Justin Kurzel’s Jacob Elordi Series Joins Berlinale Lineup

The Berlin Film Festival has confirmed that Bong Joon Ho’s Robert Pattinson movie “Mickey 17” will play at the festival, in the Berlinale Special section, alongside a new – and equally glitzy — addition, Justin Kurzel‘s series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” starring Jacob Elordi.

Variety first reported last week that “Mickey 17” would have its international premiere at Berlinale.

“The Narrow Road of the Deep North” will world premiere at the festival. Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel, the highly anticipated series stars Elordi as a celebrated World War II hero who is haunted by his experiences in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and memories of an affair that took place just before the war.

Also joining the Berlinale Special roster is “The Thing with Feathers,” Dylan Southern’s film starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Richard Boxall. The movie, which will have its European premiere at the fest, revolves around a young father whose hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him following the death of his wife.

World premieres slated for Berlinale Special include Min Kyu-dong’s “The Old Woman With the Knife” and Anna Muylaert’s “The Best Mother in the World.”

In keeping with its commitment to fighting against racism and antisemitism through its selections, the Berlinale will also host a special screening of “Shoah,” Claude Lanzmann’s monumental Holocaust film which first came out in 1985 and was made over a period of 12 years from interviews filmed around the globe with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators.

Lanzmann’s “Shoah” is also the subject of another film set for the Berlinale Special lineup, “All I Had Was Nothingness” by Guillaume Ribot. In his film, Ribot reveals Lanzmann’s relentless pursuit to tell of the extermination of six million Jews during the Second World War and shows unseen footage from the masterful cinematic project.

The Panorama section, meanwhile, will open with “Welcome Home Baby” by Andreas Prochaska. The sidebar will present a total of 34 films from 28 countries, including pics by Sir Isaac Julien, Ina Weisse, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay, Amalia Ulman, Jeanette Nordahl, Sébastien Betbeder and Fernando Eimbcke. A series will also feature this year, “Other People’s Money.”

The Generation section, which is dedicated to films skewing or portraying youths, will feature Brendan Canty’s “Christy” and “The Nature of Invisible Things” by Rafaela Camelo which will open the two Generation competitions. The programme comprises 18 feature-length films, 20 short films and a series, including Alissa Jung’s feature debut, as well as new movies by Zacharias Kunuk, Lucia Murat, Robin Petré and Satoko Yokohama.

As previously announced, the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival will kick off with Tom Tykwer’s “The Light.”

Berlinale’s new artistic director, Tricia Tuttle, who previously led the BFI London Film Festival during a fast-growing five-year chapter, will celebrate her first edition at the festival this year, succeeding Carlo Chatrian.