64th Berlin International Film Festival
Opening film | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
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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 |
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]
Competition[]
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)
- , film producer (Argentina)
International Short Film Jury
- Edwin, director (Indonesia)
- , curator and producer (Portugal)
- Christine Tohmé, curator (Lebanon)
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 |
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'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 | 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 were selected to be screened out of competition:[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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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 were selected for the Panorama section:[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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If You Don't, I Will | Arrête ou je continue | Sophie Fillières | France |
白米炸彈客 Bai Mi Zha Dan Ke | 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, | Brazil |
Papilio Buddha | Papilio Buddha | Jayan Cherian | India, United States |
Quick Change | Quick Change | Philippines | |
Stereo | Stereo | Germany | |
Test | Test | 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 | Luxembourg, Austria | |
Güeros * | Güeros | Mexico | |
Highway | Highway | Imtiaz Ali | India |
Homeland | Ieji | 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 |
Na kathese ke na kitas | Greece | ||
Night Flight | Yaganbihaeng | Leesong Hee-il | South Korea |
2030 | Nước | Nghiêm-Minh Nguyễn-Võ | Vietnam |
Brides * | Patardzlebi | Georgia, France | |
Risse im Beton | 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 | Hungary | |
* | Ye | China |
Berlinale Special Galas[]
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special Galas section:[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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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 were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country and year |
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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 were 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
- Teddy Award: The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro[10]
References[]
- ^ "64TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 06 - 16, 2014". berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Prizes of the International Jury". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Chinese film wins Best Picture at Berlin film festival". BBC. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Berlinale 2014: Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Berlin Film Festival Completes Competition Lineup". Variety. 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "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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