First eight films have been confirmed to compete for Golden Bear
of the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, the organizers
announced on Monday.
The films are from China, Brazil, Mexico, Britain, the United
States, Poland and Germany.
Among others, Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, who won Silver
Bear with Beijing Bicycle in 2001, will this time present Zuo
You (In Love We Trust) in the upcoming festival.
The film tells a story that the mother of a child who has cancer
wants to save her firstborn and resorts to unusual measures. Liu
Weiwei, Zhang Jiayu and Yu Nan play the leading roles.
According to the organizers, Golden Bear winner Paul Thomas
Anderson from the U.S. will present There Will Be
Blood.
The film recounts the remarkable story of an unsuccessful silver
miner who rises to become a U.S. oil magnate in the early 20th
century.
The selection for the competition program of the festival will
be completed by mid-January 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency December 11, 2007)