The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Enemy at the Gates |
|---|---|
| Closing film | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Intimacy |
| No. of films | 304 films |
| Festival date | 7–18 February 2001 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Main Competitions
- Bill Mechanic, American producer - Jury President
- Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
- Diego Galán, Spanish director and film critic
- Kyoko Hirano, Japanese writer
- Fatih Akın, German filmmaker, producer and actor
- Dario Argento, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Xie Fei, Chinese filmmaker
- Héctor Babenco, Brazilian-Argentine filmmaker and producer
- Dominique Blanc, French actress
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamboozled | Spike Lee | United States | |
| Beijing Bicycle | 十七岁的单车 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China, Taiwan |
| Betelnut Beauty | 愛你愛我 | Lin Cheng-sheng | Taiwan, France |
| Chocolat | Lasse Hallström | United States, United Kingdom | |
| La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, France, Spain | |
| The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom, France, Canada | |
| Fat Girl | À ma soeur! | Catherine Breillat | Italy, France |
| Félix et Lola | Patrice Leconte | France | |
| Finding Forrester | Finding Forrester | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| The Ignorant Fairies | Le fate Ignoranti | Ferzan Özpetek | France, Italy |
| Intimacy | Patrice Chéreau | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy | |
| Inugami | 犬神家の一族 | Masato Harada | Japan |
| Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Lone Scherfig | Denmark, Sweden |
| Joint Security Area | 공동경비구역 JSA | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Kuroe | Gō Rijū | Japan | |
| Little Senegal | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria, France, Germany | |
| Malèna | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy | |
| My Sweet Home | Filippos Tsitos | Greece, Germany | |
| The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman | United States, Ireland | |
| Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Weiser | Wojciech Marczewski | Poland, Switzerland, Germany | |
| Wit | Mike Nichols | United Kingdom, United States | |
| You're the One | Una historia de entonces | José Luis Garci | Spain |
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Guerrilla in the Philippines | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | United States |
| Artificial Paradise | Umetni Raj | Karpo Godina | Yugoslavia |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| The Big Heat | The Big Heat | ||
| The Blue Gardenia | The Blue Gardenia | ||
| La Chienne | Jean Renoir | France | |
| Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| Cloak and Dagger | |||
| Contempt | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy |
| Destiny | Der müde Tod | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Die Nibelungen | |||
| Die Nibelungen: Siegfried | |||
| Dr. M | Docteur M | Claude Chabrol | France, West Germany |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler – Part I — The Great Gambler: An Image of the Age | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part I – Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Part II – Inferno: A Game for the People of our Age | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part II – Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit | ||
| Encounter with Fritz Lang | Begegnung mit Fritz Lang | Peter Fleischmann | West Germany |
| Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin | William Friedkin | United States | |
| Four Around a Woman | Kämpfende Herzen (Die Vier um die Frau) | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| For Example Fritz Lang | Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang | Erwin Leiser | West Germany |
| Fury | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| Hangmen Also Die! | |||
| The Human Beast | La Bête Humaine | Jean Renoir | France |
| Hilde Warren and Death | Hilde Warren und der Tod | Joe May | Germany |
| House by the River | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| Human Desire | |||
| The Indian Tomb | Das Indische Grabmal | West Germany, France | |
| Liliom | France | ||
| M | Germany | ||
| M | Joseph Losey | United States | |
| Madame Butterfly | Harakiri | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Man Hunt | United States | ||
| Metropolis | Germany | ||
| Ministry of Fear | United States | ||
| Moonfleet | |||
| People to Each Other | Menschen untereinander | Gerhard Lamprecht | Germany |
| The Plague of Florence | Die Pest in Florenz | Otto Rippert | Germany |
| Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| The Return of Frank James | |||
| Scarlet Street | |||
| Secret Beyond the Door | |||
| Spies | Spione | Germany | |
| The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse | ||
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Der Tiger von Eschnapur | France, Germany | |
| The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse | West Germany, France | |
| The Wandering Image | Das wandernde Bild | Germany | |
| Western Union | United States | ||
| While The City Sleeps | |||
| Woman in the Moon | Frau Im Mond | Germany | |
| The Woman in the Window | United States | ||
| You And Me | |||
| You Only Live Once | |||
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- Golden Bear: Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
- Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: Beijing Bicycle by Wang Xiaoshuai
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Lin Cheng-sheng for Betelnut Beauty
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kerry Fox for Intimacy
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Benicio del Toro for Traffic
- Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Raúl Pérez Cubero for You're the One
- Silver Bear Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for Italian for Beginners
- Alfred Bauer Prize: La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel
Honorary Golden Bear
- Kirk Douglas
Berlinale Camera
- Kei Kumai
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award
- Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
FIPRESCI Award
- Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig
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