Saturday, February 20, 2010

FESTIVAL 4: Berlin, Germany



One of the top three festivals in the World (the others being Cannes and Venice) is more serious and political than the others. However due to its time slot, it doesn't get the big films that Cannes gets. Instead Berlin gets to pick from big Hollywood films that gets released late in the year for Award considerations. It's the only one of the three festivals open to the public.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION:
Tuan Yuan (Apart Together), Wang Quan’an, China OPENING BEST SCRIPT
Bal (Honey), Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey GOLDEN BEAR
Caterpillar
, Koji Wakamatsu, Japan BEST ACTRESS
Der Räuber
(The Robber), Benjamin Heisenberg, Germany
En Familie
(A Family), Pernille Fischer Christensen, Denmark
En Ganske snill mann
(A Somewhat Gentle Man), Hans Petter Moland, Norway
Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle), Florin Serban, Romania
SILVER BEAR
Greenberg
, Noah Baumbach, USA
Howl
, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, USA
Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen
(Jew Suss – Rise and Fall), Oskar Roehler, Germany
Kak ya provel etim letom
(How I Ended This Summer), Alexei Popogrebsky, Russia BEST ACTOR
Mammuth
, Benoit Delépine and Gustave de Kervern, France
Na putu
(On The Path), Jasmila Zbanic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rompecabezas
(Puzzle), Natalia Smirnoff, Argentina
San qiang pai an jing qi
(A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop), Zhang Yimou, China Shahada (Faith), Burhan Qurbani, Germany
Shekarchi
(The Hunter), Rafi Pitts, Germany and Iran
Submarino
, Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark
The Ghost Writer
, Roman Polanski, France &Germany BEST DIRECTOR
The Killer Inside Me
, Michael Winterbottom, USA & UK

Out of Competition

Otouto
(About Her Brother), Yoji Yamada, Japan CLOSING
Exit Through The Gift Shop
, Banksy, UK and USA
My Name is Khan
, Karan Johar, India
Please Give
, Nicole Holofcener, USA
Shutter Island
, Martin Scorsese, USA
The Kids Are All Right
, Lisa Cholodenko, USA

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