The new film ‘Shutter Island’ by director Martin Scorsese’s will premiere at the Berin Film Festival next February, but will not be competing for the Golden Bear prize – the best film of the Berlinale.
The organizers of the Berlinale only select 26 films for the festival’s competition lineup.
It will be Sorsese’s latest film and stars Leonardo DiCaprio.
The film – a drama ‘horror-thriller’ – is set in 1954 US where a local policeman investigates the odd disappearance of a criminally insane murderer who has escaped from a hospital hiding on a remote island.
The 2010 Berlin International Film Festival, the 60th, starts February 11th and runs until February 21st.
