| 71st Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded: | 1951 |
| Awards: | Golden Bear |
| Date: | 1–5 March 2021 |
| Website: | http://www.berlinale.de |
| Chronology: | Berlin International Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 70th |
| Followed By: | 72nd |
The 71st annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 1 to 5 March 2021 as a virtual festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [2] [3]
Romanian film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn directed by Radu Jude won the Golden Bear. It was the third victory of Romania in the last nine years.
The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[4]
The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:[5]
The following people were on the jury for the Berlinale Shorts section:[6]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Romania | |
| Ballad of a White Cow | قصیده گاو سفید | Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqadam | Iran, France | |
| A Cop Movie | Una película de policías | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico | |
| Drift Away | Albatros | Xavier Beauvois | France | |
| Fabian – Going to the Dogs | Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde | Dominik Graf | Germany | |
| Forest - I See You Everywhere | Rengeteg - mindenhol látlak | Bence Fliegauf | Hungary | |
| I'm Your Man | Ich bin dein Mensch | Maria Schrader | Germany | |
| Introduction | 인트로덕션 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea | |
| Memory Box | الدفاتر | Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige | France, Lebanon, Canada, Qatar | |
| Mr. Bachmann and His Class | Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse | Maria Speth | Germany | |
| Natural Light | Természetes fény | Dénes Nagy | Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany | |
| Next Door | Nebenan | Daniel Brühl | Germany | |
| Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | France | ||
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | რას ვხედავთ როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ? | Alexandre Koberidze | Germany, Georgia | |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Sellers | Lina Roessler | Canada, United States | ||
| Courage | Aliaksei Paluyan | Germany | ||
| For Lucio | Per Lucio | Italy | ||
| French Exit | Canada, Ireland | |||
| Je suis Karl | Germany, Czech Republic | |||
| Language Lessons | United States | |||
| Limbo | Hong Kong | |||
| The Mauritanian | United Kingdom | |||
| Tides | Germany, Switzerland | |||
| Tina | United States | |||
| Who We Were | Wer wir waren | Marc Bauder | Germany | |
The following films were selected for the Encounters section:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As I Want | Samaher Alqadi | Egypt, France, Norway, Palestine | ||
| Azor | Andreas Fontana | Switzerland, France, Argentina | ||
| The Beta Test | Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe | United States, United Kingdom | ||
| Bloodsuckers | Blutsauger | Julian Radlmaier | Germany | |
| District Terminal | Mantagheye payani | Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini | Iran, Germany | |
| The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland | |
| Moon, 66 Questions | Selini, 66 erotiseis | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece, France | |
| Rock Bottom Riser | Fern Silva | United States | ||
| The Scary of Sixty-First | Dasha Nekrasova | United States | ||
| Social Hygiene | Hygiène sociale | Denis Côté | Canada | |
| Taste | Vị | Le Bao | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan | |
| We | Nous | Alice Diop | France | |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Eyes Off Me | Mishehu Yohav Mishehu | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel | |
| A Balance | Yuko No Tenbin | Yujiro Harumoto | Japan | |
| Bliss | Glück | Henrika Kull | Germany | |
| Brother's Keeper | Okul Tıraşı | Ferit Karahan | Turkey, Romania | |
| Celts | Kelti | Milica Tomovic | Serbia | |
| Censor | United Kingdom | |||
| Copilot | Die Welt wird eine andere sein | Germany, France | ||
| Death of a Virgin, and the Sin of Not Living | George Peter Barbari | Lebanon | ||
| Dirty Feathers | Carlos Alfonso Corral | United States, Mexico | ||
| Genderation | Germany | |||
| Human Factors | Der menschliche Faktor | Ronny Trocker | Germany, Italy, Denmark | |
| The Last Forest | A Última Floresta | Brazil | ||
| Miguel's War | Lebanon, Germany, Spain | |||
| Night Raiders | Canada, New Zealand | |||
| North By Current | United States | |||
| Souad | Egypt, Tunisia, Germany | |||
| Ted K | United States | |||
| Theo and the Metamorphosis | Théo et les métamorphoses | Damien Odoul | France | |
| The World After Us | Le monde après nous | Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas | France | |
The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze | ||
| Jesus Egon Christ | Jesus Egon Christus | David Vajda, Saša Vajda | |
| Keep Moving | In Bewegung bleiben | Salar Ghazi | |
| The Seed | Die Saat | Mia Maariel Meyer | |
| When a Farm Goes Aflame | Jide Tom Akinleminu | ||
| Wood and Water | Jonas Bak | ||