Berlin International Film Festival 2016

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Josh Brolin before the premiere of the opening film Hail, Caesar! .
Gianfranco Rosi at the press conference for his competition film Fuocoammare .

The 66th  Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) took place from February 11 to 21, 2016. For the 15th time they were under the direction of Dieter Kosslick . Meryl Streep took over the chairmanship of the international jury.

The 2016 Berlinale opened with Joel and Ethan Coen's comedy Hail, Caesar! starring Josh Brolin .

The documentary film Fuocoammare by Italian director Gianfranco Rosi , which shows the everyday life of the islanders of Lampedusa alongside the search for and arrival of refugees, was awarded the Golden Bear . The film Inhebbek Hedi by the Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia received two awards: the award for the best debut film and the Silver Bear for the best actor for Majd Mastour .

Michael Ballhaus was honored with the Honorary Golden Bear for his life's work at the 66th Berlinale . The 2016 Berlinale Camera went to Ben Barenholtz , Tim Robbins and Marlies Kirchner .

Official Sections

International competition

International jury

Meryl Streep (2014)
In 2016 invited again to the competition for the Golden Bear
Director Invitations
Rafi Pitts ,
André Téchiné 		3
Denis Côté ,
Danis Tanović ,
Thomas Vinterberg 		2

Meryl Streep was presented as the jury president of the Berlinale 2016 in mid-October 2015 . This makes her the third US filmmaker in a row after James Schamus ( 2014 ) and Darren Aronofsky ( 2015 ) to take on this role. Streep is considered the best film actress of her generation and unrivaled in America. In her film career, which has now spanned five decades, she has been nominated for 19 Academy Awards, more often than any other actor, and has won the award three times so far. For Streep it is the first judge's assignment at a film festival ("Every opportunity to return to this festival is fantastic, but I look forward to the jury assignment with great joy and excitement. The responsibility is almost a little intimidating, as I've never been president of anything . [...] "), who is involved in many different ways alongside her work, for example for disarmament, aid to AIDS, the peace movement, the environment, the fight against nuclear power and poverty, and for equal rights for women in the film industry. At the Berlinale, it was in the past frequently with films as a guest and was honored several times and awards (including Berlinale Camera 1999 Best Actor Award for The Hours - from eternity to eternity 2003 Honorary Golden Bear and cinematic homage 2012).

The jury president will be assisted by several jury members who were named at the official presentation of the program on February 2, 2016:

Movies

The first films for the Golden Bear competition were announced on December 11, 2015. Nine more films followed on January 11, 2016, and the rest of the competition entries on January 20, 2016. So far, none of the invited filmmakers has won the Golden Bear for the best feature film.

Film title (reference title) Director country Actor (selection)
24 weeks
(24 weeks) 		Anne Zohra Berrached Germany Julia Jentsch , Bjarne Mädel , Johanna Gastdorf , Emilia Pieske
Everyone dies for himself alone
(Alone in Berlin) 		Vincent Perez Germany, France, United Kingdom Brendan Gleeson , Emma Thompson , Daniel Brühl , Mikael Persbrandt
Everything that comes
(L'avenir / Things to Come) 		Mia Hansen-Løve France, Germany Isabelle Huppert , Roman Kolinka , Édith Scob , André Marcon
Boris sans Béatrice Denis Côté Canada James Hyndman , Simone-Elise Girard , Denis Lavant , Isolda Dychauk , Dounia Sichov
Cartas da guerra
(Letters from War) 		Ivo M. Ferreira Portugal Miguel Nunes , Margarida Vila-Nova
Chang Jiang Tu
(Crosscurrent) 		Yang Chao China Qin Hao , Xin Zhi Lei
Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad!
(A Dragon Arrives!) 		Mani Haghighi Iran Amir Jadidi , Homayoun Ghanizadeh , Ehsan Goudarzi , Kiana Tajammol
Sea Fire
(Fuocoammare / Fire at Sea) 		Gianfranco Rosi Italy, France documentary
genius Michael Grandage United Kingdom, United States Colin Firth , Jude Law , Nicole Kidman , Laura Linney , Guy Pearce
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis
(A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery) 		Lav Diaz Philippines, Singapore John Lloyd Cruz , Piolo Pascual , Hazel Orencio , Alessandra De Rossi , Joel Saracho , Susan Africa , Sid Lucero , Ely Buendia , Bernardo Bernardo , Angel Aquino , Cherie Gil
Hedi's wedding
(Inhebbek Hedi / Hedi) 		Mohamed Ben Attia Tunisia, Belgium, France Majd Mastoura , Rym Ben Messaoud , Sabah Bouzouita , Hakim Boumessoudi , Omnia Ben Ghali
The commune
(Kollektivet) 		Thomas Vinterberg Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands Trine Dyrholm , Ulrich Thomsen , Helene Reingaard Neumann , Marta Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen , Lars Ranthe , Fares Fares , Magnus Millang , Anne Gry Henningsen , Julie Agnete Vang
Midnight Special Jeff Nichols United States Michael Shannon , Joel Edgerton , Kirsten Dunst , Adam Driver , Jaedan Lieberher , Sam Shepard
At seventeen
(Quand on a 17 ans / Being 17) 		André Téchiné France Sandrine Kiberlain , Kacey Mottet Klein , Corentin Fila , Alexis Loret
Smrt u Sarajevu
(Mort à Sarajevo / Death in Sarajevo) 		Danis Tanović France, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jacques Weber , Snežana Vidović , Vedrana Seksan , Muhamed Hadžović , Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić , Edin Avdagić
Soy Nero Rafi Pitts Germany, France, Mexico Johnny Ortiz , Rory Cochrane , Aml Ameen , Darell Britt-Gibson , Michael J. Harney
Zero Days Alex Gibney United States documentary
Zjednoczone Stany Miłości
(United States of Love) 		Tomasz Wasilewski Poland, Sweden Julia Kijowska , Magdalena Cielecka , Dorota Kolak , Marta Nieradkiewicz , Łukasz Simlat , Andrzej Chyra , Tomasz Tyndyk

