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63rd Berlin International Film Festival

2013 film festival in Berlin, Germany


2013 film festival in Berlin, Germany

FieldValue
name63rd Berlin Film Festival
image63BIFFPoster.jpg
captionFestival poster
hostAnke Engelke
number404 films
opening*The Grandmaster*
closing*Child's Pose*
locationBerlin, Germany
awardsGolden Bear: *Child's Pose*
date7–17 February 2013
founded1951
website[Website](http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html)
chronologyBerlin International Film Festival
preceded_by[62nd](62nd-berlin-international-film-festival)
followed_by[64th](64th-berlin-international-film-festival)

The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 17 February 2013. Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the president of the jury and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.

The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear. Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.

Juries

Main Competition

  • 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

  • Oren Moverman, Israeli filmmaker and producer
  • Taika Waititi, New Zealand actor and filmmaker
  • Lucy Walker, British filmmaker

Short Films Competition

  • Javier Fesser, Spanish filmmaker
  • Hyung-sook Hong, South Korean filmmaker
  • Susanne Pfeffer, German art historian and curator

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*A Long and Happy Life*Долгая счастливая жизньBoris KhlebnikovRussia
*An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker**Epizoda u životu berača željeza*Danis TanovićBosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia
*Camille Claudel 1915*Bruno DumontFrance
***Child's Pose******Poziția Copilului*****Călin Peter Netzer****Romania**
*Closed Curtain*پردهJafar Panahi, Kambuzia PartoviIran
*Gloria*Sebastián LelioChile, Spain
*Gold*Thomas ArslanGermany
*Harmony Lessons*Асланның сабақтарыEmir BaigazinKazakhstan, Germany
*In the Name Of**W imię...*Małgorzata SzumowskaPoland
*Layla Fourie*Pia MaraisGermany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
*Nobody's Daughter Haewon*누구의 딸도 아닌 해원Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea
*On My Way**Elle s'en va*Emmanuelle BercotFrance
*Paradise: Hope**Paradies: Hoffnung*Ulrich SeidlAustria, France, Germany
*Prince Avalanche*David Gordon GreenUnited States
*Promised Land*Gus Van Sant
*Charlie Countryman**The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman*Fredrik BondUnited States, Romania
*The Nun**La Religieuse*Guillaume NiclouxFrance, Germany, Belgium
*Side Effects*Steven SoderberghUnited States
*Vic and Flo Saw a Bear**Vic et Flo ont vu un ours*Denis CôtéCanada

Berlinale Special Gala

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Before Midnight*Richard LinklaterUnited States, Greece
*The Croods*Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMiccoUnited States
*Dark Blood*George SluizerNetherlands
*The Grandmaster* (opening film)一代宗師Wong Kar-waiHong Kong, China
*Night Train to Lisbon*Bille AugustGermany, Switzerland, Portugal

Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*The Act of Killing**Jagal*Joshua OppenheimerDenmark, United Kingdom, Norway
*A Fold in My Blanket**Chemi Sabnis Naketsi*Zaza RusadzeGeorgia
*The Attacks of 26/11*Ram Gopal VarmaIndia
*Behind the Camera**Dduit-dam-hwa: Gam-dok-i-mi-cheot-eo-yo*E J-yongSouth Korea
*Belated**Deshora*Barbara Sarasola-DayArgentina, Columbia, Norway
*The Broken Circle Breakdown**Alabama Monroe*Felix van GroeningenBelgium
*Don Jon's Addiction*Joseph Gordon-LevittUnited States
*Fatal**Kashi-ggot*Lee Don-kuSouth Korea
*Frances Ha*Noah BaumbachUnited States
*Habi, the Foreigner**Habi, la extranjera*Maria Florencia AlvarezArgentina, Brazil
*Inch'Allah*Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteCanada
*Kai Po Che!*Abhishek KapoorIndia
*Lovelace*Rob Epstein, Jeffrey FriedmanUnited States
*Rock the Casbah*רוק בקסבהYariv HorowitzIsrael
*My Sisters**Meine Schwestern*Lars KraumeGermany
*So Much Water**Tanta Agua*Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge RomeroUruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany
*Something in the Way*Teddy SoeriaatmadjaIndonesia
*The Swimming Pool**La Piscina*Carlos Machado QuintelaCuba, Venezuela
*White Night**Baek Ya*Hee-il LeeSongSouth Korea

