selection is completely online this year due to the corona virus pandemic let's get the lowdown with scott roxborough who's joining us from culture scott any surprise announcements here. well i mean the surprise i guess is that how many announce it was done i mean this is the 1st time that the better now has made their famous competition announcement online that they live streamed the announcement because of course we are locked down here in germany and it would be impossible to have a public press conference in terms of the the films that were picked particularly for competition this year it's sort of well the kind of things that we're used to seeing from berlin some very interesting movies new movies from german director maria hsia from. famous french art house director hong kong. one of my favorite directors but very much on the sort of hardcore art house side which really is sort of known for but is definitely has its fan base and old as a worldwide fan base sadly they will be able to come to berlin this year. but you know it's known for art house of course as you mentioned but there are a couple

of that the lowdown with scott roxborough who's joining us from culture scott any surprise announcements here. well i mean the surprise i guess is that how the announce it was done i mean this is the 1st time that the better now has made their famous competition announcement online that they live streamed the announcement because of course we are locked down here in germany and it would be impossible to have a public press conference in terms of the the films that were picked particularly for competition this year it's sort of what kind of things that we're used to seeing from bill in some very interesting movies new movies from german director maria hsia from a. famous french artist director hong kong who one of my favorite directors but very much on the sort of hardcore art house side which really is sort of known for but is definitely has its fan base and all those a worldwide fan base sadly they will be able to come to berlin this year. but you know it's known for art house of course as you mentioned but there are a couple of hollywood movies in the lineup so tell us more about that.