Berlin Film Festival Completes Official Roster, Adds River Phoenix Film 'Dark Blood'

The Berlin Film Festival has rounded out the official lineup, with 24 films in the program. Of those, 19 will compete for Golden and Silver Bears. Titles added to the previously announced films include the late River Phoenix's last film, Dark Blood, and Richard Linklater's Before Midnight, both screening out of competition, and David Gordon Greene's Prince Avalanche in competition. Prince Avalanche and Before Midnight are premiering in Sundance. Berlin runs from February 7-17. The full list of additions is below:

Before Midnight
USA/Greece
By Richard Linklater
With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
International Premiere / out of competition

Dark Blood
The Netherlands
By George Sluizer
With River Phoenix (' 1993), Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce, Karen Black
International Premiere / out of competition

Dolgaya Schastlivaya Zhizn (A Long And Happy Life)
Russian Federation
By Boris Khlebnikov
With Alexander Yatsenko, Eugene Sitiy, Anna Kotova
World Premiere

Night Train To Lisbon
Germany/Switzerland/Portugal
By Bille August
With Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck, August Diehl, Christopher Lee, Charlotte Rampling
World Premiere / out of competition

Prince Avalanche
USA
By David Gordon Green
With Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch
International Premiere

Uroki Garmonii (Harmony Lessons)
Kazakhstan/Germany
By Emir Baigazin
With Timur Aidarbekov, Aslan Anarbayev, Mukhtar Andassov
World Premiere

Vic+Flo Ont Vu Un Ours (Vic+Flo Saw A Bear)
Canada
By Denis Côté
With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin
World Premiere

W Imi'' (In The Name Of)
Poland
By Ma'go'ka Szumowska
With Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Ko'ciukieiwcz
World Premiere

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