61st Berlin International Film Festival
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The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival
was held from February 10 to February 20, 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini
as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers
film True Grit
opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press. German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl
received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The Golden Bear
for Best Film went to the Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation
, directed by Asghar Farhadi
.
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."
and Silver Bear awards:
for Best Film - Nader and Simin, A Separation
by Asghar Farhadi
Silver Bears
Honorary Golden Bear
Crystal Bears
FIPRESCI Prizes
Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Night Fishing
by Park Chan-wook
and Park Chan-kyong
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
was held from February 10 to February 20, 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers
Coen Brothers
Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers...
film True Grit
True Grit (2010 film)
True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U.S....
opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press. German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.-Early life:Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia...
received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The Golden Bear
Golden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
for Best Film went to the Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation
Nader and Simin, A Separation
A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class...
, directed by Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
-Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for...
.
Jury
- Isabella RosselliniIsabella RosselliniIsabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
, Italian-American actress, jury president - Jan ChapmanJan ChapmanJan Chapman is an Australian film producer.Spouse= Jam Alex 2006-2010Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, and Lantana.Chapman met her first husband, film director Phillip Noyce, whilst studying English and Fine Arts at university in the...
, Australian producer - Nina HossNina Hoss-Early life:Nina's father, Willi Hoss, was a German trade unionist and politician . Her mother, Heidemarie Rohweder, was an actress at Stuttgart National Theatre and later director of the Esslingen-based Württemberg State Playhouse .-Career:In 1997 Hoss graduated from the Drama School "Ernst Busch"...
, German actress - Aamir KhanAamir KhanAamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....
, Indian actor and director - Guy MaddinGuy MaddinGuy Maddin, OM is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba...
, Canadian director - Sandy PowellSandy Powell (costume designer)Sandy Powell OBE is a British costume designer who has been nominated nine times for the Academy Award . She won the Oscar in 1999 for the film Shakespeare in Love, in 2005 for The Aviator, and in 2010 for The Young Victoria. She has received nine BAFTA nominations, winning in 1999 for Velvet...
, British costume designer
In addition, the festival held a place open in the jury for the imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the...
, "to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom."
In competition
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden BearGolden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Our Grand Despair Our Grand Despair Our Grand Despair is a 2011 Turkish drama film, directed by Seyfi Teoman, about two flatmates who reluctantly take in their friend's traumatised sister... |
Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz | Seyfi Teoman |  Turkey,  Germany and  Netherlands |
| Tales of the Night Tales of the Night (2011 film) Tales of the Night is a compilation movie for movie theaters of five of the episodes of Dragons et princesses in stereoscopic 3D and one additional, until then unseen story, "The Girl-Doe and the Architect's Son" Tales of the Night is a compilation movie for movie theaters of five of the episodes... |
Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association... |
 Early Modern France |
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| Joshua Marston Joshua Marston Joshua Jacob Marston is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace.Born in California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War... |
 Albania and  United States |
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| Miranda July Miranda July Miranda July is a performing artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called Snarla.- Background :Miranda... |
Germany and United States |
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| Nader and Simin, A Separation Nader and Simin, A Separation A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class... |
جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin | Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi -Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for... |
 Iran |
| Lipstikka Lipstikka Lipstikka is 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Jonathan Sagall. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.-Cast:* Daniel Caltagirone* Clara Khoury as Lara* Natali Atiya... |
Odem | Jonathan Sagall Jonathan Sagall Jonathan Sagall is an Israeli actor, film director, TV director and screenwriter.-Biography:Sagall was born in Toronto, Canada. Several members of his family were survivors of the Holocaust, who then emigrated to Israel after World War II, then to Canada. Sagall immigrated to Israel from Canada... |
 Israel and  United Kingdom |
| Margin Call Margin Call Margin Call is a 2011 American independent drama film, written and directed by J.C. Chandor. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, and Penn Badgley... |
J.C. Chandor J.C. Chandor J.C. Chandor is an American writer/director, best known as the director of the film Margin Call released in 2011. He graduated in 1996 from The College of Wooster. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah... |
United States |
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| Rodrigo Moreno Rodrigo Moreno For the Colombian racewalker with the same name see Rodrigo Moreno For the naturalized Spanish footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers see Rodrigo Moreno Machado.... |
 Argentina, Germany and  Uruguay |
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| Paula Markovitch |  Mexico, Early Modern France,  Poland and Germany |
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| Come Rain Come Shine | Saranghanda, Saranghaji Anneunda | Lee Yoon-ki Lee Yoon-ki Lee Yoon-ki , is a South Korean film director and writer. He specializes in character dramas with limited dialogue.-Filmography:*This Charming Girl , 2004*Love Talk , 2005*Ad-lib Night , 2006... |
 South Korea |
| Sleeping Sickness Sleeping Sickness (film) Sleeping Sickness is a 2011 German drama film, directed by Ulrich Köhler. It premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where Köhler won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Plot:... |
Schlafkrankheit | Ulrich Köhler | Germany, Early Modern France and Netherlands |
| Béla Tarr Béla Tarr -Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now... |
 Hungary, Early Modern France, Germany and  Switzerland |
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| Innocent Saturday | V Subbotu | Alexander Mindadze |  Russia, Germany and  Ukraine |
| If Not Us, Who? If Not Us, Who? If Not Us, Who? is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940's, the early 1960's, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968.... |
Wer wenn nicht wir | Andres Veiel Andres Veiel Andres Veiel is a German film director and screenwriter. His 2011 film If Not Us, Who? was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Veiel won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale.... |
Germany |
| Yelling to the Sky Yelling to the Sky Yelling to the Sky is a 2011 American drama film directed by Victoria Mahoney. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.-Cast:* Zoë Kravitz as Sweetness O'Hara... |
Victoria Mahoney | United States |
Out of competition
The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Almanya | Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland | Yasemin Samdereli Yasemin Şamdereli Yasemin Şamdereli is a Turkish-German actress, screenwriter and film director of Zaza origin. Her film Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland will have its U.S. premiere at the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco on October 20, 2011.-Actor:-Director:-Writer:-External links:... |
Germany |
| Coriolanus | Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and film director. He has appeared in such films as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days, The Duchess and Schindler's List.... |
United Kingdom and  Serbia |
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| Service Entrance Service Entrance Les Femmes du 6e étage is a 2011 French film directed by Philippe le Guay... |
Philippe Le Guay | Early Modern France |
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| My Best Enemy | Mein bester Feind | Wolfgang Murnberger |  Austria and  Luxembourg |
| Pina Pina (film) Pina is a 2011 German 3D dance film directed by Wim Wenders. The film premiered Out of Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. The trailer features the song "Lilies in the Valley" by Jun Miyake... |
Wim Wenders Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf... |
Germany and Early Modern France |
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| True Grit True Grit (2010 film) True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U.S.... |
Joel and Ethan Coen Coen Brothers Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers... |
United States |
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| Unknown | Jaume Collet-Serra Jaume Collet-Serra Jaume Collet-Serra is a Spanish film director and producer.Collet-Serra is most famous for the 2005 remake House of Wax, and 2009's Orphan... |
Germany, United Kingdom and Early Modern France |
Panorama
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Bu-dang-geo-rae | Ryu Seung-wan Ryu Seung-wan Ryu Seung-wan is a South Korean film director.-Early life:Ryu Seung-wan was born in 1973 in Onyang, a small town in Chungcheong Province. With the choice of domestic films mostly limited to propaganda and hostess films due to extreme government censorship, young Ryu often opted for the more... |
South Korea |
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| Into the White Night Into the White Night is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival... |
Byakuyakou | Yoshihiro Fukagawa Yoshihiro Fukagawa is a Japanese film director. His film Into the White Night was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.... |
 Japan |
| Ashamed Ashamed (2010 film) Ashamed is 2010 South Korean film by Kim Soo-Hyun. It was selected to be screened in the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:*Kim Hyo-jin*Kim Kkot-Bi*Seo Hyeon-Jin*Choi Min-Yong*Woo Seung-Min*Kim Sun-Hyuk... |
Chang-Pi-Hae | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea |
| Dance Town | Jeon Kyu-hwan | South Korea |
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| Top Floor Left Wing | Dernier étage gauche gauche | Angelo Cianci | Early Modern France and Luxembourg |
| Seven Murders Forgiven | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bharadwaj |  India |
| Asshole | Gandu | Kaushik Mukherjee | India |
| Here | Braden King | United States |
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| Invisible | Lo Roim Alaich | Michal Aviad Michal Aviad Michal Aviad is director, script writer, producer and senior lecturer at the Department of Cinema and Television, Tel Aviv University.-Biography:... |
Israel and Germany |
| Mothers Mothers (2010 film) Mothers is a 2010 Macedonian drama film directed by Milčo Mančevski. The film was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist... |
Majki | Milčo Mančevski Milco Mancevski Milcho Manchevski , usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a film director and screenwriter from Macedonia.-Biography:Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films "Before the Rain" , "Dust'" , Shadows" and "Mothers" , over 50 short forms, including “TENNESSEE” for Arrested Development... |
 Republic of Macedonia, Early Modern France and  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Off Beat | Jan Gassmann | Switzerland |
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| Qualunquemente Qualunquemente Qualunquemente is a 2011 Italian film starring comedian Antonio Albanese as his famous character Cetto La Qualunque, a sleazy Southern Italy politician. The title means "whichever-ly"... |
Giulio Manfredonia |  Italy |
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| Romeos | Sabine Bernardi | Germany |
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| Even the Rain Even the Rain Even the Rain is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín about Spanish director Sebastián and executive producer Costa who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting Christopher Columbus’s conquest... |
También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez is a Spanish actress, director and writer.Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía.She began her work in cinema at the age of... |
 Spain, Early Modern France and Mexico |
| The Mortician | Gareth Maxwell | United Kingdom and United States |
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| Tomboy | Céline Sciamma | Early Modern France |
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| Vampire | Shunji Iwai Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director/video artist, writer and documentarian.-Life and career:Iwai was born in Sendai, Japan, Miyagi prefecture. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987.... |
United States and  Canada |
Forum
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section:| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| Amnesty | Bujar Alimani | Albania,  Greece and Early Modern France |
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| Looking for Simon | Auf der Suche | Jan Krüger | Germany and Early Modern France |
| Absent | Ausente | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| Marie Losier Marie Losier Marie Losier is an experimental filmmaker and a 2006 Whitney Biennialist. Most recently, she collaborated with filmmaker Guy Maddin on the short film "Manuelle Labor." Her film The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, a documentary centered on Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, is... |
United States and Early Modern France |
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| Brownian Movement | Nanouk Leopold Nanouk Leopold Nanouk Leopold is a Dutch film maker. She graduated from Dutch film school in 1997, starting off by making films for Dutch television... |
Netherlands, Germany and  Belgium |
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| Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron | Kelvin Kyung Kun Park | South Korea |
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| Day Is Done | Thomas Imbach | Switzerland |
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| Dom | Zuzana Liová |  Slovakia and  Czech Republic |
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| E-Love | Anne Villacèque | Early Modern France |
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| Tom Fassaert | Netherlands and Belgium |
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| Familiar Ground | En terrains connus | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
| FIT | Hiromasa Hirosue | Japan |
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| Follow Me | Folge mir | Johannes Hammel | Austria |
| Ways of the Sea | Halaw | Sheron Dayoc |  Philippines |
| Heaven's Story Heaven's Story is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.... |
Takahisa Zeze Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:... |
Japan |
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| Hi-So | Aditya Assarat Aditya Assarat Aditya Assarat is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, producer and cinematographer.-Early career:... |
 Thailand |
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| Self Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement | Jagadangchak: shidaejeongshin kwa hyeonshilchamyeo | Kim Sun | South Korea |
| Household X Household X is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Kōki Yoshida. It was shown at the Forum section of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:* at Midnight Eye... |
Kazoku X | Kōki Yoshida | Japan |
| Late Autumn Late Autumn (2010 film) Late Autumn is a South Korean film which stars Korean actor Hyun Bin and Chinese actress Tang Wei in lead roles. The film is remake of 1966 classic film with same and remade by 1982 which Kim Hye-ja in leading role. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Also, it was... |
Man chu | Kim Tae-Yong Kim Tae-Yong Kim Tae-Yong is a South Korean film director, actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for co-directing the critically acclaimed horror film, Memento Mori and directing the award winning film Family Ties .- Personal life :... |
South Korea,  Hong Kong,  Mainland China and United States |
| Made in Poland | Przemysław Wojcieszek | Poland |
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| Free Hands Les mains libres Les mains libres is a 2010 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It stars Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, and Noémie Lvovsky. It was released theatrically in France on 16 June 2010. It is a feature-length prequel to Sy's 2008 short film, L'endroit idéal.-Plot:Barbara is a filmmaker developing... |
Brigitte Sy Brigitte Sy Brigitte Sy is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut Les mains libres was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.-Personal life:She is the mother of the actor Louis Garrel who she had with the director, Philippe Garrel... |
Early Modern France |
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| Marcela Said and Jean de Certeau |  Chile |
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| Matchmaking Mayor | Nesvatbov | Erika Hníková | Czech Republic |
| Idleness | Ocio | Alejandro Lingenti and Juan Villegas Juan Villegas Juan Villegas is an Argentine film actor.He won praise for his acting performance in the film El Perro , and was nominated for an Argentine Film Critics Association Awards in 2004.Villegas works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:... |
Argentina |
| Eighty Letters | Osmdesát dopisů | Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| Patang | Prashant Bhargava Prashant Bhargava Prashant Bhargava is an award-winning filmmaker and designer.-Background:Prashant studied theatrical directing at the Actors Studio Drama School and computer science at Cornell University. Prior to his career as a filmmaker, Prashant worked on a joint project of the John D. and Catherine T... |
India and United States |
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| Poor kor karn rai | Thunska Pansittivorakul Thunska Pansittivorakul Thunska Pansittivorakul , born October 22, 1973, is a Thai independent film director.-Biography:Thunska Pansittivorakul was born in Bangkok in 1973. He graduated from the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education of Chulalongkorn University. He used to be a columnist of many magazines... |
Germany and Thailand |
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| Tiago Mata Machado |  Brazil |
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| Good Morning to the World!! | Sekai Good Morning!! | Satoru Hirohara | Japan |
| Silver Bullets/Art History | Joe Swanberg Joe Swanberg Joe Swanberg is an American independent filmmaker. He is a member of the "Mumblecore" movement. His films include Kissing on the Mouth , LOL , Hannah Takes the Stairs , Nights and Weekends and Alexander the Last... |
United States |
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| State of Violence | Khalo Matabane |  South Africa and Early Modern France |
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| Submarine Submarine (2010 film) Submarine is a 2010 coming-of-age comedy-drama film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne. The film was written and directed by Richard Ayoade and stars Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins, Noah Taylor and Paddy Considine... |
Richard Ayoade Richard Ayoade Richard Ellef Ayoade is a British comedian, actor, writer and director best known for his role as Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd.Ayoade was born an only child to a Norwegian mother, Dagny , and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. Ayoade studied at St... |
United Kingdom |
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| Swans | Hugo Vieira da Silva | Germany and  Portugal |
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| Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | United States |
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| Territoire perdu | Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd | Early Modern France and Belgium |
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| Kabul Dream Factory | Traumfabrik Kabul | Sebastian Heidinger | Germany and  Afghanistan |
| Under Control | Unter Kontrolle | Volker Sattel | Germany |
| Utopians | Zbigniew Bzymek | United States |
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| Viva Riva! Viva Riva! Viva Riva! is a Congolese crime thriller film written & directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga and starring Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Marlene Longage, Alex Herabo & Diplôme Amekindra... |
Djo Tunda Wa Munga | , Early Modern France and Belgium |
Jury
- Nan GoldinNan GoldinNancy "Nan" Goldin is an American photographer.-Life and work:Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington, to middle class Jewish parents whose ideas, moderately liberal and progressive, were put to the test when on April 12, 1965 their eldest...
, American photographer - Renen SchorrRenen SchorrRenen Schorr is a film director, screenwriter, film producer. In 1989, he became head of Israel’s first independent, national school for film and television. He then founded the Sam Spiegel Film & TV School – Jerusalem, and has served as its director since that time.-Background:Son of a physician,...
