The Jury Speaks: Mike Leigh, Jake Gyllenhaal and Charlotte Gainsbourg on the 2012 Berlinale

10 February 2012 9:58 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »

"They're a very well-behaved jury, if I may so," Berlinale jury president Mike Leigh said at a press conference yesterday that kicked off the 62nd edition of the film festival. Leigh is presiding over a impressive group of fellow jury members including filmmakers Francois Ozon, Anton Corbijn and Asghar Farhadi (whose "A Separation" won Berlin's top prize last year), writer Boualem Sansai, and actors Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal and Barbara Sukowa. "We anticipate nothing here," Leigh said when asked about what he's expecting from the festival. "Because we have a completely open mind about what we're going to experience and enjoy and savour in the films we are going to consider... It's great to just to spend time thinking about films, and not one's own films." "I came along having no idea what it might be like," Gainsbourg added. "I didn't even look at the file with all the »

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