63rd Berlin International Film Festival

63rd Berlin Film Festival

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 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] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Romanian film 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.

Competition

Wong Kar-wai, Jury President along with his wife at the festival

Jury

The following people were on the jury for the festival:[2]

In competition

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
Gloria Gloria Sebastián Lelio Chile, Spain
Nobody's Daughter Haewon Nugu-ui Ddal-do Anin Haewon Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Paradise: Hope Paradies: Hoffnung Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
Child's Pose Poziția Copilului Călin Peter Netzer Romania
Promised Land Promised Land Gus Van Sant United States
Camille Claudel 1915 Camille Claudel 1915 Bruno Dumont France
On My Way Elle s'en va Emmanuelle Bercot France
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker Epizoda u životu berača željeza Danis Tanović Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia
Gold Gold Thomas Arslan Germany
The Nun La Religieuse Guillaume Nicloux France, Germany, Belgium
Layla Fourie Layla Fourie Pia Marais Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman Fredrik Bond United States
Closed Curtain Parde Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi Iran
Side Effects Side Effects Steven Soderbergh United States
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear Vic et Flo ont vu un ours Denis Côté Canada
A Long and Happy Life Долгая счастливая жизнь Boris Khlebnikov Russia
Prince Avalanche Prince Avalanche David Gordon Green United States
Harmony Lessons Uroki garmonii Emir Baigazin Kazakhstan, Germany
In the Name Of W imię... Małgorzata Szumowska Poland

Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Croods The Croods Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco United States
Before Midnight Before Midnight Richard Linklater United States, Greece
Dark Blood Dark Blood George Sluizer Netherlands
Night Train to Lisbon Night Train to Lisbon Bille August Germany, Switzerland, Portugal

Panorama

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, UK, Norway
White Night Baek Ya Hee-il LeeSong South Korea
A Fold in My Blanket Chemi Sabnis Naketsi Zaza Rusadze Georgia
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
Don Jon's Addiction Don Jon's Addiction Joseph Gordon-Levitt United States
Frances Ha 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 Inch'Allah Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Canada
Fatal Kashi-ggot Lee Don-ku South Korea
The Swimming Pool La Piscina Carlos Machado Quintela Cuba, Venezuela
Lovelace Lovelace Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman United States
My Sisters Meine Schwestern Lars Kraume Germany
Rock the Casbah Rock the Casbah Yariv Horowitz Israel
So Much Water Tanta Agua Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany
The Attacks of 26/11 The Attacks of 26/11 Ram Gopal Varma India
The Broken Circle Breakdown The Broken Circle Breakdown Felix van Groeningen Belgium

Forum

The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Battle of Tabatô A batalha de Tabatô João Viana Guinea-Bissau, Portugal
Coming Forth by Day Al-khoroug lel-nahar Hala Lotfy Egypt, United Arab Emirates
A Single Shot A Single Shot David M. Rosenthal United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Crossroads of Youth Cheongchun-eui sipjaro Ahn Jong-hwa Korea
Computer Chess Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski United States
The Strange Little Cat Das merkwürdige Kätzchen Ramon Zürcher Germany
The 727 Days Without Karamo Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo Anja Salomonowitz Austria
Echolot Echolot Athanasios Karanikolas Germany
Elelwani Elelwani Ntshavheni Wa Luruli South Africa
Boundary Fahtum pandinsoong Nontawat Numbenchapol Thailand, Cambodia, France
Fynbos Fynbos Harry Patramanis South Africa, Greece
In Bloom Grzeli nateli dgeebi Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß Georgia, Germany, France
Everyday Objects Halbschatten Nicolas Wackerbarth Germany, France
Hélio Oiticica Hélio Oiticica Cesar Oiticica Filho Brazil
The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas I aionia epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua Elina Psykou Greece
The Daughter I kóri Thanos Anastopoulos Greece, Italy
I Used to Be Darker I Used to Be Darker Matt Porterfield United States
I'm Not Dead Je ne suis pas mort Mehdi Ben Attia France
Jubilation Street Kanko no machi Keisuke Kinoshita Japan
Engagement Ring Konyaku yubiwa Keisuke Kinoshita Japan
Circles Krugovi Srdan Golubović Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France
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
La Paz La Paz Santiago Loza Argentina
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 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 Shirley - Visions of Reality Gustav Deutsch Austria
A Legend or Was It? Shito no densetsu Keisuke Kinoshita Japan
Sieniawka Sieniawka Marcin Malaszczak Germany, Poland
Stemple Pass 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 Viola Matías Piñeiro Argentina
Farewell to Dream Yuyake gumo Keisuke Kinoshita Japan
For Marx... Za Marksa... Svetlana Baskova Russian Federation

Key

† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Awards

Călin Peter Netzer, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Berlinale". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  2. 1 2 "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  4. 1 2 "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin’s Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté’s 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  9. ↑ "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). berlinale. Retrieved 2013-09-05.

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