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Other filmmakers taking part include Brad Bird, James Gray and Jesse Eisenberg.

Rob Bonta said Paramount leaked news of the talks. The studio has denied the claim.

It features 10 up-and-coming actors, writers, writer-directors and producers.

The competition titles include new films by Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Lee Chang-dong, Hirokazu Koreeda, Werner Herzog and May el-Toukhy.

Giovanni Veronesi's 'Dio Ride' will close out the festival on September 2.

Berlin Jury grid | Screen

Winners included 'Fruit Gathering', 'The Guest' and 'A Happy Family'.

Clooney said of the award: "It also probably means I'm old, but I'll take it."

Lionel Corral and Lionel Corral Bernal play versions of themselves in the film.

The film follows a teenage Senegalese asylum seeker crosses paths with a 40-year-old Cypriot woman quietly trying to rebuild her life.