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February 11, 2021 Among the fifteen films in competition there is no Italy, a lot of Germany, a little bit of France and some splashes of the Orient, but in the Special section of the Berlinale 2021, presented this morning by the director Mariette Rissenbeek and the artistic director Carlo Chatrian, there is the Pietro Marcello documentary "Per Lucio", portrait of the artist Lucio Dalla through public and private repertory materials.
In the Forum section, announced yesterday, Fabrizio Ferraro's film "La veduta bright", a story of the journey of a strange couple, a director and the assistant of an absent producer, who leaves Rome to reach Tübingen, in the Black Forest, in search of the places of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin.
Returning to the 'reduced' competition of this singular edition of the festival - which this year will make use of a double appointment: the first set from 1 March to 5 March, entirely online dedicated to the press and operators in the sector, the second in presence for the public from 9 to 20 June -, five German films, including "Next door" directorial debut by Daniel Brühl.
There will also be three French operas, including one by Céline Sciamma, "Petite maman" starring two eight-year-olds and also the brilliant Korean Hong Song-Soo with "Introduction".
"This is a work partially shot in Berlin - said Chatrian - starring a young man who tries to find the path of his desires".
But even more surprises come from the Berlinale Special section, eleven titles from ten different countries, with films such as "The Mauritanian", thriller with Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch and "French Exit" with Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.
Also scheduled at Special, the Canadian director Lina Roessler who brings to the Berlinale "Best seller" starring Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza and then another director, the American Natalie Morales with "Language lessons".
In addition to the competition, the Spanish-German actor Daniel Brül is also worthy of note, taking on his first direction in "Next door".
At Encounters, a new section introduced in 2020, there is the Canadian Denis Côté with "Hygiène sociale".
On the division between the Industry Event and the so-called Summer Special, Rissenbeek is keen to say: "We want to organize a big party for cinema fans in June, once again enchant the public and offer them a feast for the senses" The digital edition for the film and press industry - he adds - it will be just a taste "of the celebrations that will follow".
Finally, for Italy, also worth mentioning is "Human factors", a reflection on the crisis of the modern family in our hyper-mediated world, which will be presented in the Panorama section.
The film is by the Bolzano director Ronny Trocker, which already had a virtual premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.