Jessica Chastain, Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton and Marion Cotillard were among the first wave of guest stars confirmed for the 75th edition of the Berlinale at a press conference on Tuesday.
Chastain will arrive at the festival as co-star of Michel Franco's Golden Bear dreamsWhile Whishaw and Rebecca Hall will attend with Ira Sutch Peter Hogar Daywhich plays in Panorama's competitive sidebar Sevigny is the star of another Panorama title, Magic farm By Amalia Ullmann.
Cotillard leads the cast of Lucille Hadzihalilović's The Golden Lion Ice tower In the role of the mysterious star in a production of The Snow Queen, who charms a young runaway.
Other confirmed guests include Archie Madekwe, who co-stars at the Berlinale Special Gala Lurking; Rose Byrne, who tops the list of Golden Bear nominees If I had ties I'd kick you and Lars Edinger, who leads the Berlinale opening film crew a light.
The festival said it will unveil a more complete guest list on February 4, leaving questions about what other stars it has films in its selection – such as Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley in Blue moN: Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17Timothy Chamalet in Completely anonymous; Emma Mackey and Vicky Cripps Hot milkAnd Yaqoub Al-Wardi in The narrow road to the far south – He will travel to Berlin in February.
