Misplaced Pages

59th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Opening film	The International
Closing film	Eden Is West
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear: The Milk of Sorrow
No. of films	383 films
Festival date	5–15 February 2009
Website	Website
Berlin International Film Festival chronology
60th 58th

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February to 15 February 2009. The opening film of the festival was Tom Tykwer’s The International, screened out of competition. Costa-Gavras's Eden Is West served as the closing night film at the festival. The festival's jury president was the British actress Tilda Swinton.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow directed by Claudia Llosa. The retrospective dedicated to the Golden Age of 70mm filmmaking from 1955 to 1970, titled 70mm – Bigger than Life was shown at the festival.

Admission for the festival was reported to be among the highest in years, and it also set a record for ticket sales, with some 270,000 tickets sold by the halfway mark, compared to 240,000 sold for the entire run of the festival the previous year. The final ticket tally was the largest in the festival's 59-year history.

Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Main Competition

• Tilda Swinton, British actress - Jury President
• Isabel Coixet, Spanish filmmaker
• Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker
• Henning Mankell, Swedish writer
• Christoph Schlingensief, German playwright and director
• Wayne Wang, Hong Kong director, screenwriter and producer
• Alice Waters, American author

Best First Feature Award Jury

• Hannah Herzsprung, German actress
• In-Ah Lee, German producer
• Rafi Pitts, Iranian director

International Short Film Jury

• Khavn De La Cruz, Filipino director, screenwriter and producer
• Arta Dobroshi, Kosovo actress
• Lars Henrik Gass, German director of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

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 were selected for the out of competition screening at the festival:

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Main Competition

• Golden Bear: The Milk of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa

• Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize:
  • Adrián Biniez for Giant
  • Maren Ade for Everyone Else
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Asghar Farhadi for About Elly
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sotigui Kouyaté for London River
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Birgit Minichmayr for Everyone Else
• Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger
• Outstanding Artistic Contribution: György Kovács, Gábor ifj. Erdélyi and Tamás Székely for Katalin Varga (sound design)
• Alfred Bauer Prize:
  • Andrzej Wajda for Tatarak
  • Adrián Biniez for Giant

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Award

• Claudia Llosa for The Milk of Sorrow

References

1. ^ "PROGRAMME 2009". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
2. "59TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 5 - 15, 2009". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
3. "59th Berlinale kicks off with The International on Barco's digital cinema projectors". barco.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
4. "BERLINALE 2009 COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE: A FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
5. "'Milk of Sorrow' wins Golden Bear". variety.com. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
6. Berlinale 2009: Academy Award–Winner Tilda Swinton will be Jury President
7. ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 2009". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
8. "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
9. ^ Scott Roxborough (2009-02-11). "Berlinale to break sales record". The Hollywood Reporter.
10. "JURIES 2009". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
11. "2009 Berlin Awards" (PDF). berlinale.de. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

External links

• Yearbook 2009 at berlinale.de
• 59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009

• Berlin International Film Festival
• 2009 in Berlin
• 2009 film festivals
• 2009 festivals in Europe
• 2009 in German cinema
• February 2009 events in Germany