me Guilty, starring Vin Diesel, is based on the true story of the 1980s trial of Mafia boss Jack DiNorscio.
The veteran director won the Golden Bear back in 1957 for 12 Angry Men.
Panahi's Offside is a drama set in a football game at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.
It depicts a true incident in which a young woman, barred by law from entering a stadium, disguises herself as a boy to watch a game.
Full Competition selection
1.Snow Cake
(Canada/UK - World Premiere)
Dir: Marc Evans
2.Candy
(Australia - World Premiere)
Dir: Neil Armfield
3.Crime Novel
(Italy)
Dir: Michele Placido
4.Comedy of Power
(France - World Premiere)
Dir: Claude Chabrol
5.The Elementary Particles aka Atomised
(Germany - World Premiere)
Dir: Oskar Roehler
6.En Soap
(Denmark/Sweden - World Premiere)
Dir: Pernille Fischer Christensen
7.The Free Will
(Germany - World Premiere)
Dir: Matthias Glasner
8.Grbavica
(Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia - World Premiere)
Dir: Jasmila Zbanic
9.Invisible Waves
(Netherlands/Thailand/Korea - World Premiere)
Dir: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
10.Isabella Netherlands/Thailand/Korea (Hong Kong/China - World Premiere)
Dir: Pang Ho-cheung
11.The Minder
(Argentina/France-Germany - World Premiere)
Dir: Rodrigo Moreno
12.A Prairie Home Companion
(USA - World Premiere)
Dir: Robert Altman
13.The Road to Guantanamo
(UK - World Premiere)
Dir: Michael Winterbottom
14.Requiem
(Germany/France - World Premiere)
Dir: Hans-Christian Schmid
15.Sehnsucht
(Germany - World Premiere)
Dir: Valeska Grisebach
16.Slumming
(Austria/Switzerland - World Premiere)
Dir Michael Glawogger
17.Zemestan
(Iran - World Premiere)
Dir: Rafi Pitts
18.Find Me Guilty
(USA - World Premiere)
Dir: Sidney Lumet
19.Offside
(Iran - World Premiere)
Dir: Jafar Panahi
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