A jury led by Indian-born American director M Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) will hand out the Golden and Silver Bear trophies at a gala ceremony in the German capital on Feb 16.

Seven of the movies vying for awards were made by women directors, including the first entry from a Southeast Asian female filmmaker, Kamila Andini of Indonesia.

The sidebar section, Berlinale Special, features mainly genre movies and documentaries.

Here are the titles, production countries, directors and stars.

• “A E I O U – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe” (A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love), Germany/France, by Nicolette Krebitz with Sophie Rois and Udo Kier
• “Alcarras”, Spain/Italy, by Carla Simon with Jordi Pujol Dolcet
• “Avec amour et acharnement” (Both Sides of the Blade), France, by Claire Denis with Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon
• “Rimini”, Austria/France/Germany, by Ulrich Seidl with Michael Thomas
• “Call Jane”, US, by Phyllis Nagy with Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver
• “Drii Winter” (A Piece of Sky), Switzerland/Germany, by Michael Koch with Michele Brand
• “Everything Will Be Ok”, France/Cambodia, by Rithy Panh (documentary)
• “La ligne” (The Line), Switzerland/France/Belgium, by Ursula Meier with Stephanie Blanchoud and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• “Leonora Addio”, Italy, by Paolo Taviani with Fabrizio Ferracane
• “Les passagers de la nuit” (The Passengers of the Night), France, by Mikhael Hers with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Emmanuelle Beart
• “Nana” (Before, Now & Then), Indonesia, by Kamila Andini with Happy Salma
• “Peter von Kant”, France, by Francois Ozon with Denis Menochet, Isabelle Adjani and Hanna Schygulla (opening film)
• “Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush” (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush), Germany/France, by Andreas Dresen with Meltem Kaptan and Alexander Scheer
• “Robe of Gems”, Mexico/Argentina/US, by Natalia Lopez Gallardo with Nailea Norvind (debut film)
• “So-seol-ga-ui Yeong-hwa” (The Novelist’s Film), South Korea, by Hong Sang-soo with Lee Hye-young and Kim Min-hee
• “Un ano, una noche” (One Year, One Night), Spain/France, by Isaki Lacuesta with Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Noemie Merlant
• “Un ete comme ca” (That Kind of Summer), Canada, by Denis Cote with Larissa Corriveau and Aude Mathieu
• “Yin Ru Chen Yan” (Return to Dust), China, by Li Ruijun with Wu Renlin and Hai Qing

Berlinale Special

• “Against the Ice”, Iceland/Denmark, by Peter Flinth with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole
• “A propos de Joan” (About Joan), France/Germany/Ireland, by Laurent Lariviere with Isabelle Huppert and Lars Eidinger
• “Gangubai Kathiawadi”, India, by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Alia Bhatt
• “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”, Britain, by Sophie Hyde with Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack
• “Incroyable mais vrai” (Incredible But True), France/Belgium, by Quentin Dupieux with Lea Drucker and Benoit Magimel
• “Der Passfaelscher” (The Forger), Germany/Luxembourg, by Maggie Peren with Louis Hofmann
• “Occhiali neri” (Dark Glasses), Italy/France, by Dario Argento with Ilenia Pastorelli and Asia Argento
• “The Outfit”, US, by Graham Moore with Mark Rylance
• “1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am” (1341 Frames of Love and War), Israel/Britain/US, by Ran Tal World (documentary)
• “Eine deutsche Partei” (A German Party), Germany, by Simon Brueckner (documentary)
• “Le chene” (Heart of Oak), France, by Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux (documentary)
• “Nest”, Denmark/Iceland, by Hlynur Palmason with Ida Mekkin Hlynsdottir
• “Nothing Lasts Forever”, US, by Jason Kohn (documentary)
• “Terminal norte” (North Terminal), Argentina, by Lucrecia Martel
• “This Much I Know To Be True”, Britain, by Andrew Dominik with Nick Cave (documentary)