The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film '' Enemy at the Gates'' by

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restored version of

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's 1968 Sci-fi film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to French-British film '' Intimacy'' directed by Patrice Chéreau. The retrospective dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter

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was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: *

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, producer (United States) - Jury President * Jacqueline Bisset, actress (United Kingdom) *

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, director and film critic (Spain) * Kyoko Hirano, writer (Japan) * Fatih Akın, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (Germany) *

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, director, screenwriter and producer (Italy) * Xie Fei, director and screenwriter (China) * Héctor Babenco, director, screenwriter and producer (Brazil) *

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, actress (France)

In competition

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

Key

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear: '' Intimacy'' by Patrice Chéreau * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: '' Beijing Bicycle'' by Wang Xiaoshuai * Silver Bear for Best Director:

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for ''

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'' * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kerry Fox for '' Intimacy'' * Silver Bear for Best Actor:

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for ''

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'' * Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Raúl Pérez Cubero for '' You're the One'' * Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for ''

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'' * Alfred Bauer Prize: '' La Ciénaga'' by Lucrecia Martel * Blue Angel Award: '' Intimacy'' by Patrice Chéreau * Honorary Golden Bear:

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* Berlinale Camera:

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* FIPRESCI Award **''

'' by Lone Scherfig

References

External links

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