Overview
- Markus Schleinzer's competition film Rose follows a woman who passes as a soldier shortly after the Thirty Years' War and seeks a place in a German village.
- Hüller said she wore a corset, trousers and an artificial penis for the role and that the experience clarified for her how male bodies move.
- This year's festival features 277 films from 80 countries, with 22 titles vying for the Golden and Silver Bears under a jury led by Wim Wenders before awards on February 21.
- Projects backed by the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung are visible across sections, including Angela Schanelec's Meine Frau weint and Marie Wilke's Forum title Szenario about the Schnöggersburg training site.
- Eva Trobisch's Etwas ganz Besonderes is in competition with 18-year-old Leipzig actor Frieda Hohnemann in the lead.