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52nd Berlin International Film Festival

52nd Berlin International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Heaven
Closing film The Great Dictator
Location Berlin, Germany
Founded 1951
Awards Golden Bear (Bloody Sunday and Spirited Away)
No. of films 389 films
Festival date February 6 – 17, 2002
Website http://www.berlinale.de

The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer. New print of Charlie Chaplin's 1940 American satirical dramedy film The Great Dictator was the closing film of the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to British–Irish film Bloody Sunday directed by Paul Greengrass and Japanese Animated film Spirited Away directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

The retrospective dedicated to European films from 1960’s titled European 60’s was shown at the festival.Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz de Hadeln.

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

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

The following films were shown in the retrospective:

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:


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