Who starred in the film that opened the 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival?
48th Berlin International Film Festival The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to 22, 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film "The Boxer" by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's "The Rainmaker" was selected as the closing night film. The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian-French film "Central Station" directed by Walter Salles. The retrospective dedicated to "Siodmak Bros.", titled Siodmak Bros. Berlin – London – Paris – Hollywood was shown at the festival.
Son of Rambow Son of Rambow is a 2007 British-American-French-German comedy film written and directed by Garth Jennings. The film premiered on 22 January 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Glasgow Film Festival. The film was also shown at the 51st BFI London Film Festival. "Son of Rambow" was released in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2008 and opened in limited release in the United States on 2 May 2008. Set over a summer during the dawn of Thatcher's Britain, the film is a coming of age story about two schoolboys and their attempts to make an amateur film inspired by "First Blood".