61st Berlin International Film Festival

61st Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmTrue Grit
Closing filmA Separation
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: A Separation
Hosted byAnke Engelke
No. of films385 films
Festival date10–20 February 2011
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

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

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Main Competition

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The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]

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

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  • Bettina Brokemper, German producer
  • Assaf Gavron, Israeli writer and musician
  • Michèle Ohayon, Morocco director, screenwriter and producer

Short Film Competition

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  • Nan Goldin, American photographer
  • Ibrahim Letaief, Tunisian director, screenwriter and producer
  • Renen Schorr, Israeli director, screenwriter and producer

Official Sections

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Main competition

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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 [de] 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

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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

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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

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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

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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
Isabella Rossellini, Jury President

Official Awards

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Main Competition

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Asghar Farhadi, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[9]

Crystal Bears

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  • Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
  • Generation14plus (Feature Length Film): On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

FIPRESCI Prizes

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Golden Bear for Best Short Film

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References

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  1. ^ "61ST BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 10 - 20, 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Coen Brothers' True Grit to Open the 61st Berlinale". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  4. ^ Prot, Bénédicte (4 March 2011). "Organisers toast a successful 61st edition". Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. ^ Smith, Nigel (18 January 2011). "61st Berlinale Locks Down Full 2011 Competition Program". Indiewire. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "JURIES 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 2011". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Berlinale 2011: The Honorary Golden Bear". berlinale.de. 26 December 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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