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A Splendid Opening Night Awaits the 62nd Berlinale
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival is opening tomorrow, February 9, 2012, with the world premiere of Benoît Jacquot’s film Les adieux à la Reine. The director will be attending the gala with actors Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois and Noémie Lvovsky.
Minister of State and Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd
Neumann and Berlin’s Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit will open the Festival together with Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick and Jury President 62. Internationale Filmfestspiele Mike Leigh. The event will be broadcast live on television by ZDF/3sat. Music Berlin for the gala will be provided by the duo Boy; Anke Engelke will host the 09. – 19.02.2012 evening. Press Office
All members of the International Jury- Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Potsdamer Straße 5 Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mike Leigh, François Ozon, Boualem 10785 Berlin Sansal and Barbara Sukowa - will be present. Phone +49 · 30 · 259 20 · 707 Other celebrities expected to attend the event include: Fax +49 · 30 · 259 20 · 799 Mario Adorf, Feo Aladag, Alexander Askoldov, Michael Ballhaus, Marie Bäumer, Meret Becker, Wolfgang Becker, Iris Berben, Senta Berger, Christian [email protected] www.berlinale.de Berkel, Alexander Beyer, Sebastian Blomberg, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Jürgen Böttcher, Matthias Brandt, Fred Breinersdorfer, Maximilian Brückner, Thomas Brussig, Christopher Buchholz, Inga Busch, Christel Buschmann,
Mareike Carrière, Didi Danquart, Pepe Danquart, August Diehl, Doris Dörrie, Angelica Domröse, Andreas Dresen, Hannelore Elsner, Max Färberböck, Alexander Fehling, Heino Ferch, Veronica Ferres, Inka Friedrich, Benno
Fürmann, Bruno Ganz, Martina Gedeck, Matthias Glasner, Fritzi Haberlandt,
Hendrik Handloegten, Monika Hansen, Corinna Harfouch, Reinhard Hauff, Leander Haussmann, Benjamin Heisenberg, André M. Hennicke, Hannah Ein Geschäftsbereich der Herzsprung, Klaus Hoffmann, Rebecca Horn, Nina Hoss, Henry Hübchen, Kulturveranstaltungen des Sandra Hüller, Hermine Huntgeburth, Hannes Jaenicke, Julia Jentsch, Bundes in Berlin (KBB) GmbH Romuald Karmakar, Peter Keglevic, Sibel Kekilli, Burghart Klaußner, Herbert Management: Knaup, Volker Koepp, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Nicolette Krebitz, Thomas Prof. Dieter Kosslick Kretschmann, David Kross, Maren Kroymann, Günter Lamprecht, Bernd (Intendant Internationale Lange, Dani Levy, Anna Loos-Liefers, Susanne Lothar, Florian Lukas, Matthias Filmfestspiele Berlin), Charlotte Sieben Luthardt, Angelina Maccarone, Markus Majowski, Heike Makatsch, Misel (Kaufmännische Geschäftsführung), Maticevic, Jeanine Meerapfel, Sunnyi Melles, Michael Mendl, Claudia Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer, Michelsen, Birgit Minichmayr, Helke Misselwitz, Ursela Monn, Wanja Mues, Dr. Thomas Oberender Anna Maria Mühe, Ulrich Noethen, Jana Pallaske, Christiane Paul, Milan
Peschel, Franziska Petri, Christian Petzold, Jürgen Prochnow, Oskar Roehler, Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Armin Rohde, Yasemin Samdereli, Helke Sander, Otto Sander, Helma Bernd Neumann Sanders-Brahms, Katrin Sass, Angela Schanelec, Clemens Schick, Niklaus
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Schilling, Tom Schilling, Sebastian Schipper, Mark Schlichter, Volker Schlöndorff, Hans-Christian Schmid, Maria Schrader, Rolf Schübel, Robert Stadlober, Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Ula Stöckl, Lena Stolze, Jasmin Tabatabai, Mina Tander, Anatole Taubman, Anna Thalbach, Hilmar Thate, Jördis Triebel, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Tom Tykwer, Christian Ulmen, Idil Üner, Andres Veiel, Joseph Vilsmaier, Jürgen Vogel, Rüdiger Vogler, Justus von Dohnányi, Vera von Lehndorff, Rosa von Praunheim, Margarethe von Trotta, Nora von Waldstätten, Mark Waschke, Hans Weingartner, Kai Wiesinger, Johanna Wokalek, Natalia Wörner and Hanns Zischler.
A number of prominent German politicians have also announced they will be coming. They include Minister President of Brandenburg Matthias Platzeck; Federal Minister for Health Daniel Bahr; and a number of Bundestag members, including Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Vice-President of the Bundestag), Monika Grütters (Chair of the Bundestag’s Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs), Claudia Roth (Party Leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Petra Merkel (Chair of the Bundestag’s Budget Committee), and many more.
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will close on February 19, 2012. The Award Ceremony will be held on February 18, 2012.
Press Office February 8, 2012
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