65th Berlin International Film Festival

65th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmNobody Wants the Night
Closing filmTaxi
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Taxi
Hosted byAnke Engelke[1]
Festival date5–15 February 2015
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 February 2015, with American film director Darren Aronofsky as the president of the jury.[2][3] German film director Wim Wenders was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.[4] The first seven films of the festival were announced on 15 December 2014.[5]

Isabel Coixet's Nobody Wants the Night was the festival's opening film.[6] Iranian docu-drama Taxi, directed by Jafar Panahi, won the Golden Bear, and was the closing film of the festival.[7][8]

For the first time in 2015, a Berlin Critics' Week ran parallel to the official festival. Similar to Cannes Critics' Week, the section was a sidebar run by the German Film Critics Association dedicated to independent filmmakers.[9][10][11][12]

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  2. ^ "Darren Aronofsky will lead the 2015 Berlin Film Festival Jury". HitFix. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Darren Aronofsky to be Jury President of the Berlinale 2015". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Homage 2015 and Honorary Golden Bear for Wim Wenders". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Berlinale 2015: Malick, Dresen, Greenaway and German in Competition" (PDF). berlinale.de. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (9 January 2015). "Berlin Film Festival to Open with Juliette Binoche Starrer 'Nobody Wants the Night'". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Berlin Film Festival: Panahi's Taxi wins Golden Bear". BBC News. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Berlin 2015: complete competition line-up revealed". Screen International. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ^ Scott Roxborough (13 January 2015). "Berlin: German Critics Launch Own Critics' Week Sidebar". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  10. ^ Leo Barraclough (13 January 2015). "Berlin Film Festival to Get its Own Critics' Week". Variety. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  11. ^ Yaron Dahan (March 2015). "The Berlin Critic's Week: A Discussion with Frédéric Jaeger and Dennis Vetter". Senses of Cinema.
  12. ^ "2015 Woche der Kritik". 2 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.