63rd Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grandmaster |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Child's Pose' |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear (Child's Pose) |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 404 films |
| Festival date | 7–17 February 2013 |
| Website | Website |
The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany between 7 and 17 February 2013.[1] Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the President of the Jury[2] and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.[3] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Romanian film Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.[4][5]
The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[6] Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
Competition[]
Wong Kar-wai, Jury President along with his wife at the festival
Jury[]
The following people were on the jury for the festival:[2]
International jury
- Wong Kar-wai, director, screenwriter and producer (China) - President of the jury
- Susanne Bier, director and screenwriter (Denmark)
- Andreas Dresen, director and screenwriter (Germany)
- Ellen Kuras, director and director of photography (United States)
- Shirin Neshat, visual artist and film director (Iran)
- Tim Robbins, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (United States)
- Athina Rachel Tsangari, director, screenwriter and producer (Greece)
Best First Feature Award Jury
- Oren Moverman, director, screenwriter and producer (Israel)
- Taika Waititi, actor, director and screenwriter (New Zealand)
- Lucy Walker, director (United Kingdom)
International Short Film Jury
- Javier Fesser, director and screenwriter (Spain)
- , director and screenwriter (South Korea)
- , art historian and curator (Germany)
In competition[]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7][8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria | Gloria | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Spain |
| Nobody's Daughter Haewon | Nugu-ui Ddal-do Anin Haewon | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Paradise: Hope | Paradies: Hoffnung | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, France, Germany |
| Child's Pose | Poziția Copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania |
| Promised Land | Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| Camille Claudel 1915 | Camille Claudel 1915 | Bruno Dumont | France |
| On My Way | Elle s'en va | Emmanuelle Bercot | France |
| An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker | Epizoda u životu berača željeza | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia |
| Gold | Gold | Thomas Arslan | Germany |
| The Nun | La Religieuse | Guillaume Nicloux | France, Germany, Belgium |
| Layla Fourie | Layla Fourie | Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands | |
| The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | United States | |
| Closed Curtain | Parde | Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi | Iran |
| Side Effects | Side Effects | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Vic et Flo ont vu un ours | Denis Côté | Canada |
| Долгая счастливая жизнь | Boris Khlebnikov | Russia | |
| Prince Avalanche | Prince Avalanche | David Gordon Green | United States |
| Harmony Lessons | Uroki garmonii | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan, Germany |
| In the Name Of | W imię... | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
Out of competition[]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Croods | The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco | United States |
| Before Midnight | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | United States, Greece |
| Dark Blood | Dark Blood | George Sluizer | Netherlands |
| Night Train to Lisbon | Night Train to Lisbon | Bille August | Germany, Switzerland, Portugal |
Panorama[]
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Act of Killing | Jagal | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, UK, Norway |
| Baek Ya | South Korea | ||
| Chemi Sabnis Naketsi | Zaza Rusadze | Georgia | |
| Dduit-dam-hwa: Gam-dok-i-mi-cheot-eo-yo | E J-yong | South Korea | |
| Deshora | Argentina, Columbia, Norway | ||
| Don Jon's Addiction | Don Jon's Addiction | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | United States |
| Frances Ha | Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach | United States |
| Habi, la extranjera | Argentina, Brazil | ||
| I Have Cut | Kai Po Che! | Abhishek Kapoor | India |
| Inch'Allah | Inch'Allah | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Canada |
| Kashi-ggot | Lee Don-ku | South Korea | |
| La Piscina | Cuba, Venezuela | ||
| Lovelace | Lovelace | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | United States |
| Meine Schwestern | Lars Kraume | Germany | |
| Rock the Casbah | Rock the Casbah | Israel | |
| Tanta Agua | , | Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany | |
| The Attacks of 26/11 | The Attacks of 26/11 | Ram Gopal Varma | India |
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium |
Forum[]
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A batalha de Tabatô | Guinea-Bissau, Portugal | ||
| Al-khoroug lel-nahar | Hala Lotfy | Egypt, United Arab Emirates | |
| A Single Shot | A Single Shot | David M. Rosenthal | United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
| Cheongchun-eui sipjaro | Korea | ||
| Computer Chess | Computer Chess | Andrew Bujalski | United States |
| Das merkwürdige Kätzchen | Germany | ||
| Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo | Anja Salomonowitz | Austria | |
| Echolot | Germany | ||
| Elelwani | Elelwani | South Africa | |
| Fahtum pandinsoong | Nontawat Numbenchapol | Thailand, Cambodia, France | |
| Fynbos | South Africa, Greece | ||
| In Bloom | Grzeli nateli dgeebi | Nana Ekvtimishvili, | Georgia, Germany, France |
| Halbschatten | Germany, France | ||
| Hélio Oiticica | Brazil | ||
| The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas | I aionia epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua | Greece | |
| The Daughter | I kóri | Greece, Italy | |
| I Used to Be Darker | I Used to Be Darker | United States | |
| Je ne suis pas mort | France | ||
| Kanko no machi | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | |
| Engagement Ring | Konyaku yubiwa | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Circles | Krugovi | Srdan Golubović | Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France |
| Kujira no machi | Japan | ||
| Kya hua is shahar ko? | India | ||
| When I Saw You | Lamma shoftak | Annemarie Jacir | Palestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece |
| La Paz | Santiago Loza | Argentina | |
| La plaga | Neus Ballús | Spain | |
| Le cousin Jules | Dominique Benicheti | France | |
| The Meteor | Le météore | François Delisle | Canada |
| Killing Strangers | Matar extraños | Mexico, Denmark | |
| Materia oscura | , | Italy | |
| Char... The No-Man's Island | ...Moddhikhane Char | India, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway | |
| Forgetting to Know You | Mo sheng | People's Republic of China | |
| A Stranger | Obrana i zastita | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia | |
| Onna | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | |
| Portrait of Jason | Portrait of Jason | Shirley Clarke | United States |
| Powerless | Katiyabaaz | Fahad Mustafa, | India |
| Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan | |
| Senzo ni naru | Kaoru Ikeya | Japan | |
| Shirley – Visions of Reality | Gustav Deutsch | Austria | |
| Shito no densetsu | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | |
| Sieniawka | Germany, Poland | ||
| Stemple Pass | James Benning | United States | |
| Sto lyko | , | Greece, France | |
| Terra de ninguém | Portugal | ||
| Das Gewicht der Elefanten | Daniel Joseph Borgman | New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden | |
| Tian mi mi | Taiwan | ||
| Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern | Peter Liechti | Switzerland | |
| Viola | Argentina | ||
| Farewell to Dream | Yuyake gumo | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Za Marksa... | Svetlana Baskova | Russian Federation |
Key[]
† 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[]
Călin Peter Netzer (Romania), winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]
- Golden Bear: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer
- Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear): An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović
- Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear): 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 Script: Jafar Panahi for Closed Curtain
- Award for an outstanding artistic contribution: Aziz Zhambakiyev for Harmony Lessons
- Special Mentions:
- Panorama:
- Ecumenical Jury Prize: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
- Panorama Audience Award: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
- Forum:
- Ecumenical Jury Prize: Circles by Srdan Golubović
- FIPRESCI Jury Prize: by
- NETPAC Award Best Asian Film: When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir
- C.I.C.A.E. Jury Prize: In Bloom by Nana Ekvtimishvili,
References[]
- ^ "Berlinale". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin's Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ^ "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). berlinale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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