The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 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.
Festival poster | |
| Opening film | True Grit |
|---|---|
| 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. German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.
Juries
Main Competition
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
- Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress - Jury President
- Jan Chapman, Australian producer
- Nina Hoss, German actress
- Aamir Khan, Indian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Guy Maddin, Canadian director and screenwriter
- Sandy Powell, British costume designer
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".
Best First Feature Award
- Bettina Brokemper, German producer
- Assaf Gavron, Israeli writer and musician
- Michèle Ohayon, Morocco director, screenwriter and producer
Short Film Competition
- Nan Goldin, American photographer
- Ibrahim Letaief, Tunisian director, screenwriter and producer
- Renen Schorr, Israeli director, screenwriter and producer
Official Sections
Main competition
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| 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 | 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
The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:
| 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 | N/a | Wim Wenders | Germany, France |
| True Grit | N/a | Joel and Ethan Coen | United States |
| Unknown | N/a | Jaume Collet-Serra | Germany, United Kingdom, France |
Panorama
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:
| 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 | N/a | Jeon Kyu-hwan | |
| Top Floor Left Wing | Dernier étage gauche gauche | Angelo Cianci | France, Luxembourg |
| Seven Murders Forgiven | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bhardwaj | India |
| Asshole | Gandu | Kaushik Mukherjee | |
| Here | N/a | Braden King | United States |
| Invisible | Lo Roim Alaich | Michal Aviad | Israel and Germany |
| Mothers | Majki | Milčo Mančevski | Macedonia, France and Bulgaria |
| Off Beat | N/a | Jan Gassmann | Switzerland |
| Qualunquemente | N/a | Giulio Manfredonia | Italy |
| Romeos | N/a | Sabine Bernardi | Germany |
| Even the Rain | También la lluvia | Icíar Bollaín | Spain, France and Mexico |
| The Mortician | N/a | Gareth Maxwell | United Kingdom and United States |
| Tomboy | N/a | Céline Sciamma | France |
| Vampire | N/a | Shunji Iwai | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Ausente | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| Amnesty | N/a | 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 | N/a | Marie Losier | United States and France |
| Brownian Movement | N/a | Nanouk Leopold | Netherlands, Germany and Belgium |
| Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron | N/a | Kelvin Kyung Kun Park | South Korea |
| Day Is Done | N/a | Thomas Imbach | Switzerland |
| E-Love | N/a | Anne Villacèque | France |
| Eighty Letters | Osmdesát dopisů | Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| Familiar Ground | En terrains connus | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
| FIT | N/a | 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 | N/a | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
| Hi-So | N/a | 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 | N/a | 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 | N/a | Joe Swanberg | United States |
| State of Violence | N/a | Khalo Matabane | South Africa and France |
| Submarine | N/a | Richard Ayoade | United Kingdom |
| Swans | N/a | Hugo Vieira da Silva | Germany and Portugal |
| Take Shelter | N/a | Jeff Nichols | United States |
| N/a | 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 | N/a | Zbigniew Bzymek | United States |
| Viva Riva! | N/a | 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
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film:
| 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 | N/a | Rebecca R. Rojer | |
| The Unliving | Återfödelsen | Hugo Lilja | Sweden |
| Back by 6 | N/a | Peter Connelly | Belgium |
| The Calm | La Calma | Fernando Vílchez Rodríguez | Peru |
| Cleaning up the Studio | N/a | 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 | N/a | Kazik Radwanski | Canada |
| Heavy Heads | N/a | 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 | N/a | 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 | N/a | Spike Jonze | United States and Canada |
| Seven Days in the Woods | Sju dagar i skogen | Peter Larsson | Sweden |
| Stick Climbing | N/a | Daniel Zimmermann | Austria and Switzerland |
| Terribly Happy | Sudsanan | Pimpaka Towira | Thailand |
| Susya | N/a | 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 | N/a | Akram Zaatari | Lebanon and United Kingdom |
| Woman Waiting | N/a | Antoine Bourges | Canada |
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- Golden Bear: A Separation by Asghar Farhadi
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Ulrich Köhler for Sleeping Sickness
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: the actress ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: the actor ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
- Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Production Design): Barbara Enriquez for The Prize
- Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera): Wojciech Staroń for The Prize
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness of Blood
- Alfred Bauer Prize: If Not Us, Who? by Andres Veiel
Honorary Golden Bear
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
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 Horse by Béla Tarr
- Panorama: Top Floor Left Wing by Angelo Cianci
- Forum: Heaven's Story by Takahisa Zeze
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
- Night Fishing by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong
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