| 52nd Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Heaven |
| Closing: | The Great Dictator |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded: | 1951 |
| Awards: | Golden Bear |
| Number: | 389 films |
| Date: | 6 - 17 February 2002 |
| Website: | http://www.berlinale.de |
| Chronology: | Berlin International Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 51st |
| Followed By: | 53rd |
The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002.[1] The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer.[2] [3] The new print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film The Great Dictator was the closing film of the festival.[4]
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, and Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki.
The Retrospective section was dedicated to European films from the 1960s.[5] Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz de Hadeln.[6]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[7]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Women | 8 Femmes | François Ozon | France, Italy | |
| Amen. | Costa-Gavras | France, Germany, Romania, United States | ||
| A Tree of Palme | パルムの樹 | Takashi Nakamura | Japan | |
| Baader | Christopher Roth | Germany, United Kingdom | ||
| Bad Guy | 나쁜 남자 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea | |
| Beneath Clouds | Ivan Sen | Australia | ||
| Bloody Sunday | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom, Ireland | ||
| Burning in the Wind | Brucio nel vento | Silvio Soldini | Italy, Switzerland | |
| Bridget | Amos Kollek | France, Japan | ||
| A Map of the Heart | Der Felsen | Dominik Graf | Germany | |
| Grill Point | Halbe Treppe | Andreas Dresen | ||
| Heaven | Tom Tykwer | Germany, Italy, United States, France, United Kingdom | ||
| Iris | Richard Eyre | United States, United Kingdom | ||
| Minor Mishaps | Annette K. Olesen | Denmark | ||
| KT | Junji Sakamoto | South Korea | ||
| Safe Conduct | Laissez-passer | Bertrand Tavernier | France, Spain, Germany | |
| Monster's Ball | Marc Forster | United States, Canada | ||
| Monday Morning | Lundi matin | Otar Iosseliani | France, Italy | |
| Stones | Piedras | Ramón Salazar | Spain | |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | United States | ||
| The Shipping News | Lasse Hallström | United States, Canada | ||
| Spirited Away | 千と千尋の神隠し | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | |
| One Day in August | Δεκαπενταύγουστος | Constantine Giannaris | Greece | |
| Temptations | Zoltán Kamondi | Hungary | ||
The following films were shown in the retrospective:[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | Sweden | |||
| 8½ | Otto e mezzo | Federico Fellini | Italy, France | |
| Andrei Rublev | Андрей Рублёв | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union | |
| Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos | Alexander Kluge | West Germany | ||
| The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit | Alexander Kluge | ||
| Aunt Tula | La Tía Tula | Miguel Picazo | Spain | |
| Bandits of Orgosolo | Banditi a Orgosolo | Vittorio De Seta | Italy | |
| Before the Revolution | Prima della rivoluzione | |||
| Billy Liar | John Schlesinger | United Kingdom | ||
| Black Peter | Černý Petr | Miloš Forman | Czechoslovakia | |
| Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | United Kingdom | ||
| The Bread of Those Early Years | Das Brot der frühen Jahre | Herbert Vesely | West Germany | |
| Cantata | Oldás és kötés | Hungary | ||
| Catch Us If You Can | John Boorman | United Kingdom | ||
| Charles, Dead or Alive | Charles mort ou vif | Switzerland | ||
| The Collector | La Collectionneuse | Eric Rohmer | France | |
| Daisies | Sedmikrásky | Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia | |
| The Departure | Le départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium | |
| L'Eclisse | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, France | ||
| Early Works | Рани радови | Želimir Žilnik | Yugoslavia | |
| The Fiances | I fidanzati | Italy | ||
| The Good Time Girls | Les Bonnes Femmes | Claude Chabrol | France, Italy | |
| The Great Silence | Il Grande silenzio | Sergio Corbucci | Italy, France | |
| The Green Year | Os Verdes Anos | Portugal | ||
| Hunger | Sult | Henning Carlsen | Denmark | |
| The Hunt | La caza | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| I Am Cuba | Soy Cuba | Mikhail Kalatozov | Soviet Union, Cuba | |
| if.... | Lindsay Anderson | United Kingdom | ||
| Rysopis | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland | ||
| Innocent Sorcerers | Niewinni czarodzieje | Andrzej Wajda | ||
| Intimate Lighting | Intimni osvetlení | Ivan Passer | Czechoslovakia | |
| Knife in the Water | Nóż w wodzie | Roman Polanski | Poland | |
| Left-Handed Fate | Fata Morgana | Vicente Aranda | Spain | |
| Liv | Pål Løkkeberg | Norway | ||
| Love 65 | Kärlek 65 | Bo Widerberg | Sweden | |
| Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator | Ljubavni slucaj ili Tragedija sluzbenice | Dušan Makavejev | Yugoslavia | |
| Magical Mystery Tour | The Beatles | United Kingdom | ||
| The Milky Way | La via lattéa | Luis Buñuel | Spain, France | |
| Mr. Freedom | Mr. Freedom | William Klein | France | |
| The Murderers Are Among Us | Die Mörder sind unter uns | Germany | ||
| Naked Childhood | L'Enfance nue | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| Naked Hearts | Les Coeurs verts | Édouard Luntz | ||
| Nights on the Road | Nachts auf den Straßen | West Germany | ||
| Not Reconciled | Nicht versöhnt oder es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht | |||
| Open Secrets | Yksityisalue | Finland | ||
| Paranoia | Adriaan Ditvoorst | Netherlands | ||
| Passenger | Pasażerka | Witold Lesiewicz, Andrzej Munk | Poland | |
| Performance | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | United Kingdom | ||
| Persona | Sweden | |||
| Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy | ||
| The Pier | La Jetée | France | ||
| Raven's End | Kvarteret korpen | Bo Widerberg | Sweden | |
| The Reenactment | Reconstituirea | Lucian Pintilie | Romania | |
| The Sinner | Die Sünderin | Willi Forst | West Germany | |
| The Subversives | I Sovversivi | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Italy | |
| A Taste of Honey | Tony Richardson | United Kingdom | ||
| Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday | Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche | Belgium, France | ||
| Trace of Stones | Spur der Steine | Frank Beyer | East Germany | |
| Viva Maria! | France, Italy | |||
| The War Is Over | La Guerre est finie | Alain Resnais | France, Sweden | |
| Yesterday Girl | Abschied von gestern | Alexander Kluge | West Germany | |