63rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival took place in Berlin, Germany between 7 and 17 February 2013.[1] Chinese film director Wong Kar-wai was announced as the President of the Jury[2] and his film The Grandmaster was the opening film of the festival.[3] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Romanian film Child's Pose directed by Călin Peter Netzer, which also served as the closing film.[4][5]
|  Festival poster | |
| Opening film | The Grandmaster | 
|---|---|
| Closing film | Child's Pose' | 
| Location | Berlin, Germany | 
| Founded | 1951 | 
| Awards | Golden Bear (Child's Pose) | 
| Hosted by | Anke Engelke | 
| No. of films | 404 films | 
| Festival date | 7–17 February 2013 | 
| Website | Website | 
The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[6] Italian actress Isabella Rossellini and German film director Rosa von Praunheim were awarded with the Berlinale Camera.
Competition
    
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Jury
    
The following people were on the jury for the festival:[2]
International jury
- Wong Kar-wai, director, screenwriter and producer (China) - President of the jury
- Susanne Bier, director and screenwriter (Denmark)
- Andreas Dresen, director and screenwriter (Germany)
- Ellen Kuras, director and director of photography (United States)
- Shirin Neshat, visual artist and film director (Iran)
- Tim Robbins, actor, director, screenwriter and producer (United States)
- Athina Rachel Tsangari, director, screenwriter and producer (Greece)
Best First Feature Award Jury
- Oren Moverman, director, screenwriter and producer (Israel)
- Taika Waititi, actor, director and screenwriter (New Zealand)
- Lucy Walker, director (United Kingdom)
International Short Film Jury
- Javier Fesser, director and screenwriter (Spain)
- Hyung-sook Hong, director and screenwriter (South Korea)
- Susanne Pfeffer, art historian and curator (Germany)
In competition
    
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7][8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria | Gloria | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Spain | 
| Nobody's Daughter Haewon | Nugu-ui Ddal-do Anin Haewon | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | 
| Paradise: Hope | Paradies: Hoffnung | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, France, Germany | 
| Child's Pose | Poziția Copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania | 
| Promised Land | Promised Land | Gus Van Sant | United States | 
| Camille Claudel 1915 | Camille Claudel 1915 | Bruno Dumont | France | 
| On My Way | Elle s'en va | Emmanuelle Bercot | France | 
| An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker | Epizoda u životu berača željeza | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia | 
| Gold | Gold | Thomas Arslan | Germany | 
| The Nun | La Religieuse | Guillaume Nicloux | France, Germany, Belgium | 
| Layla Fourie | Layla Fourie | Pia Marais | Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands | 
| The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | Fredrik Bond | United States | 
| Closed Curtain | Parde | Jafar Panahi, Kambuzia Partovi | Iran | 
| Side Effects | Side Effects | Steven Soderbergh | United States | 
| Vic and Flo Saw a Bear | Vic et Flo ont vu un ours | Denis Côté | Canada | 
| A Long and Happy Life | Долгая счастливая жизнь | Boris Khlebnikov | Russia | 
| Prince Avalanche | Prince Avalanche | David Gordon Green | United States | 
| Harmony Lessons | Uroki garmonii | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan, Germany | 
| In the Name Of | W imię... | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland | 
Out of competition
    
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | 
|---|---|---|---|
| The Croods | The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco | United States | 
| Before Midnight | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater | United States, Greece | 
| Dark Blood | Dark Blood | George Sluizer | Netherlands | 
| Night Train to Lisbon | Night Train to Lisbon | Bille August | Germany, Switzerland, Portugal | 
Panorama
    
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | 
|---|---|---|---|
| The Act of Killing | Jagal | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, UK, Norway | 
| White Night | Baek Ya | Hee-il LeeSong | South Korea | 
| A Fold in My Blanket | Chemi Sabnis Naketsi | Zaza Rusadze | Georgia | 
| Behind the Camera | Dduit-dam-hwa: Gam-dok-i-mi-cheot-eo-yo | E J-yong | South Korea | 
| Belated | Deshora | Barbara Sarasola-Day | Argentina, Columbia, Norway | 
| Don Jon's Addiction | Don Jon's Addiction | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | United States | 
| Frances Ha | Frances Ha | Noah Baumbach | United States | 
| Habi, the Foreigner | Habi, la extranjera | Maria Florencia Alvarez | Argentina, Brazil | 
| I Have Cut | Kai Po Che! | Abhishek Kapoor | India | 
| Inch'Allah | Inch'Allah | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette | Canada | 
| Fatal | Kashi-ggot | Lee Don-ku | South Korea | 
| The Swimming Pool | La Piscina | Carlos Machado Quintela | Cuba, Venezuela | 
| Lovelace | Lovelace | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | United States | 
| My Sisters | Meine Schwestern | Lars Kraume | Germany | 
| Rock the Casbah | Rock the Casbah | Yariv Horowitz | Israel | 
| So Much Water | Tanta Agua | Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero | Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany | 
| The Attacks of 26/11 | The Attacks of 26/11 | Ram Gopal Varma | India | 
| The Broken Circle Breakdown | The Broken Circle Breakdown | Felix van Groeningen | Belgium | 
Forum
    
