( dpa )- The 21 films competing for the Belinale's top honours are:
- Kirschblueten - Hanami by Doris Doerrie ( Germany) with Elmar Wepper and Hannelore Elsner
- There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson ( USA) with Daniel Day-Lewis
- S.O.P. Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris ( USA)
- Happy-Go-Lucky von Mike Leigh ( Britain) with Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman , Eddie Marsan , and Samuel Roukin
- Gardens of the Night by Damian Harris ( Britain) with John Malkovich
- Elegy by Isabel Coixet ( Spain) with Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Dennis Hopper
- Julia by Erick Zonca ( France), with Tilda Swinton , Aidan Gould and Saul Rubinek
- Lady Jane by Robert Guediguian ( France) with Ariane Ascaride , Gerard Meylan and Frederique Bonnal
- Feuerherz by Luigi Falorni ( Italy) with Letekidan Micael
- Caos calmo by Antonello Grimaldi ( Italy) with Nanni Moretti and Isabella Ferrari
- Restless by Amos Kollek ( Israel) with Moshe Ivgy , Ran Danker, Karen Young, and Phyllis Sommerville
- Zou You (In Love We Trust) by Wang Xiaoshuai ( China) with Liu Weiwei , Zhang Jiayu and Yu Nan
- Sparrow by Johnny To (Hong Kong/China) with Simon Yam Tat Wah , Kelly Lin Hsi Lei, Gordon Lam Ka Tung , and Lam Suet
- Kabei ( Kabei - Our Mother) by Yoji Yamada ( Japan) with Sayuri Yoshinaga , Mitsugoro Bando and Tadanobu Asano
- Lake Tahoe by Fernando Eimbcke ( Mexico) with Diego Catano , Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara and Yemil Sefani
- Tropa de Elite (The Elite Squad) by Jose Padilha ( Brazil) with Wagner Moura , Caio Junqueira and Andre Ramiro
- Ballast by Lance Hammer ( USA) with Michael J. Smith, Jim Myron Ross, Tara Riggs
- Bam gua Nat (Night and Day) by Hong Sangsoo ( South Korea) with Kim Youngho , Park Eunhye and Hwang Soojung
- Il y a longtemps que je taime ( Ive Loved You So Long) by Philippe Claudel ( France) with Kristin Scott Thomas
- Musta Jaa (Black Ice) by Petri Kotwica ( Finland) with Outi Maenpaa , Ria Kataja , Martti Suosala and Ville Virtanen
- Avaze Gonjeshk -ha (The Song Of Sparrows) by Majid Majidi (Iran) with Reza Najie , Maryam Akbari , Kamran Dehghan and Hossein Aghazi
The five films to be screened out of competition: - Shine a Light by Martin Scorsese (USA) with The Rolling Stones
- Katyn by Andrzej Wajda ( Poland)
- Fireflies in the Garden by Dennis Lee ( USA) with Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Justin Chadwick ( Britain) with Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana
- Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry ( France) with Jack Black, Danny Glover and Mia Farrow