The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 17 February 2013. Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the president of the jury and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.
The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear. Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
Juries The following people were on the jury for the festival:
Main Competition Wong Kar-wai, Chinese/Hong Kong filmmaker and producer - President of the jury Susanne Bier, Danish filmmaker Andreas Dresen, German filmmaker Ellen Kuras, American filmmaker and director of photography Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist and filmmaker Tim Robbins, American actor, filmmaker and producer Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greek filmmaker and producer
First Feature Award Oren Moverman, Israeli filmmaker and producer Taika Waititi, New Zealand actor and filmmaker Lucy Walker, British filmmaker
Short Films Competition Javier Fesser, Spanish filmmaker Hyung-sook Hong, South Korean filmmaker Susanne Pfeffer, German art historian and curator
Official Sections
Main Competition The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Long and Happy Life Долгая счастливая жизнь Boris Khlebnikov Russia An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker Epizoda u životu berača željeza Danis Tanović Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia Camille Claudel 1915 Bruno Dumont France Child's Pose Poziția Copilului Călin Peter Netzer Romania Closed Curtain پرده Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi Iran Gloria Sebastián Lelio Chile, Spain GoldThomas ArslanGermany Harmony Lessons Асланның сабақтары Emir Baigazin Kazakhstan, Germany In the Name Of W imię... Małgorzata Szumowska Poland Layla Fourie Pia Marais Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands Nobody's Daughter Haewon 누구의 딸도 아닌 해원 Hong Sang-soo South Korea On My Way Elle s'en va Emmanuelle Bercot France Paradise: Hope Paradies: Hoffnung Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany Prince AvalancheDavid Gordon GreenUnited States Promised Land Gus Van Sant Charlie CountrymanThe Necessary Death of Charlie CountrymanFredrik Bond United States, Romania The Nun La Religieuse Guillaume Nicloux France, Germany, Belgium Side EffectsSteven SoderberghUnited States Vic and Flo Saw a Bear Vic et Flo ont vu un ours Denis Côté Canada
Berlinale Special Gala The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English title Original title Director(s) Production country Before MidnightRichard LinklaterUnited States, Greece The Croods Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMiccoUnited States Dark Blood George Sluizer NetherlandsThe Grandmaster (opening film)一代宗師Wong Kar-waiHong Kong, China Night Train to Lisbon Bille August Germany, Switzerland, Portugal
Panorama The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Act of Killing Jagal Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway A Fold in My Blanket Chemi Sabnis NaketsiZaza RusadzeGeorgia Behind the Camera Dduit-dam-hwa: Gam-dok-i-mi-cheot-eo-yo E J-yong South Korea Belated Deshora Barbara Sarasola-Day Argentina, Columbia, Norway The Broken Circle BreakdownAlabama MonroeFelix van Groeningen Belgium Don Jon's AddictionJoseph Gordon-LevittUnited States Fatal Kashi-ggotLee Don-kuSouth Korea Frances Ha Noah Baumbach United States Habi, the Foreigner Habi, la extranjera Maria Florencia Alvarez Argentina, Brazil Inch'Allah Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Canada Kai Po Che! Abhishek Kapoor India LovelaceRob Epstein, Jeffrey FriedmanUnited States Rock the Casbah רוק בקסבה Yariv Horowitz Israel My Sisters Meine SchwesternLars KraumeGermany So Much Water Tanta AguaAna Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, GermanySomething in the Way Teddy Soeriaatmadja Indonesia The Swimming Pool La PiscinaCarlos Machado Quintela Cuba, Venezuela White Night Baek YaHee-il LeeSong South Korea
Forum The following films were selected for the Forum section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The 727 Days Without Karamo Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo Anja Salomonowitz Austria A Single Shot David M. Rosenthal United States, United Kingdom, Canada The Battle of Tabatô A batalha de Tabatô João Viana Guinea-Bissau, Portugal Boundary Fahtum pandinsoong Nontawat Numbenchapol Thailand, Cambodia, France Char... The No-Man's Island ...Moddhikhane Char Sourav Sarangi India, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway Circles Кругови Srdan Golubović Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France Cold Bloom Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni Atsushi Funahashi Japan Coming Forth by Day Al-khoroug lel-nahar Hala Lotfy Egypt, United Arab Emirates Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski United States Cousin Jules Le cousin Jules Dominique Benicheti France Crossroads of Youth Cheongchun-eui sipjaro Ahn Jong-hwa Korea Dark Matter Materia oscura Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti Italy The Daughter Η Κόρη Thanos Anastopoulos Greece, Italy Echolot Athanasios Karanikolas Germany Elelwani Ntshavheni Wa Luruli South Africa Engagement Ring Konyaku yubiwa Keisuke Kinoshita Japan The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas Η αιώνια επιστροφή του Αντώνη Παρασκευά Greece Halbschatten Germany, France Forgetting to Know You 忘了去懂你 Quan Ling China Fynbos Harry Patramanis South Africa, Greece Hélio Oiticica Cesar Oiticica Filho Brazil I'm Not Dead Je ne suis pas mort Mehdi Ben Attia France In Bloom გრძელი ნათელი დღეები Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß Georgia I Used to Be Darker Matt Porterfield United States Jubilation Street Kanko no machi Keisuke Kinoshita Japan Killing Strangers Matar extraños Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Denmark The Meteor Le météore François Delisle Canada No Man's Land Terra de ninguém Salomé Lamas Portugal La Paz La Paz Santiago Loza Argentina The Plague La plaga Neus Ballús Spain Portrait of Jason Shirley Clarke United States Powerless Katiyabaaz Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar India Roots Senzo ni naru Kaoru Ikeya Japan Shirley: Visions of Reality Gustav Deutsch Austria Sieniawka Marcin Malaszczak Germany, Poland Stemple Pass James Benning United States Das merkwürdige Kätzchen Germany Together Tian mi mi Hsu Chao-jen Taiwan To the Wolf Sto lyko Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes Greece, France The Town of Whales Kujira no machi Keiko Tsuruoka Japan Viola Matías Piñeiro Argentina What Happened to This City? Kya hua is shahar ko? Deepa Dhanraj India The Weight of Elephants Das Gewicht der Elefanten Daniel Joseph Borgman New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden When I Saw You لما شفتك Annemarie Jacir Palestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece Woman Onna Keisuke Kinoshita Japan A Legend or Was It? (1963) 死闘の伝説 Keisuke Kinoshita Japan A Stranger Obrana i zastita Bobo Jelcic Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia Farewell to Dream (1956) 夕やけ雲 Keisuke Kinoshita Japan Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern Peter Liechti Switzerland For Marx... Za Marksa... Svetlana Baskova Russian
Official Awards Golden Bear: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović Alfred Bauer Prize: Vic and Flo Saw a Bear by Denis Côté Silver Bear for Best Director: David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche Silver Bear for Best Actress: Paulina García for Gloria Silver Bear for Best Actor: Nazif Mujić for An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi for Closed Curtain Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Aziz Zhambakiyev for Harmony Lessons Special Mentions: Promised Land by Gus Van Sant Layla Fourie by Pia Marais
Independent awards
Ecumenical Jury Prize The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer (Panorama) Circles by Srdan Golubović (Forum)
FIPRESCI Jury Prize
Hélio Oiticica by Cesar Oiticica Filho
Panorama Audience Award The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
Forum NETPAC Award Best Asian Film: When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir C.I.C.A.E. Jury Prize: In Bloom by Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß
References
External links
Yearbook 2013 at berlinale.de 63rd Berlin International Film Festival 2013