Official: Filth and Wisdom World Premiere the Berlinale

A new press release issued by the Press Office of the Berlinale finally confirms Madonna’s Filth And Wisdom having its World Premiere at the festival in Berlin next year:

Next to renowned directors like Laetitia Masson, Brad Anderson or Lucia Murat, newcomers like Javier Gutierrez from Spain or Ozgür Yildirim from Germany will present their works in the Panorama 2008. Music star Madonna will give her directorial debut alongside the works of underground star Bruce LaBruce and Teddy winner 2007, Zero Chou from Taiwan.

Thirteen films give a first lively glimpse of this year’s world cinema creations. From the start, it has been the mission of the Panorama to discover films for the cinema programme of the coming arthouse season and to provide the market with inspiration. In 2008, documentaries will again make a strong showing: from a total of 50 full-length films approximately one third will be documentaries.

During the Berlinale, more than 20,000 moviegoers will again participate in the Panorama Audience Awards, which are to be presented on February 17, 2008.

The Panorama Dokumente and the complete programme of feature films will be announced in January. So far the following films have been confirmed for the Main Programme and the Panorama Special:

• Boy A by John Crowley, UK

• Chiko by Ozgür Yildirim, Germany (World Premiere)

• Coupable by Laetitia Masson, France (World Premiere)

• Eskalofrio by Isidro Ortiz, Spain (World Premiere)

• Filth And Wisdom by Madonna, UK (World Premiere)

with Stephen Graham, Richard E. Grant, Eugene Hutz

• Jas Sum Od Titov Vesles (I am from Titov Veles ) by Teona Strugar Mitevska, Macedonia

• Maré, Nossa história de amor (Mare, Our Love Story ) by Lucia Murat, Brasil

• Megane by Naoko Ogigami, Japan

• Otto or up with dead people by Bruce LaBruce, Germany/Canada (World Premiere)

• Piao Lang Chi Ge (Drifting Flowers ) by Zero Chou, Taiwan (World Premiere)

• The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Iceland (World Premiere)

• Transsiberian by Brad Anderson, UK/Germany/Spain

• Tres días (Before Fall ) by Javier Gutierrez, Spain (World Premiere)

Source: Berlinale Press Office.