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60th Berlin International Film Festival

2010 film festival in Berlin, Germany

Field	Value
name	60th Berlin International Film Festival
caption	Festival poster
opening	Apart Together
closing	About Her Brother
location	Berlin, Germany
founded	1951
awards	Golden Bear: Bal
host	Anke Engelke
number	310 films
date	11–21 February 2010
website	Website
chronology	Berlin International Film Festival
preceded_by	59th
followed_by	61st

The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as president of the jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese director Yoji Yamada's About Her Brother, which was screened out of competition.

The Golden Bear went to Turkish film Bal directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. A new record attendance was established with 282,000 sold tickets, according to the organizers. A restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis was also shown at the festival.

Juries

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

Main Competition

Werner Herzog, German filmmaker - Jury President
Francesca Comencini, Italy director and screenwriter
Nuruddin Farah, Somali writer
Cornelia Froboess, German actress and singer
José María Morales, Spanish producer
Yu Nan, Chinese actress
Renée Zellweger, American actress

Best First Feature Award

Michael Verhoeven, German actor, director and screenwriter
Ben Foster, American actor
Lorna Tee, Malay producer

Short Film Competition

Zita Carvalhosa, Brazilian producer
Max Dax, German publisher and producer
Samm Haillay, British producer

Official Sections

Main Competition

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

Title	Original title	Director	Country
Apart Together	团圆	Wang Quan'an	China
Caterpillar	キャタピラー	Kōji Wakamatsu	Japan
A Family	En Familie	Pernille Fischer Christensen	Denmark
The Ghost Writer	Roman Polanski	United Kingdom, France, Germany
Greenberg	Noah Baumbach	United States
Honey	Bal	Semih Kaplanoğlu	Turkey, Germany
How I Ended This Summer	Как я провёл этим летом	Alexei Popogrebski	Russia
Howl	Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman	United States
The Hunter	Shekarchi	Rafi Pitts	Iran, Germany
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle	Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier	Florin Șerban	Romania
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall	Jud Süss – Film ohne Gewissen	Oskar Roehler	Austria, Germany
The Killer Inside Me	Michael Winterbottom	United States
Mammuth	Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern	France
On the Path	Na putu	Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
Puzzle	Rompecabezas	Natalia Smirnoff	Argentina
The Robber	Der Räuber	Benjamin Heisenberg	Austria, Germany
Shahada	Burhan Qurbani	Germany
A Simple Noodle Story	三枪拍案惊奇	Zhang Yimou	China
A Somewhat Gentle Man	En ganske snill mann	Hans Petter Moland	Norway
Submarino	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark

Out of Competition

Countries in competition (incl. co-production countries)

The following films made their international debut by screening out of competition at the festival:

Title	Director	Country
About Her Brother	Yoji Yamada	Japan
Exit Through the Gift Shop	Banksy	United Kingdom
My Name Is Khan	Karan Johar	India
Arekti Premer Golpo	Kaushik Ganguly
Please Give	Nicole Holofcener	United States
Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man	Constantin Popescu	Romania
The Kids are All Right	Lisa Cholodenko	United States
Shutter Island	Martin Scorsese

Official Awards

Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Golden Bear: Bal by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle by Florin Șerban
Silver Bear for Best Director: Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima for Caterpillar
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Grigoriy Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis for How I Ended This Summer
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Jin Na and Wang Quan'an for Apart Together
Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera): Pavel Kostomarov for How I Ended This Summer
Alfred Bauer Prize: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle by Florin Șerban

[[Golden Bear#Golden Bear – Honorary Award|Honorary Golden Bear]]

Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Hanna Schygulla

The Berlinale Camera

Yoji Yamada
Ulrich Gregor and Erika Gregor
Fine Art Foundry Noack

Independent Awards

Crystal Bear

'Generation Kplus''''': Echoes of the Rainbow
Generation 14plus: Neukölln Unlimited

References

"Werner Herzog to be President of the Jury of the 60th Berlinale". berlinale.de.
"Werner Herzog to head Berlin film festival jury". thelocal.de.
(20 November 2009). "Werner Herzog is to head the Berlin Film Festival jury". bbc news.
(11 February 2010). "With Chinese Opener, Berlin Comes "Together" for 60th Fest".
(17 July 2009). "Berlin Fest Reveals Full Competition Slate for 60th Anniversary".
Hickley, Catherine. (7 February 2010). "Polanski's Ghost, Scorsese's Island to Debut at Berlin Festival". Bloomberg.com.
"JURIES 2010". berlinale.de.
"PROGRAMME 2010". berlinale.de.
"PRIZES & HONOURS 2010". berlinale.de.

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