61st Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | True Grit |
|---|---|
| Closing film | A Separation |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: A Separation |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 385 films |
| Festival date | 10–20 February 2011 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011,[1] with actress Isabella Rossellini as the president of the jury.[2] The Coen Brothers film True Grit opened the festival.[3] 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press.[4]
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, which also served as the closing film at the festival.[5] German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]
- Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress - Jury President
- Jan Chapman, Australian producer
- Nina Hoss, German actress
- Aamir Khan, Indian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Guy Maddin, Canadian director and screenwriter
- Sandy Powell, British costume designer
In addition, the festival held a place open in the jury for the imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, "to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom".[6]
Best First Feature Award
[edit]- Bettina Brokemper, German producer
- Assaf Gavron, Israeli writer and musician
- Michèle Ohayon, Morocco director, screenwriter and producer
Short Film Competition
[edit]- Nan Goldin, American photographer
- Ibrahim Letaief, Tunisian director, screenwriter and producer
- Renen Schorr, Israeli director, screenwriter and producer
Official Sections
[edit]Main competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coriolanus | Ralph Fiennes | United Kingdom | |
| Our Grand Despair | Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz | Seyfi Teoman | Turkey, Germany, Netherlands |
| Tales of the Night | Les Contes de la nuit | Michel Ocelot | France |
| The Forgiveness of Blood | Joshua Marston | Albania, United States | |
| The Future | Miranda July | Germany, United States | |
| A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
| Lipstikka | אודם | Jonathan Sagall | Israel, United Kingdom |
| Margin Call | J.C. Chandor | United States | |
| A Mysterious World | Un Mundo Misterioso | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Germany, Uruguay |
| The Prize | El premio | Paula Markovitch | Mexico, France, Poland, Germany |
| Come Rain, Come Shine | 사랑한다, 사랑하지 않는다 | Lee Yoon-ki | South Korea |
| Sleeping Sickness | Schlafkrankheit | Ulrich Köhler | Germany, France, Netherlands |
| The Turin Horse | A Torinói Ló | Béla Tarr | Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland |
| Innocent Saturday | V subbotu | Aleksandr Mindadze | Russia, Germany, Ukraine |
| If Not Us, Who? | Wer wenn nicht wir | Andres Veiel | Germany |
| Yelling to the Sky | Victoria Mahoney | United States | |
Out of competition
[edit]The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almanya | Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland | Yasemin Şamdereli | Germany |
| Service Entrance | Les femmes du 6ème étage | Philippe Le Guay | France |
| My Best Enemy | Mein bester Feind | Wolfgang Murnberger | Austria, Luxembourg |
| Pina | — | Wim Wenders | Germany, France |
| True Grit | — | Joel and Ethan Coen | United States |
| Unknown | — | Jaume Collet-Serra | Germany, United Kingdom, France |
Panorama
[edit]The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Unjust | 부당거래 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| Into the White Night | 白夜行 | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Japan |
| Ashamed | 창피해 | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea |
| Dance Town | — | Jeon Kyu-hwan | |
| Top Floor Left Wing | Dernier étage gauche gauche | Angelo Cianci | France, Luxembourg |
| Seven Murders Forgiven | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bhardwaj | India[8] |
| Asshole | Gandu | Kaushik Mukherjee | |
| Here | — | Braden King | United States |
| Invisible | Lo Roim Alaich | Michal Aviad | Israel and Germany |
| Mothers | Majki | Milčo Mančevski | Macedonia, France and Bulgaria |
| Off Beat | — | Jan Gassmann | Switzerland |
| Qualunquemente | — | Giulio Manfredonia | Italy |
| Romeos | — | Sabine Bernardi | Germany |
| Even the Rain | También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín | Spain, France and Mexico |
| The Mortician | — | Gareth Maxwell | United Kingdom and United States |
| Tomboy | — | Céline Sciamma | France |
| Vampire | — | Shunji Iwai | United States and Canada |
Forum
[edit]The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Ausente | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| Amnesty | — | Bujar Alimani | Albania, Greece and France |
| An Angel in Doel | De Engel van Doel | Tom Fassaert | Netherlands and Belgium |
| The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye | — | Marie Losier | United States and France |
| Brownian Movement | — | Nanouk Leopold | Netherlands, Germany and Belgium |
| Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron | — | Kelvin Kyung Kun Park | South Korea |
| Day Is Done | — | Thomas Imbach | Switzerland |
| E-Love | — | Anne Villacèque | France |
| Eighty Letters | Osmdesát dopisů | Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| Familiar Ground | En terrains connus | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
| FIT | — | Hiromasa Hirosue | Japan |
| Follow Me | Folge mir | Johannes Hammel | Austria |
| Free Hands | Les mains libres | Brigitte Sy | France |
| Good Morning to the World!! | Sekai Good Morning!! | Satoru Hirohara | Japan |
| Heaven's Story | — | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
| Hi-So | — | Aditya Assarat | Thailand |
| The House | Dom | Zuzana Liová | Slovakia and Czech Republic |
