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Opening film | Django |
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Closing film | On Body and Soul |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: On Body and Soul |
Festival date | 9–18 February 2017 |
Website | www.berlinale.de |
The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as president of the jury. [1] [2]
Django , directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. [3] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Hungarian film On Body and Soul directed by Ildikó Enyedi, which also served as closing film of the festival. [4]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: [9] [10] [11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
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Ana, mon amour | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania, Germany, France | |
Beuys | Andres Veiel | Germany | |
Bright Nights | Helle Nächte | Thomas Arslan | Germany, Norway |
Colo | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal, France | |
The Dinner | Oren Moverman | United States | |
Django | Étienne Comar | France | |
A Fantastic Woman | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Germany, United States, Spain |
Félicité | Alain Gomis | France, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Lebanon | |
Have a Nice Day | 好极了 | Liu Jian | China |
Joaquim | Marcelo Gomes | Brazil, Portugal | |
Mr. Long | ミスター・ロン/ 龍先生 | Sabu | Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, China, Taiwan |
On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
On the Beach at Night Alone | 밤의 해변에서 혼자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
The Party | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | |
Return to Montauk | Rückkehr nach Montauk | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany, France, Ireland |
Spoor | Pokot | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, France |
Wild Mouse | Wilde Maus | Josef Hader | Austria |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
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The Bar | El Bar | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
Final Portrait | Stanley Tucci | United Kingdom | |
Logan | James Mangold | United States | |
The Midwife | Sage femme | Martin Provost | France |
T2 Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom | |
Viceroy's House | Gurinder Chadha | India, United Kingdom |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section: [12] [13] [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
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1945 | Ferenc Török | Hungary | |
Berlin Syndrome | Cate Shortland | Australia, France | |
Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino | United States, Brazil, Italy, France | |
Centaur | Aktan Abdykalykov | Kyrgyzstan, France, Germany, Netherlands | |
Ciao Ciao | 巧巧 | Song Chuan | China, France |
Close-Knit | 彼らが本気で編むときは、 | Naoko Ogigami | Japan |
Discreet | Travis Mathews | United States | |
Fluidø | Shu Lea Cheang | Germany | |
From the Balcony | Fra balkongen | Ole Giæver | Norway |
Ghost in the Mountains | 空山异客 | Yang Heng | China |
God's Own Country | Francis Lee | United Kingdom | |
Headbang Lullaby | Hicham Lasri | Morocco, France, Qatar, Lebanon | |
Honeygiver Among the Dogs | Dechen Roder | Bhutan | |
Hostages | Rezo Gigineishvili | Georgia, Russia, Poland | |
Inflame | Kaygı | Ceylan Özgün Özçelik | Turkey |
Insyriated | Philippe Van Leeuw | Belgium, France, Lebanon | |
Just Like Our Parents | Como Nossos Pais | Laís Bodanzky | Brazil |
The King's Choice | Kongens Nei | Erik Poppe | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland |
The Misandrists | Bruce LaBruce | Germany | |
One Thousand Ropes | Tusi Tamasese | New Zealand | |
Pendular | Júlia Murat | Brazil, Argentina, France | |
Requiem for Mrs. J. | Rekvijem za gospodju J. | Bojan Vuletić | Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany |
Skins | Pieles | Eduardo Casanova | Spain |
The Taste of Betel Nut | 槟榔血 | Hu Jia | China, Hong Kong |
Tiger Girl | Jakob Lass | Germany | |
Vaya | Akin Omotoso | South Africa | |
Vazante | Daniela Thomas | Brazil, Portugal | |
When the Day Had No Name | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia | |
The Wound | John Trengove | South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France | |
Panorama Dokumente | |||
Adriana's Pact | El Pacto de Adriana | Lissette Orozco | Chile |
Belinda | Marie Dumora | France | |
Bones of Contention | Andrea Weiss | United States | |
Casting JonBenet | Kitty Green | ||
Chavela | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | ||
Dream Boat | Tristan Ferland Milewski | Germany | |
Erase and Forget | Andrea Luka Zimmerman | United Kingdom | |
Five Stars | Fünf Sterne | Annekatrin Hendel | Germany |
Ghost Hunting | Istiyad Ashbah | Raed Andoni | France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar |
I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck | France, United States, Belgium, Switzerland | |
If I Think of Germany at Night | Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
In the Intense Now | No Intenso Agora | João Moreira Salles | Brazil |
Investigating Paradise | Tahqiq fel djenna | Merzak Allouache | France, Algeria |
My Wonderful West Berlin | Mein wunderbares West-Berlin | Jochen Hick | Germany |
Politics, Instructions Manual | Política, manual de instrucciones | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain |
Fighting Through the Night | Combat au bout de la nuit | Sylvain L'Espérance | Canada |
Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream | Margarete Kreuzer | Germany | |
Small Talk | 日常對話 | Hui-chen Huang | Taiwan |
Strong Island | Yance Ford | United States, Denmark | |
Tania Libre | Lynn Hershman Leeson | United States | |
Untitled | Michael Glawogger, Monika Willi | Austria, Germany |
The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section: [15] [16]
English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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Back for Good | Zurück für Gut | Mia Spengler |
The Best of all Worlds | Die beste aller Welten | Adrian Goiginger |
Container | Kontener | Sebastian Lang |
Dark Blue Girl | Die Tochter | Mascha Schilinski |
End of the Season | Zwischen den Jahren | Lars Henning |
Final Stage | Nicolaas Schmidt | |
Gabi | Michael Fetter Nathansky | |
Ironhead | Eisenkopf | Tian Dong |
Mikel | Cavo Kernich | |
Millennials | Jana Bürgelin | |
Paths | Ein Weg | Chris Miera |
Self-criticism of a Bourgeois Dog | Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes | Julian Radlmaier |
Tara | Felicitas Sonvilla | |
We Were Kings | Könige der Welt | Christian von Brockhausen, Timo Großpietsch |
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section: [9] [10] [11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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4 Blocks | Marvin Kren | Germany | |
Below the Surface | Kasper Barfoed | Denmark, Germany | |
Black Spot | Mathieu Missoffe | France, Belgium | |
The Bomb | Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser | United States | |
Close-Up | کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
Devil's Freedom | La libertad del diablo | Everardo González | Mexico |
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day | Acht Stunden sind kein Tag | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany |
In Times of Fading Light | In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts | Matti Geschonneck | Germany |
Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana | Fernando Pérez | Cuba, Spain |
The Lost City of Z | James Gray | United States | |
Maudie | Aisling Walsh | Canada, Ireland | |
Patriot | Steven Conrad | United States | |
A Prominent Patient | Masaryk | Julius Sevcík | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
The Queen of Spain | La reina de España | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
The Same Sky | Der gleiche Himmel | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany, Czech Republic |
SS-GB | Philipp Kadelbach | United Kingdom | |
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov | Askold Kurov | Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic | |
The Young Karl Marx | Le jeune Karl Marx | Raoul Peck | France, Germany, Belgium |
The following prizes were awarded: [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
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