Opening film | Heaven |
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Closing film | The Great Dictator |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Bloody Sunday Spirited Away |
No. of films | 389 films [1] |
Festival date | 6–17 February 2002 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. [2] The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer. [3] [4] The new print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film The Great Dictator was the closing film of the festival. [5]
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Bloody Sunday , directed by Paul Greengrass, and Spirited Away , by Hayao Miyazaki. [6]
The Retrospective section was dedicated to European films from the 1960s. [7] Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz de Hadeln. [8]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [9]
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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8 Women | 8 Femmes | François Ozon | France, Italy |
Amen. | Costa-Gavras | France, Germany, Romania, United States | |
A Tree of Palme | パルムの樹 | Takashi Nakamura | Japan |
Baader | Christopher Roth | Germany, United Kingdom | |
Bad Guy | 나쁜 남자 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
Beneath Clouds | Ivan Sen | Australia | |
Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
Burning in the Wind | Brucio nel vento | Silvio Soldini | Italy, Switzerland |
Bridget | Amos Kollek | France, Japan | |
A Map of the Heart | Der Felsen | Dominik Graf | Germany |
Grill Point | Halbe Treppe | Andreas Dresen | |
Heaven | Tom Tykwer | Germany, Italy, United States, France, United Kingdom | |
Iris | Richard Eyre | United States, United Kingdom | |
Minor Mishaps | Annette K. Olesen | Denmark | |
KT | Junji Sakamoto | South Korea | |
Safe Conduct | Laissez-passer | Bertrand Tavernier | France, Spain, Germany |
Monster's Ball | Marc Forster | United States, Canada | |
Monday Morning | Lundi matin | Otar Iosseliani | France, Italy |
Stones | Piedras | Ramón Salazar | Spain |
The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | United States | |
The Shipping News | Lasse Hallström | United States, Canada | |
Spirited Away | 千と千尋の神隠し | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
One Day in August | Δεκαπενταύγουστος | Constantine Giannaris | Greece |
Temptations | Zoltán Kamondi | Hungary |
The following films were shown in the retrospective: [11]
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