 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grandmaster |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Child's Pose |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear:Child's Pose |
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
| No. of films | 404 films |
| Festival date | 7–17 February 2013 |
| Website | Website |
| Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
The63rd annualBerlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 17 February 2013.[1] Chinese film directorWong Kar-wai was announced as the president of the jury[2] and his filmThe Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.[3]
TheGolden Bear was awarded toChild's Pose directed byCălin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.[4][5]
The French documentary filmmakerClaude Lanzmann was awarded with theHonorary Golden Bear.[6] Italian actressIsabella Rossellini and German film directorRosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
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The following people were on the jury for the festival:[2]
The following films were selected for the main competition for theGolden Bear andSilver Bear awards:[7][8]
| 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 | |
| Gold | Thomas Arslan | Germany | |
| 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 Avalanche | David Gordon Green | United States | |
| Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | ||
| Charlie Countryman | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | Fredrik Bond | United States, Romania |
| The Nun | La Religieuse | Guillaume Nicloux | France, Germany, Belgium |
| Side Effects | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
| Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Vic et Flo ont vu un ours | Denis Côté | Canada |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | United States, Greece | |
| The Croods | Chris Sanders andKirk DeMicco | United States | |
| Dark Blood | George Sluizer | Netherlands | |
| The Grandmaster(opening film) | 一代宗師 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| Night Train to Lisbon | Bille August | Germany, Switzerland, Portugal | |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7]
| 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 Naketsi | Zaza Rusadze | Georgia |
| The Attacks of 26/11 | Ram Gopal Varma | India | |
| 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 Breakdown | Alabama Monroe | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium |
| Don Jon's Addiction | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | United States | |
| Fatal | Kashi-ggot | Lee Don-ku | South 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 | |
| Lovelace | Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman | United States | |
| Rock the Casbah | רוק בקסבה | Yariv Horowitz | Israel |
| My Sisters | Meine Schwestern | Lars Kraume | Germany |
| So Much Water | Tanta Agua | Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero | Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany |
| The Swimming Pool | La Piscina | Carlos Machado Quintela | Cuba, Venezuela |
| White Night | Baek Ya | Hee-il LeeSong | South Korea |
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]
| 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 | Elina Psykou [el] | Greece |
| Everyday Objects [de] | Halbschatten | Nicolas Wackerbarth [de] | 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 | |
| The Strange Little Cat [de] | Das merkwürdige Kätzchen | Ramon Zürcher [de] | 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 |
