Films by Jesse Eisenberg, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Sandler, and Carey Mulligan are among the Berlin Specials lineup.

 Films by Jesse Eisenberg, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Sandler, and Carey Mulligan are among the Berlin Specials lineup. News 

Highlights of the Berlinale Special include Johan Renck's sci-fi drama 'Spaceman,' starring Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan; David and Nathan Zellner's 'Sasquatch Sunset,' starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough; and Julia von Heinz's 'Treasure,' starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry.

Highlights of the Berlinale Special include Johan Renck's sci-fi drama 'Spaceman,' starring Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan; David and Nathan Zellner's 'Sasquatch Sunset,' starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough; and Julia von Heinz's 'Treasure,' starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry.

A world premiere as a Berlinale Specials gala will also take place for Treasure (also known as Iron Box), the 90-set English-language feature from German director Julia von Heinz (And Tomorrow The Entire World), which stars Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry as a neurotic businesswoman who takes her father, a Holocaust survivor, on a journey to Poland to make sense of her family's past.

Other Berlinale Specials titles included the documentary Abiding Nowhere, directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang (Stray Dogs), which starred Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, and Jessica Henwick; Cuckoo, a film by German director Tilman Singer starring Hunter Schafer; and Dostoevsky, an Italian crime series based on the works of the great Russian writer and produced by the D'Innocenzo brothers (Bad Tales, Boys Cry).

Berlin also revealed a number of films for its Generations program of kid-friendly and youth films, including the debut feature The Major Tones by Argentine filmmaker Ingrid Pokropek, the film Who by Fire from Canadian director Philippe Lesage, and Elbow from German director Aslı Özarslan (full list below).

Not to mention, Berlin unveiled its official 2024 posters. The vivid red and blue graphics, created by Berlin-based graphic artist Claudia Schramke, feature close-ups of Berlin's famous Bear's paws, mouth, eyes, and ears.

The picture is intended to evoke a "attentive, open and approachable bear," which serves as a symbol for the Berlin festival as "an open place for our audience and the film industry," according to Berlinale executive director Mariëtte Rissenbeek.

Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave, Black Panther) will serve as the head of the competition jury for the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. Berlinale 74 takes place from February 15–25, 2024.

Berlinale Special Galas:

 Cuckoo

 by Tilman Singer, starring Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csókás, Jessica Henwick, Dan Stevens, and Hunter Schafer

Germany 2024 Berlin Special Gala | First-ever worldwide

Dostoevskij (Dostoevsky)

 by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo, featuring Federico Vanni, Carlotta Gamba, Filippo Timi, and Gabriel Montesi

Italy 2024 Berlin Classic | First in the world | TV series

David & Nathan Zellner's Sasquatch Sunset, starring Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, and Christophe Zajac-Denek, will have its international premiere at the 2024 Berlinle Special.

Atom Egoyan's Seven Veils, starring Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, and Michael Kupfer-Radecky, will have its international premiere at the 2023 Berlinle Special Gala in Canada.

Johan Renck's Spaceman, starring Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Adam Sandler, Isabella Rossellini, and Kunal Nayyar

USA 2024 Berlin Special Gala | First-ever worldwide

Julia von Heinz's Treasure, starring Zbigniew Zamachowski, Stephen Fry, and Lena Dunham

Germany/France 2024 Berlin Special Gala | First-ever worldwide

World premiere in documentary form, Wu Suo Zhu (Abiding Nowhere) by Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan / USA 2024 Berlinle Special

Titles for Generations: "Beurk! 

Comme le feu (Who by Fire) by Philippe Lesage, starring Paul Ahmara, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon, Antoine Parker, Aureʁlia Arandi-Longpré, and Arieh Worthalter2024 France/Canada Generation 14+ | Global premierere

With Roser Rendon Ena, Rasvely Lissette Donaire Restituyo, Yaneys Cabrera Ramírez, Leisam Ramos Rodríguez, and Ana Barja, Cura sana by Lucía G. Romero

Spain 2024 | World premiere | Short film | Generation 14+

Disco Afrika: une histoire malgache (Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story) by Luck Razanajaona, featuring Drwina Razafimahaleo, Jérôme Oza, Parista Sambo, and Laurette Ramasinjanahary

France, Madagascar, Germany, Mauritius, South Africa, Qatar 2023 | European premiere | First motion picture

Aslı Özarslan's Ellbogen (Elbow), featuring Medine Karadeniz, Doğa Gürer, Jale Arikan, Haydar Şahin, and Orhan Kiliç

2024 Germany, Turkey, and France: Generation 14+ first-ever worldwide

Mascha Halberstad's Fox and Hare Save the Forest features Rob Rackstraw, Dan Skinner, Jamie Quinn, Teresa Galagher, and Sarah Madigan.

Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg Animation | World premiere | 202 Generation Kplus

Caroline Cavalcanti's Lapso (Lapse), starring Beatriz Oliveira, Juan Queiroz, Dora Rosa, and Thayanne Lima

Brazil 2023 | European premiere | Generation 14+ | Short film

by Ingrid Pokropek | featuring Sofía Clausen, Pablo Seijo, Lina Ziccarello, Mercedes Halfon, and Santiago Ferreira† Los tonos mayores (The Major Tones)

Argentina / Spain 2023 Generation Kplus | World premiere | First motion picture

Warda Mohamed's Muna, starring Kosar Ali, Raha Isse Farah, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Ahmed Nur, and Meena Mohamed, is a short film that premiered internationally in 2023 and was directed by Mohamed.

Obraza (Resentment | Ressentiment) by Gleb Osatinski USA / Lithuania 2023 Generation 14plus | World premiere | Short film starring Vladyslav Baliuk, Sergey Zdoronkov, Liudmila Gnatenko, Ariana Rimkutė, and Vaidotas Martinaitis

Porzellan (Porcelain) by Annika Birgel, starring Niklas Leifert, Liv Heleen Haack, and Nell Marie Haack

Germany 2024 Generation Kplus | First worldwide screening of a short film

Germany 2024 Generation Kplus | World premiere of Sieger Sein (Winners) by Soleen Yusef, starring Dileyla Agirman, Andreas Döhler, Sherine Ciara Merai, Samira Hamieh, and Fatima Hamieh

Dina Naser's short film, Sukoun (Amplified), features Malak Nassar, Suhad Khatib, Nadeem Al-Rimawi, and Hanna Wardeh Jordan from Egypt's 2024 Generation Kplus. It was premiered globally.