65th Berlin International Film Festival
(Redirected from 2015 Berlin Film Festival)
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Nobody Wants the Night |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Taxi |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Taxi |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke[1] |
| Festival date | 5–15 February 2015 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury.[2][3] German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.[4] The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014.[5]
Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night was the festival's opening film.[6] Iranian docu-drama Taxi, directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival.[7][8]
For the first time in 2015, a Berlin Critics' Week ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers.[9][10][11][12]
Juries
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Main Competition
[edit]- Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker and producer- Jury President[13]
- Daniel Brühl, German actor
- Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
- Martha De Laurentiis, American film producer
- Claudia Llosa, Peruvian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Audrey Tautou, French actress
- Matthew Weiner, American director, screenwriter and producer
First Feature Award
[edit]- Fernando Eimbcke, Mexican film director and screenwriter[14]
- Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian actress
- Joshua Oppenheimer, American film director
Short Film Competition
[edit]The following people were on the jury for the Best Short Film:
- Halil Altındere, Turkish artist (Turkey)[15]
- Madhusree Dutta, Indian director, curator and author (India)
- Wahyuni A. Hadi, Singaporean author and curator
- Main Competition jury members
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Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[5][16][17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Years | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom | |
| Aferim! | Radu Jude | Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic | |
| As We Were Dreaming | Als wir träumten | Andreas Dresen | Germany, France |
| Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Cha và con và | Phan Đăng Di | Vietnam |
| Body | Ciało | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
| Chasuke's Journey | 天の茶助 | Sabu | Japan |
| Diary of a Chambermaid | Journal d'une femme de chambre | Benoît Jacquot | Belgium, France |
| Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Peter Greenaway | Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland | |
| Gone with the Bullets | 一步之遥 | Jiang Wen | China |
| Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France | |
| Knight of Cups | Terrence Malick | United States | |
| Nobody Wants the Night | Nadie quiere la noche | Isabel Coixet | Spain, France, Bulgaria |
| Queen of the Desert | Werner Herzog | United States, Morocco | |
| Sworn Virgin | Vergine giurata | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Kosovo |
| Taxi | تاکسی | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| The Club | El Club | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
| The Pearl Button | El botón de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile, Spain |
| Under Electric Clouds | Под электрическими облаками | Aleksei Alekseivich German | Russia, Ukraine, Poland |
| Victoria | Sebastian Schipper | Germany | |
Out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Minutes | Elser | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany |
| Cinderella | Kenneth Branagh | United States | |
| Every Thing Will Be Fine | Wim Wenders | Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway | |
| Mr. Holmes | Bill Condon | United Kingdom, United States | |
Panorama
[edit]The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[18][19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 (director's cut) | Mark Christopher | United States | |
| 600 Miles | 600 Millas | Gabriel Ripstein | Mexico |
| Absence | Ausência | Chico Teixeira | Brazil, Chile, France |
| Angelica | Mitchell Lichtenstein | United States | |
| Bizarre | Étienne Faure | France, United States | |
| Blue Blood | Sangue azul | Lírio Ferreira | Brazil |
| The Blue Hour | Onthakan | Anucha Boonyawatana | Thailand |
| Butterfly | Mariposa | Marco Berger | Argentina |
| Chorus | François Delisle | Canada | |
| Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents | Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern | Stina Werenfels | Switzerland, Germany |
| Dyke Hard | Bitte Andersson | Sweden | |
| The Fire | El incendio | Juan Schnitman | Argentina |
| How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) | Josh Kim | Thailand, United States, Indonesia | |
