# 60th Berlin International Film Festival

The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as president of the jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese director Yoji Yamada's About Her Brother, which was screened out of competition.
The Golden Bear went to Turkish film Bal directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. A new record attendance was established with 282,000 sold tickets, according to the organizers. A restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis was also shown at the festival.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* Werner Herzog, German filmmaker - Jury President
* Francesca Comencini, Italy director and screenwriter
* Nuruddin Farah, Somali writer
* Cornelia Froboess, German actress and singer
* José María Morales, Spanish producer
* Yu Nan, Chinese actress
* Renée Zellweger, American actress

### Best First Feature Award

* Michael Verhoeven, German actor, director and screenwriter
* Ben Foster, American actor
* Lorna Tee, Malay producer

### Short Film Competition

* Zita Carvalhosa, Brazilian producer
* Max Dax, German publisher and producer
* Samm Haillay, British producer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country |
| Apart Together | 团圆 | Wang Quan'an | China |
| Caterpillar | キャタピラー | Kōji Wakamatsu | Japan |
| A Family | En Familie | Pernille Fischer Christensen | Denmark |
| The Ghost Writer | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom, France, Germany |
| Greenberg | Greenberg | Noah Baumbach | United States |
| Honey | Bal | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey, Germany |
| How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом | Alexei Popogrebski | Russia |
| Howl | Howl | Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman | United States |
| The Hunter | Shekarchi | Rafi Pitts | Iran, Germany |
| If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Florin Șerban | Romania |
| Jew Suss: Rise and Fall | Jud Süss – Film ohne Gewissen | Oskar Roehler | Austria, Germany |
| The Killer Inside Me | The Killer Inside Me | Michael Winterbottom | United States |
| Mammuth | Mammuth | Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern | France |
| On the Path | Na putu | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia |
| Puzzle | Rompecabezas | Natalia Smirnoff | Argentina |
| The Robber | Der Räuber | Benjamin Heisenberg | Austria, Germany |
| Shahada | Shahada | Burhan Qurbani | Germany |
| A Simple Noodle Story | 三枪拍案惊奇 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| A Somewhat Gentle Man | En ganske snill mann | Hans Petter Moland | Norway |
| Submarino | Submarino | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark |

### Out of Competition

The following films made their international debut by screening out of competition at the festival:
| Title | Director | Country |
| About Her Brother | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| Exit Through the Gift Shop | Banksy | United Kingdom |
| My Name Is Khan | Karan Johar | India |
| Arekti Premer Golpo | Kaushik Ganguly | India |
| Please Give | Nicole Holofcener | United States |
| Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man | Constantin Popescu | Romania |
| The Kids are All Right | Lisa Cholodenko | United States |
| Shutter Island | Martin Scorsese | United States |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Bal by Semih Kaplanoğlu
* Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle by Florin Șerban
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima for Caterpillar
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Grigoriy Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis for How I Ended This Summer
* Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Jin Na and Wang Quan'an for Apart Together
* Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Camera): Pavel Kostomarov for How I Ended This Summer
* Alfred Bauer Prize: If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle by Florin Șerban

### Honorary Golden Bear

* Wolfgang Kohlhaase
* Hanna Schygulla

### The Berlinale Camera

* Yoji Yamada
* Ulrich Gregor and Erika Gregor
* Fine Art Foundry Noack

## Independent Awards
### Crystal Bear

* Generation Kplus: Echoes of the Rainbow
* Generation 14plus: Neukölln Unlimited