62nd Berlin International Film Festival
Film festival
The 62nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2012. British film director Mike Leigh was the president of the jury.[ 1] The first five films to be screened in the competition were announced on 19 December 2011.[ 2] American actress Meryl Streep was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear on 14 February.[ 3] Benoît Jacquot 's film Farewell, My Queen was announced as the opening film.[ 4]
The Golden Bear went to the Italian film Caesar Must Die , directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani , which also served as closing night film.[ 5]
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[ 6]
Main Competition
Best First Feature Award
Matthew Modine , American actor
Hania Mroué, Lebanese producer and distributor
Moritz Rinke, German journalist and writer
Short Film Competition
Official Sections
In competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[ 7]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production Country
Today
Aujourd'hui
Alain Gomis
France, Senegal
Barbara
Christian Petzold
Germany
Caesar Must Die
Cesare deve morire
Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Italy
Captive
Brillante Mendoza
Philippines, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Childish Games
Dictado
Antonio Chavarrías
Spain
Coming Home
À moi seule
Frédéric Videau
France
Farewell, My Queen
Les adieux à la reine
Benoît Jacquot
France, Spain
Home for the Weekend
Was bleibt
Hans-Christian Schmid
Germany
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Billy Bob Thornton
Russia, United States
Just the Wind
Csak a szél
Benedek Fliegauf
Hungary, Germany, France
Mercy
Gnade
Matthias Glasner
Germany, Norway
Meteora
Metéora
Spiros Stathoulopoulos
Germany, Greece
Postcards from the Zoo
Kebun binatang
Edwin
Indonesia, Germany
A Royal Affair
En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel
Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden
Sister
L'enfant d'en haut
Ursula Meier
Switzerland, France
Tabu
Miguel Gomes
Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France
War Witch
Rebelle
Kim Nguyen
Canada
White Deer Plain
白鹿原
Wang Quan'an
China
Out of competition
Panorama
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
10+10
—
Hou Hsiao-hsien , Wang Toon , Wu Nien-jen , Sylvia Chang , Chen Kuo-fu , Wei Te-sheng , Chung Meng-hung, Chang Tso-chi , Arvin Chen , Yang Ya-che
Taiwan
Calm at Sea
La mer à l'aube
Volker Schlöndorff
France, Germany
Death for Sale
—
Faouzi Bensaïdi
France
Dollhouse
—
Kirsten Sheridan
Ireland
Elles
—
Małgorzata Szumowska
France, Poland, Germany
From Seoul to Varanasi
Varanasi
Jeon Kyu-hwan
South Korea
Headshot
ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Thailand, France
Indignados
—
Tony Gatlif
France
Iron Sky
—
Timo Vuorensola
Finland, Germany, Australia
Keep the Lights On
—
Ira Sachs
United States
Kuma
—
Umut Dag
Austria
Leave It on the Floor
—
Sheldon Larry
United States, Canada
L'âge atomique
—
Héléna Klotz
France
Lost in Paradise
Hotboy nổi loạn và câu chuyện về thằng Cười, cô gái điếm và con vịt
Vũ Ngọc Đãng
Viet Nam
Love
Doze Niu
Taiwan
Mommy Is Coming
—
Cheryl Dunye
Germany
My Brother the Devil
—
Sally El Hosaini
United Kingdom
My Way
Mai-wei
Kang Je-gyu
South Korea
The Parade
Parada
Srđan Dragojević
Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia
The Wall
Die Wand
Julian Roman Pölsler
Austria, Germany
Wilaya
—
Pedro Pérez Rosado
Spain
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears
—
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Macedonia, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium
Xingu
—
Cao Hamburger
Brazil
Mike Leigh , Jury President
Official Awards
Main Competition
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani , winners of the Golden Bear at the festival
The following prizes were awarded by the International Jury:[ 8] The Hollywood Reporter described the outcome as "a major upset". Der Spiegel said it was a "very conservative selection."[ 9] Der Tagesspiegel criticised the outcome, "The jury shunned almost all the contemporary films that were admired or hotly debated at an otherwise pretty remarkable festival."[ 10] Paolo Taviani said "We hope that when the film is released to the general public that cinemagoers will say to themselves or even those around them... that even a prisoner with a dreadful sentence, even a life sentence, is and remains a human being". Vittorio Taviani read out the names of the cast.[ 9]
Crystal Bears
Generation Kplus (Feature Length Film): Arcadia by Olivia Silver
Generation 14plus (Feature Length Film): Night of Silence by Reis Çelik
Competition: Tabu by Miguel Gomes
Panorama: Atomic Age by Héléna Klotz
Forum: Hemel by Sacha Polak
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
References
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Awards
Main competition Other awards Retired awards Independent awards
By year