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63rd Berlin International Film Festival
2013 film festival in Berlin, Germany
2013 film festival in Berlin, Germany
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 63rd Berlin Film Festival |
| image | 63BIFFPoster.jpg |
| caption | Festival poster |
| host | Anke Engelke |
| number | 404 films |
| opening | *The Grandmaster* |
| closing | *Child's Pose* |
| location | Berlin, Germany |
| awards | Golden Bear: *Child's Pose* |
| date | 7–17 February 2013 |
| founded | 1951 |
| website | [Website](http://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html) |
| chronology | Berlin 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 title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *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* | Bruno Dumont | France | |
| ***Child's Pose*** | ***Poziția Copilului*** | **Călin Peter Netzer** | **Romania** |
| *Closed Curtain* | پرده | 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 |
Berlinale Special Gala
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Before Midnight* | Richard Linklater | United States, Greece | |
| *The Croods* | Chris Sanders and 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
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *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 |
| *Inch'Allah* | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Canada | |
| *Kai Po Che!* | Abhishek Kapoor | India | |
| *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 |
| *Something in the Way* | Teddy Soeriaatmadja | Indonesia | |
| *The Swimming Pool* | *La Piscina* | Carlos Machado Quintela | Cuba, Venezuela |
| *White Night* | *Baek Ya* | Hee-il LeeSong | South Korea |
Forum
The following films were selected for the Forum section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *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 |
| *Char... The No-Man's Island* | *...Moddhikhane Char* | Sourav Sarangi | India, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway |
| *Circles* | Кругови | Srdan Golubović | Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France |
| *Cold Bloom* | *Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni* | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan |
| *Coming Forth by Day* | *Al-khoroug lel-nahar* | Hala Lotfy | Egypt, United Arab Emirates |
| *Computer Chess* | Andrew Bujalski | United States | |
| *Cousin Jules* | *Le cousin Jules* | Dominique Benicheti | France |
| *Crossroads of Youth* | *Cheongchun-eui sipjaro* | Ahn Jong-hwa | Korea |
| *Dark Matter* | *Materia oscura* | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy |
| *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 | Greece | |
| ** | *Halbschatten* | Germany, France | |
| *Forgetting to Know You* | 忘了去懂你 | Quan Ling | China |
| *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 |
| *Killing Strangers* | *Matar extraños* | Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Nicolás Pereda | Mexico, Denmark |
| *The Meteor* | *Le météore* | François Delisle | Canada |
| *No Man's Land* | *Terra de ninguém* | Salomé Lamas | Portugal |
| *La Paz* | *La Paz* | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| *The Plague* | *La plaga* | Neus Ballús | Spain |
| *Portrait of Jason* | Shirley Clarke | United States | |
| *Powerless* | *Katiyabaaz* | Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar | India |
| *Roots* | *Senzo ni naru* | Kaoru Ikeya | Japan |
| *Shirley: Visions of Reality* | Gustav Deutsch | Austria | |
| *Sieniawka* | Marcin Malaszczak | Germany, Poland | |
| *Stemple Pass* | James Benning | United States | |
| ** | *Das merkwürdige Kätzchen* | Germany | |
| *Together* | *Tian mi mi* | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan |
| *To the Wolf* | *Sto lyko* | Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes | Greece, France |
| *The Town of Whales* | *Kujira no machi* | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| *Viola* | Matías Piñeiro | Argentina | |
| *What Happened to This City?* | *Kya hua is shahar ko?* | Deepa Dhanraj | India |
| *The Weight of Elephants* | *Das Gewicht der Elefanten* | Daniel Joseph Borgman | New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden |
| *When I Saw You* | لما شفتك | Annemarie Jacir | Palestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece |
| *Woman* | *Onna* | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| *A Legend or Was It?* (1963) | 死闘の伝説 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| *A Stranger* | *Obrana i zastita* | Bobo Jelcic | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia |
| *Farewell to Dream* (1956) | 夕やけ雲 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| *Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents* | *Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern* | Peter Liechti | Switzerland |
| *For Marx...* | *Za Marksa...* | Svetlana Baskova | Russian |
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
- "Berlinale". berlinale.de.
- "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de.
- "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters.
- "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de.
- (16 February 2013). "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News.
- "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin's Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily.
- "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de.
- (14 January 2013). "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter.
- "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.
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