60th Berlin International Film Festival

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

The 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:

Out of Competition

The following films made their international debut by screening out of competition 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

The Berlinale Camera

• Yoji Yamada
• Ulrich Gregor and Erika Gregor
• Fine Art Foundry Noack

Independent Awards

Crystal Bear

• Generation Kplus: Echoes of the Rainbow
• Generation 14plus: Neukölln Unlimited

References

External links

• Yearbook 2010 at berlinale.de
• 60th Berlin International Film Festival 2010
• Berlin International Film Festival:2010 at Internet Movie Database