| I Am Michael | Justin Kelly | United States | |
| The Last Summer of the Rich | Der letzte Sommer der Reichen | Peter Kern | Austria |
| Love, Theft and Other Entanglements | الحب والسرقة ومشاكل أخرى | Muayad Alayan | Palestine |
| A Minor Leap Down | پریدن از ارتفاع کم | Hamed Rajabi | Iran, France |
| Murder in Pacot | Meurtre à Pacot | Raoul Peck | France, Haiti, Norway |
| Nasty Baby | Sebastián Silva | United States | |
| Necktie Youth | Sibs Shongwe-La Mer | South Africa | |
| Ned Rifle | Hal Hartley | United States | |
| Ode to My Father | 국제시장 | Yoon Je-kyoon | South Korea |
| Out of My Hand | Takeshi Fukunaga | United States | |
| Out of Nature | Mot naturen | Ole Giæver, Marte Vold | Norway |
| Paradise in Service | 軍中樂園 | Doze Niu | Taiwan |
| Petting Zoo | Micah Magee | Germany, Greece, United States | |
| Pioneer Heroes | Pionery-geroi | Natalia Kudryashova | Russia |
| The Sea Is Behind | البحر من ورائكم | Hisham Lasri | Morocco |
| The Second Mother | Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
| Stories of Our Lives | Jim Chuchu | Kenya | |
| The Summer of Sangailė | Sangailė | Alantė Kavaitė | Lithuania, France, Netherlands |
| Thanatos, Drunk | 醉·生夢死 | Chang Tso-Chi | Taiwan |
| Tough Love | Härte | Rosa von Praunheim | Germany |
| Why Me? | De ce eu? | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary |
Berlinale Special
[edit]The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:[20][21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Are You Here | Are You Here | Matthew Weiner | United States |
| Bloodline | Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman, and Glenn Kessler | ||
| La Bohème | Breathe Umphefumlo | Mark Dornford-May | South Africa |
| Fifty Shades of Grey | Sam Taylor-Johnson | United States | |
| Greenery Will Bloom Again | Torneranno i prati | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Life | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Canada | |
| The Look of Silence | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Norway, Finland, United Kingdom, Indonesia | |
| Love and Mercy | Bill Pohlad | United States | |
| The Misplaced World | Die abhandene Welt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
| Selma | Ava DuVernay | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Seventh Fire | Jack Pettibone Riccobono | United States | |
| Virgin Mountain | Fúsi | Dagur Kári | Iceland, Denmark |
| Woman in Gold | Simon Curtis | United Kingdom, United States | |
Berlinale Classics
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:[22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Born in '45 (1966) | Jahrgang 45 | Jürgen Böttcher | East Germany |
| The Cat Has Nine Lives (1968) | Neun Leben hat die Katze | Ula Stöckl | West Germany |
| Goldfinger (1964) | Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | United Kingdom |
| In Cold Blood (1967) | In Cold Blood | Richard Brooks | United States |
| Variety (1925) | Varieté | Ewald André Dupont | Germany |
Berlinale Series
[edit]The Series section, devoted to long-form television series, was introduced in 2015.[23] Better Call Saul had its premiere at the Berlinale.[24]
Official Awards
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The following prizes were awarded:
Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Bear: Taxi by Jafar Panahi[7]
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Club by Pablo Larraín
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante
- Silver Bear for Best Director:
- Radu Jude for Aferim!
- Małgorzata Szumowska for Body
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for 45 Years
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Patricio Guzmán for The Pearl Button
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: (cinematography)
- Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for Victoria
- Sergey Mikhalchuk and Evgeniy Privin for Under Electric Clouds
Best First Feature Award
[edit]Panoroma
[edit]- Audience Award:
- 1st Place: The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert[26]
- 2nd Place: Stories of Our Lives by Jim Chuchu
- 3rd Place: Tough Love by Rosa von Praunheim
Generation
[edit]Independent Awards
[edit]- Competition: Taxi by Jafar Panahi[30]
- Panorama: A Minor Leap Down by Hamed Rajabi
Festival appearance
[edit]The festival poster was designed by BOROS agency, who made the previous four posters of the festival. Festival director Dieter Kosslick described the poster as "the glamorous and suspense-packed second that precedes every cinema experience is when the curtain opens to reveal the screen. This year's poster motif aims to stir anticipation for that magical moment".[31]
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