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61st Berlin International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
True Grit

Founded
  
1951

Location
  
Berlin, Germany

Hosted by
  
Anke Engelke


Closing film
  
Nader and Simin, A Separation

Awards
  
Golden Bear (Nader and Simin, A Separation)

The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to February 20, 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film True Grit 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 received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, which also served as the closing film at the festival.

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Jury

  • Isabella Rossellini, Italian-American actress, jury president
  • Jan Chapman, Australian producer
  • Nina Hoss, German actress
  • Aamir Khan, Indian actor and director
  • Guy Maddin, Canadian director
  • Sandy Powell, British costume designer

    • In addition, the festival held a place open in the jury for the imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, "to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom."

    In competition

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

    Jury

  • Nan Goldin, American photographer
  • Renen Schorr, 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:

    Awards

    The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear for Best Film - Nader and Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi

    • Silver Bears

  • Jury Grand Prix: The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
  • Best Director: Ulrich Köhler for Sleeping Sickness
  • Best Actress: the actress ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
  • Best Actor: the actor ensemble of Nader and Simin, A Separation
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Production Design: Barbara Enriquez for The Prize
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera: Wojciech Staron for The Prize
  • Best Script: Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for The Forgiveness of Blood
  • Alfred Bauer Prize for a work of particular innovation: If Not Us, Who? by Andres Veiel

    • Honorary Golden Bear

  • Armin Mueller-Stahl

    • Crystal Bears

  • Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
  • Generation14plus (Feature Length Film): On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

    • FIPRESCI Prizes

  • Competition: The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
  • Panorama: Top Floor Left Wing by Angelo Cianci
  • Forum: Heaven's Story by Takahisa Zeze

    • Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Night Fishing by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong

    References

    61st Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
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