Berlin film fest presents historical events in personal stories

The Berlin Film Festival unveiled Thursday the first entries competing at next month's Berlinale, with the batch of movies seeking to shed light on major historical events through personal and often deeply emotional stories.

One of the world's three top film festivals, Berlin festival organisers said this year's line-up of films will include entries from the US, South Korea and Germany and star a raft of big names in the movie business.

This includes America's George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon Tobey Maguire and Angelina Jolie as well as Britain's Joseph Fiennes and Australia's Cate Blanchett.