Brillante Mendoza‘s film called Captive has been chosen to compete in the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Formerly called Prey, the film stars French actress Isabelle Huppert, Sid Lucero, and Angel Aquino, among others. The said film fest will take place in Germany from February 9 to 19, 2012.
The Berlin International Film Festival has just announced the first five films lined up for the Competition and five more for the Berlinale Special.
Update: The Berlinale's also announced that the members of the International Jury, presided over by Mike Leigh, will be Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa.