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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]
Opening film | True Grit |
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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 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.
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]
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 |
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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 |
The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:[7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 |
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:[7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 |
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section:[7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[9]
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