51st Berlin International Film Festival
The 51st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to 18, 2001. The festival opened with war-drama film Enemy at the Gates by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 70 mm restored version of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 Sci-fi film was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to French-British film Intimacy directed by Patrice Chéreau.
The retrospective dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter Fritz Lang was shown at the festival.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:- Bill Mechanic, producer - Jury President
- Jacqueline Bisset, actress
- Diego Galán, director and film critic
- Kyoko Hirano, writer
- Fatih Akın, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Dario Argento, director, screenwriter and producer
- Xie Fei, director and screenwriter
- Héctor Babenco, director, screenwriter and producer
- Dominique Blanc, actress
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| The Ignorant Fairies | Le fate Ignoranti | Ferzan Özpetek | France, Italy |
| Beijing Bicycle | 十七岁的单车 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China, Taiwan |
| La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina, France, Spain | |
| Chocolat | Chocolat | Lasse Hallström | USA, UK |
| Félix et Lola | Patrice Leconte | France | |
| Betelnut Beauty | 愛你愛我 | Lin Cheng-sheng | Taiwan, France |
| Finding Forrester | Finding Forrester | Gus Van Sant | USA |
| Intimacy | Intimacy | Patrice Chéreau | UK, France |
| Inugami | 犬神家の一族 | Masato Harada | Japan |
| Bamboozled | Bamboozled | Spike Lee | USA |
| Italian for Beginners | Italiensk for begyndere | Lone Scherfig | Denmark, Sweden |
| Joint Security Area | Park Chan-wook | South Korea | |
| Kuroe | Gō Rijū | Japan | |
| Little Senegal | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria, France, Germany | |
| Fat Girl | À ma soeur! | Catherine Breillat | Ialy, France |
| My Sweet Home | Filippos Tsitos | Greece, Germany | |
| The Claim | The Claim | Michael Winterbottom | UK, France, Canada |
| The Tailor of Panama | The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman | USA, Ireland |
| Traffic | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | USA |
| Weiser | Wojciech Marczewski | Poland, Switzerland, Germany | |
| Wit | Wit | Mike Nichols | UK, USA |
| You're the One | José Luis Garci | Spain | |
| Malèna | Malèna | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
Key
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| American Guerrilla in the Philippines | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Encounter with Fritz Lang | Begegnung mit Fritz Lang | Peter Fleischmann | West Germany |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Clash by Night | Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Cloak and Dagger | Cloak and Dagger | Fritz Lang | USA |
| The Indian Tomb | Das Indische Grabmal | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France |
| The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Wandering Shadow | Das wandernde Bild | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Destiny | Der müde Tod | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | France, Germany |
| The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | West Germany, France |
| ' | Fritz Lang | Germany | |
| ' | Fritz Lang | Germany | |
| The Plague of Florence | Die Pest in Florenz | Otto Rippert | Germany |
| Dr. M | Docteur M | Claude Chabrol | France, West Germany |
| ' | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part I – Der große Spieler: Ein Bild der Zeit | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| ' | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Part II – Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Woman in the Moon | Frau Im Mond | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin | Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin | William Friedkin | USA |
| Fury | Fury | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Hangmen Also Die! | Hangman Also Die! | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Madame Butterfly | Harakiri | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Hilde Warren and Death | Hilde Warren und der Tod | Joe May | Germany |
| House by the River | House by the River | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Human Desire | Human Desire | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Four Around a Woman | Fritz Lang | Germany | |
| The Human Beast | La Bête Humaine | Jean Renoir | France |
| La Chienne | Jean Renoir | France | |
| Contempt | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy |
| Liliom | Fritz Lang | France | |
| M | M | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| M | M | Joseph Losey | USA |
| Man Hunt | Man Hunt | Fritz Lang | USA |
| People to Each Other | Menschen untereinander | Gerhard Lamprecht | Germany |
| Metropolis | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Ministry of Fear | Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Moonfleet | Moonfleet | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Rancho Notorious | Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Scarlet Street | Scarlet Street | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Secret Beyond the Door | Secret Beyond the Door | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Spies | Spione | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Big Heat | The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | USA |
| The Blue Gardenia | The Blue Gardenia | Fritz Lang | USA |
| The Return of Frank James | The Return of Frank James | Fritz Lang | USA |
| The Woman in the Window | The Woman in the Window | Fritz Lang | USA |
| Artificial Paradise | Umetni Raj | Karpo Godina | Yugoslavia |
| Western Union | Western Union | Fritz Lang | USA |
| While The City Sleeps | While the City Sleeps | Fritz Lang | USA |
| You And Me | You and Me | Fritz Lang | USA |
| You Only Live Once | You Only Live Once | Fritz Lang | USA |
| For Example Fritz Lang | Zum Beispiel Fritz Lang | Erwin Leiser | West Germany |
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Beijing Bicycle by Wang Xiaoshuai
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Lin Cheng-sheng for Betelnut Beauty
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Kerry Fox for Intimacy
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Benicio del Toro for Traffic
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Raúl Pérez Cubero for You're the One
- Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for Italian for Beginners
- Alfred Bauer Prize: La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel
- Blue Angel Award: Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau
- Honorary Golden Bear: Kirk Douglas
- Berlinale Camera: Kei Kumai
- FIPRESCI Award
- *Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig