52nd Berlin International Film Festival

The 52nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 17, 2002. The festival opened with Heaven by Tom Tykwer. The 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 jointly awarded to Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, and Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki.

The Retrospective section was dedicated to European films from the 1960s. Dieter Kosslick became the director of the festival, taking over from Moritz de Hadeln.

Main Competition
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
 * Mira Nair, Indian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress
 * Peter Cowie, British historian and writer
 * Renata Litvinova, Russian actress and filmmaker
 * Lucrecia Martel, Argentinian director and screenwriter
 * Claudie Ossard, French producer
 * Raoul Peck, Haitian filmmaker
 * Declan Quinn, American cinematographer
 * Oskar Roehler, German filmmaker and journalist
 * Kenneth Turan, American professor and film critic

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

Retrospective - European 60s
The following films were shown in the retrospective:

Main Competition

 * Golden Bear:
 * Bloody Sunday by Paul Greengrass
 * Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki
 * Silver Bear Special Jury Prize: Grill Point by Andreas Dresen
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Otar Iosseliani for Monday Morning
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Jacques Gamblin for Safe Conduct
 * Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Ensemble of actresses for 8 Women
 * Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Antoine Duhamel for Safe Conduct
 * Alfred Bauer Prize: Baader by Christopher Roth

Honorary Golden Bear

 * Claudia Cardinale
 * Robert Altman

Berlinale Camera

 * Costa-Gavras
 * Volker Hassemer
 * Horst Wendlandt

Blue Angel Award

 * Minor Mishaps by Annette K. Olesen

FIPRESCI Award

 * Monday Morning by Otar Iosseliani