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63rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 17 February 2013.[1] Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the president of the jury[2] and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.[3]
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grandmaster |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Child's Pose |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Child's Pose |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 404 films |
| Festival date | 7–17 February 2013 |
| Website | Website |
The Golden Bear was awarded to Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.[4][5]
The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[6] Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
Juries edit
The following people were on the jury for the festival:[2]
Main Competition edit
- Wong Kar-wai, Chinese/Hong Kong filmmaker and producer - President of the jury
- Susanne Bier, Danish filmmaker
- Andreas Dresen, German filmmaker
- Ellen Kuras, American filmmaker and director of photography
- Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist and filmmaker
- Tim Robbins, American actor, filmmaker and producer
- Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greek filmmaker and producer
First Feature Award edit
- Oren Moverman, Israeli filmmaker and producer
- Taika Waititi, New Zealand actor and filmmaker
- Lucy Walker, British filmmaker
Short Films Competition edit
- Javier Fesser, Spanish filmmaker
- Hyung-sook Hong, South Korean filmmaker
- Susanne Pfeffer, German art historian and curator
Official Sections edit
Main Competition edit
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7][8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Long and Happy Life | Долгая счастливая жизнь | Boris Khlebnikov | Russia |
| An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker | Epizoda u životu berača željeza | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia |
| Camille Claudel 1915 | Camille Claudel 1915 | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Child's Pose | Poziția Copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania |
| Closed Curtain | Parde | Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi | Iran |
| Gloria | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Spain | |
| Gold | Thomas Arslan | Germany | |
| Harmony Lessons | Асланның сабақтары | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan, Germany |
| In the Name Of | W imię... | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
| Layla Fourie | Pia Marais | Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands | |
| Nobody's Daughter Haewon | 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| On My Way | Elle s'en va | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| Paradise: Hope | Paradies: Hoffnung | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, France, Germany |
| Prince Avalanche | David Gordon Green | United States | |
| Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | ||
| Charlie Countryman | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | Fredrik Bond | United States, Romania |
| The Nun | La Religieuse | Guillaume Nicloux | France, Germany, Belgium |
| Side Effects | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Vic et Flo ont vu un ours | Denis Côté | Canada |
Out of competition edit
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | United States, Greece | |
| The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco | United States | |
| Dark Blood | George Sluizer | Netherlands | |
| The Grandmaster (opening film) | 一代宗師 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| Night Train to Lisbon | Bille August | Germany, Switzerland, Portugal | |
Panorama edit
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Act of Killing | Jagal | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway |
| A Fold in My Blanket | Chemi Sabnis Naketsi | Zaza Rusadze | Georgia |
| The Attacks of 26/11 | Ram Gopal Varma | India | |
| Behind the Camera | Dduit-dam-hwa: Gam-dok-i-mi-cheot-eo-yo | E J-yong | South Korea |
| Belated | Deshora | Barbara Sarasola-Day | Argentina, Columbia, Norway |
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | Alabama Monroe | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium |
| Don Jon's Addiction | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | United States | |
| Fatal | Kashi-ggot | Lee Don-ku | South Korea |
| Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach | United States | |
| Habi, the Foreigner | Habi, la extranjera | Maria Florencia Alvarez | Argentina, Brazil |
| I Have Cut | Kai Po Che! | Abhishek Kapoor | India |
| Inch'Allah | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Canada | |
| Lovelace | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | United States | |
| Rock the Casbah | רוק בקסבה | Yariv Horowitz | Israel |
| My Sisters | Meine Schwestern | Lars Kraume | Germany |
| So Much Water | Tanta Agua | Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero | Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany |
| The Swimming Pool | La Piscina | Carlos Machado Quintela | Cuba, Venezuela |
| White Night | Baek Ya | Hee-il LeeSong | South Korea |
Forum edit
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 727 Days Without Karamo | Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo | Anja Salomonowitz | Austria |
| A Single Shot | David M. Rosenthal | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | |
