59th Berlin International Film Festival

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February to 15 February 2009.[2] The opening film of the festival was Tom Tykwer’s The International, screened out of competition.[3] Costa-Gavras's immigrant drama Eden Is West served as the closing night film at the festival.[4][5] The festival's jury president was actress Tilda Swinton of the United Kingdom.[6]

59th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmThe International
Closing filmEden Is West
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear (La Teta Asustada)
No. of films383 films[1]
Festival date5–15 February 2009
WebsiteWebsite

The Golden Bear was awarded to Peruvian film La Teta Asustada directed by Claudia Llosa.[7] The retrospective dedicated to the Golden Age of 70mm filmmaking from 1955 to 1970, titled 70 mm – Bigger than Life was shown at the festival.[8]

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.[9] The final ticket tally was the largest in the festival’s 59-year history.[9]

Jury
Tilda Swinton, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[10]

International jury

Best First Feature Award Jury

International Short Film Jury

In competition

The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Everyone Else Alle Anderen Maren Ade Germany
Cheri Cheri Stephen Frears UK
About Elly Darbareye Elly Asghar Farhadi Iran
Giant Gigante Adrián Biniez Uruguay, Germany, Argentina
Happy Tears Happy Tears Mitchell Lichtenstein United States
In the Electric Mist In the Electric Mist Bertrand Tavernier United States
Katalin Varga Peter Strickland Romania, United Kingdom, Hungary
Little Soldier Annette K. Olesen Denmark
Forever Enthralled Mei Lanfang Chen Kaige China
The Messenger The Messenger Oren Moverman United States
London River Rachid Bouchareb Algeria, France, UK
Mammoth Lukas Moodysson Sweden, Germany, Denmark
My One and Only My One and Only Richard Loncraine United States
Rage Rage Sally Potter UK, United States
Ricky François Ozon France, Italy
Storm Sturm Hans-Christian Schmid Germany, Denmark
Sweet Rush Tatarak Andrzej Wajda Poland
The Milk of Sorrow La Teta Asustada Claudia Llosa Peru

Out of competition screening

The following films were selected for the out of competition screening at the festival:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation Deutschland 09 – 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation compilation film by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Isabelle Stever, Hans Steinbichler, Hans Weingartner, Christoph Hochhäusler, Dani Levy and Angela Schanelec Germany
Eden Is West Eden à l'ouest Costa-Gavras France, Greece, Italy
The Dust of Time Theo Angelopoulos Greece, Germany, Italy, Russia
The International The International Tom Tykwer USA
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Rebecca Miller USA
The Reader The Reader Stephen Daldry UK, Germany
Notorious Notorious George Tillman Jr. USA

Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Awards
Claudia Llosa, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[7][11]

Golden Bear

The Golden Bear went to La teta asustada by Claudia Llosa.

Silver Bears

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. 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.
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