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Contenders at 62nd Berlin film festival

BERLIN--The 62nd Berlinale, the first major European film festival of the year, will present its Golden Bear top prize Saturday to one of 18 contenders from around the world.

A jury led by British director Mike Leigh will present the awards at a gala ceremony starting at 1800 GMT. All the competition entries were world premieres.

Here is the complete list including the English title, director and countries where the films were produced:

“Barbara,” Christian Petzold. Germany.

“Caesar Must Die” (Cesare deve morire), Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Italy.

“Captive,” Brillante Mendoza and starring Isabelle Huppert. France/Philippines/Germany/Britain.

“Childish Games” (Dictado), Antonio Chavarrias. Spain.

“Coming Home” (A moi seule), Frederic Videau. France.

“Farewell My Queen” (Les adieux a la Reine), Benoit Jacquot, starring Diane Kruger. France/Spain. (opening film)

“Home For The Weekend,” Hans-Christian Schmid. Germany.

“Jayne Mansfield's Car,” Billy Bob Thornton and starring Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt and Kevin Bacon. Russia/United States.

“Just The Wind” (Csak a szel), Bence Fliegauf. Hungary/Germany/France.

“Mercy” (Gnade), Matthias Glasner. Germany/Norway.

“Meteora,” Spiros Stathoulopoulos. Germany/Greece.

“Postcards From The Zoo” (Kebun binatang), Edwin. Indonesia/Germany/Hong Kong/China.

“A Royal Affair” (En Kongelig Affaere), Nikolaj Arcel. Denmark/Czech Republic/Germany/Sweden.

“Sister” (L'enfant d'en haut), Ursula Meier. Switzerland/France.

“Tabu,” Miguel Gomes. Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France.

“Tey” (Aujourd'hui), Alain Gomis. France/Senegal.

“War Witch” (Rebelle), Kim Nguyen. Canada.

“White Deer Plain” (Bai lu yuan), Wang Quan'an. China.

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