| The Battle of Tabatô | A batalha de Tabatô | João Viana | Guinea-Bissau, Portugal |
| Boundary | Fahtum pandinsoong | Nontawat Numbenchapol | Thailand, Cambodia, France |
| Circles | Krugovi | Srdan Golubović | Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France |
| Coming Forth by Day | Al-khoroug lel-nahar | Hala Lotfy | Egypt, United Arab Emirates |
| Crossroads of Youth | Cheongchun-eui sipjaro | Ahn Jong-hwa | Korea |
| Computer Chess | Andrew Bujalski | United States | |
| The Daughter | Η Κόρη | Thanos Anastopoulos | Greece, Italy |
| Echolot | Athanasios Karanikolas | Germany | |
| Elelwani | Ntshavheni Wa Luruli | South Africa | |
| Engagement Ring | Konyaku yubiwa | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas | Η αιώνια επιστροφή του Αντώνη Παρασκευά | Elina Psykou | Greece |
| Everyday Objects | Halbschatten | Nicolas Wackerbarth | Germany, France |
| Fynbos | Harry Patramanis | South Africa, Greece | |
| Hélio Oiticica | Cesar Oiticica Filho | Brazil | |
| I'm Not Dead | Je ne suis pas mort | Mehdi Ben Attia | France |
| In Bloom | გრძელი ნათელი დღეები | Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß | Georgia |
| I Used to Be Darker | Matt Porterfield | United States | |
| Jubilation Street | Kanko no machi | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| La Paz | La Paz | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| The Strange Little Cat | Das merkwürdige Kätzchen | Ramon Zürcher | Germany |
| The Town of Whales | Kujira no machi | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| What Happened to This City? | Kya hua is shahar ko? | Deepa Dhanraj | India |
| When I Saw You | Lamma shoftak | Annemarie Jacir | Palestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece |
| The Plague | La plaga | Neus Ballús | Spain |
| Cousin Jules | Le cousin Jules | Dominique Benicheti | France |
| The Meteor | Le météore | François Delisle | Canada |
| Killing Strangers | Matar extraños | Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Nicolás Pereda | Mexico, Denmark |
| Dark Matter | Materia oscura | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy |
| Char... The No-Man's Island | ...Moddhikhane Char | Sourav Sarangi | India, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway |
| Forgetting to Know You | Mo sheng | Quan Ling | People's Republic of China |
| A Stranger | Obrana i zastita | Bobo Jelcic | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia |
| Woman | Onna | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Portrait of Jason | Shirley Clarke | United States | |
| Powerless | Katiyabaaz | Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar | India |
| Cold Bloom | Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan |
| Roots | Senzo ni naru | Kaoru Ikeya | Japan |
| Shirley: Visions of Reality | Gustav Deutsch | Austria | |
| A Legend or Was It? | Shito no densetsu | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Sieniawka | Marcin Malaszczak | Germany, Poland | |
| Stemple Pass | James Benning | United States | |
| To the Wolf | Sto lyko | Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes | Greece, France |
| No Man's Land | Terra de ninguém | Salomé Lamas | Portugal |
| The Weight of Elephants | Das Gewicht der Elefanten | Daniel Joseph Borgman | New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden |
| Together | Tian mi mi | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan |
| Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents | Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern | Peter Liechti | Switzerland |
| Viola | Matías Piñeiro | Argentina | |
| Farewell to Dream | Yuyake gumo | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| For Marx... | Za Marksa... | Svetlana Baskova | Russian |
Official awards edit
The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]
- Golden Bear: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer
- Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix: An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Vic and Flo Saw a Bear by Denis Côté
- Silver Bear for Best Director: David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Paulina García for Gloria
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Nazif Mujić for An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
- Silver Bear for Best Script: Jafar Panahi for Closed Curtain
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Aziz Zhambakiyev for Harmony Lessons
- Special Mentions:
- Promised Land by Gus Van Sant
- Layla Fourie by Pia Marais
Independent awards edit
Ecumenical Jury Prize edit
- The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer (panorama)
- Circles by Srdan Golubović (forum)
FIPRESCI Jury Prize edit
- Hélio Oiticica by Cesar Oiticica Filho
Panorama Audience Award edit
Forum edit
- NETPAC Award Best Asian Film: When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir
- C.I.C.A.E. Jury Prize: In Bloom by Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß
References edit
- ^ "Berlinale". berlinale.de. from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de. from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de. from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin's Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de. from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ^ (PDF). berlinale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links edit
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