| 61st Berlin International Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Opening film | True Grit |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear |
| Festival date | February 10–20, 2011 |
| Official website | |
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.[1] The Coen Brothers film True Grit opened the festival.[2] 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press.[3] 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.
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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."[4]
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[5]
The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almanya | Almanya: Willkommen in Deutschland | Yasemin Samdereli | Germany |
| Service Entrance | Les femmes du 6ème étage | Philippe Le Guay | France |
| My Best Enemy | Mein bester Feind | Wolfgang Murnberger | Austria and Luxembourg |
| Pina | N/A | Wim Wenders | Germany and France |
| True Grit | N/A | Joel and Ethan Coen | United States |
| Unknown | N/A | Jaume Collet-Serra | Germany, United Kingdom and France |
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Unjust | Bu-dang-geo-rae | Ryu Seung-wan | South Korea |
| Into the White Night | Byakuyakou | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Japan |
| Ashamed | Chang-Pi-Hae | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea |
| Dance Town | N/A | Jeon Kyu-hwan | South Korea |
| Top Floor Left Wing | Dernier étage gauche gauche | Angelo Cianci | France and Luxembourg |
| Seven Murders Forgiven | 7 Khoon Maaf | Vishal Bharadwaj | India[7] |
| Asshole | Gandu | Kaushik Mukherjee | India |
| 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 |
The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amnesty | N/A | Bujar Alimani | Albania, Greece and France |
| Looking for Simon | Auf der Suche | Jan Krüger | Germany and France |
| Absent | Ausente | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| 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 |
| The House | Dom | Zuzana Liová | Slovakia and Czech Republic |
| E-Love | N/A | Anne Villacèque | France |
| An Angel in Doel | De Engel van Doel | Tom Fassaert | Netherlands and Belgium |
| Familiar Ground | En terrains connus | Stéphane Lafleur | Canada |
| FIT | N/A | Hiromasa Hirosue | Japan |
| Follow Me | Folge mir | Johannes Hammel | Austria |
| Ways of the Sea | Halaw | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| Heaven's Story | N/A | Takahisa Zeze | Japan |
| Hi-So | N/A | Aditya Assarat | Thailand |
| Self Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement | Jagadangchak: shidaejeongshin kwa hyeonshilchamyeo | Kim Sun | South Korea |
| Household X | Kazoku X | Kōki Yoshida | Japan |
| Late Autumn | Man chu | Kim Tae-Yong | South Korea, Hong Kong, China and United States |
| Made in Poland | N/A | Przemysław Wojcieszek | Poland |
| Free Hands | Les mains libres | Brigitte Sy | France |
| The Young Butler | El mocito | Marcela Said and Jean de Certeau | Chile |
| Matchmaking Mayor | Nesvatbov | Erika Hníková | Czech Republic |
| Idleness | Ocio | Alejandro Lingenti and Juan Villegas | Argentina |
| Eighty Letters | Osmdesát dopisů | Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic |
| The Kite | Patang | Prashant Bhargava | India and United States |
| The Terrorists | Poor kor karn rai | Thunska Pansittivorakul | Germany and Thailand |
| The Residents | Os residentes | Tiago Mata Machado | Brazil |
| Good Morning to the World!! | Sekai Good Morning!! | Satoru Hirohara | Japan |
| 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 |
| Kabul Dream Factory | Traumfabrik Kabul | Sebastian Heidinger | Germany and Afghanistan |
| 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 the Congo, France and Belgium |
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film:[10]
| 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 | United States |
| 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 | Paranmanjang | 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 | Pu-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 | Switez | 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 |
Golden Bear for Best Film - Nader and Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi[11]
Silver Bears
Crystal Bears
FIPRESCI Prizes
Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Night Fishing by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong
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