64th Berlin International Film Festival
The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014.[1] Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel opened the festival.[2] British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.[3] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan, which also served as closing film.[4][5]
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Black Coal, Thin Ice |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear (Black Coal, Thin Ice) |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 395 films |
| Festival date | 6–16 February 2014 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Competition
James Schamus, Jury President
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]
International jury
- James Schamus, film producer and screenwriter (United States) - Jury President
- Barbara Broccoli, film producer (United States)
- Trine Dyrholm, actress (Denmark)
- Mitra Farahani, film director (Iran)
- Greta Gerwig, actress and film director (United States)
- Michel Gondry, film director, screenwriter, and producer (France)
- Tony Leung, actor (China)
- Christoph Waltz, actor (Austria)
Best First Feature Award Jury
- Nancy Buirski, director, screenwriter, producer and founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (United States)
- Valeria Golino, actress and director (Italy)
- Hernán Musaluppi, film producer (Argentina)
International Short Film Jury
- Edwin, director (Indonesia)
- Nuno Rodrigues, curator and producer (Portugal)
- Christine Tohmé, curator (Lebanon)
In competition
The following films have been selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7][8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| '71 * | '71 | Yann Demange | United Kingdom |
| Life of Riley | Aimer, boire et chanter | Alain Resnais | France |
| Aloft | Aloft | Claudia Llosa | Spain, Canada, France |
| Beloved Sisters | Die geliebten Schwestern | Dominik Graf | Germany |
| Stratos | Μικρό Ψάρι Mikro psari | Yannis Economides | Greece, Germany, Cyprus |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | United Kingdom, Germany |
| Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 Bai Ri Yan Huo | Diao Yinan | China |
| Boyhood | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | United States |
| The Little House | 小さいおうち Chiisai Ouchi | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| History of Fear * | Historia del Miedo | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, France |
| Jack | Jack | Edward Berger | Germany |
| In Order of Disappearance | Kraftidioten | Hans Petter Moland | Norway |
| Stations of the Cross | Kreuzweg | Dietrich Brüggemann | Germany |
| The Third Side of the River | La tercera orilla | Celina Murga | Argentina, Germany, Netherlands |
| Two Men in Town | La voie de l‘ennemi | Rachid Bouchareb | France, Algeria, United States, Belgium |
| Macondo * | Macondo | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria |
| Praia do Futuro | Praia do Futuro | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, Germany |
| Blind Massage | 推拿 Tui Na | Lou Ye | China, France |
| No Man's Land | 無人區 Wu Ren Qu | Ning Hao | China |
| Inbetween Worlds | Zwischen Welten | Feo Aladag | Germany |
Out of competition
The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Monuments Men | The Monuments Men | George Clooney | United States |
| Nymphomaniac | Nymphomaniac | Lars von Trier | Denmark, Germany, France |
| Beauty and the Beast | La belle et la bête | Christophe Gans | France, Germany |
Panorama
The following films have been selected for the Panorama section:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| If You Don't, I Will | Arrête ou je continue | Sophie Fillières | France |
| The Rice Bomber | 白米炸彈客 Bai Mi Zha Dan Ke | Cho Li | Taiwan |
| Ice Poison | 冰毒 Bing Du | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar |
| Calvary | Calvary | John Michael McDonagh | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| The Way He Looks | Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho | Daniel Ribeiro | Brazil |
| Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? | Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? | Michel Gondry | France |
| The Man of the Crowd | O Homem das Multidões | Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães | Brazil |
| Papilio Buddha | Papilio Buddha | Jayan Cherian | India, United States |
| Quick Change | Quick Change | Eduardo Roy Jr. | Philippines |
| Stereo | Stereo | Maximilian Erlenwein | Germany |
| Test | Test | Chris Mason Johnson | United States |
| The Better Angels | The Better Angels | A. J. Edwards | United States |
| The Lamb | Kuzu | Kutluğ Ataman | Germany, Turkey |
| Things People Do * | Things People Do | Saar Klein | United States |
| Triptych | Triptyque | Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires | Canada |
| Superegos | Über-Ich und Du | Benjamin Heisenberg | Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
| Unfriend | Unfriend | Joselito Altarejos | Philippines |
