Berlin International Film Festival: 2023 Competition line-up announced

The 18 films that are set to compete for the Golden and Silver Bears at the 73^rd Berlinale have been unveiled. Productions from 19 countries are represented and 15 films are world premieres. Six films were directed by women and 11 filmmakers have been at the festival before, eight in competition. Three of the films in the Competition programme are debuts.

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival will take place from 16-26 February.

The line-up features:

20.000 especies de abejas / 20,000 Species of Bees (Spain, dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren)

Bai Ta Zhi Guang / The Shadowless Tower (China, dir. Zhang Lu)

Bis ans Ende der Nacht / Till the End of the Night (Germany, dir. Christoph Hochhäusler)

BlackBerry (Canada, dir. Matt Johnson)

Disco Boy (France/Italy/Belgium/Poland, dir. Giacomo Abbruzzese)

Le Grand Chariot / The Plough (France/Switzerland, dir. Philippe Garrel)

Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste / Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (Switzerland/Austria/Germany/Luxembourg, dir. Margarethe von Trotta)

Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen / Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything (Germany, dir. Emily Atef)

Limbo (Australia, dir. Ivan Sen)

Mal Viver / Bad Living (Portugal/France, dir. Joao Canijo)

Manodrome (UK/US, dir. John Trengove)

Music (Germany/France/Serbia, dir. Angela Schanelec)

Past Lives (US, dir. Celine Song)

Roter Himmel / Afire (Germany, dir. Christian Petzold)

Sur l’Adamant / On the Adamant (France/Japan, dir. Nicolas Philibert)

The Survival of Kindness (Australia, dir. Rolf de Heer)

Suzume (Japan, dir. Makoto Shinkai)

Totém (Mexico/Denmark/France, dir. Lila Avilés)