The members of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus - Rosa Ehrlich, Oscar R. Franck, Hannah Kähler, Luka Kowalewsky, Marie Kühn, Quinten Samrotzki, Rosa Schaefer Bastian - give the following awards:
Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Butterfly Kisses
By Rafael Kapelinski, 2017, United Kingdom
Propelled by the rhythm of its powerful soundtrack and imagery, this film awakens a terrifying suspicion in the viewer. Without resorting to simple accusations of guilt, it confronts us with an explosive issue which our society has so far been unable to resolve. The finely differentiated characterizations inspire profound empathy for the protagonists in the situations they face. From the kaleidoscopic opening sequence onwards, we are captivated by the haunting intensity of this electrifying feature film debut.
Special Mention:Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)
By Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie, 2016, Canada
With epic aspirations, this film is an accurate portrayal of destructive group dynamics. With brutal honesty, it gradually unleashes its hypnotic potential as the narrative unfolds. Contemporary footage, fictional life stories and performances fuse together to create a disturbing yet rousing cinematic work.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Wolfe
By Claire Randall, 2016, Australia
By means of its authentic narrative and tactful approach to a sensitive subject, this documentary manages to demystify a taboo without sentimentality or judgment. With impressive honesty and intimacy, the protagonist discloses his experiences of psychological illness, accompanied by lovingly animated memory sequences. We thank the filmmaker for this factually informative and deeply moving work.
Special Mention Short Film: SNIP
By Terril Calder, 2016, Canada
This film takes the viewer on a journey into a painful chapter of a country's history. The synthesis of diverse animation styles provides for a compelling and emotionally direct exploration of this often neglected subject. We would like to thank the director for this unconventional approach to opening our generation's eyes to the past as we head towards the future.
The members of the Generation 14plus International Jury
Benjamin Cantu
Roberto Doveris
Jennifer Reeder
give the following awards:
The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education): Shkola nomer 3 (School Number 3)
By Yelizaveta Smith, Georg Genoux, 2016, Ukraine / Germany
We give the Grand Prix to a film that unpacked itself slowly involving the audience through details and personal account from the perspective of its protagonists, delivering with a range of tenderness, trauma, and even banality and humor. It has a sensitive approach and is direct in form without discourse or presumption. We admire the collaboration between director, cinematographer and protagonists and how they built a space of trust. This film doesn’t let the narrative of war take over the emotional world of its young characters, who allowed us to connect with the most precious and intimate details of their lives.
Special Mention: Ben Niao (The Foolish Bird)
By Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka, 2017, People’s Republic of China
Our special mention goes to a film that haunted us with its mystery and how it speaks about human relationships that pave their way through detached modern tools of communications. What sets this film apart are the well planned ellipses and the remarkable performance of the young actress, Yao Honggui from China.
Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education):
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
By Juanita Onzaga , 2016, Belgium / Colombia
We give the special price for best short to a film that has a hybrid approach to the autobiographical. A film that hovers between the past and the present and yet has an intuitive way of showing us a character who couldn’t be closer to the filmmaker herself.
Special Mention:U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue)
By Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, 2017, Croatia / Slovenia / Sweden
Special mention goes to a film which reveals the complexities of adolescence, when its four characters must confront their expectations and desires against a dramatic seaside landscape.
Award ceremony and screening of the winning film tonight at 7.30 pm at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
On Friday, February 17, the jury members - filmmakers Feo Aladag, Sigrid Hoerner, and Johannes Naber – presented the 2017 Compass Perspektive Award for Best Film. Awarded for the first time this year and endowed with EUR 5,000, the prize goes to the fiction film Die Beste aller Welten by Adrian Goiginger. The trophy is a small compass conceived to provide orientation and direction to a new generation of Perspektive filmmakers.
The jury members watched the 14 films in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino section. After debating passionately, they picked their favourite.
Jury statement – The Best of All Worlds
The film is the story of seven-year-old Adrian, who lives in 1990s Salzburg with a heroin-addicted, but loving mother and her friends. His life is like an adventure playground – until both child services and the brutal reality of drug addiction threaten to destroy his world.
