PRESS RELEASE – Italian Cinema steps forward at the first major International appointment with a group of authors and films like we haven’t seen in a long while. Beginning with Francesco Rosi who will receive the Golden Bear for Life Achievement (already a winner in Berlin in 1962, receiving the Silver Bear award for Salvatore Giuliano) and be paid tribute with a selection of 13 of his films, from I magliari in 1959 to La tregua in 1997, which trace an important and eloquent journey through our great cinema. In competion we find "Quiet Chaos" (Caos Calmo) by Antonello Grimaldi, starring Nanni Moretti who will be in attendance, and "Heart of Fire" by Luigi Falorni, a German/Austrian co-production. Three titles have been selected for Panorama: "Sonétaula" by Salvatore Mereu, Sardinian director Ballo a tre passi, "Corazones de mujer" by Davide Sordella and Pablo Benedetti (aka K. Kosoof) and the documentary "Suddenly, Last Winter" (Improvvisamente l’inverno scorso) by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi. The Berlinale’s focus on young directors is confirmed by the selection of a rising new Italian director in Forum presenting "Motherland" (La terramadre), an “indipendent” by Nello La Marca. Young Italian cinema is also present in the Short competition section with "Giganti" by Fabio Mollo, "Impermanent" by Mario Rizzi and the animation "Teat Beat of Sex" by Signe Baumane. Anna Di Francisca’s project "Le Ragazze di Alburquerque" will participate in the Co-Production Market, and as the crowning achievement of his year of successes, Elio Germano will represent Italy at this year’s Shooting Stars ceremony, which presents the faces of future stars to the Berlinale public.

ITALIAN CINEMA AT THE 58^th BERLINALE

GOLDEN BEAR FOR LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
FRANCESCO ROSI

COMPETITION
Quiet Chaos
by Antonello Grimaldi

Feuerherz (Heart of Fire)
(Germany/Austria)
by Luigi Falorni

PANORAMA
Sonetàula
by Salvatore Mereu

Suddenly, Last Winter
by Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi

Corazones de mujer
by Davide Sordella & Pablo Benedetti (aka K.Koosof)

FORUM
Motherland
by Nello La Marca

CORTI
Giants
by Fabio Mollo

Impermanent
by Mario Rizzi

Teat Beat of Sex: Episodes 8,9,10,11
(USA/Italy)
by Signe Baumane

TRIBUTE TO FRANCESCO ROSI
I magliari (1959)
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Le mani sulla città (1963)
Il momento della verità (1964)
Uomini Contro (1971)
Il caso Mattei (1972)
Lucky Luciano (1973)
Cadaveri eccellenti/Cadavres Exquis (1976)
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979)
Tre fratelli (1981)
Carmen (1984)
Dimenticare Palermo (1990)
La tregua (1997)

BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET
Le ragazze di Albuquerque
by Anna Di Francisca
A Pixstar project

SHOOTING STAR
Elio Germano