61st Berlin International Film Festival
English title Original title Director ( s ) Country
Our Grand Despair Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz Seyfi Teoman Turkey , Germany and Netherlands
Coriolanus N/A Ralph Fiennes United Kingdom
Tales of the Night Les Contes de la nuit Michel Ocelot France
The Forgiveness of Blood N/A Joshua Marston Albania and United States
The Future N/A Miranda July Germany and United States
Nader and Simin , A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin Asghar Farhadi Iran
Lipstikka Odem Jonathan Sagall Israel and United Kingdom
Margin Call N/A J.C. Chandor United States
A Mysterious World Un Mundo Misterioso Rodrigo Moreno Argentina , Germany and Uruguay
The Prize El premio Paula Markovitch Mexico , France , Poland and Germany
Come Rain , Come Shine 사랑한다 , 사랑하지 않는다 Saranghanda , Saranghaji Anneunda Lee Yoon-ki South Korea
Sleeping Sickness Schlafkrankheit Ulrich Köhler [ de ] Germany , France and Netherlands
The Turin Horse A Torinói Ló Béla Tarr Hungary , France , Germany and Switzerland
Innocent Saturday V subbotu Aleksandr Mindadze Russia , Germany and Ukraine
If Not Us , Who ? Wer wenn nicht wir Andres Veiel Germany
Yelling to the Sky N/A Victoria Mahoney United States
Competition -- In competition
The following films were selected to be in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards : [ 7 ]
The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film True Grit opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116 countries, including 3900 members of the press. German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, which also served as the closing film at the festival. In addition, the festival held a place open in the jury for the imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, to signalize its support for his struggle for freedom.