Film Festivals

Posted: Mon., Feb. 4, 2002, 7:44pm PT

Spacey doc will receive Berlin special screening

'Frank,' 'Birds,' 'World,' 'Dictator,' 'Monsoon' included

Five documentaries and one feature will be presented as special screenings in the official program of the 52nd annual Berlin Intl. Film Festival.

Among these is "Uncle Frank," the first docu produced by Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Prods. Pic is the story of TV journalist Matthew Ginsberg as he accompanies his 85-year-old great uncle on a tour of old people's homes in New York.

Also screening is "The Traveling Birds," a doc about wild bird migration by Jacques Perrin; the Italian doc "Another World Is Possible," about the events surrounding the G-8 summit in Geneva; "The Tramp and the Dictator," a film about the making of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator"; and "Bellaria -- solange wir leben!," a film about the devotees of a small repertory cinema in Vienna.

The sole feature is "Monsoon Wedding," directed by and presented in honor of Berlinale jury president Mira Nair.

Contact Dana Harris at dana.harris@variety.com

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