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 2001: A Space Odyssey was the closing film of the festival.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau.

The retrospective section was dedicated to German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang.

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

Main Competitions

 * Bill Mechanic, American producer - Jury President
 * Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
 * Diego Galán, Spanish director and film critic
 * Kyoko Hirano, Japanese writer
 * Fatih Akın, German filmmaker, producer and actor
 * Dario Argento, Italian filmmaker and producer
 * Xie Fei, Chinese filmmaker
 * Héctor Babenco, Brazilian-Argentine filmmaker and producer
 * Dominique Blanc, French actress

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

Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:

Main Competition
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
 * Silver Bear Jury Prize: Lone Scherfig for Italian for Beginners
 * Alfred Bauer Prize: La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel

Honorary Golden Bear

 * Kirk Douglas

Berlinale Camera

 * Kei Kumai

Blue Angel Award

 * Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau

FIPRESCI Award

 * Italian for Beginners by Lone Scherfig