Director Adrian Goiginger’s film is based on his own childhood and is a disturbingly realistic portrayal of the seemingly hopeless battle between maternal love and addiction. Goiginger leaves open to interpretation whether it is the drug itself, or society’s way of dealing with it, that presents a greater threat to the child protagonist.
With his sensitive direction of a brilliant ensemble cast, the film is touching without becoming kitschy; the unpretentious cinematography gets under your skin without being voyeuristic.
The jury also spontaneously awarded a “special jury prize” to Final Stage directed by Nicolaas Schmidt. The three jurors – Feo Aladag, Sigrid Hoerner and Johannes Naber – awarded the prize to the young film maker to commend his risk taking.
Jury statement – Final Stage
Final Stage by Nicolaas Schmidt is an experiment in essayistic montage set in an urban consumer space. It comprises three sequences – separation, pain and reunion. The film turns cinema into an interactive space, in which the audience’s associations become the narrative. With this prize, we want to encourage young filmmakers to take structural-technical risks.
This evening at the final festive event of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, the “Kompagnon” fellowships were awarded for the first time to a screenwriter and/or director from Berlinale Talents 2017 and a Perspektive Deutsches Kino alumnus from 2016. The fellowships include stipends of EUR 5,000 and the Berlinale warmly congratulates the winners.
With the “Kompagnon” fellowships, Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino have joined forces to support talented directors and screenwriters residing in Germany. The initiative does not, however, merely intend to further concrete film projects. In addition to strengthening the artists’ signatures, the mentoring programme will provide the winners with professional coaching and a chance to network with the industry.
The jury members - filmmakers Feo Aladag, Sigrid Hoerner, and Johannes Naber - picked the treatments Systemsprenger (System Crasher) by Nora Fingscheidt (Berlinale Talents 2017), and Der grüne Wellensittich by Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser (Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2016).
Jury statement:
Nora Fingscheidt’s Systemsprenger (System Crasher) outlines the story of nine-year-old Benni, a problem child whose mother, unable to cope, hands her over to the authorities. But Benni proves resistant to all corrective measures – that is, until social worker Micha decides to risk establishing a personal relationship with the child and in doing so crosses a line.
A disquieting, sensitive, and very well researched portrayal of our educational system and a poignant humanistic plea for those labelled difficult, non-conformist, or dysfunctional.
Nora Fingscheidt refrains from providing answers, but instead lets the questions she has raised resound in space. Systemsprenger touched our hearts and lastingly affected our thinking.
Jury statement:
Der grüne Wellensittich plays in Belarus and recounts the story of 34-year-old Mischa. At night he works as an autopsy assistant, during the day he paints corpses in oils. Mischa gets to know 17-year-old Anna, whose suicide attempt made it possible for them to meet in the first place. For both of them, loneliness has led to an obsession with death – yet out of this situation, authors Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser unleash the most beautiful forms of feeling alive: creativity and love.
This fiction film treatment has realistic protagonists, in particular Mischa, who is supposed to play himself. Interweaving documentary principles and staged components, this experimental hybrid exploration promises to produce an extraordinary film in both form and content. This is all the more so because the authors never seem to judge or interpret – neither the people, nor the world in which they are trying to define themselves. Instead they observe and let spaces emerge that are driven by compelling images and characters, and not by authorial narrative intentions.
When a radical trust in one’s material is stronger than all fears of rejection, then it becomes possible for unforgettable films with a heartbeat to evolve. Der grüne Wellensittich has this potential.
The public has cast its votes: the 19th Panorama Audience Awards – presented by the Berlinale Panorama section in collaboration with radioeins and for the first time in co-operation with rbb television (Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting) - go to Insyriated by Philipp Van Leeuw for best fiction film and I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck for best documentary.
Insyriated is a tautly-constructed chamber drama about trying to live a normal life in a war zone. It is the second film starring Hiam Abbass that has won the Panorama Audience Award (she also played the lead in Eran Riklis’s Lemon Tree in 2008).
Raoul Peck’s filmic essay I Am Not Your Negro about James Baldwin and his three assassinated friends - civil rights activists Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X – has also been nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature.
