Adam Sandler’s ‘Spaceman’ & Riley Keough-Jesse Eisenberg Pic ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Set For Berlinale Specials Line-Up
The Berlinale has announced the first seven productions, including one series, to be invited to the Berlinale Specials strand of its 74th edition running from February 15 to 25, 2024.
The line-up will include the world premiere of Johan Renck’s sci-fi drama Spaceman starring Adam Sandler as an astronaut on a lone space mission.
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The drama, also featuring Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Dano in the cast, goes on worldwide release on Netflix on March 1, 2024
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There will also be international premieres for David and Nathan Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset, with Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner and Christophe Zajac-Denek, which is due to world premiere at Sundance.
Atom Egoyan’s TIFF-selected Seven Veils, featuring Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky in the cast, is also in the line-up.
“We are happy to celebrate these films along with the great performances of Amanda Seyfried, Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry, Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. And we are especially looking forward to welcoming back Carey Mulligan to Berlin, and, for the first time, Adam Sandler, representing Johan Renck’s Spaceman,” said Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian
The festival said the complete Berlinale Specials line-up will showcase 20 titles, which are due to be finalized by mid-January.
The first titles announced for Berlinale Specials
Cuckoo
Dir. Tilman Singer | with Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás, Jan Bluthardt
Germany 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Dostoevskij (Dostoevsky)
Dirs. Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo | with Filippo Timi, Gabriel Montesi, Carlotta Gamba, Federico Vanni
Italy 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Series
Sasquatch Sunset
Dirs. David & Nathan Zellner | with Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek
U.S. 2024
Berlinale Special | International premiere
Seven Veils
Dir. Atom Egoyan | with Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Canada 2023
Berlinale Special Gala | International premiere
Spaceman
Dir. Johan Renck | with Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini, Paul Dan
U.S. 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Treasure
Dir. Julia von Heinz | with Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Germany, France 2024
Berlinale Special Gala | World premiere
Wu Suo Zhu (Abiding Nowhere)
Dir. Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan, U.S. 2024
Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary Form
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