64th Berlin International Film Festival
The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014. Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel opened the festival.
British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan, which also served as closing film.
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:Main Competition
- James Schamus, American film producer and screenwriter - Jury President
- Barbara Broccoli, American film producer
- Trine Dyrholm, Danish actress
- Mitra Farahani, Iranian filmmaker
- Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker
- Michel Gondry, French filmmaker and producer
- Tony Leung, Chinese actor
- Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
Best First Feature Award
- Nancy Buirski, American filmmaker, producer and founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Valeria Golino, Italian actress and filmmaker
- Hernán Musaluppi, Argentinian film producer
Short Film Competition
- Edwin, Indonesian filmmaker
- Nuno Rodrigues, Portuguese curator and producer
- Christine Tohmé, Lebanese curator
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:Berlinale Special Gala
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special Gala section:Berlinale Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Berlinale Classics section:Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:Main Competition
- Golden Bear: Black Coal, Thin Ice by Diao Yinan
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Life of Riley by Alain Resnais
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Haru Kuroki for The Little House
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Liao Fan for Black Coal, Thin Ice
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Stations of the Cross by Dietrich BrüggemannSilver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Blind Massage by Lou Ye