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57th Berlin International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
La Vie En Rose

Location
  
Berlin, Germany

No. of films
  
305 films

Closing film
  
Founded
  
1951

Festival date
  
8 – 18 February 2007


The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 February 2007. The opening film of this year's festival was Olivier Dahan’s La Vie En Rose. Angel by François Ozon served as the closing night film. American director Paul Schrader served as the jury president at the festival.

Contents

The Golden Bear was presented to the Chinese film Tuya's Marriage directed by Wang Quan'an. 224,181 tickets of the festival were sold. The festival held a Retrospective programme about women in silent era films. The films which were shown in the retrospective included a restored colour version of the 1921 film Hamlet, starring Asta Nielsen, the 1914 Italian film Cabiria and Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Jury

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

  • Paul Schrader - President of the Jury
  • Hiam Abbass
  • Mario Adorf
  • Willem Dafoe
  • Gael García Bernal
  • Nansun Shi
  • Molly Marlene Stensgaard
  • Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima
  • Riina Sildos
  • Ying Ning
  • In competition

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

    Winners

    The following awards were presented at the festival.

    Golden Bear

    The Golden Bear went to Tuya's Marriage by Wang Quan'an.

    Silver Bears

  • Jury Grand Prix (Grand Prize of the Jury): Ariel Rotter for El otro
  • Best Director: Joseph Cedar for Beaufort
  • Best Actor: Julio Chávez for El otro
  • Best Actress: Nina Hoss for Yella
  • Best Music: David Mackenzie for Hallam Foe
  • Outstanding Artistic Contribution: For the Ensemble Cast of The Good Shepherd by Robert De Niro
  • Alfred Bauer Prize: Park Chan-wook for I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
  • FIPRESCI Award: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále by Jiří Menzel
  • References

    57th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia


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