Forum

The following films were selected for the Forum section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*The 727 Days Without Karamo**Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo*Anja SalomonowitzAustria
*A Single Shot*David M. RosenthalUnited States, United Kingdom, Canada
*The Battle of Tabatô**A batalha de Tabatô*João VianaGuinea-Bissau, Portugal
*Boundary**Fahtum pandinsoong*Nontawat NumbenchapolThailand, Cambodia, France
*Char... The No-Man's Island**...Moddhikhane Char*Sourav SarangiIndia, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway
*Circles*КруговиSrdan GolubovićRepublic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France
*Cold Bloom**Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni*Atsushi FunahashiJapan
*Coming Forth by Day**Al-khoroug lel-nahar*Hala LotfyEgypt, United Arab Emirates
*Computer Chess*Andrew BujalskiUnited States
*Cousin Jules**Le cousin Jules*Dominique BenichetiFrance
*Crossroads of Youth**Cheongchun-eui sipjaro*Ahn Jong-hwaKorea
*Dark Matter**Materia oscura*Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina ParentiItaly
*The Daughter*Η ΚόρηThanos AnastopoulosGreece, Italy
*Echolot*Athanasios KaranikolasGermany
*Elelwani*Ntshavheni Wa LuruliSouth Africa
*Engagement Ring**Konyaku yubiwa*Keisuke KinoshitaJapan
*The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas*Η αιώνια επιστροφή του Αντώνη ΠαρασκευάGreece
***Halbschatten*Germany, France
*Forgetting to Know You*忘了去懂你Quan LingChina
*Fynbos*Harry PatramanisSouth Africa, Greece
*Hélio Oiticica*Cesar Oiticica FilhoBrazil
*I'm Not Dead**Je ne suis pas mort*Mehdi Ben AttiaFrance
*In Bloom*გრძელი ნათელი დღეებიNana Ekvtimishvili, Simon GroßGeorgia
*I Used to Be Darker*Matt PorterfieldUnited States
*Jubilation Street**Kanko no machi*Keisuke KinoshitaJapan
*Killing Strangers**Matar extraños*Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Nicolás PeredaMexico, Denmark
*The Meteor**Le météore*François DelisleCanada
*No Man's Land**Terra de ninguém*Salomé LamasPortugal
*La Paz**La Paz*Santiago LozaArgentina
*The Plague**La plaga*Neus BallúsSpain
*Portrait of Jason*Shirley ClarkeUnited States
*Powerless**Katiyabaaz*Fahad Mustafa, Deepti KakkarIndia
*Roots**Senzo ni naru*Kaoru IkeyaJapan
*Shirley: Visions of Reality*Gustav DeutschAustria
*Sieniawka*Marcin MalaszczakGermany, Poland
*Stemple Pass*James BenningUnited States
***Das merkwürdige Kätzchen*Germany
*Together**Tian mi mi*Hsu Chao-jenTaiwan
*To the Wolf**Sto lyko*Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran HughesGreece, France
*The Town of Whales**Kujira no machi*Keiko TsuruokaJapan
*Viola*Matías PiñeiroArgentina
*What Happened to This City?**Kya hua is shahar ko?*Deepa DhanrajIndia
*The Weight of Elephants**Das Gewicht der Elefanten*Daniel Joseph BorgmanNew Zealand, Denmark, Sweden
*When I Saw You*لما شفتكAnnemarie JacirPalestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece
*Woman**Onna*Keisuke KinoshitaJapan
*A Legend or Was It?* (1963)死闘の伝説Keisuke KinoshitaJapan
*A Stranger**Obrana i zastita*Bobo JelcicCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
*Farewell to Dream* (1956)夕やけ雲Keisuke KinoshitaJapan
*Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents**Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern*Peter LiechtiSwitzerland
*For Marx...**Za Marksa...*Svetlana BaskovaRussian

Official Awards

  • Golden Bear: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer
  • Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: 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 Screenplay: 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

Ecumenical Jury Prize

  • The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer (Panorama)
  • Circles by Srdan Golubović (Forum)

[[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI]] Jury Prize

  • Hélio Oiticica by Cesar Oiticica Filho

Panorama Audience Award

  • The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer

Forum

  • 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

References

  1. "Berlinale". berlinale.de.
  2. "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de.
  3. "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters.
  4. "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de.
  5. (16 February 2013). "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News.
  6. "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin's Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily.
  7. "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de.
  8. (14 January 2013). "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter.
  9. "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.
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