Berlin festival combines Streep with global sweep

31 January 2012 4:38 PM, PST | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »

A new movie from Billy Bob Thornton and a turn as Marie Antoinette by Diane Kruger will rub shoulders with offerings from Asia to Africa at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.

Organizers on Tuesday presented the program for the event, the first of the year's major European film festivals, which runs Feb. 9-19.

Outside the main competition, highlights include Meryl Streep being honored for her lifetime achievement; Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, the Bosnian war movie In the Land of Blood and Honey; and documentaries and discussions on the Arab world in the wake of the past year's upheaval.

"There are a lot of films in this festival about changes happening in the world," festival director Dieter Kosslick said.

The competition for the festival's top Golden Bear award opens with French director Benoit Jacquot's Farewell My Queen, a drama centering on the drama inside the queen's palace as the French Revolution broke out, »

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