Berlin Forum eshews mainstream fare

February 09, 2007 With a line-up that features a Bollywood gangster film ("Don"), a Serbian film-noir ("The Trap") and a World Cup documentary from the perspective of someone who never got to play ("Subsitute"), you know this year's Forum isn't making any claims to be a feast of mainstream crowd pleasers. Forum director Christoph Terhechte also points out that 24 of the 40 films that screened in the Berlinale sidebar last year found theatrical distribution in Germany. Another Forum film generating heat is "Shotgun Stories," from first-timer Jeff Nichols, a bare-bones portrayal of alcoholism, poverty and violence in rural Arkansas.

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