The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014. Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel opened the festival.
British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan, which also served as closing film.
Juries The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Main Competition James Schamus, American film producer and screenwriter - Jury President Barbara Broccoli, American film producer Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress Mitra Farahani, Iranian filmmaker Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker Michel Gondry, French filmmaker and producer Tony Leung, Chinese actor Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
Best First Feature Award Nancy Buirski, American filmmaker, producer and founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Valeria Golino, Italian actress and filmmaker Hernán Musaluppi, Argentinian film producer
Short Film Competition Edwin, Indonesian filmmaker Nuno Rodrigues, Portuguese curator and producer Christine Tohmé, Lebanese 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 '71 Yann Demange United Kingdom Aloft Claudia Llosa Spain, Canada, France Beloved Sisters Die geliebten Schwestern Dominik Graf Germany Black Coal, Thin Ice 白日焰火 Diao Yinan China Blind Massage 推拿 Lou Ye China, France Boyhood Richard Linklater United States Futuro Beach Praia do Futuro Karim Aïnouz Brazil, Germany The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson United Kingdom, Germany History of Fear Historia del Miedo Benjamín Naishtat Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, France Inbetween Worlds Zwischen Welten Feo Aladag Germany In Order of Disappearance Kraftidioten Hans Petter Moland Norway Jack Edward Berger Germany Life of Riley Aimer, boire et chanter Alain Resnais France The Little House 小さいおうち Yoji Yamada Japan Macondo MacondoSudabeh Mortezai Austria No Man's Land 無人區 Ning Hao China Stations of the Cross Kreuzweg Dietrich Brüggemann Germany Stratos Μικρό Ψάρι Yannis Economides Greece, Germany, Cyprus The Third Side of the River La tercera orilla Celina Murga Argentina, Germany, Netherlands Two Men in Town La voie de l‘ennemi Rachid Bouchareb France, Algeria, United States, Belgium
Out of competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Monuments Men George Clooney United States Nymphomaniac Lars von Trier Denmark, Germany, France Beauty and the Beast La belle et la bête Christophe Gans France, Germany
Panorama The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country If You Don't, I Will Arrête ou je continue Sophie Fillières France The Rice Bomber 白米炸彈客 Cho Li Taiwan Ice Poison 冰毒 Midi Z Taiwan, Myanmar Calvary John Michael McDonagh Ireland, United Kingdom The Way He Looks Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho Daniel Ribeiro Brazil Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? Michel Gondry France The Man of the Crowd O Homem das Multidões Marcelo Gomes, Cao Guimarães Brazil Papilio Buddha Jayan Cherian India, United States Quick Change Quick Change Eduardo Roy Jr. Philippines Stereo Maximilian Erlenwein Germany Test Chris Mason Johnson United States The Better Angels A. J. Edwards United States The Lamb Kuzu Kutluğ Ataman Germany, Turkey Things People Do Saar Klein United States Triptych Triptyque Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires Canada Superegos Über-Ich und Du Benjamin Heisenberg Germany, Switzerland, Austria Unfriend Joselito Altarejos Philippines Journey to the West 西遊 Tsai Ming-liang France, Taiwan Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent Jalil Lespert France I'm Not Angry! Asabani Nistam! Reza Dormishian Iran Blind Eskil Vogt Norway, Netherlands Difret Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Ethiopia Fever Fieber Elfi Mikesch Luxembourg, Austria Güeros Alonso Ruízpalacios Mexico Highway Imtiaz Ali India Homeland Ieji Nao Kubota Japan Quiet Bliss In Grazia di Dio Edoardo Winspeare Italy Love Is Strange Ira Sachs United States That Demon Within 魔警 Dante Lam Hong Kong Standing Aside, Watching Na kathese ke na kitas Yorgos Servetas Greece Night Flight Yaganbihaeng Leesong Hee-il South Korea 2030 Nước Nghiêm-Minh Nguyễn-Võ Vietnam Brides Patardzlebi Tinatin Kajrishvili Georgia, France Cracks in Concrete Risse im Beton Umut Dağ Austria The Midnight After 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的 Fruit Chan Hong Kong Land of Storms Viharsarok Adam Császi Hungary The Night Ye Hao Zhou China
Berlinale Special Gala The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special Gala section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Long Way Down Pascal Chaumeil United Kingdom, Germany American Hustle David O. Russell United States Cesar Chavez Diego Luna United States In the Courtyard Dans la cour Pierre Salvadori France The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann Felix Herngren Sweden The Turning Anthology with 20 different directors Australia The Dark Valley Das finstere Tal Andreas Prochaska Austria, Germany Diplomacy Diplomatie Volker Schlöndorff France, Germany The Two Faces of January Hossein Amini United Kingdom, United States, France Someone You Love En du Elsker Pernille Fischer Christensen Denmark
Berlinale Classics The following films were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Late Autumn (1960) 秋日和 Yasujirō Ozu Japan Caravaggio (1986) Derek Jarman United Kingdom The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene Germany Germany, Pale Mother (1980) Deutschland, bleiche Mutter Helma Sanders-Brahms East Germany The Hero (1966) Nayak Satyajit Ray India Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray United States
Official Awards The following prizes were awarded:
Main Competition Golden Bear: Black Coal, Thin Ice by Diao Yinan Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson Alfred Bauer Prize: Life of Riley by Alain Resnais Silver Bear for Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood Silver Bear for Best Actress: Haru Kuroki for The Little House Silver Bear for Best Actor: Liao Fan for Black Coal, Thin Ice Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Stations of the Cross by Dietrich Brüggemann Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Blind Massage by Lou Ye (Cinematography)
Honorary Golden Bear
Ken Loach
Best First Feature Award Güeros by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Independent Awards
Panorama Audience Award 1st Place: Difret by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari 2nd Place: The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro 3rd Place: Brides by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Teddy Award The Way He Looks by Daniel Ribeiro
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