Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian Talks Diversity of 2024 Lineup — and How Matt Damon Helped Secure the Opener
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent For his fifth and final edition, outgoing Berlin Film Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian has assembled a promising lineup, rich in prestige, star-driven titles as well as more eclectic films containing the political elements intrinsic to the fest’s DNA. “I am very happy and proud of this year’s lineup,” Chatrian tells Variety. “I think it achieved the balance between highly anticipated titles by filmmakers who are relevant in cinema history and, as always, films that you don’t expect to find in competition.
At the same time I know that expectations can be a double-edged sword.” The 74th annual Berlinale, held Feb. 15-25, will feature such films as “La Cocina” with Rooney Mara; sci-fi drama “Another End” with Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve; and the historical drama “Small Things Like These” starring “Oppenheimer’s” Cillian Murphy.
Chatrian spoke with Variety to break down the lineup that looks to end his five-year Berlinale run with a bang. How did you pull it off? If you look at the past, we had a first edition and then the pandemic hit for two years.
Last year’s edition was praised by the press, the audience and the market. So that gave production companies like A24 [which has several titles at Berlin this year] the answers they were looking for.
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