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Opening film | Enemy at the Gates |
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Closing film | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Intimacy |
No. of films | 304 films [1] |
Festival date | 7–18 February 2001 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. [2] The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. [3] [4] 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival. [5] [6]
The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau. [7]
The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang. [8]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [9]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: [1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 | Ialy, 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 |
The following films were shown in the retrospective: [11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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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 | Kämpfende Herzen (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 |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: [7]