Out of competition

Berlinale shorts

In the Berlinale Shorts series , feature, documentary, experimental and animation films with a maximum length of 30 minutes (including credits) are shown. International contributions must not have been shown outside of their country of origin before the Berlinale performance; German contributions must be world premieres. The Berlinale Shorts curator has been the freelance writer and film director Maike Mia Höhne since 2007. The 2016 International Short Film Jury includes the artist Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi from the United Arab Emirates, the Greek writer Katerina Gregos and the Israeli filmmaker Avi Mograbi. In addition to the Golden Bear for the best short film and the Silver Bear, the jury will award nominations for the European Short Film Award and the Audi Short Film Award.

The entries for the short film competition 2016 were announced on January 12, 2016:

Film title (reference title) Director country Running time
(in min.)
Another city Pham Ngoc Lan Vietnam 25 '
Bai Niao (White Bird) Wu Linfeng People's Republic of China 30 '
Balada de um Batráquio (Ballad of Batrachia) Leonor Teles Portugal 11 '
El Buzo (The Diver) Esteban Arrangoiz Mexico 16 '
The águas que passam (water flowing past) Diego Zon Brazil 23 '
Estate (summer) Ronny Trocker France / Belgium 7 '
Freud and Friends Gabriel Abrantes Portugal 23 '
He Who Eats Children Ben Russell United States 25 '
Hopptornet (ten meter tower) Axel Danielson
Maximilien Van Aertryck 		Sweden 17 '
In the Soldier's Head Christine Rebet United States / France 4 '
Jin zhi xia mao (anchoring prohibited) Chiang Wei Liang Taiwan 16 '
Broken Volker Schlecht
Alexander Lahl 		Germany 7 '
Love Réka Bucsi France / Hungary 14 '
A Man Returned Mahdi Fleifel Great Britain / Netherlands / Denmark 30 '
Moms on Fire Joanna Rytel Sweden 12 '
Notre Héritage (Our Legacy) Jonathan Vinel
Caroline Poggi 		France 24 '
Oustaz Bentley Brown Chad 21 '
personne Christoph Girardet
Matthias Müller 		Germany 15 '
Prelude to the General Pimpaka Towira Thailand 11 '
Reluctantly queer Akosua Adoma Owusu Ghana / United States 8th'
Six cents in the pocket Ricky D'Ambrose United States 14 '
Tsomet Haruhot (The Winds Crossing) Red Murat Israel 22 '
The inaccessibility of ancient Greece and its consequences Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann
Paul Spengemann 		Germany 13 '
Vintage print Siegfried A. Fruhauf Austria 13 '
Vita Lakamaya Akihito Izuhara Japan 8th'

Out of competition

Berlinale Special

In the Berlinale Special section , extraordinary new productions are shown as well as films by or about personalities who have been awarded the Berlinale camera . So far, the following posts have been announced:

Feature films

Documentaries

panorama

In 2016, 51 films from 33 countries will be shown in the Panorama, including 34 feature films and 17 documentaries.

The following films were invited to the section:

Feature films

Documents

Teddy Award

As part of the 66th Berlinale, the Teddy Award , which emerged from the Panorama section, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Teddy Award is the world's only official queer film award at an A festival . The following films will be shown again as part of the anniversary:

Forum

The International Forum of New Films (in short: Forum) has been taking place since 1971 and describes itself as the “most daring section” of the Berlinale. Documentaries and feature films will be presented, including avant-garde, experimental and essay films, long-term observations and political reports. Films with a running time of 60 minutes or more were permitted. Foreign productions could have been shown at a non-European festival, broadcast in the country of origin on television or distributed via video-on-demand. European films (with the exception of German productions) were allowed to have been released at a national festival in the country of origin or to have had a national theatrical release. Section head is Christoph Terhechte .

