The 58th Berlin Film Festival opened Thursday evening with a gala featuring the world premiere of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese’s concert movie about the legendary pop group Rolling Stones.
Scorsese and Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are in Berlin to attend this big event. This also marked the first time the Berlin Film Festival being opened with a documentary film.
“Films with music or musicians at their center are the most important ingredient of this year’s festival,” said Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick said.
Apart from Scorsese’s documentary, the queen of pop Madonna’s directorial film debut, Filth and Wisdom, will also have its premiere at the festival.
During the 10-day film festival, one of the world’s top three of its kind, about 400 films are to be screened in different sections.
The jury which will announce the winners at a ceremony on February 16 will be presided by Greek-born director Constantin Costa-Gavras, and include famed Taiwanese actress Shu Qi.
