53rd Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
Opening film | Chicago |
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Closing film | Gangs of New York |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: In This World |
Hosted by | Anke Engelke |
No. of films | 286 films[1] |
Festival date | 6–16 February 2003 |
Website | Website |
Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
The 53rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6–16, 2003.[2] The festival opened with musical film Chicago by Rob Marshall and closed with Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, both films played out of competition at the festival.[3][4][5]
The Golden Bear was awarded to In This World directed by Michael Winterbottom.[6]
The retrospective dedicated to German film director F. W. Murnau was shown at the festival.[7]
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[8]
Main Competition
- Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Martina Gedeck, German actress
- Anna Galiena, Italian actress
- Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker and producer
- Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritanian filmmaker
- Humbert Balsan, French actor and producer
- Geoffrey Gilmore, American director of the Tribeca Film Festival
Short Films Competition
- Andreas Dresen, German filmmaker
- Phyllis Mollet, French director of communication of the FIAPF
- Thom Palmen, Swedish director of the Umeå International Film Festival
Official selection
Main Competition
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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25th Hour | Spike Lee | United States | |
Adaptation | Spike Jonze | ||
Alexandra's Project | Rolf de Heer | Australia | |
Angst | Der alte Affe Angst | Oskar Roehler | Germany |
Blind Shaft | 盲井 | Yang Li | China, Germany, Hong Kong |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | United States, Canada, Germany | |
Distant Lights | Lichter | Hans-Christian Schmid | Germany |
The Flower of Evil | La fleur du mal | Claude Chabrol | France |
Good Bye, Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Germany | |
Hero | 英雄 | Yimou Zhang | China, Hong Kong |
His Brother | Son frère | Patrice Chéreau | France |
The Hours | Stephen Daldry | United States, United Kingdom | |
I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, Spain, United Kingdom |
In This World | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom | |
The Life of David Gale | Alan Parker | United States, Germany | |
Madame Brouette | Moussa Sene Absa | Canada, Senegal, France | |
My Life Without Me | Isabel Coixet | Spain, Canada | |
Small Cuts | Pascal Bonitzer | France, United Kingdom | |
Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
Spare Parts | Rezervni deli | Damjan Kozole | Slovenia |
The Twilight Samurai | たそがれ清兵衛 | Yōji Yamada | Japan |
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! | Ja zuster, nee zuster | Pieter Kramer | Netherlands |
Short Films Competition
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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(A)Torzija | Stefan Arsenijevic | Serbia | |
Araki: The Killing of a Japanese Photographer | Anders Morgenthaler | Denmark | |
The Chubbchubbs! | Eric Armstrong | United States | |
Delores | Adam Stevens | Germany | |
In Absentia | En ausencia | Lucía Cedrón | Germany |
The Good Son | Michael Sandoval | United Kingdom | |
War Against Stones | Andreas Teuchert | Germany | |
The Tram Was Going, Number Nine | Йшов трамвай дев'ятий номер | Stepan Koval | Ukraine |
Fish | Jonathan Davies | Finland | |
Savior | Athanasios Karanikolas | Germany | |
The Match | Ursula Ferrara | Italy | |
Long Take | Patrícia Moran | Brazil | |
Rettet Berlin! | Gerd Conradt | Germany | |
Spin | Cath Le Couteur | United Kingdom | |
Tarry | Stijn van Santen | Netherlands | |
The Toll Collector | Rachel Johnson | Czechoslovakia, United States | |
Never Trust a Cow | Nathalie Percillier | France |
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:[10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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7th Heaven | Frank Borzage | United States | |
The Burning Soil | Der brennende Acker | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
City Girl | United States | ||
Early Spring | 早春 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
Equinox Flower | 彼岸花 | Japan | |
Faust | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
Four Sons | John Ford | United States | |
Good Morning | お早よう | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
The Grand Duke's Finances | Die Finanzen des Großherzogs | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
Journey into the Night | Der Gang in die Nacht | ||
The Last Laugh | Der letzte Mann | ||
Legong | Legong: Dance Of The Virgins | Henry de La Falaise | United States |
The Merry Widow | Ernst Lubitsch | ||
Moana | Robert J. Flaherty | ||
Nosferatu – A Symphony Of Horror | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
Nosferatu the Vampyre | Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht | Werner Herzog | West Germany, France |
The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | United States | |
Phantom | F. W. Murnau | Germany | |
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | United States | ||
Tartüff | Tartuffe | Germany | |
White Shadows in the South Seas | W. S. Van Dyke, Robert J. Flaherty | United States |
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6][11]
- Golden Bear: In This World by Michael Winterbottom
- Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix: Adaptation by Spike Jonze
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Patrice Chéreau for His Brother
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sam Rockwell for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore for The Hours
- Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Majoly, Serge Fiori and Maadu Diabaté for Madame Brouette
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Yang Li for Blind Shaft
Short Film Competition
- Short Film Golden Bear:
- In Absentia by Lucía Cedrón
- The Tram #9 Was Going by Stepan Koval
Honorary Golden Bear
Berlinale Camera
- Artur Brauner
- Peer Raben
- Erika Richter
Panorama Audience Award
- Broken Wings by Nir Bergman
Crystal Bear
- Best Short Film: Pipsqueak Prince by Zoia Trofimova
- Best Feature Film: Elina: As If I Wasn't There by Klaus Härö
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Award
- Distant Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Special Mention: Remake by Dino Mustafić
References
- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 2003". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "53RD BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 6 - 16, 2003". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Riding, Alan (12 February 2003). "Grim Reality Dominates Berlinale Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "53RD BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAP UP". filmthreat. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "GANGS OF NEW YORK TO BE FINAL FILM OF THE BERLINALE 2003". berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 2003". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 2003". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 2003". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "Awards announcement 2003 2003" (PDF). berlinale.de. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
External links
- 53rd Berlin International Film Festival on IMDb
- Yearbook for the Berlinale 2003 berlinale.de
- 53th [sic] Berlin International Film Festival 2003
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