Opening film Heaven Location Berlin, Germany No. of films 389 films | Closing film The Great Dictator Founded 1951 | |
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Awards Golden Bear (Bloody Sunday and Spirited Away) | ||
The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer. New print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film The Great Dictator was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British–Irish film Bloody Sunday directed by Paul Greengrass and Japanese Animated film Spirited Away directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
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The retrospective dedicated to European films from 1960’s titled European 60’s was shown at the festival. Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz de Hadeln.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: