Johnny Depp looks jovial as he attends Minamata photocall during the Berlin Film Festival

Johnny Depp looked jovial as he attended the Minamata photocall during the Berlin Film Festival on Friday in the midst of a bitter court battle with ex-wife Amber Heard.

The Oscar-nominated actor, 56 – who has filed a defamation lawsuit against Amber, 33, after she accused him him of physically abusing her, which he denies- put the legal battle to one side to promote his new film. 

Johnny put on a typically edgy display in a chocolate brown suede jacket, worn with a white vest and a selection of silver chains.

The Edward Scissorhands star paired this with stonewash jeans and leather shoes as he posed up a storm.

Completing his stylish look he donned a navy and white neckerchief, tinted shades and a rakish fedora hat.

In the film Johnny plays war photographer W.Eugene Smith who travels to Japan to document the devastating effects of  mercury poisoning in coastal communities in the 1970s.

The sighting comes amid ongoing legal drama between Johnny and Amber since they finalized their divorce in January 2017.

Film: The Oscar-nominated actor, 56 – who has filed a defamation lawsuit against Amber, 33, after she accused him him of physically abusing her, which he denies- put the legal battle to one side to promote his new film

Wave: Johnny put on a typically edgy display in a chocolate brown suede jacket, worn with a white vest and a selection of silver chains

Style: Completing his stylish look he donned a navy and white neckerchief, tinted shades and a rakish fedora hat

Smouldering: Johnny looked handsome as he smouldered for the cameras

Line-up: Cinematographer Benoit Delhomme, Katherine Jenkins, Akiko Iwase, director Andrew Levitas, Johnny Depp, Minami, and writer Aileen Mioko Smith posed up

It appears one of the stabilizing forces in the Aquaman star’s personal life in recent months has been her new girlfriend, cinematographer, Bianca Butti. 

‘Amber is fine and happier than ever,’ a source told Us Weekly of her new love.

Heard was married to Depp from 2015 until 2017, but they’ve been caught in he said, she abuse claims that culminated with the Pirates Of The Caribbean star filing a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife.   

The A-list actor has steadfastly denied ever abusing Heard during their marriage and has maintained that her accusations of domestic violence in the media has negatively impacted his reputation and career.

Stellar: The cast and crew looked delighted to be promoting the film

New role: In the film Johnny plays war photographer W.Eugene Smith who travels to Japan to document the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in coastal communities in the 1970s

Screen debut: Welsh songbird Katherine Jenkins plays Millie in the film 

Here he is: Bill Nighy also stars in the film as Robert Hayes

Heard has denied his allegations, but just this week Dailymail.com exclusively obtained audio recordings where Heard admits to losing her temper and hitting Depp with ‘pots, pans and vases.’

The actress opened up about her violent tantrums in the series of taped conversations the estranged couple made in 2015, when they were trying to talk through their marriage problems during a therapy session. 

The defamation case is set to begin in August this year, after being pushed back from its February start date when Deep failed to meet a deadline to submit records of his drug and alcohol use. 

The way they were: Depp and Heard finalized their divorce in January 2017; the defamation lawsuit filed by Deep against his ex-wife is slated to begin in August; they are pictured at the 58th Grammy Awards in February 2016