60th Berlin International Film Festival
Introduction The '''60th''' annual '''Berlin International Film Festival''' was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama ''Apart Together'', in competition, while the closing film is Japanese director Yoji Yamada's ''About Her Brother'', which was screened out of competition.The Golden Bear went to Turkish film ''Bal'' directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. A new record attendance was established with 282,000 sold tickets, according to the organizers. A restored version of Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis'' was also shown at the festival.
Juries Werner Herzog, Jury PresidentThe following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:=== Main Competition ===* Werner Herzog, German filmmaker - Jury President* Francesca Comencini, Italy director and screenwriter* Nuruddin Farah, Somali writer* Cornelia Froboess, German actress and singer* José María Morales, Spanish producer* Yu Nan, Chinese actress* Renée Zellweger, American actress=== Best First Feature Award ===* Michael Verhoeven, German actor, director and screenwriter* Ben Foster, American actor* Lorna Tee, Malay producer=== Short Film Competition ===* Zita Carvalhosa, Brazilian producer* Max Dax, German publisher and producer* Samm Haillay, British producer
Official Sections === Main Competition ===The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:TitleOriginal TitleDirectorCountry''Apart Together''团圆Wang Quan'anChina''Caterpillar''キャタピラーKōji WakamatsuJapan''A Family''''En Familie''Pernille Fischer ChristensenDenmark''The Ghost Writer''Roman PolanskiUnited Kingdom, France, Germany ''Greenberg''Noah BaumbachUnited States'''''Honey''''''''''Bal''''''''Semih Kaplanoğlu''''''Turkey, Germany'''''How I Ended This Summer''Как я провёл этим летомAlexei PopogrebskiRussia''Howl''Rob Epstein and Jeffrey FriedmanUnited States''The Hunter''''Shekarchi''Rafi PittsIran, Germany''If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle''''Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier''Florin ȘerbanRomania''Jew Suss: Rise and Fall''''Jud Süss – Film ohne Gewissen''Oskar RoehlerAustria, Germany''The Killer Inside Me''Michael WinterbottomUnited States''Mammuth''Benoît Delépine and Gustave de KervernFrance''On the Path''''Na putu''Jasmila ŽbanićBosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia''Puzzle'' ''Rompecabezas''Natalia SmirnoffArgentina''The Robber''''Der Räuber''Benjamin HeisenbergAustria, Germany''Shahada''Burhan QurbaniGermany''A Simple Noodle Story''三枪拍案惊奇Zhang YimouChina''A Somewhat Gentle Man''''En ganske snill mann''Hans Petter MolandNorway''Submarino''Thomas VinterbergDenmark=== Out of Competition ===Countries in competition (incl. co-production countries)The following films made their international debut by screening out of competition at the festival:TitleDirectorCountry''About Her Brother'' Yoji YamadaJapan''Exit Through the Gift Shop''BanksyUnited Kingdom''My Name Is Khan''Karan JoharIndia''Arekti Premer Golpo''Kaushik Ganguly''Please Give''Nicole HolofcenerUnited States''Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man''Constantin PopescuRomania''The Kids are All Right''Lisa CholodenkoUnited States''Shutter Island''Martin Scorsese}Semih Kaplanoğlu, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
Official Awards === Main Competition ===The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:* '''Golden Bear''': ''Bal'' by Semih Kaplanoğlu* Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: ''If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'' by Florin Șerban* Silver Bear for Best Director: Roman Polanski for ''The Ghost Writer''* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima for ''Caterpillar''* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Grigoriy Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis for ''How I Ended This Summer''* Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Jin Na and Wang Quan'an for ''Apart Together''* '''Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera)''': Pavel Kostomarov for ''How I Ended This Summer''* Alfred Bauer Prize: ''If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle'' by Florin Șerban=== Honorary Golden Bear ===*Wolfgang Kohlhaase*Hanna Schygulla=== '''Crystal Bear''' in the ''Generation Kplus'' ===*''Echoes of the Rainbow''=== '''Crystal Bear''' in the ''Generation 14plus'' ===*''Neukölln Unlimited''=== The Berlinale Camera ===*Yoji Yamada*Ulrich Gregor and Erika Gregor*Fine Art Foundry Noack
References
External links * Yearbook 2010 at berlinale.de* 60th Berlin International Film Festival 2010* Berlin International Film Festival:2010  at Internet Movie Database