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The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, offering dozens (and dozens) of world premieres across mutliple sections. By the time the festival’s Golden and Silver Bears are handed out next weekend, we’ll have a good idea as to the world cinema that will come to theaters near you (eventually, that is — some of last year’s program is just coming out Stateside now).

In the past few years, the festival has proven itself — perhaps more than it has in some time — as an excellent platform for emerging and proven talent in world cinema to debut their work. Last year’s crop ended up gaining more Oscar nominations than the 2011 Sundance Film Festival’s slate.

Among them were Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation,” Wim Wenders’ “Pina” and Michael R. Roskham’s “Bullhead,” as well as Bela Tarr’s “The Turin Horse,” Ulrich Kohler’s “Sleeping Sickness,” Ralph Fiennes’ “Coriolanus,” and Celine Sciamma’s “Tomboy.” Not bad for a festival that many felt had found itself in a threatening slump a few years prior.

So what’s likely to follow in those films’ collective footsteps this year? Hard to say. Berlin has become a festival of unexpected discovery. Few would have ever foreseen going into last year’s event that “A Separation” would end up a double Oscar nominee. Nonetheless, as we board our flights, here’s 10 of our best bets.

Bel Ami (Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, UK)
Not to the be confused with the brand of Eastern European gay porn, “Bel Ami” instead stars Robert Pattinson in another attempt to move beyond his “Twilight” fame. The period film adapted from the book by Guy de Maupassant follows a young man’s rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most powerful women (Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci). Perhaps the most star-studded offering at the fest, it could be (campy?) fun.

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Best Valentine’s Day Romantic Movie
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1. The Notebook 22%
2. Titanic 18%
3. Sleepless in Seattle 16%
4. Twilight 12%
5. Crazy Stupid Love 12%
6. The Proposal 12%
7. Valentine’s Day 9%

Dream Male Celebrity Date:
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1. George Clooney 19%
2. Johnny Depp 18%
3. Matthew McConaughey 16%
4. Ryan Gosling 7%
5. Ryan Reynolds 7%
6. Usher 8%
7. Brad Pitt 7%
8. Bradley Cooper 5%
9. Taylor Lautner 4%
10. Zac Efron 2%
11. Robert Pattinson 2%
12. Adam Levine 2%
13. Jimmy Fallon 2%

Dream Male Celebrity Date (among
gay/bi-sexual men):
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1. Ryan Gosling 20%
2. Johnny Depp 16%
3. Ryan Reynolds 13%
4. Taylor Lautner 9%
5. Bradley Cooper 8%
6. Zac Efron 7%
7. Adam Levine 5%
8. Brad Pitt 5%
9. George Clooney 4%
10. Usher 4%
11. Jimmy Fallon 3%
12. Matthew McConaughey 3%
13. Robert Pattinson 3%

David Cronenberg, a 19th century police detective and flesh-eating zombies have helped Ontario’s film and television industry reap a record $1.26-billion for the provincial economy last year.

The figures mark a 31% increase or $300 million from the previous year and are the best results recorded since the Ontario Media Development Corporation started gathering data in 1986.

The real success story, Karen Thorne-Stone, president and CEO of the corporation, said Tuesday, is that domestic production accounts for almost 70% of all activity. She cited the success of home-grown television shows such as the police dramas Flashpoint and Murdoch Mysteries.

“It means we have stability in the system and our talents in front and behind the cameras are employed,” she said after delivering a lunch-time speech at The Economic Club of Canada.

The figures, which were released Tuesday, also show a 165% increase in domestic feature film spending, thanks in part to Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis and Resident Evil: Retribution (its predecessor, Resident Evil: Afterlife, is Canada’s top-grossing film, having taken in $300-million worldwide).

Canada’s film industry has boomed over the last decade or so as foreigner took advantage of the sagging Canadian dollar. But for years, folks in so-called Hollywood North feared that the opportunities would dry up once the dollar came closer to par with the U.S. dollar.

“Ontario is no longer the discount location,” Thorne-Stone said. “People are coming here because we have quality, reliability and world-class talent … Even as we watched the Canadian dollar rise, to notice that the phone is still ringing and projects are still coming, that’s very heartening.”

Toronto competes with Los Angeles, New York, London and Vancouver when attracting large productions. Donna Zuchlinski, the corporation’s film commissioner, said the low dollar helped the develop the infrastructure and the crews in the province. “But as the crews matured and the infrastructure grew, it was the reputation that we had that superseded where the dollar was at,” she added.

She pointed to resources such as Pinewood Toronto Studios, the largest studio complex in the country which accommodates big blockbuster movies, and the province’s leadership in 3D technology; films such as Tron, Harry Potter and Twilight: Breaking Dawn came to Ontario for post-production and visual effects work.

“If you look at A Dangerous Method for example, you might not think there is any CGI element to it at all but we did tons of work here in Toronto on getting the look of that period of Western Europe right through CG enhancements,” said Martin Katz, the Toronto-based producer of Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method. “As each part of the industry grows, it helps to shoehorn other parts of the industry.”

In comparison to Ontario’s film industry, Vancouver historically has received more foreign productions than Canadian-based work, making it more vulnerable to the rises and falls of the dollar. However, Susan Croome, BC Film Commissioner, said last year was “a solid year” in B.C. with blockbusters such as the latest Mission Impossible and Superman films being filmed in the province.

“Canada is recognized as being a very stable, safe place to do business,” she said. “Clients want to go with a sure bet with high quality and people who deliver on our promises.”

The B.C. Film Commission will release its numbers later this month.

BY THE NUMBERS

$165.9-million The contribution to the economy from domestic feature film production in 2011 due to co-productions such as Resident Evil: Retribution, Foxfire, Cosmopolis and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

$231.6-million The amount reaped from foreign feature film production. While the number of foreign feature films dropped slightly, budgets were larger including two of the biggest films ever shot in Ontario: Total Recall and Pacific Rim.

$626.7-million The contribution from domestic television series including Rookie Blue, The Firm and The L.A. Complex, shows which were also picked up by U.S. networks.

25% The Ontario Production Services Tax Credit which includes all eligible Ontario production costs

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