The 46th edition of the forum shows 44 films in the main program, including 34 world and ten international premieres. The Expanded Forum has existed at the same time since 2006 and presents film and video installations at various locations in Berlin. 42 European and world premieres are planned for 2016.

Perspective German cinema

The Perspective German Cinema section, which was created at the suggestion of Dieter Kosslick in 2002, presents both short and long feature, documentary and experimental films by young German filmmakers with a minimum length of 20 minutes. It is aimed at talented directors who are at the beginning of their careers. Previous participation of the entries at a film festival was not an exclusion criterion. The head of the section is Linda Söffker.

Among the entries, the Made in Germany sponsorship prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, will be awarded by Glashütte Original . It supports the excellent director in developing the script for a new project.

Invited contributions:

Feature films

  • Agony - Director: David Clay Diaz
  • Liebmann - Director: Jules Herrmann
  • Lotte - Director: Julius Schultheiß
  • Meteor Road - Director: Aline Fischer
  • The Trial - Directed by Till Harms
  • TORO - Director: Martin Hawie
  • Valentina - Director: Maximilian Feldmann
  • Who is Oda Jaune? - Director: Kamilla Pfeffer
  • We are the flood - Director: Sebastian Hilger

Short films

  • Las cuatro esquinas del círculo (Circle with four corners) - Director: Katarina Stanković (25 min.)
  • Pallasseum - Invisible City - Director: Manuel Inacker (25 min.)
  • A Quiet Place - Director: Ronny Dörfler (24 min.)

Perspective guests

  • Behind the Snowstorm - Director: Levin Peter (documentary)
  • Research Refugees: Exchange of views - Director: Sophia Bösch and Sophie Linnenbaum (experimental documentary)
  • One of Us - Director: Stephan Richter (winner of the Max Ophüls Prize 2016)

generation

This Berlinale section (until 2006 Children's Film Festival ) has been showing suitable international film productions for children and young people since 1978. Long films with a running time of at least 60 minutes and short films with a maximum duration of 20 minutes that were completed within twelve months before the start of the festival were allowed. Foreign productions may be shown in advance at a non-European festival, broadcast in the country of origin on television or distributed via video-on-demand . European films (with the exception of German productions) are permitted in advance to have been published in the country of origin, at a national festival or an explicit children's or youth film festival, or to have had a national theatrical release. The head of the section is Maryanne Redpath.

As an award, a Crystal Bear is given to a feature film and a documentary by a children's (eleven Berlin children aged 11 to 14 years) and a youth jury (seven young people between 14 and 18 years of age). There is a separate international Generation Kplus jury that awards cash prizes for the best feature-length and short film donated by the German Children's Fund . Another international jury, on behalf of the Federal Agency for Civic Education , awards a grand prize for the best feature film and a special prize for the best short film.

A total of 63 feature-length and short films from 35 production and co-production countries were invited:

Generation Kplus

Feature films

Short films

Generation 14plus

Feature films

Short films

Retrospective, Berlinale Classics and Homage

Retrospectives on film history have been held at the Berlinale since 1977 in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek . In 2016, under the title Germany 1966 - Cinematic Perspectives in East and West, around 20 feature and documentary films from the cinema and television of the FRG and the GDR will be shown, including so-called cellar films . The program gallery of the Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen is to complement the retrospective for the first time with a special exhibition with a large selection of television programs from 1966.

In addition, new restorations of film classics and rediscovered works will be added to the program in the Berlinale Classics series . This includes the world premiere of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung's digitally restored version of Fritz Lang's silent film Der müde Tod (1921) on February 12, 2016 in Friedrichstadt-Palast as well as the predominantly digitally restored versions of Yasujirō Ozus Weizenherbst (original title: Bakushu , 1951), John Huston's Fat City (1972), Hou Hsiao-Hsiens Ni Luo He Nu Er (Daughter of the Nile) (1987), James Whales The Road Back (1937) and Heiner Carow's The Russians Come (1968/87) .

Michael Ballhaus, recipient of the Honorary Golden Bear

In the 66th year of the Berlinale, a retrospective is dedicated to the work of Michael Ballhaus, who was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his life's work, as a “homage”. It includes around 130 cinema and television films, including 15 with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and seven with Martin Scorsese . Ballhaus had acted as jury president in 1990 and had already been awarded the Berlinale camera in 2006 for his contributions to film. The following films, in which Ballhaus worked as a cameraman, will be shown:

Award winners

International competition

Berlinale shorts

First film

generation

Independent juries

Prizes of honor

Web links

Commons : Berlin International Film Festival 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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