57th Berlin International Film Festival

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The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 February 2007.[1] The opening film of this year's festival was Olivier Dahan’s La Vie En Rose.[2] Angel by François Ozon served as the closing night film.[3] American director Paul Schrader served as the jury president at the festival.[4]

The Golden Bear was presented to the Chinese film Tuya's Marriage directed by Wang Quan'an.[5] 224,181 tickets of the festival were sold.[6] The festival held a Retrospective programme about women in silent era films. The films which were shown in the retrospective included a restored colour version of the 1921 film Hamlet, starring Asta Nielsen, the 1914 Italian film Cabiria and Berlin Alexanderplatz.[6][7]

Jury

Paul Schrader, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[8]

In competition

The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[9][2][10][11]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Angel The Real Life of Angel Deverell François Ozon UK, France, Belgium
Beaufort בופור Joseph Cedar Israel
Bordertown Bordertown Gregory Nava USA, UK
The Counterfeiters Die Fälscher Stefan Ruzowitzky Austria, Germany
The Other El otro Ariel Rotter Argentina, France, Germany
Goodbye Bafana Goodbye Bafana Bille August Belgium, South Africa, UK, Luxembourg
Hallam Foe Hallam Foe David Mackenzie UK
Desert Dream Hyazgar Zhang Lu South Korea, France
In Memory of Me In memoria di me Saverio Costanzo Italy
Irina Palm Sam Garbarski Belgium, Luxembourg, UK, Germany, France
Life in Pink La Vie En Rose Olivier Dahan France, Canada
The Witnesses Les Témoins André Téchiné France
The Duchess of Langeais Ne touchez pas la hache Jacques Rivette France
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias Cao Hamburger Brazil, Argentina
I Served the King of England Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále Jiří Menzel Czech Republic, Slovakia
Lost in Beijing 苹果 Li Yu China
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 Park Chan-wook South Korea
The Good German The Good German Steven Soderbergh USA
The Good Shepherd The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro USA
Tuya's Marriage Tuya de hun shi Wang Quan'an China
When a Man Falls in the Forest When a Man Falls in the Forest Ryan Eslinger USA, Canada
Yella Yella Christian Petzold Germany

Key

† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Winners

Wang Quan'an, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following awards were presented at the festival.[12][13]

Golden Bear

The Golden Bear went to Tuya's Marriage by Wang Quan'an.

Silver Bears

References

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External links

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