65th Berlin International Film Festival
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The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury.[2][3] German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.[4] The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014.[5]
Opening film | Nobody Wants the Night |
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Closing film | Taxi |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Taxi |
Hosted by | Anke Engelke[1] |
Festival date | 5–15 February 2015 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night was the festival's opening film.[6] Iranian docu-drama Taxi, directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival.[7][8]
For the first time in 2015, a Berlin Critics' Week ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers.[9][10][11][12]
The following people were on the jury for the Best Short Film:
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[5][16][17]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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45 Years | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom | |
Aferim! | Radu Jude | Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic | |
As We Were Dreaming | Als wir träumten | Andreas Dresen | Germany, France |
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories | Cha và con và | Phan Đăng Di | Vietnam |
Body | Ciało | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
Chasuke's Journey | 天の茶助 | Sabu | Japan |
Diary of a Chambermaid | Journal d'une femme de chambre | Benoît Jacquot | Belgium, France |
Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Peter Greenaway | Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland | |
Gone with the Bullets | 一步之遥 | Jiang Wen | China |
Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala, France | |
Knight of Cups | Terrence Malick | United States | |
Nobody Wants the Night | Nadie quiere la noche | Isabel Coixet | Spain, France, Bulgaria |
Queen of the Desert | Werner Herzog | United States, Morocco | |
Sworn Virgin | Vergine giurata | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Kosovo |
Taxi | تاکسی | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
The Club | El Club | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
The Pearl Button | El botón de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile, Spain |
Under Electric Clouds | Под электрическими облаками | Aleksei Alekseivich German | Russia, Ukraine, Poland |
Victoria | Sebastian Schipper | Germany |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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13 Minutes | Elser | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany |
Cinderella | Kenneth Branagh | United States | |
Every Thing Will Be Fine | Wim Wenders | Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway | |
Mr. Holmes | Bill Condon | United Kingdom, United States |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[18][19]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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54 (director's cut) | Mark Christopher | United States | |
600 Miles | 600 Millas | Gabriel Ripstein | Mexico |
Absence | Ausência | Chico Teixeira | Brazil, Chile, France |
Angelica | Mitchell Lichtenstein | United States | |
Bizarre | Étienne Faure | France, United States | |
Blue Blood | Sangue azul | Lírio Ferreira | Brazil |
The Blue Hour | Onthakan | Anucha Boonyawatana | Thailand |
Butterfly | Mariposa | Marco Berger | Argentina |
Chorus | François Delisle | Canada | |
Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents | Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern | Stina Werenfels | Switzerland, Germany |
Dyke Hard | Bitte Andersson | Sweden | |
The Fire | El incendio | Juan Schnitman | Argentina |
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) | Josh Kim | Thailand, United States, Indonesia | |
I Am Michael | Justin Kelly | United States | |
The Last Summer of the Rich | Der letzte Sommer der Reichen | Peter Kern | Austria |
Love, Theft and Other Entanglements | الحب والسرقة ومشاكل أخرى | Muayad Alayan | Palestine |
A Minor Leap Down | پریدن از ارتفاع کم | Hamed Rajabi | Iran, France |
Murder in Pacot | Meurtre à Pacot | Raoul Peck | France, Haiti, Norway |
Nasty Baby | Sebastián Silva | United States | |
Necktie Youth | Sibs Shongwe-La Mer | South Africa | |
Ned Rifle | Hal Hartley | United States | |
Ode to My Father | 국제시장 | Yoon Je-kyoon | South Korea |
Out of My Hand | Takeshi Fukunaga | United States | |
Out of Nature | Mot naturen | Ole Giæver, Marte Vold | Norway |
Paradise in Service | 軍中樂園 | Doze Niu | Taiwan |
Petting Zoo | Micah Magee | Germany, Greece, United States | |
Pioneer Heroes | Pionery-geroi | Natalia Kudryashova | Russia |
The Sea Is Behind | البحر من ورائكم | Hisham Lasri | Morocco |
The Second Mother | Que Horas Ela Volta? | Anna Muylaert | Brazil |
Stories of Our Lives | Jim Chuchu | Kenya | |
The Summer of Sangailė | Sangailė | Alantė Kavaitė | Lithuania, France, Netherlands |
Thanatos, Drunk | 醉·生夢死 | Chang Tso-Chi | Taiwan |
Tough Love | Härte | Rosa von Praunheim | Germany |
Why Me? | De ce eu? | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary |
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:[20][21]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Are You Here | Are You Here | Matthew Weiner | United States |
Bloodline | Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman, and Glenn Kessler | ||
La Bohème | Breathe Umphefumlo | Mark Dornford-May | South Africa |
Fifty Shades of Grey | Sam Taylor-Johnson | United States | |
Greenery Will Bloom Again | Torneranno i prati | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
Life | Anton Corbijn | United Kingdom, Canada | |
The Look of Silence | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Norway, Finland, United Kingdom, Indonesia | |
Love and Mercy | Bill Pohlad | United States | |
The Misplaced World | Die abhandene Welt | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
Selma | Ava DuVernay | United Kingdom, United States | |
The Seventh Fire | Jack Pettibone Riccobono | United States | |
Virgin Mountain | Fúsi | Dagur Kári | Iceland, Denmark |
Woman in Gold | Simon Curtis | United Kingdom, United States |
The following films were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:[22]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Born in '45 (1966) | Jahrgang 45 | Jürgen Böttcher | East Germany |
The Cat Has Nine Lives (1968) | Neun Leben hat die Katze | Ula Stöckl | West Germany |
Goldfinger (1964) | Goldfinger | Guy Hamilton | United Kingdom |
In Cold Blood (1967) | In Cold Blood | Richard Brooks | United States |
Variety (1925) | Varieté | Ewald André Dupont | Germany |
The Series section, devoted to long-form television series, was introduced in 2015.[23] Better Call Saul had its premiere at the Berlinale.[24]
The following prizes were awarded:
The festival poster was designed by BOROS agency, who made the previous four posters of the festival. Festival director Dieter Kosslick described the poster as "the glamorous and suspense-packed second that precedes every cinema experience is when the curtain opens to reveal the screen. This year's poster motif aims to stir anticipation for that magical moment".[31]
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