siberian director abel for a sense acts a body willem dafoe on a voyage of discovery into his own subconscious and oscar winning italian actor roberta benny will be in town for the premiere of a blind action remake of pinocchio. they are going to do it is the christian. british actress helen mirren will receive the honorary golden bear for lifetime achievement but another guest can enjoy her performances in films like the long good friday and the queen. another oscar winner is president of the jury british actor jeremy irons her granddaughter to the mainstream is provided by the animated disney film on work. which examines the problems of teenage elves. looks like a lot of different and intriguing movies in store this is festival i'm joined from downtown berlin heart of the festival by. david let's talk about the opening film my salinger year starring sigourney weaver of course 1st of all tell us a bit by ourselves. well my salinger year is based on a memoir by the author joanna rakoff her story is that as a young woman hoping to become a poet she moved to new york city that was in the ninety'

this year has been more star studded than last year people are still looking forward to seeing willem dafoe in the coming days but tonight it'll be a little bit more low key and a great place to be if you're a film fan obviously as well porter i mean as if on the red carpet at the barely nala for us thanks very much. you're watching news coming up next is shifts i'll be back with more news in headlines at the top of the hour thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore the world heritage sites. t.w. world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. w.'s crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season.

definitely the headliner of the festival in the next coming days we're going to see the likes of willem dafoe out here but tonight is really about some films that were highly anticipated despite the fact that they don't have any big hollywood or european stars in them so this was really an arthouse night if you could say and in terms of films on me and what's in store tonight well we have a big french director out hill out here filipe filipe. sorry about that he's well known to people who know the french new wave cinema he worked along with people like. 34 you didn't rise to their level but if you know french new wave cinema you probably know his name so those people out here want to see his film the salt of cheers. also filmed in black and white really sticking to that new wave is that i mean your french is a lot better than mine don't worry i mean to see if the latest on the barely not today thank you. well it's one of the biggest and brightest events on brazil's social calendar the rio carnival has officially gotten underway with thousands turning out in the city's santa teresa district fo