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51st Berlin International Film Festival
2001 film festival in Berlin, Germany
2001 film festival in Berlin, Germany
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 51st Berlin International Film Festival |
| image | 51st Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg |
| caption | Festival poster |
| opening | *Enemy at the Gates* |
| closing | *[2001: A Space Odyssey](2001-a-space-odyssey-film)* |
| location | Berlin, Germany |
| founded | 1951 |
| awards | Golden Bear: *Intimacy* |
| number | 304 films |
| date | 7–18 February 2001 |
| website | http://www.berlinale.de |
| chronology | Berlin International Film Festival |
| preceded_by | [50th](50th-berlin-international-film-festival) |
| followed_by | [52nd](52nd-berlin-international-film-festival) |
The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
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:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *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 | Italy, 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
The following films were shown in the retrospective:{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2001/02_programm_2001/02_Programm_2001.html#section=section546
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* | *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* | Fritz Lang | United States |
| *Artificial Paradise* | *Umetni Raj* | Karpo Godina | Yugoslavia |
| *Beyond a Reasonable Doubt* | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| *The Big Heat* | *The Big Heat* | ||
| *The Blue Gardenia* | *The Blue Gardenia* | ||
| *La Chienne* | Jean Renoir | France | |
| *Clash by Night* | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| *Cloak and Dagger* | |||
| *Contempt* | *Le Mépris* | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy |
| *Destiny* | *Der müde Tod* | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| *Die Nibelungen* | |||
| *Die Nibelungen: Siegfried* | |||
| *Dr. M* | *Docteur M* | Claude Chabrol | France, West Germany |
| *Dr. Mabuse the Gambler – Part I — The Great Gambler: An Image of the Age* | *Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part I – Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit* | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| *Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Part II – Inferno: A Game for the People of our Age* | *Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part II – Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit* | ||
| *Encounter with Fritz Lang* | *Begegnung mit Fritz Lang* | Peter Fleischmann | West Germany |
| *Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin* | William Friedkin | United States | |
| *Four Around a Woman* | * (Die Vier um die Frau)* | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| *For Example Fritz Lang* | *Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang* | Erwin Leiser | West Germany |
| *Fury* | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| *Hangmen Also Die!* | |||
| *The Human Beast* | *La Bête Humaine* | Jean Renoir | France |
| *Hilde Warren and Death* | *Hilde Warren und der Tod* | Joe May | Germany |
| *House by the River* | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| *Human Desire* | |||
| *The Indian Tomb* | *Das Indische Grabmal* | West Germany, France | |
| *Liliom* | France | ||
| *M* | Germany | ||
| *M* | Joseph Losey | United States | |
| *Madame Butterfly* | *Harakiri* | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| *Man Hunt* | United States | ||
| *Metropolis* | Germany | ||
| *Ministry of Fear* | United States | ||
| *Moonfleet* | |||
| *People to Each Other* | *Menschen untereinander* | Gerhard Lamprecht | Germany |
| *The Plague of Florence* | *Die Pest in Florenz* | Otto Rippert | Germany |
| *Rancho Notorious* | Fritz Lang | United States | |
| *The Return of Frank James* | |||
| *Scarlet Street* | |||
| *Secret Beyond the Door* | |||
| *Spies* | *Spione* | Germany | |
| *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* | *Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse* | ||
| *The Tiger of Eschnapur* | *Der Tiger von Eschnapur* | France, Germany | |
| *The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse* | *Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse* | West Germany, France | |
| *The Wandering Image* | *Das wandernde Bild* | Germany | |
| *Western Union* | United States | ||
| *While The City Sleeps* | |||
| *Woman in the Moon* | *Frau Im Mond* | Germany | |
| *The Woman in the Window* | United States | ||
| *You And Me* | |||
| *You Only Live Once* |
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- 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
[[Honorary Golden Bear]]
- Kirk Douglas
Berlinale Camera
- Kei Kumai
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award
- Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]
- Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig
References
References
- "51st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
- "Berlin confirms Enemy At The Gates as opener". screendaily.com.
- "Enemy at the Gates Opens Berlin Film Festival". abcnews.go.com.
- "Berlin Gets Intimate". nitrateonline.com.
- "Screen Version of 'Wit' to Premeire [sic] at Berlin Film Festival". backstage.com.
- "RETROSPECTIVE".
- "JURIES 2001". berlinale.de.
- "PROGRAMME 2001". berlinale.de.
- "RETROSPECTIVE".
- "PRIZES & HONOURS 2001". berlinale.de.
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