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59th Berlin International Film Festival

2009 film festival in Berlin, Germany

2009 film festival in Berlin, Germany

FieldValue
name59th Berlin International Film Festival
image59BIFFPoster.jpg
captionFestival poster
number383 films
openingThe International
closingEden Is West
locationBerlin, Germany
awardsGolden Bear: The Milk of Sorrow
date5–15 February 2009
founded1951
websiteWebsite
chronologyBerlin International Film Festival
preceded_by58th
followed_by60th

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February to 15 February 2009. The opening film of the festival was Tom Tykwer’s The International, screened out of competition. Costa-Gavras's Eden Is West served as the closing night film at the festival. The festival's jury president was the British actress Tilda Swinton.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow directed by Claudia Llosa. The retrospective dedicated to the Golden Age of 70mm filmmaking from 1955 to 1970, titled 70mm – Bigger than Life was shown at the festival.

Admission for the festival was reported to be among the highest in years, and it also set a record for ticket sales, with some 270,000 tickets sold by the halfway mark, compared to 240,000 sold for the entire run of the festival the previous year. The final ticket tally was the largest in the festival's 59-year history.

Juries

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

Main Competition

  • Tilda Swinton, British actress - Jury President
  • Isabel Coixet, Spanish filmmaker
  • Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker
  • Henning Mankell, Swedish writer
  • Christoph Schlingensief, German playwright and director
  • Wayne Wang, Hong Kong director, screenwriter and producer
  • Alice Waters, American author

Best First Feature Award Jury

  • Hannah Herzsprung, German actress
  • In-Ah Lee, German producer
  • Rafi Pitts, Iranian director

International Short Film Jury

  • Khavn De La Cruz, Filipino director, screenwriter and producer
  • Arta Dobroshi, Kosovo actress
  • Lars Henrik Gass, German director of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

Official Sections

Main Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
About Ellyدرباره الیAsghar FarhadiIran
CheriStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom
Everyone ElseAlle AnderenMaren AdeGermany
Forever Enthralled梅蘭芳Chen KaigeChina
GiantGiganteAdrián BiniezUruguay, Germany, Argentina
Happy TearsMitchell LichtensteinUnited States
In the Electric MistBertrand Tavernier
Katalin VargaPeter StricklandRomania, United Kingdom, Hungary
Little SoldierAnnette K. OlesenDenmark
London RiverRachid BoucharebFrance, United Kingdom
MammothMammutLukas MoodyssonSweden, Germany, Denmark
The MessengerOren MovermanUnited States
*The Milk of Sorrow**La Teta Asustada*Claudia LlosaPeru
My One and OnlyRichard LoncraineUnited States
RageSally PotterUnited Kingdom, United States
RickyFrançois OzonFrance, Italy
StormSturmHans-Christian SchmidGermany, Denmark
Sweet RushTatarakAndrzej WajdaPoland

Out of Competition

The following films were selected for the out of competition screening at the festival:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Eden Is West (closing film)Eden à l'ouestCosta-GavrasFrance, Greece
The Dust of TimeΗ Σκόνη του ΧρόνουTheo AngelopoulosGreece, Germany, Italy, Russia
Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the NationDeutschland 09 – 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der NationFatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Isabelle Stever, Hans Steinbichler, Hans Weingartner, Christoph Hochhäusler, Dani Levy and Angela SchanelecGermany
The International (opening film)Tom TykwerUnited States
NotoriousGeorge Tillman Jr.
The Private Lives of Pippa LeeRebecca Miller
The ReaderThe ReaderStephen DaldryUnited Kingdom, Germany

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Main Competition

  • Golden Bear: The Milk of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa

  • Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize:

    • Adrián Biniez for Giant
    • Maren Ade for Everyone Else

  • Silver Bear for Best Director: Asghar Farhadi for About Elly

  • Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sotigui Kouyaté for London River

  • Silver Bear for Best Actress: Birgit Minichmayr for Everyone Else

  • Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger

  • Outstanding Artistic Contribution: György Kovács, Gábor ifj. Erdélyi and Tamás Székely for Katalin Varga (sound design)

  • Alfred Bauer Prize:

    • Andrzej Wajda for Tatarak
    • Adrián Biniez for Giant

Independent Awards

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

  • Claudia Llosa for The Milk of Sorrow

References

References

  1. "59TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 5 - 15, 2009". berlinale.de.
  2. "59th Berlinale kicks off with The International on Barco's digital cinema projectors". barco.com.
  3. "BERLINALE 2009 COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE: A FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES". berlinale.de.
  4. (14 February 2009). "'Milk of Sorrow' wins Golden Bear". variety.com.
  5. [http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_4565.html Berlinale 2009: Academy Award–Winner Tilda Swinton will be Jury President]
  6. "RETROSPECTIVE".
  7. Scott Roxborough. (2009-02-11). "Berlinale to break sales record". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  8. "JURIES 2009". berlinale.de.
  9. "PROGRAMME 2009". berlinale.de.
  10. "PRIZES & HONOURS 2009". berlinale.de.
  11. "2009 Berlin Awards". berlinale.de.
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