Berlin – Today kicks off the 66th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, which zeroes in on the challenges emigration and the pursuit of happiness. In the jury, chaired by Meryl Streep, there is also Florentine actress Alba Rohrwacher (whose father is German). There is only one Italian film competing with another 18 works of art: the documentary film Fuocoammare by Gianfranco Rosi, winner of the Golden Lion in Venice for Sacro Gra. Many international artists are expected on the red carpet, including Isabelle Huppert, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Kirsten Dunst, Jude Law, Gerard Depardieu, Helena Bonham Carter (for television series Love, Nina), Emma Thompson, Angela Bassett, John Cusack, and Samuel L. Jackson. (9Colonne)