| Journey to the West | 西遊 Xi You | Tsai Ming-liang | France, Taiwan |
| Yves Saint Laurent | Yves Saint Laurent | Jalil Lespert | France |
| I'm Not Angry! | Asabani Nistam! | Reza Dormishian | Iran |
| Blind | Blind | Eskil Vogt | Norway, Netherlands |
| Difret | Difret | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari | Ethiopia |
| Fever | Fieber | Elfi Mikesch | Luxembourg, Austria |
| Güeros * | Güeros | Alonso Ruízpalacios | Mexico |
| Highway | Highway | Imtiaz Ali | India |
| Homeland | Ieji | Nao Kubota | Japan |
| Quiet Bliss | In Grazia di Dio | Edoardo Winspeare | Italy |
| Love Is Strange | Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | United States |
| That Demon Within | 魔警 Mo Ging | Dante Lam | Hong Kong |
| Standing Aside, Watching | Na kathese ke na kitas | Yorgos Servetas | Greece |
| Night Flight | Yaganbihaeng | Leesong Hee-il | South Korea |
| 2030 | Nước | Nghiêm-Minh Nguyễn-Võ | Vietnam |
| Brides * | Patardzlebi | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, France |
| Cracks in Concrete | Risse im Beton | Umut Dağ | Austria |
| The Midnight After | 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的紅van Lost on a Red Minibus to Taipo | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong |
| Land of Storms * | Viharsarok | Adam Császi | Hungary |
| The Night * | Ye | Hao Zhou | China |
Berlinale Special Galas
The following films have been selected for the Berlinale Special Galas section:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Long Way Down | A Long Way Down | Pascal Chaumeil | United Kingdom, Germany |
| American Hustle | American Hustle | David O. Russell | United States |
| Cesar Chavez | Cesar Chavez | Diego Luna | United States |
| In the Courtyard | Dans la cour | Pierre Salvadori | France |
| The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann | Felix Herngren | Sweden |
| The Turning | The Turning | Anthology with 20 different directors | Australia |
| The Dark Valley | Das finstere Tal | Andreas Prochaska | Austria, Germany |
| Diplomacy | Diplomatie | Volker Schlöndorff | France, Germany |
| The Two Faces of January | The Two Faces of January | Hossein Amini | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Someone You Love | En du Elsker | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark |
Berlinale Classics
The following films have been selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country and year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late Autumn | Akibiyori | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan (1960) |
| Caravaggio | Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom (1986) |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | Germany (1920) |
| Germany, Pale Mother | Deutschland, bleiche Mutter | Helma Sanders-Brahms | East Germany (1980) |
| The Hero | Nayak | Satyajit Ray | India (1966) |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | United States (1955) |
Key
* Directorial debut feature; eligible for the Best First Feature Award[6] † 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
The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]
- Golden Bear – Black Coal, Thin Ice by Diao Yinan
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize – The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson
- Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – Life of Riley by Alain Resnais
- Silver Bear for Best Director – Richard Linklater for Boyhood
- Silver Bear for Best Actress – Haru Kuroki for The Little House
- Silver Bear for Best Actor – Liao Fan for Black Coal, Thin Ice
- Silver Bear for Best Script – Stations of the Cross by Dietrich Brüggemann
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography – Blind Massage by Lou Ye
- Best First Feature Award – Güeros by Alonso Ruizpalacios
- Panoroma Audience Award
- 1st Place: Difret by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
- 2nd Place: The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro
- 3rd Place: Brides by Tinatin Kajrishvili
- Teddy Award: The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro[10]
References
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- "Wes Anderson opens Berlin film festival to rave reviews". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- "Ken Loach gets lifetime award in Berlin". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- "Prizes of the International Jury". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- "Chinese film wins Best Picture at Berlin film festival". BBC. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- "Berlinale 2014: Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- "Berlin Film Festival Completes Competition Lineup". Variety. 15 January 2014.
- "PROGRAMME 2014". berlinale. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- "64th Berlin International Film Festival Awards" (PDF). berlinale.de. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Berlin: 'The Way He Looks' and 'The Circle' Lead Teddy Award Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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