My personal Berlinale Ranking - 2011
A ranking from the films I saw at the Berlinale 2011.
Average Vote for the Festival: 6,88
Average Vote for the Festival: 6,88
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- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.Competition - 10/10
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.Section Panorama - 9/10
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsJakub GierszalRoma GasiorowskaAgata KuleszaAfter suffering extreme humiliation at school, Dominik holes himself up in his room and begins spending all his time in a virtual reality chat room.Section Panorama - 9/10
- DirectorDorota KedzierzawskaStarsOleg RybaYevgeniy RybaAkhmed SardalovThree young boys, who live on the mean streets of Ukraine, embark on an journey to cross the border into Poland.Children Section - 9/10
- DirectorJonathan SagallStarsClara KhouryNataly AttiyaDaniel CaltagironeTwo women reunite in London, where they go over the details of a life-changing event which occurred when they were teenagers in Jerusalem.Competition - 9/10
- DirectorRichard AyoadeStarsCraig RobertsSally HawkinsPaddy Considine15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.Forum - 8/10
- DirectorPhilippe Le GuayStarsFabrice LuchiniSandrine KiberlainNatalia VerbekeIn 1960s Paris, a conservative couple's lives are turned upside down by a group of Spanish maids that live in the same building.Competition (Out of Competition) - 8/10
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsMagaly SolierCelso BugalloPietro SibilleA drama centered on a young woman who takes a summer job caring for a bed-ridden older man, and the intimate secrets they begin to share with one another.Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorJulie GavrasStarsWilliam HurtIsabella RosselliniDoreen MantleThe struggles of Mary and her husband adjusting to retirement.Berlinale Special - 8/10
- DirectorJoshua MarstonStarsTristan HalilajSindi LacejRefet AbaziAn Albanian family is torn apart by a murder, resulting in a blood feud that makes eldest son Nik a prime target and forces his sister, eldest daughter Rudina, to leave school in order to take over the family business.Competition - 8/10
- DirectorGuy NattivStarsRonit ElkabetzTzahi GradMichael MoshonovEverything is complicated in Yoni's life. He's almost 13, real gifted, but physically undeveloped and struggles daily to grow up before his threatening up-coming Bar Mitzva.14plus - 8/10
- DirectorPrzemyslaw WojcieszekStarsPiotr Wawer Jr.Janusz ChabiorPrzemyslaw BluszczBogus Kowalski is such a radical 17-year-old rebel that he even decides to have a "Fuck Off" tattoo on his forehead. His anger and frustration cannot be diminished by anyone, including his mother, Polish teacher and priest.Forum - 8/10
- DirectorMichal AviadStarsEvgenia DodinaRonit ElkabetzSivan LevyTwo women meet by chance and discover they were both raped by the same rapist. Individually and together they must confront the past and finally integrate the long repressed trauma into their lives.Section Panorama - 8/10
- DirectorNanouk LeopoldStarsSandra HüllerDragan BakemaSabine TimoteoCharlotte is a doctor in Brussels. She is married to the architect Max and has a young son. She rents an apartment to meet men, while maintaining an intimate marriage and family life.Forum - 8/10
- DirectorJan SchomburgStarsSandra HüllerGeorg FriedrichFelix Schmidt-KnoppMartha is in a happy relationship, she has a home and knows just where she belongs. But then one day, two policewomen appear at her door and all at once everything changes.Section Panorama - 7/10
- DirectorNir BergmanStarsOrly SilbersatzYehuda AlmagorRoee ElsbergA young boy with growth disorders lives through his daily life's tragedies and comedies, while struggling to come to terms with his own personal problems.Children Section - 7/10
- DirectorVishal BhardwajStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasVivaan ShahNeil Nitin MukeshSusanna is hungry for love and will go to any extent to find it in its purest form. In her quest for the perfect man, she gets married a number of times as each of her husband's die mysteriously.Section Panorama - 7/10
- DirectorSeyfi TeomanStarsIlker AksumFatih AlGunes SayinThe peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.Competition - 7/10
- DirectorAngelo CianciStarsHippolyte GirardotMohamed FellagAymen SaïdiThis is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this Parisian suburb, before going back to his comfortable home. But that's not what destiny had planned for him, as he'll get to understand it when Salem Atelhadj, 17, takes him a hostage, under his father's desperate eyes, in the tower's twelfth floor which will soon be surrounded by policemen and anti-terrorists squads.Section Panorama - 6/10
- DirectorPaula MarkovitchStarsPaula Galinelli HertzogLaura AgorrecaViviana SuranitiCeci, a seven year old girl, has to keep a huge secret, but she doesn't completely understand what is the secret about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci and her mom live hidden from military repression in Argentina. Ceci asks herself: what must she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?Competition - 6/10
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsEmilija StojkovskaMilijana BogdanoskaDime IlijevTwo nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning women are found raped and strangled in a small town. The fiction slowly turns into a documentary.Section Panorama - 5/10
- DirectorAndres VeielStarsAugust DiehlLena LauzemisAlexander FehlingWest Germany, early 1960s. Star crossed lovers Bern and Gudrun begin a life long affair in the stifling atmosphere of provincial Germany. Setting out to challenge the establishment they become part of the global uprising joining forces with leftist writers and political activists. By the late 60s Gudrun has joined the gang lead by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof and Bern risks his sanity to finally writing a novel to change the world. An emotional true story of an explosive era starring August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds (2009), A Hidden Life (2019), Salt (2010)).Competition - 4/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsAqib KhanOm PuriLinda BassettAn immigrant father decides to take his truant son back to the old country.14plus - 4/10
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesGerard ButlerBrian CoxA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.Competition - 3/10
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsAntonis KaristinosTheodora TzimouKonstadinos AvarikiotisAlex a captain with sad past saves thirty teens Afghan refugees. With tension constantly increasing, Alex tries to tackle the company's and crew pressures.Section Panorama - 3/10
- DirectorAleksandr MindadzeStarsAnton ShaginSvetlana Smirnova-MartsinkevichStanislav RyadinskiyA group of friends and bandmates look to escape from the Chernobyl disaster.Competition - 1/10