# 57th Berlin International Film Festival

The 57th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 February 2007. The opening film of this year's festival was Olivier Dahan’s La Vie En Rose. Angel by François Ozon served as the closing night film. American director Paul Schrader was the jury president of the main competition.
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Tuya's Marriage directed by Wang Quan'an. 224,181 tickets of the festival were sold.
The festival held a Retrospective programme about women in silent era films. The films which were shown in the retrospective included a restored colour version of the 1921 film Hamlet, starring Asta Nielsen, the 1914 Italian film Cabiria and Berlin Alexanderplatz.

## Juries

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

### Main Competition

* Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter - Jury President
* Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
* Mario Adorf, German actor
* Willem Dafoe, American actor
* Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor, director and producer
* Nansun Shi, Hong Kong producer
* Molly Malene Stensgaard, Danish editor

### Best First Feature Award

* Judy Counihan, British producer
* Niki Karimi, Iranian actress
* Gerhard Meixner, German producer

### Short Film Competition

* Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima, Nigerian producer
* Riina Sildos, Estonian producer
* Ning Ying, Chinese director, screenwriter and producer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Angel | The Real Life of Angel Deverell | François Ozon | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |
| Beaufort | בופור | Joseph Cedar | Israel |
| Bordertown | Bordertown | Gregory Nava | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Counterfeiters | Die Fälscher | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Austria, Germany |
| Desert Dream | 경계 | Zhang Lü | South Korea, France |
| The Duchess of Langeais | Ne touchez pas la hache | Jacques Rivette | France |
| Goodbye Bafana | Goodbye Bafana | Bille August | South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg |
| The Good German | The Good German | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| The Good Shepherd | The Good Shepherd | Robert De Niro | United States |
| Hallam Foe | Hallam Foe | David Mackenzie | United Kingdom |
| I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK | 싸이보그지만 괜찮아 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| In Memory of Me | In memoria di me | Saverio Costanzo | Italy |
| Irina Palm | Irina Palm | Sam Garbarski | Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany, France |
| I Served the King of England | Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále | Jiří Menzel | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| La Vie En Rose | La Môme | Olivier Dahan | France, Canada |
| Lost in Beijing | 苹果 | Li Yu | China |
| The Other | El otro | Ariel Rotter | Argentina, France, Germany |
| Tuya's Marriage | 圖雅的婚事 | Wang Quan'an | China |
| When a Man Falls in the Forest | When a Man Falls in the Forest | Ryan Eslinger | United States, Canada |
| The Witnesses | Les Témoins | André Téchiné | France |
| The Year My Parents Went on Vacation | O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias | Cao Hamburger | Brazil, Argentina |
| Yella | Yella | Christian Petzold | Germany |

## Official Awards

The following awards were presented at the festival.

### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: Tuya's Marriage by Wang Quan'an.
* Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Ariel Rotter for The Other
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Joseph Cedar for Beaufort
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Julio Chávez for The Other
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Nina Hoss for Yella
* Silver Bear for Best Music: David Mackenzie for Hallam Foe
* Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: For the Ensemble Cast of The Good Shepherd
* Alfred Bauer Prize: Park Chan-wook for I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
* FIPRESCI Award: I Served the King of England by Jiří Menzel
* Best First Feature: Vanaja by Rajnesh Domalpalli