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51st Berlin International Film Festival

2001 film festival in Berlin, Germany

Field	Value
name	51st Berlin International Film Festival
image	51st Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg
caption	Festival poster
opening	Enemy at the Gates
closing	2001: A Space Odyssey
location	Berlin, Germany
founded	1951
awards	Golden Bear: Intimacy
number	304 films
date	7–18 February 2001
website	http://www.berlinale.de
chronology	Berlin International Film Festival
preceded_by	50th
followed_by	52nd

The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.

The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.

Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Main Competitions

Bill Mechanic, American producer - Jury President
Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
Diego Galán, Spanish director and film critic
Kyoko Hirano, Japanese writer
Fatih Akın, German filmmaker, producer and actor
Dario Argento, Italian filmmaker and producer
Xie Fei, Chinese filmmaker
Héctor Babenco, Brazilian-Argentine filmmaker and producer
Dominique Blanc, French actress

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Bamboozled	Spike Lee	United States
Beijing Bicycle	十七岁的单车	Wang Xiaoshuai	China, Taiwan
Betelnut Beauty	愛你愛我	Lin Cheng-sheng	Taiwan, France
Chocolat	Lasse Hallström	United States, United Kingdom
La Ciénaga	Lucrecia Martel	Argentina, France, Spain
The Claim	Michael Winterbottom	United Kingdom, France, Canada
Fat Girl	À ma soeur!	Catherine Breillat	Italy, France
Félix et Lola	Patrice Leconte	France
Finding Forrester	Finding Forrester	Gus Van Sant	United States
The Ignorant Fairies	Le fate Ignoranti	Ferzan Özpetek	France, Italy
Intimacy	Patrice Chéreau	United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy
Inugami	犬神家の一族	Masato Harada	Japan
Italian for Beginners	Italiensk for begyndere	Lone Scherfig	Denmark, Sweden
Joint Security Area	공동경비구역 JSA	Park Chan-wook	South Korea
Kuroe	Gō Rijū	Japan
Little Senegal	Rachid Bouchareb	Algeria, France, Germany
Malèna	Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
My Sweet Home	Filippos Tsitos	Greece, Germany
The Tailor of Panama	John Boorman	United States, Ireland
Traffic	Steven Soderbergh	United States
Weiser	Wojciech Marczewski	Poland, Switzerland, Germany
Wit	Mike Nichols	United Kingdom, United States
You're the One	Una historia de entonces	José Luis Garci	Spain

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2001/02_programm_2001/02_Programm_2001.html#section=section546

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
American Guerrilla in the Philippines	American Guerrilla in the Philippines	Fritz Lang	United States
Artificial Paradise	Umetni Raj	Karpo Godina	Yugoslavia
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Fritz Lang	United States
The Big Heat	The Big Heat
The Blue Gardenia	The Blue Gardenia
La Chienne	Jean Renoir	France
Clash by Night	Fritz Lang	United States
Cloak and Dagger
Contempt	Le Mépris	Jean-Luc Godard	France, Italy
Destiny	Der müde Tod	Fritz Lang	Germany
Die Nibelungen
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Dr. M	Docteur M	Claude Chabrol	France, West Germany
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler – Part I — The Great Gambler: An Image of the Age	Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part I – Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit	Fritz Lang	Germany
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Part II – Inferno: A Game for the People of our Age	Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part II – Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit
Encounter with Fritz Lang	Begegnung mit Fritz Lang	Peter Fleischmann	West Germany
Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin	William Friedkin	United States
Four Around a Woman	(Die Vier um die Frau)	Fritz Lang	Germany
For Example Fritz Lang	Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang	Erwin Leiser	West Germany
Fury	Fritz Lang	United States
Hangmen Also Die!
The Human Beast	La Bête Humaine	Jean Renoir	France
Hilde Warren and Death	Hilde Warren und der Tod	Joe May	Germany
House by the River	Fritz Lang	United States
Human Desire
The Indian Tomb	Das Indische Grabmal	West Germany, France
Liliom	France
M	Germany
M	Joseph Losey	United States
Madame Butterfly	Harakiri	Fritz Lang	Germany
Man Hunt	United States
Metropolis	Germany
Ministry of Fear	United States
Moonfleet
People to Each Other	Menschen untereinander	Gerhard Lamprecht	Germany
The Plague of Florence	Die Pest in Florenz	Otto Rippert	Germany
Rancho Notorious	Fritz Lang	United States
The Return of Frank James
Scarlet Street
Secret Beyond the Door
Spies	Spione	Germany
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse	Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
The Tiger of Eschnapur	Der Tiger von Eschnapur	France, Germany
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse	Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse	West Germany, France
The Wandering Image	Das wandernde Bild	Germany
Western Union	United States
While The City Sleeps
Woman in the Moon	Frau Im Mond	Germany
The Woman in the Window	United States
You And Me
You Only Live Once

Official Awards

Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Golden Bear: Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: Beijing Bicycle by Wang Xiaoshuai
Silver Bear for Best Director: Lin Cheng-sheng for Betelnut Beauty
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kerry Fox for Intimacy
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Benicio del Toro for Traffic
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Raúl Pérez Cubero for You're the One
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for Italian for Beginners
Alfred Bauer Prize: La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel

[[Honorary Golden Bear]]

Kirk Douglas

Berlinale Camera

Kei Kumai

Independent Awards

Blue Angel Award

Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau

[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]

Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig

References

"51st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
"Berlin confirms Enemy At The Gates as opener". screendaily.com.
"Enemy at the Gates Opens Berlin Film Festival". abcnews.go.com.
"Berlin Gets Intimate". nitrateonline.com.
"Screen Version of 'Wit' to Premeire [sic] at Berlin Film Festival". backstage.com.
"RETROSPECTIVE".
"JURIES 2001". berlinale.de.
"PROGRAMME 2001". berlinale.de.
"RETROSPECTIVE".
"PRIZES & HONOURS 2001". berlinale.de.

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