The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury. German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014.
Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night was the festival's opening film. Iranian docu-drama Taxi, directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival.
For the first time in 2015, a Berlin Critics' Week ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers.
Juries
Main Competition
- Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker and producer- Jury President
- Daniel Brühl, German actor
- Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
- Martha De Laurentiis, American film producer
- Claudia Llosa, Peruvian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Audrey Tautou, French actress
- Matthew Weiner, American director, screenwriter and producer
First Feature Award
- Fernando Eimbcke, Mexican film director and screenwriter
- Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian actress
- Joshua Oppenheimer, American film director
Short Film Competition
The following people were on the jury for the Best Short Film:
- Halil Altındere, Turkish artist (Turkey)
- Madhusree Dutta, Indian director, curator and author (India)
- Wahyuni A. Hadi, Singaporean author and curator
- Main Competition jury members
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:
Berlinale Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:
Berlinale Series
The Series section, devoted to long-form television series, was introduced in 2015. Better Call Saul had its premiere at the Berlinale.
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:
Main Competition
- Golden Bear: Taxi by Jafar Panahi
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Club by Pablo Larraín
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante
- Silver Bear for Best Director:
- Radu Jude for Aferim!
- Małgorzata Szumowska for Body
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for 45 Years
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Patricio Guzmán for The Pearl Button
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: (cinematography)
- Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for Victoria
- Sergey Mikhalchuk and Evgeniy Privin for Under Electric Clouds
Best First Feature Award
- 600 Miles by Gabriel Ripstein
Panorama
- Audience Award:
- 1st Place: The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert
- 2nd Place: Stories of Our Lives by Jim Chuchu
- 3rd Place: Tough Love by Rosa von Praunheim
Generation
- Rainbow by Nagesh Kukunoor
Independent Awards
Teddy Award
- Nasty Baby by Sebastián Silva
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Taxi by Jafar Panahi
- Panorama: A Minor Leap Down by Hamed Rajabi
Festival appearance
The festival poster was designed by BOROS agency, who made the previous four posters of the festival. Festival director Dieter Kosslick described the poster as "the glamorous and suspense-packed second that precedes every cinema experience is when the curtain opens to reveal the screen. This year's poster motif aims to stir anticipation for that magical moment".
References
External links
- Official website