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | 
|---|---|---|---|
| The Battle of Tabatô | A batalha de Tabatô | João Viana | Guinea-Bissau, Portugal | 
| Coming Forth by Day | Al-khoroug lel-nahar | Hala Lotfy | Egypt, United Arab Emirates | 
| A Single Shot | A Single Shot | David M. Rosenthal | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | 
| Crossroads of Youth | Cheongchun-eui sipjaro | Ahn Jong-hwa | Korea | 
| Computer Chess | Computer Chess | Andrew Bujalski | United States | 
| The Strange Little Cat | Das merkwürdige Kätzchen | Ramon Zürcher | Germany | 
| The 727 Days Without Karamo | Die 727 Tage ohne Karamo | Anja Salomonowitz | Austria | 
| Echolot | Echolot | Athanasios Karanikolas | Germany | 
| Elelwani | Elelwani | Ntshavheni Wa Luruli | South Africa | 
| Boundary | Fahtum pandinsoong | Nontawat Numbenchapol | Thailand, Cambodia, France | 
| Fynbos | Fynbos | Harry Patramanis | South Africa, Greece | 
| In Bloom | Grzeli nateli dgeebi | Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß | Georgia, Germany, France | 
| Everyday Objects | Halbschatten | Nicolas Wackerbarth | Germany, France | 
| Hélio Oiticica | Hélio Oiticica | Cesar Oiticica Filho | Brazil | 
| The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas | I aionia epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua | Elina Psykou | Greece | 
| The Daughter | I kóri | Thanos Anastopoulos | Greece, Italy | 
| I Used to Be Darker | I Used to Be Darker | Matt Porterfield | United States | 
| I'm Not Dead | Je ne suis pas mort | Mehdi Ben Attia | France | 
| Jubilation Street | Kanko no machi | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | 
| Engagement Ring | Konyaku yubiwa | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | 
| Circles | Krugovi | Srdan Golubović | Republic of Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, France | 
| The Town of Whales | Kujira no machi | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan | 
| What Happened to This City? | Kya hua is shahar ko? | Deepa Dhanraj | India | 
| When I Saw You | Lamma shoftak | Annemarie Jacir | Palestinian Territories, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Greece | 
| La Paz | La Paz | Santiago Loza | Argentina | 
| The Plague | La plaga | Neus Ballús | Spain | 
| Cousin Jules | Le cousin Jules | Dominique Benicheti | France | 
| The Meteor | Le météore | François Delisle | Canada | 
| Killing Strangers | Matar extraños | Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Nicolás Pereda | Mexico, Denmark | 
| Dark Matter | Materia oscura | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy | 
| Char... The No-Man's Island | ...Moddhikhane Char | Sourav Sarangi | India, Japan, Italy, Denmark, Norway | 
| Forgetting to Know You | Mo sheng | Quan Ling | People's Republic of China | 
| A Stranger | Obrana i zastita | Bobo Jelcic | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia | 
| Woman | Onna | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | 
| Portrait of Jason | Portrait of Jason | Shirley Clarke | United States | 
| Powerless | Katiyabaaz | Fahad Mustafa, Deepti Kakkar | India | 
| Cold Bloom | Sakura namiki no mankai no shita ni | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan | 
| Roots | Senzo ni naru | Kaoru Ikeya | Japan | 
| Shirley: Visions of Reality | Shirley – Visions of Reality | Gustav Deutsch | Austria | 
| A Legend or Was It? | Shito no densetsu | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | 
| Sieniawka | Sieniawka | Marcin Malaszczak | Germany, Poland | 
| Stemple Pass | Stemple Pass | James Benning | United States | 
| To the Wolf | Sto lyko | Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes | Greece, France | 
| No Man's Land | Terra de ninguém | Salomé Lamas | Portugal | 
| The Weight of Elephants | Das Gewicht der Elefanten | Daniel Joseph Borgman | New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden | 
| Together | Tian mi mi | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan | 
| Father's Garden: The Love of My Parents | Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern | Peter Liechti | Switzerland | 
| Viola | Viola | Matías Piñeiro | Argentina | 
| Farewell to Dream | Yuyake gumo | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan | 
| For Marx... | Za Marksa... | Svetlana Baskova | Russian Federation | 
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. 
Awards
    

The following prizes were awarded:[4][9]
- Golden Bear: Child's Pose by Călin Peter Netzer
- Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear): An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović
- Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear): Vic and Flo Saw a Bear by Denis Côté
- Silver Bear for Best Director: David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Paulina García for Gloria
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Nazif Mujić for An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
- Silver Bear for Best Script: Jafar Panahi for Closed Curtain
- Award for an outstanding artistic contribution: Aziz Zhambakiyev for Harmony Lessons
- Special Mentions:
- Promised Land by Gus Van Sant
- Layla Fourie by Pia Marais
 
- Panorama:
- Ecumenical Jury Prize: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
- Panorama Audience Award: The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
 
- Forum:
- Ecumenical Jury Prize: Circles by Srdan Golubović
- FIPRESCI Jury Prize: Hélio Oiticica by Cesar Oiticica Filho
- NETPAC Award Best Asian Film: When I Saw You by Annemarie Jacir
- C.I.C.A.E. Jury Prize: In Bloom by Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß
 
References
    
- "Berlinale". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- "JURIES 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Martial arts drama kicks off Berlin film festival". reuters. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- "PRIZES & HONOURS 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Romanian film Child's Pose wins Golden Bear in Berlin". BBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- "Claude Lanzmann to receive Berlin's Honorary Golden Bear". screendaily. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- "PROGRAMME 2013". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Berlin 2013: Denis Côté's 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' in Competition". hollywoodreporter. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "The Awards of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). berlinale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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