52nd Berlin International Film Festival

The 52nd International Film Festival Berlin took place between 16 February 2002 6 February.

It was the first Berlinale, which was led by the new director Dieter Kosslick. As a former director of the Film Foundation North Rhine -Westphalia, he pays special attention to the promotion of young German film and leads the section " Perspective German Cinema " as a new section. For the first time this year during the festival gala " Cinema for Peace " took place.

Section competition

In the official competition program, the following films presented this year to the judgment of the international jury:

* = Opening Film

International Jury

President of the Jury 2002 was the Indian director Mira Nair. Under her leadership, members of the jury selected the winners from: Lucrecia Martel (Argentina ), Claudie Ossard (France), Oskar Roehler ( Germany ), Kenneth Turan ( USA), Raoul Peck ( Haiti), Nicoletta Braschi (Italy ), Declan Quinn (USA ) and Renata Litvinova (Russia).

Award winners

• Golden Bear: This year, two Golden Bears were awarded: Bloody Sunday by Paul Greengrass, and Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki was awarded for the first time in the history of the Berlinale an animated film this prestigious award.
• Silver Bears in the following categories: Grand Jury Prize: Andreas Dresen for Grill Point
• Best Director: Otar Iosseliani for Monday morning
• Best Actress: Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
• Best Actor: Jacques Gamblin for Laissez -Passer
• Best Music: Antoine Duhamel for Laissez -Passer
• For an exceptional artistic achievement: the ensemble cast of eight women. Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Firmine Richard and Ludivine Sagnier

Panorama section

The Panorama Audience Award this year received the documentary Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary of André Heller. The " Teddy Award " was awarded the Australian film Walking on Water by Tony Ayres. The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury awarded the film L' Ange de tar by Denis Chouinard.

Honorary Golden Bear

This year, two artists were honored for her life's work: the Italian actress Claudia Cardinale and the American director Robert Altman.

Children's Film Festival

• Crystal Bear the Children's Jury for the Norwegian film Glasskår by Lars Berg.

Retrospective

This year's retrospective exhibited under the title European 60s - revolt, Fantasy & Utopia films by filmmakers from Eastern and Western Europe that have shaped and influenced the film events of the 1960s in Europe. Among others, the following films were shown:

• Yesterday Girl by Alexander Kluge
• Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
• A Taste of Honey by Tony Richardson
• Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Eleven clock at night by Jean -Luc Godard
• Billy Liar by John Schlesinger
• If ... by Lindsay Anderson
• The Hunt by Carlos Saura
• Karla Herrmann Zschoche
• Love 1962 by Michelangelo Antonioni
• The girl Márta Mészáros of
• Knife in the Water by Roman Polanski
• The Passenger by Andrzej Munk
• Persona by Ingmar Bergman
• Red Sun by Rudolf Thome
• The Collector by Éric Rohmer
• Trace of Stones by Frank Beyer
• The launch of Jerzy Skolimowski
• Silence and Cry by Miklós Jancsó
• Tattoo by Johannes Schaaf
• Daisies Věra Chytilová
• The innocent Wizard of Andrzej Wajda
• Viva Maria! by Louis Malle
• To the point, baby of May Spils