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They haven't got many world preems, today's press release only mentions Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, but that could all change – as the festival has some surprises in store for patrons (this would be a good time to bring out All Good Things into the Oscar mix) and everyone is expecting Jason Reitman to show up. We are checking his twitter status.

Presented at last year's TIFF as a soon to be lensed project, Leaves of Grass returns as a full fledged offering with Edward Norton to the power of two (see still). Tim Blake Nelson got to present his last picture as a director The Grey Zone two days after 9/11. Also in the special presentation category we find Neil Jordan's Ondine, a fantasy pic that might remind some people out there of Splash.

A little bit of fluff (Harald Zwart’s Pink Panther II), an Oscar hopeful (Stephen Daldry’s The Reader) and some prestige titles from master filmmakers who might have lost their touch and offerings from less-seasoned directors are among the world preems that have been announced in the Berlin Film Festival’s Competition and Out of Competition section).

Greetings folks! IONCINEMA.com’s editor-in-chief is coming to you LIVE from the world’s premiere film festival offering you some of the sights and sounds of the fest beginning with today’s featured film: the festival’s opener and third film from Brazil’s Fernando Meirelles.

Surprise, surprise! Last week’s misleading speculations of titles pulling out and the odd closer for the 61st edition of the Cannes film festival were indeed debunked. Soderbergh's pair of Che films (The Argentine and Guerrilla)...