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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Berlin film festival announces eclectic lineup including Rooney Mara, Stephen Fry and Gael García Bernal

Swansong … leadership duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian are bowing out after the 74th Berlin film festival.
Swansong … leadership duo Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian are bowing out after the 74th Berlin film festival. Photograph: Liesa Johannssen/Reuters

Colombian cocaine hippos, a Star Wars parody set in northern France and an unlikely father-daughter pairing of Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham all feature in an eclectic lineup at this year’s Berlin film festival, which was unveiled on Monday.

The 74th edition of the 10-day Berlinale will open on 15 February with the world premiere of Small Things Like These, based on Irish author Clare Keegan’s bestselling historical novel. Adapted to the big screen by Enda Walsh, the film sees Cillian Murphy reuniting with Belgian director Tim Mielants, who directed the third series of Peaky Blinders.

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