The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018.[1] German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President.[2]
Opening film | Isle of Dogs |
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Closing film | Touch Me Not |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Touch Me Not |
Festival date | 15–25 February 2018 |
Website | berlinale |
American film director Wes Anderson's animated film Isle of Dogs opened the festival, becoming first animated film to open the fest.[3] Romanian film Touch Me Not written and directed by Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear, which also served as the closing night film.[4]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[8][9][10][11][12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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3 Days in Quiberon | 3 Tage in Quiberon | Emily Atef | Germany, Austria, France |
Damsel | David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | United States | |
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | ||
Daughter of Mine | Figlia mia | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
Dovlatov | Довлатов | Aleksei Alekseivich German | Russia, Poland, Serbia |
Eva | Benoît Jacquot | France | |
The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Norway, Brazil, France |
In the Aisles | In den Gängen | Thomas Stuber | Germany |
Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | United States, Germany | |
My Brother's Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot | Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | Philip Gröning | Germany, France |
Mug | Twarz | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
Museum | Museo | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico |
Pig | خوک | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
The Prayer | La prière | Cédric Kahn | France |
The Real Estate | Toppen av ingenting | Måns Månsson | Sweden, United Kingdom |
Season of the Devil | Ang panahon ng halimaw | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
Touch Me Not | Nu mă atinge-mă | Adina Pintilie | Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France |
Transit | Christian Petzold | Germany, France | |
U – 22 July | Utøya 22. juli | Erik Poppe | Norway |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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7 Days in Entebbe | José Padilha | United States, United Kingdom | |
Ága | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France | |
Black 47 | Lance Daly | Ireland, Luxembourg | |
Eldorado | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland, Germany | |
Unsane | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[13][14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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L'Animale | Katharina Mückstein | Austria | |
Boys Cry | La terra dell'abbastanza | Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo | Italy |
Foreboding | 予兆 散歩する侵略者 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
Garbage | Qaushiq Mukherjee | India | |
Genesis | Genezis | Árpád Bogdán | Hungary |
Girls Always Happy | 柔情史 | Yang Mingming | China |
Hard Paint | Tinta bruta | Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher | Brazil |
Horizon | Horizonti | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, Sweden |
Human, Space, Time and Human | 인간, 공간, 시간 그리고 인간 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
Invasion | هجوم | Shahram Mokri | Iran |
Jibril | Henrika Kull | Germany | |
Land | Babak Jalali | Italy, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Qatar | |
Lemonade | Luna de miere | Ioana Uricaru | Romania |
Malambo, the Good Man | Malambo, el hombre bueno | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
Marilyn | Martín Rodríguez Redondo | Argentina, Chile | |
The Omission | La omisión | Sebastián Schjaer | Argentina, Netherlands, Switzerland |
A Paris Education | Mes provinciales | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | France |
Profile | Timur Bekmambetov | United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Russia | |
River's Edge | Isao Yukisada | Japan | |
Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind | Ondes de choc – Journal de ma tête | Ursula Meier | Switzerland |
Shock Waves – First Name: Mathieu | Ondes de choc – Prénom: Mathieu | Lionel Baier | |
Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | Germany, Austria | |
Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo | Ramón Salazar | Spain |
Thirty Souls | Trinta Lumes | Diana Toucedo | Spain |
When the Trees Fall | Koly padayut dereva | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine, Poland, Republic of Macedonia |
Xiao Mei | Maren Hwang | Taiwan | |
Yardie | Idris Elba | United Kingdom | |
Panorama Dokumente | |||
Central Airport THF | Zentralflughafen THF | Karim Aïnouz | Germany, Brazil, France |
Ex Shaman | Ex Pajé | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
Family Life | Familienleben | Rosa Hannah Ziegler | Germany |
Game Girls | Alina Skrzeszewska | France, Germany | |
Generation Wealth | Lauren Greenfield | United States | |
Hotel Jugoslavija | Nicolas Wagnières | Switzerland | |
I See Red People | Je vois rouge | Claudia Priscilla, Bojina Panayotova | France, Bulgaria |
Kinshasa Makambo | Dieudo Hamadi | Congo, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar, Norway | |
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Steve Loveridge | United States, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka | |
Obscuro Barroco | Evangelia Kranioti | France, Greece | |
Partisan | Lutz Pehnert, Matthias Ehlert, Adama Ulrich | Germany | |
Shakedown | Leilah Weinraub | United States | |
Shut Up and Play the Piano | Philipp Jedicke | Germany, France, United Kingdom | |
The Silence of Others | Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar | United States, Spain | |
The Silk and the Flame | Jordan Schiele | United States | |
That Summer | Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, Denmark, United States | |
Tranny Fag | Bixa Travesty | Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman | Brazil |
The Trial | O processo | Maria Ramos | Brazil, Germany, Netherlands |
What Comes Around | Al Gami'ya | Reem Saleh | Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Qatar, Slovenia |
When the War Comes | Až přijde válka | Jan Gebert | Czech Republic, Croatia |
The following prizes were awarded:[6][15]