63rd Berlin International Film Festival
Opening film | The Grandmaster |
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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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
- 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
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- ^ "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de. Archived 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. Archived 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.
- ^ "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). berlinale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.