Saturday, February 18, 2012

Berlinale International Film Festival


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
A moi seule (Coming Home), Frederic Videau (France)
Aujord'hui (Today), Alain Gomis (France, Senegal)
Bai iu yuan (White Deer Plain), Wang Quan'an (China)
Barbara, Christian Petzold (Germany) BEST DIRECTOR
Captive, Brillante Mendoz (Philippines)
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), Paolo & Vittorio Taviani (Italy) GOLDEN BEAR
Csak a szei (Just The Wind), Bence Fliegauf (Hungary) JURY GRAND PRIX
Dictado (Childish Games), Antonio Chavarrias
En Kongelig Affare (A Royal Affair), Nikolaj Arcel (Denmark, Sweden) BEST ACTOR & Best Script
Gnade (Mercy), Matthias Glasner (Germany, Norway)
Jayne Mansfield's Car, Billy Bob Thronton (USA)
Kebun binatang (Postcards From The Zoo), directed by Edwin (Indonesia, Hong Kong)
L'enfant d'en haut (Sister), Ursala Meier (Switzerland, France)
Les adieux a la Reine (Farewell My Queen), Benoit Jacquot (France)
Meteora, Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Germany, Greece)
Rebelle (War Witch), Kim Nguyen (Canada) BEST ACTRESS
Tabu, Miguel Gomes (Portugal, Brazil)
Was bleibt (Home For The Weekend), Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany)

OUT OF COMPETITION
Bel Ami, Declan Donnellan and Nick Oremerod (UK)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Stephen Daldry (USA)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark (China, Hong Kong)
Haywire, Steven Soderbergh (USA)
Jin ling Shi San Chai (The Flowers of War), Zhang Yimou (China)
Shadow Dancer, James Marsh (UK, Ireland)
The Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie (USA)

PANORAMA
10+10, Hou Hsiao-hsien + 9 others (Taiwan)
Bugis Street Redux, Yonfan (Hong Kong)
Cherry, Stephen Elliott (USA)
Chocó, Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza (Columbia)
The Convoy, Alexey Mizgirev (Russian Federation)
Death For Sale, Faouzi Bensaïdi (Morocco, United Arab Emirates)
Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood, Daniele Vicari (Italy, Romania)
Die Wand (The Wall), Julian Roman Pölsler (Austria, Germany)
Dollhouse, Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
Elles, Malgoska Szumowska (France, Poland)
Fon Tok Kuen Fah (Headshot), Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand)
From Seoul To Varanasi, Kyuhwan Jeon (Republic of Korea)
GLAUBE, LIEBE, TOD (BELIEF, LOVE, DEATH), Peter Kern (Austria)
Hot boy noi loan - cau chuyen ve thang cuoi,.. (Lost In Paradise), Vu Ngoc Dang (Vietnam)
HIGHWAY, Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal, USA)
Iron Sky, Timo Vuorensola (Finland, Germany)
Indignados, Tony Gatlif (France)
Keep The Lights On, Ira Sachs (USA)
Kuma, Umut Dag (Austria)
La mer à l'aube (Calm At Sea), Volker Schlöndorff (France, Germany)
L'âge atomique, Héléna Klotz (France)
Leave It On The Floor, Sheldon Larry (USA/Canada)
Love by Doze, Niu Chen-zer (China,Taiwan)
Man On Ground, Akin Omotoso (South Africa)
Mai-wei (My Way), KANG Je-kyu (Republic of Korea)
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Matthew Akers (USA)
Mommy Is Coming, Cheryl Dunye (Germany)
My Brother The Devil, Sally El Hosaini (Great Britain)
Parada (The Parade), Srdjan Dragojevic (Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia)
Rentaneko (Rent-a-Cat), Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
Sharqiya (Central Station), Ami Livne (Israel, France, Germany)
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears, Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia, Slovenia)
Wilaya, Pedro Pérez Rosado (Spain)
Xingu, Cao Hamburger (Brazil)

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