The 61st annual

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress

Isabella Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...

as the President of the Jury. The

Coen Brothers Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...

film ''

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'' opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press. German actor

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German film actor, painter and author, who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role i ...

received the

Honorary Golden Bear The Honorary Golden Bear (german: Goldener Ehrenbar) is the Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international fil ...

for lifetime achievement. The

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for Best Film went to the Iranian film ''

Nader and Simin, A Separation ''A Separation'' ( fa, جدایی, Jodâyi; also titled ''Nader and Simin, A Separation'') is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi ...

'', directed by

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database

, which also served as the closing film at the festival.

Competition

Isabella Rossellini (Berlin Film Festival 2011)

Jury

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

, actress (Italy) - Jury President *

Jan Chapman Jan Chapman (born 28 March 1950) is an Australian film producer. Films produced by Chapman include '' The Last Days of Chez Nous'' (1992), ''The Piano'' (1993), '' Love Serenade'' (1996), '' Holy Smoke!'' (1999), and ''Lantana'' (2001). While ...

, producer (Australia) *

Nina Hoss Nina Hoss (; born 7 July 1975) is a German stage and film actress. Early life Hoss was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. Her father, , was a German trade unionist and politician (member of the Bundestag with The Greens). Her mother, , was an ac ...

, actress (Germany) *

Aamir Khan Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi films. Through his career spanning over 30 years, Khan has established himself as one of the most notable actors of Indian ci ...

, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (India) *

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film i ...

, director and screenwriter (Canada) * Sandy Powell, costume designer (United Kingdom) In addition, the festival held a place open in the jury for the imprisoned Iranian director

Jafar Panahi Jafar Panâhi ( fa, جعفر پناهی, ; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an ass ...

, "to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom". Best First Feature Award Jury * Bettina Brokemper, producer (Germany) * Assaf Gavron, writer and musician (Israel) *

Michèle Ohayon Michèle Ohayon (born 1968) is a film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for the Academy Award-nominated feature documentary film, ''Colors Straight Up'' (1997), '' Cowboy del Amor'' (2005), ''Steal a Pencil for Me'' (2007) and ''Cris ...

, director, screenwriter and producer (Morocco) International Short Film Jury *

Nan Goldin Nancy Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work often explores LGBT subcultures, moments of intimacy, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is '' The Ballad of Sexual Depe ...

, photographer (United States) *

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, director, screenwriter and producer (Tunisia) *

Renen Schorr Renen Schorr (Hebrew: רנן שור; born Jerusalem, Israel, July 6th 1952) is a film director, screenwriter, film producer and Israeli film activist. In 1989, he founded Israel's first independent, national school for film and television, the Sam ...

, director, screenwriter and producer (Israel)

In competition

The following films were selected to be in competition for the

and Silver Bear awards:

Out of competition

The following films were screened out of competition at the festival:

Panorama

The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section:

Forum

The following films were screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section:

Berlinale Shorts

Jury

, American photographer *

, Israeli director * Ibrahim Letaief, Tunisian director and producer

Films

The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear for Best Short Film:

Key

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: *

for Best Film: ''

'' by

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database

Silver Bears *

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: ''

The Turin Horse ''The Turin Horse'' ( hu, A torinói ló) is a 2011 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, starring János Derzsi, Erika Bók and Mihály Kormos. It was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator László Krasznaho ...

'' by

Béla Tarr Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film '' Family Nest'' (1977), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordi ...

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

: for ''

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'' *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

: the actress ensemble of ''

'' * Best Actor: the actor ensemble of ''

'' * Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Production Design): Barbara Enriquez for '' The Prize'' * Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera): Wojciech Staron for '' The Prize'' * Best Script:

Joshua Marston Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film ''Maria Full of Grace''. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in ...

and Andamion Murataj for ''

The Forgiveness of Blood ''The Forgiveness of Blood'' ( sq, Falja e Gjakut) is a 2011 Albanian-American drama film co-written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bea ...

'' * Alfred Bauer Prize for a work of particular innovation: ''

If Not Us, Who? ''If Not Us, Who?'' (german: Wer wenn nicht wir) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940s, the early 1960s, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968. The film premiere ...

'' by

Andres Veiel Andres Veiel (born 16 October 1959) is a German film and theater director and writer. Biography From 1982 to 1988, Veiel studied Psychology at the Free University of Berlin and attended the director's class of Krzysztof Kieślowski at the Inde ...

Crystal Bears * Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): '' The Liverpool Goalie'' by Arild Andresen * Generation14plus (Feature Length Film): ''

On the Ice ''On the Ice'' is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean. The film is set in (and was shot on location in) Utqiagvik, Alaska, MacLean's home town, and follows two Iñupiaq teenagers who, while on a seal hunt, a ...

'' by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

Prizes *Competition: ''

'' by

*Panorama: ''Top Floor Left Wing'' by Angelo Cianci *Forum: ''

Heaven's Story is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Takahisa Zeze. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Forum section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. It has also won the Séquences Prize at the Fantasia I ...

'' by

Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter first known for his soft-core pornographic ''pink films'' of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the . In recent years, he ha ...

Golden Bear for Best Short Film: '' Night Fishing'' by

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. ...

and Park Chan-kyong

References

External links

Yearbook 2011 at berlinale.de

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