# 51st Berlin International Film Festival

The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.
The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.

## Juries

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

### Main Competitions

* Bill Mechanic, American producer - Jury President
* Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
* Diego Galán, Spanish director and film critic
* Kyoko Hirano, Japanese writer
* Fatih Akın, German filmmaker, producer and actor
* Dario Argento, Italian filmmaker and producer
* Xie Fei, Chinese filmmaker
* Héctor Babenco, Brazilian-Argentine filmmaker and producer
* Dominique Blanc, French actress

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Bamboozled | Bamboozled | Spike Lee | United States |
| Beijing Bicycle | 十七岁的单车 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China, Taiwan |
| Betelnut Beauty | 愛你愛我 | Lin Cheng-sheng | Taiwan, France |
| Chocolat | Chocolat | Lasse Hallström | United States, United Kingdom |
| La Ciénaga | La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, France, Spain |
| The Claim | The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | United Kingdom, France, Canada |
| Fat Girl | À ma soeur! | Catherine Breillat | Italy, France |
| Félix et Lola | Félix et Lola | Patrice Leconte | France |
| Finding Forrester | Finding Forrester | Gus Van Sant | United States |
| The Ignorant Fairies | Le fate Ignoranti | Ferzan Özpetek | France, Italy |
| Intimacy | Intimacy | Patrice Chéreau | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy |
| Inugami | 犬神家の一族 | Masato Harada | Japan |
| Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Lone Scherfig | Denmark, Sweden |
| Joint Security Area | 공동경비구역 JSA | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Kuroe | Kuroe | Gō Rijū | Japan |
| Little Senegal | Little Senegal | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria, France, Germany |
| Malèna | Malèna | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| My Sweet Home | My Sweet Home | Filippos Tsitos | Greece, Germany |
| The Tailor of Panama | The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman | United States, Ireland |
| Traffic | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Weiser | Weiser | Wojciech Marczewski | Poland, Switzerland, Germany |
| Wit | Wit | Mike Nichols | United Kingdom, United States |
| You're the One | Una historia de entonces | José Luis Garci | Spain |

### Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| American Guerrilla in the Philippines | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | United States |
| Artificial Paradise | Umetni Raj | Karpo Godina | Yugoslavia |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | United States |
| The Big Heat | The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | United States |
| The Blue Gardenia | The Blue Gardenia | Fritz Lang | United States |
| La Chienne | La Chienne | Jean Renoir | France |
| Clash by Night | Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| Contempt | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy |
| Destiny | Der müde Tod | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Germany ||
| Germany ||
| Dr. M | Docteur M | Claude Chabrol | France, West Germany |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler – Part I — The Great Gambler: An Image of the Age | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part I – Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Part II – Inferno: A Game for the People of our Age | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part II – Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Encounter with Fritz Lang | Begegnung mit Fritz Lang | Peter Fleischmann | West Germany |
| Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin | Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin | William Friedkin | United States |
| Four Around a Woman | Kämpfende Herzen [de] (Die Vier um die Frau) | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| For Example Fritz Lang | Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang | Erwin Leiser | West Germany |
| Fury | Fury | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| The Human Beast | La Bête Humaine | Jean Renoir | France |
| Hilde Warren and Death | Hilde Warren und der Tod | Joe May | Germany |
| House by the River | House by the River | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| The Indian Tomb | Das Indische Grabmal | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France |
| Liliom | Liliom | Fritz Lang | France |
| M | M | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| M | M | Joseph Losey | United States |
| Madame Butterfly | Harakiri | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Man Hunt | Man Hunt | Fritz Lang | United States |
| Metropolis | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Ministry of Fear | Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| People to Each Other | Menschen untereinander | Gerhard Lamprecht | Germany |
| The Plague of Florence | Die Pest in Florenz | Otto Rippert | Germany |
| Rancho Notorious | Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| United States ||
| United States ||
| Spies | Spione | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | France, Germany |
| The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France |
| The Wandering Image | Das wandernde Bild | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Western Union | Western Union | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| Woman in the Moon | Frau Im Mond | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Woman in the Window | The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | United States |
| United States ||
| United States ||

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
* Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: Beijing Bicycle by Wang Xiaoshuai
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Lin Cheng-sheng for Betelnut Beauty
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kerry Fox for Intimacy
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Benicio del Toro for Traffic
* Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Raúl Pérez Cubero for You're the One
* Silver Bear Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for Italian for Beginners
* Alfred Bauer Prize: La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Kirk Douglas

### Berlinale Camera

* Kei Kumai

## Independent Awards
### Blue Angel Award

* Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau

### FIPRESCI Award

* Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig