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Berlin Film Festival to open in German capital

The president of the International Jury of the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival Meryl Streep, center, poses with jury members Lars Eidinger, left, and Clive Owen for a photo on the eve of the film festival in Berlin, Wednesday

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Thu, February 11, 2016 Published on Feb. 11, 2016 Published on 2016-02-11T17:02:23+07:00

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The president of the International Jury of the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival Meryl Streep, center, poses with jury members Lars Eidinger, left, and Clive Owen for a photo on the eve of the film festival in Berlin, Wednesday. (AP/Markus Schreiber) The president of the International Jury of the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival Meryl Streep, center, poses with jury members Lars Eidinger, left, and Clive Owen for a photo on the eve of the film festival in Berlin, Wednesday. (AP/Markus Schreiber) (AP/Markus Schreiber)

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span class="caption">The president of the International Jury of the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival Meryl Streep, center, poses with jury members Lars Eidinger, left, and Clive Owen for a photo on the eve of the film festival in Berlin, Wednesday. (AP/Markus Schreiber)

The Berlin International Film Festival is opening in the German capital '€”the first of the year's major European movie festivals '€” with Meryl Streep presiding over the jury that will choose the winners.

The festival opens Thursday with the Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" Stars include George Clooney and Josh Brolin. The comedy is screening out of competition.

Eighteen movies are in contention for the Golden Bear prize at the festival which is in its 66th edition this year and runs Feb. 11-21.

It's hard to pin down any single overarching theme, but festival director Dieter Kosslick said recently that many movies at this year's event address "the search for happiness" and "migration in the world in very varying forms." (kes)(+)

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