| Household X | Kazoku X | Kōki Yoshida | Japan |
| Idleness | Ocio | Alejandro Lingenti and Juan Villegas | Argentina |
| Kabul Dream Factory | Traumfabrik Kabul | Sebastian Heidinger | Germany and Afghanistan |
| The Kite | Patang | Prashant Bhargava | India and United States |
| Late Autumn | 만추 Man chu | Kim Tae-yong | South Korea, Hong Kong, China and United States |
| Looking for Simon | Auf der Suche | Jan Krüger | Germany and France |
| Made in Poland | — | Przemysław Wojcieszek | Poland |
| Matchmaking Mayor | Nesvatbov | Erika Hníková | Czech Republic |
| The Residents | Os residentes | Tiago Mata Machado | Brazil |
| Self Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement | 자가당착: 시대 정신과 현실 참여 Jagadangchak: shidae-jeongshin-kwa hyeonshil-chamyeo | Kim Sun | South Korea |
| Silver Bullets/Art History | — | Joe Swanberg | United States |
| State of Violence | — | Khalo Matabane | South Africa and France |
| Submarine | — | Richard Ayoade | United Kingdom |
| Swans | — | Hugo Vieira da Silva | Germany and Portugal |
| Take Shelter | — | Jeff Nichols | United States |
| — | Territoire perdu | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd | France and Belgium |
| The Terrorists | Poor kor karn rai | Thunska Pansittivorakul | Germany and Thailand |
| Under Control | Unter Kontrolle | Volker Sattel | Germany |
| Utopians | — | Zbigniew Bzymek | United States |
| Viva Riva! | — | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Democratic Republic of Congo, France and Belgium |
| Ways of the Sea | Halaw | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| The Young Butler | El mocito | Marcela Said and Jean de Certeau | Chile |
Berlinale Shorts Films
[edit]The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July | 15 iulie | Cristi Iftime | Romania |
| Silent River | Apele Tac | Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Germany and Romania |
| Ashley/Amber | — | Rebecca R. Rojer | |
| The Unliving | Återfödelsen | Hugo Lilja | Sweden |
| Back by 6 | — | Peter Connelly | Belgium |
| The Calm | La Calma | Fernando Vílchez Rodríguez | Peru |
| Cleaning up the Studio | — | Christian Jankowski | South Korea |
| The Shower | La Ducha | Maria José San Martín | Chile |
| Forest | Erdő | György Mór Kárpáti | Hungary |
| Questions to my Father | Fragen an meinen Vater | Konrad Mühe | Germany |
| Green Crayons | — | Kazik Radwanski | Canada |
| Heavy Heads | — | Helena Frank | Denmark |
| Night Fishing | 파란만장 | Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong | South Korea |
| Arpeggio Ante Lucem | Pera Berbangê | Arin Inan Arslan | Turkey |
| Planet Z | — | Momoko Seto | France |
| Broken Night | 부서진 밤 Bu-seo-jin Bam | Yang Hyo-joo | South Korea |
| Doctor Rao | Rao Yi Sheng | Alexej Tchernyi and Wu Zhi | Germany |
| Scenes from the Suburbs | — | Spike Jonze | United States and Canada |
| Seven Days in the Woods | Sju dagar i skogen | Peter Larsson | Sweden |
| Stick Climbing | — | Daniel Zimmermann | Austria and Switzerland |
| Terribly Happy | Sudsanan | Pimpaka Towira | Thailand |
| Susya | — | Dani Rosenberg and Yoav Gross | Israel and Palestine |
| The Lost Town of Switez | Świteź | Kamil Polak | Poland, Switzerland, France, Canada and Denmark |
| Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright | — | Akram Zaatari | Lebanon and United Kingdom |
| Woman Waiting | — | Antoine Bourges | Canada |
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Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[9]
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Ulrich Köhler for Sleeping Sickness
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: the actress ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: the actor ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
- Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Production Design): Barbara Enriquez for The Prize
- Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera): Wojciech Staron for The Prize
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness of Blood
- Alfred Bauer Prize: If Not Us, Who? by Andres Veiel
Crystal Bears
[edit]- Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
- Generation14plus (Feature Length Film): On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
- Competition: The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
- Panorama: Top Floor Left Wing by Angelo Cianci
- Forum: Heaven's Story by Takahisa Zeze
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
[edit]- Night Fishing by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong
References
[edit]- ^ "61ST BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 10 - 20, 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Isabella Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival jury". BBC News. 30 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Coen Brothers' True Grit to Open the 61st Berlinale". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ Prot, Bénédicte (4 March 2011). "Organisers toast a successful 61st edition". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ Smith, Nigel (18 January 2011). "61st Berlinale Locks Down Full 2011 Competition Program". Indiewire. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ a b "JURIES 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "The Competition of the 61st Berlinale". berlinale.de. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ "61st Berlin International Film Festival Panorama 2011 with Renowned Directors, Three Films on India and Many New Discoveries". Vimooz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Berlinale 2011: The Honorary Golden Bear". berlinale.de. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
External links
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