64th Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
|---|---|
| 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]
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]
Main Competition
- James Schamus, American film producer and screenwriter - Jury President
- Barbara Broccoli, American film producer
- Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress
- Mitra Farahani, Iranian filmmaker
- Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker
- Michel Gondry, French filmmaker and producer
- Tony Leung, Chinese actor
- Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
Best First Feature Award
- Nancy Buirski, American filmmaker, producer and founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Valeria Golino, Italian actress and filmmaker
- Hernán Musaluppi, Argentinian film producer
Short Film Competition
- Edwin, Indonesian filmmaker
- Nuno Rodrigues, Portuguese curator and producer
- Christine Tohmé, Lebanese curator
Official Sections
Main 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| '71 | Yann Demange | United Kingdom | |
| Aloft | Claudia Llosa | Spain, Canada, France | |
| Beloved Sisters | Die geliebten Schwestern | Dominik Graf | Germany |
| Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 | Diao Yinan | China |
| Blind Massage | 推拿 | Lou Ye | China, France |
| Boyhood | Richard Linklater | United States | |
| Futuro Beach | Praia do Futuro | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, Germany |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | United Kingdom, Germany | |
| History of Fear | Historia del Miedo | Benjamín Naishtat | Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, France |
| Inbetween Worlds | Zwischen Welten | Feo Aladag | Germany |
| In Order of Disappearance | Kraftidioten | Hans Petter Moland | Norway |
| Jack | Edward Berger | Germany | |
| Life of Riley | Aimer, boire et chanter | Alain Resnais | France |
| The Little House | 小さいおうち | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| Macondo | Macondo | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria |
| No Man's Land | 無人區 | Ning Hao | China |
| Stations of the Cross | Kreuzweg | Dietrich Brüggemann | Germany |
| Stratos | Μικρό Ψάρι | Yannis Economides | Greece, Germany, Cyprus |
| 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 |
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Monuments Men | George Clooney | United States | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| If You Don't, I Will | Arrête ou je continue | Sophie Fillières | France |
| The Rice Bomber | 白米炸彈客 | Cho Li | Taiwan |
| Ice Poison | 冰毒 | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar |
| 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? | Michel Gondry | France | |
| The Man of the Crowd | O Homem das Multidões | Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães | Brazil |
| Papilio Buddha | Jayan Cherian | India, United States | |
| Quick Change | Quick Change | Eduardo Roy Jr. | Philippines |
| Stereo | Maximilian Erlenwein | Germany | |
| Test | Chris Mason Johnson | United States | |
| The Better Angels | A. J. Edwards | United States | |
| The Lamb | Kuzu | Kutluğ Ataman | Germany, Turkey |
| 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 | Joselito Altarejos | Philippines | |
| Journey to the West | 西遊 | Tsai Ming-liang | France, Taiwan |
| Yves Saint Laurent | Yves Saint Laurent | Jalil Lespert | France |
| I'm Not Angry! | Asabani Nistam! | Reza Dormishian | Iran |
| Blind | Eskil Vogt | Norway, Netherlands | |
| Difret | Zeresenay Berhane Mehari | Ethiopia | |
| Fever | Fieber | Elfi Mikesch | Luxembourg, Austria |
| Güeros | Alonso Ruízpalacios | Mexico | |
| Highway | Imtiaz Ali | India | |
| Homeland | Ieji | Nao Kubota | Japan |
| Quiet Bliss | In Grazia di Dio | Edoardo Winspeare | Italy |
| Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | United States | |
| That Demon Within | 魔警 | Dante Lam | Hong Kong |
| Standing Aside, Watching | Na kathese ke na kitas | Yorgos Servetas | Greece |
| Night Flight | Yaganbihaeng | Leesong Hee-il | South Korea |
| 2030 | Nước | Nghiêm-Minh Nguyễn-Võ | Vietnam |
| Brides | Patardzlebi | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, France |
| Cracks in Concrete | Risse im Beton | Umut Dağ | Austria |
| The Midnight After | 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的 | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong |
| Land of Storms | Viharsarok | Adam Császi | Hungary |
| The Night | Ye | Hao Zhou | China |
Berlinale Special Gala
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special Gala section:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Long Way Down | Pascal Chaumeil | United Kingdom, Germany | |
| American Hustle | David O. Russell | United States | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late Autumn (1960) | 秋日和 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Caravaggio (1986) | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom | |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | Germany |
| Germany, Pale Mother (1980) | Deutschland, bleiche Mutter | Helma Sanders-Brahms | East Germany |
| The Hero (1966) | Nayak | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]
Main Competition
- Golden Bear: Black Coal, Thin Ice by Diao Yinan
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson
- Alfred Bauer Prize: 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 Screenplay: Stations of the Cross by Dietrich Brüggemann
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Blind Massage by Lou Ye (Cinematography)
Best First Feature Award
Independent Awards
Panorama Audience Award
- 1st Place: Difret by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
- 2nd Place: The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro
- 3rd Place: Brides by Tinatin Kajrishvili
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. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Ken Loach gets lifetime award in Berlin". BBC News. 14 February 2014. 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.
- ^ "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. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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