Madonna takes her bow at Berlin

December 28, 2007 Madonna's directorial debut will join indie films featuring such stars as Ben Kingsley and Moritz Bleibtreu among the 50 films in the Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama sidebar, organizers said Thursday. Japanese helmer Naoko Ogigami's "Megane," starring Ryo Kase; "Mare, Nossa historia de amor" (Mare, Our Love Story) by Brazil's Lucia Murat; and Taiwanese entry "Piao Lang Chi Ge" (Drifting Flowers) from Zero Chou, 2007 winner of the Berlinale's gay film prize the Teddy -- all the entries are European productions or co-productions. The other two big-name films on Panorama's list so far are Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian," a German-Spanish-U.K. co-production with Kingsley and Woody Harrelson, and the world premiere of first-time German director Ozgur Yildirim's "Chiko," starring Bleibtreu.

Subscribe to the Hollywood Reporter and see the entertainment industry from its best angle: the inside looking out. Complete access to real-time news and exclusive analysis that goes behind the scenes from film to television, home video to digital media.

   Subscribe now.