The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001.[2] The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud.[3][4] 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.[5][6]
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Opening film | Enemy at the Gates |
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Closing film | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Intimacy |
No. of films | 304 films[1] |
Festival date | 7–18 February 2001 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.[7]
The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.[8]
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[9]
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:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 | Ialy, 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
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The following films were shown in the retrospective:[11]
Official Awards
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Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[7]
- 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
Berlinale Camera
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award
References
External links
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