, Israeli director - Ibrahim Letaief, Tunisian director and producer
Films
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film:| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| 15 July | 15 iulie | Cristi Iftime |  Kingdom of Romania |
| Silent River | Apele Tac | Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Germany and Kingdom of Romania |
| Ashley/Amber | Rebecca R. Rojer | United States |
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| Hugo Lilja |  Sweden |
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| Back by 6 | Peter Connelly | Belgium |
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| Fernando Vílchez Rodríguez |  Peru |
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| Cleaning up the Studio | Christian Jankowski Christian Jankowski Christian Jankowski is a contemporary multimedia artist who largely works with video, installation and photography.He has created a number of television interventions... |
South Korea |
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| Maria José San Martín | Chile |
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| Forest | Erdő | György Mór Kárpáti | Hungary |
| Questions to my Father | Fragen an meinen Vater | Konrad Mühe | Germany |
| Green Crayons | Kazik Radwanski | Canada |
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| Heavy Heads | Helena Frank |  Denmark |
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| Night Fishing Night Fishing (film) Night Fishing is a 2011 South Korean fantasy-horror short film co-directed by Park Chan-wook and his brother Park Chan-kyong.... |
Paranmanjang | Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of... and Park Chan-kyong |
South Korea |
| Arpeggio Ante Lucem | Pera Berbangê | Arin Inan Arslan | Turkey |
| Planet Z | Momoko Seto | Early Modern France |
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| Broken Night | Pu-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 Spike Jonze Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television... |
United States and Canada |
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| Seven Days in the Woods | Sju dagar i skogen | Peter Larsson | Sweden |
| Stick Climbing | Daniel Zimmermann | Austria and Switzerland |
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| Terribly Happy | Sudsanan | Pimpaka Towira Pimpaka Towira Pimpaka Towira is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer. Her films include One Night Husband and The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong.-Career:... |
Thailand |
| Susya | Dani Rosenberg and Yoav Gross | Israel and  Palestinian territories |
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| Switez | Kamil Polak | Poland, Switzerland, Early Modern France, Canada and Denmark |
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| Tomorrow Everything Will Be Alright | Akram Zaatari |  Lebanon and United Kingdom |
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| Woman Waiting | Antoine Bourges | Canada |
Awards
Golden BearGolden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
for Best Film - Nader and Simin, A Separation
Nader and Simin, A Separation
A Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class...
by Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
-Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for...
Silver Bears
- Jury Grand PrixJury Grand PrixThe Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
: The Turin HorseThe Turin HorseThe Turin Horse is a 2011 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr, starring János Derzsi, Erika Bók and Mihály Kormos. It was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator László Krasznahorkai. It recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city Turin which is rumoured to have caused the...
by Béla TarrBéla Tarr-Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now... - Best DirectorSilver Bear for Best DirectorThe Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction.-Awards:-Repeated winners:*Mario Monicelli *Satyajit Ray *Carlos Saura -External links:*...
: Ulrich Köhler for Sleeping SicknessSleeping Sickness (film)Sleeping Sickness is a 2011 German drama film, directed by Ulrich Köhler. It premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where Köhler won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Plot:... - Best ActressSilver Bear for Best ActressThe Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
: the actress ensemble of Nader and Simin, A SeparationNader and Simin, A SeparationA Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class... - Best ActorSilver Bear for Best ActorThe Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*...
: the actor ensemble of Nader and Simin, A SeparationNader and Simin, A SeparationA Separation is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate, and the intrigues which follow when the husband hires a lower-class... - Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Production Design: Barbara Enriquez for The PrizeThe Prize (2011 film)The Prize is a 2011 Mexican drama film directed by Paula Markovitch. The film was screened In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.-Awards:Berlin Film FestivalWon...
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera: Wojciech Staron for The PrizeThe Prize (2011 film)The Prize is a 2011 Mexican drama film directed by Paula Markovitch. The film was screened In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.-Awards:Berlin Film FestivalWon...
- Best Script: Joshua MarstonJoshua MarstonJoshua Jacob Marston is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace.Born in California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War...
and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness of BloodThe Forgiveness of BloodThe Forgiveness of Blood is 2011 Albanian-American drama film directed by Joshua Marston. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear... - Alfred Bauer Prize for a work of particular innovation: If Not Us, Who?If Not Us, Who?If Not Us, Who? is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940's, the early 1960's, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968....
by Andres VeielAndres VeielAndres Veiel is a German film director and screenwriter. His 2011 film If Not Us, Who? was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Veiel won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale....
Honorary Golden Bear
- Armin Mueller-StahlArmin Mueller-StahlArmin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.-Early life:Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia...
Crystal Bears
- Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
- Generation14plus (Feature Length Film): On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Competition: The Turin HorseThe Turin HorseThe Turin Horse is a 2011 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr, starring János Derzsi, Erika Bók and Mihály Kormos. It was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator László Krasznahorkai. It recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city Turin which is rumoured to have caused the...
by Béla TarrBéla Tarr-Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now... - Panorama: Top Floor Left Wing by Angelo Cianci
- Forum: Heaven's StoryHeaven's Storyis a 2010 Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize....
by Takahisa ZezeTakahisa Zezeis a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...
Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Night Fishing
Night Fishing (film)
Night Fishing is a 2011 South Korean fantasy-horror short film co-directed by Park Chan-wook and his brother Park Chan-kyong....
by Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of...
and Park Chan-kyong
External links
- Berlin International Film Festival website
- Berlin International Film Festival:2011 at Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...