Casey Affleck’s ‘Light of My Life,’ a post-apocalyptic drama about a father raising a daughter in a society without women, will have its world premiere in the festival sidebar.
The Berlin International Film Festival on Monday unveiled the titles for this year’s Panorama sidebar, announcing the final films that will make up the upcoming edition.
Casey Affleck’s Light of My Life, a post-apocalyptic drama about a father raising a daughter in a society without women, will have its world premiere in the festival sidebar, whose 2019 slate features a typical mix of the international art house and politically themed dramas that have come to exemplify the Panorama.
The final lineup added a handful of new titles, including the Cuban drama On the Starting Line from director Aldemar Matias, the Korean neo-noir Idol from helmer Lee Su-jin and the docudrama Normal – Italy from filmmaker Adele Tullis, which examines gender roles in modern-day society.
Other highlights, previously announced, include Mid-90s, actor Jonah Hill’s directorial debut; Guy Nattiv’s neo-Nazi drama Skin, starring Jamie Bell; and A Dog Called Money, a documentary from award-winning photographer Seamus Murphy about seminal British pop musician PJ Harvey. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael, Rob Garver’s doc about the legendary New Yorker film critic, will have its European premiere in the Panorama section, as will The Souvenir, a period drama from Archipelago director Joanna Hogg that features the mother-daughter acting duo of Tilda Swinton and newcomer Honor Swinton-Byrne. Read more
