Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 Pm on February 9
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Press Release Glamorous Opening of the Race for the Bears 2017 Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Prof. Monika Grütters, the Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller, Jury President Paul Verhoeven and Festival Director Dieter Kosslick will open the 67th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast at 7.30 pm on February 9. During the Opening Gala, the International Jury will be introduced. In addition to Paul Verhoeven (director, screenwriter, The Netherlands), Dora Bouchoucha Fourati (producer, Tunisia), Olafur Eliasson (artist, Iceland), Maggie Gyllenhaal (actress, USA), Julia Jentsch 67. Internationale (actress, Germany), Diego Luna (actor, director, Mexico) und Wang Filmfestspiele Quan’an (director, screenwriter, People’s Republic of China). Anke Berlin Engelke will host the evening. The event will be broadcasted live on 09. – 19.02.2017 television by ZDF/3sat and via www.berlinale.de. Press Office Following the Opening Gala Django by Etienne Comar will have its world Potsdamer Straße 5 premiere. The director and his film team, including the actors Alex 10785 Berlin Brendemühl, Cécile de France, Reda Kateb, Bim Bam Merstein, Beáta Palya and Jan Henrik Stahlberg will present the film in the Berlinale Phone +49 · 30 · 259 20 · 707 · · · Palast. Fax +49 30 259 20 799 [email protected] The members of the International Jury and the GWFF Best First Feature www.berlinale.de Award Jury, director Jayro Bustamante (Guatemala), French actress Clotilde Courau and director and producer Mahmoud Sabbagh (Saudi Arabia) are all expected on the Red Carpet. Also the Jury members of the Glashütte Original Dokumentarfilmpeis, Daniela Michel (Mexico), Laura Poitras (USA) und Samir (Iraq / Swiss) and Christian Jankowski, member of the International Short film Jury, will be there. A number of prominent German politicians and ambassadors have also announced their attendance. Ein Geschäftsbereich der Kulturveranstaltungen des Other international and national guests are also anticipated: Mario Adorf, Bundes in Berlin (KBB) GmbH Fatih Akin, Thomas Arslan, Hartmut Becker, Iris Berben, Senta Berger, Anne Zohra Berrached, Sebastian Blomberg, Can Dündar, August Diehl, Management: Maria-Victoria Dragus, Andreas Dresen, Katja Eichinger, Alexander Prof. Dieter Kosslick Fehling, Veronica Ferres, Inka Friedrich, Liv Lisa Fries, Maria Furtwängler, (Intendant Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), Martina Gedeck, Jan Ole Gerster, Michael Gwisdek, Jella Haase, Fritzi Charlotte Sieben Haberlandt, Monika Hansen-Sander, Corinna Harfouch, Leander (Kaufmännische Geschäftsführung), Haußmann, André M. Hennicke, Hannah Herzsprung, Jutta Hoffmann, Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Louis Hofmann, Henry Hübchen, Sandra Hüller, Dr. Thomas Oberender Hannes Jaenicke, Odine Johne, Sibel Kekilli, Friederike Kempter, Burghart Klaußner, Herbert Knaup, Hanno Koffler, Juliane Köhler, Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Frederick Lau, Staatsministerin Alina Levshin, Enrico Lo Verso, Heike Makatsch, Jacob Matschenz, Ulrich Prof. Monika Grütters MdB Matthes, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Ursela Monn, Antoine Monot, Armin Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRG Nr. 96 · HRB 29357 Page 1 of 2 USt ID DE 136 78 27 46 Press Release Mueller-Stahl, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Wanja Mues, Jannis Niewöhner, Ulrich Noethen, Christiane Paul, Christian Petzold, Max Riemelt, Oskar Roehler, Andrea Sawatzki, James Schamus, Clemens Schick, Tom Schilling, Jenny Schily, Sebastian Schipper, Volker Schlöndorff, Maria Schrader, Emilia Schüle, Jannik Schümann, Marie-Lou Sellem, Robert Stadlober, Lilith Stangenberg, Jasmin Tabatabai, Aylin Tezel, Anna Thalbach, Rosalie Thomass, Antje Traue, Ludwig Trepte, Jördis Triebel, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Tom Tykwer, Justus von Dohnányi, Rosa von Praunheim, Nora von Waldstätten, Franziska Weisz, Wim Wenders, Lavinia Wilson, Ai Weiwei, Johanna Wokalek, Tang Yan, Roland Zehrfeld, as well as many others. Press Office February 8, 2017 Page 2 of 2 .