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'' by François Ozon served as the closing night film. American director

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served as the jury president at the festival. The Golden Bear was presented 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 ''

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, the 1914 Italian film ''

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Jury

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

, director and screenwriter (United States) - Jury President *

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, actress and director (Palestine) * Mario Adorf, actor (Germany) * Willem Dafoe, actor (United States) * Gael García Bernal, actor, director and producer (Mexico) *

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, producer (Hong Kong) *

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, editor (Denmark) Best First Feature Award Jury *

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, producer (United Kingdom) *

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, actress (Iran) *

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, producer (Germany) International Short Film Jury *

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, producer (Nigeria) *

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, producer (Estonia) *

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, director, screenwriter and producer (China)

In competition

The following films were selected in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Key

Winners

The following awards were presented at the festival.

Golden Bear

The '' Golden Bear'' went to '' Tuya's Marriage'' by Wang Quan'an.

Silver Bears

* Jury Grand Prix (Grand Prize of the Jury):

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for

El otro ''The Other'' (El otro) is a 2007 Argentine, French, and German drama film, written and directed by Ariel Rotter, his second feature. The picture won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, and actor Julio Chávez was awarded the Silver Bear for Best A ...

* Best Director: Joseph Cedar for

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* Best Actor: Julio Chávez for

* Best Actress: Nina Hoss for Yella * Best Music: David Mackenzie for Hallam Foe * Outstanding Artistic Contribution: For the Ensemble Cast of The Good Shepherd by

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* Alfred Bauer Prize: Park Chan-wook for ''

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'' * FIPRESCI Award: '' Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále'' by

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* Best First Feature for Vanaja

References

External links

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