The official award ceremony will be held at 5 pm on Sunday, February 19 in CinemaxX 7 at Potsdamer Platz. The prizes will be awarded by rbb director Patricia Schlesinger. Knut Elstermann, radioeins film expert, and Panorama curator Wieland Speck will host the event. Directly after the ceremony, the winning fiction film will be shown. The PanoramaDokumente winner will be screened at 8 pm, also in CinemaxX 7.
The Panorama Audience Award has been given since 1999. Since 2011, not only the best fiction film but also the best documentary film have received awards. During the festival, moviegoers are asked to rate the films shown in Panorama on voting cards after the screenings. In 2017 a total of 29,000 votes were cast and counted.
This year Panorama presented 50 feature-length films from 43 countries, of which 21 screened in the Panorama Dokumente series.
Panorama Audience Award Winner Fiction Film 2017
Insyriated
Belgium / France / Lebanon 2017
By Philippe Van Leeuw
2nd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film 2017
Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit)
Japan 2017
By Naoko Ogigami
3rd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film 2017
1945
Hungary 2017
By Ferenc Török
Panorama Audience Award Winner PanoramaDokumente 2017
I Am Not Your Negro
France / USA / Belgium / Switzerland 2016
By Raoul Peck
2nd place Panorama Audience Award PanoramaDokumente 2017
Chavela
USA 2017
By Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
3rd place Panorama Audience Award PanoramaDokumente 2017
Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting)
France / Palestine / Switzerland / Qatar 2017
By Raed Andoni
“PENDULAR” by Julia Murat has received the “FIPRESCI AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM IN THE PANORAMA SECTION”
the jury for the Panorama section : Kerem Akca (Habertürk, Turkey), Alejandra Treiles (Brecha, Uruguay) and Jennifer Borrmann (HighNoon film-e-zine, Germany)
Jury comment
“Pendular” receives the “The International Critics Prize” in the Panorama section for its outstanding visual quality and its narrative force that results in an accurate portrait of two contemporary artists. The expression of the modern and bold choreography of human relations in the story connects perfectly with the aesthetic and dramatic originality of the film
Plot
Julia Murat playfully explores two lover’s desire to belong.
Their past and their longing for each other begin to challenge both their artistic identities as well as their identity as a couple.
Produced by Esquina Produçoes in Brazil, Bubbles Project in Brazil and Still Moving in France.
Sales Agent : Still Moving - Pierre Menahem & Juliette Lepoutre
The members of the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus - Kay Arend, Antonie Beckmann, Laurentius Fritz, Ilja Gavrylov, Ida Kirschning, Louis Lemperle-McGrath, Emilia Schmidt, Lea Schönfeldt, Ben Trabhardt, Till Trabhardt, Pina Zehnpfennig - give the following awards:
Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Piata loď (Little Harbour)
By Iveta Grófová, Slovak Republic / Czech Republic 2017
We selected a film that is creative and authentic. It's about two children who create a little world of their own, rules. We found the story very moving and the actors are very believable too.
Special Mention: Amelie rennt (Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship)
By Tobias Wiemann, Germany / Italy 2017
With great wit and fast-paced dialogue, this film describes the development of an unlikely friendship between two fascinating characters.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Promise
By Xie Tian, USA 2016
Set in a breath-taking landscape, this film tells the moving story of a Chinese boy. The convincing performances and masterful cinematography lend the film great authenticity.
Special Mention Short Film: Hedgehog's Home
By Eva Cvijanovic, Canada / Croatia 2016
The message of this tale, that a home of one's own is very important, is beautifully conveyed by the creative use of felt animation. We were also impressed by the unusual verse form of the narrative in this stop-motion film.
The members of the International Jury Generation Kplus - Fabian Gasmia,
Aneta Ozorek, Yoon Ga-eun - give the following awards:
The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany):
ex aequo
Becoming Who I Was
By Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon, Republic Korea 2017
In this beautifully shot tale we learn in a wonderful bittersweet way how much a parent and a child can learn from each other. The filmmaker achieved the most difficult: making the audience laugh and cry many times. The film gave the jury confidence in humanity and if the values of the young hero of this story would be only reflected a little bit by its audience the world will become a better place.
Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993)
By Carla Simón, Spain 2017
In this remarkable film we learn through the eyes of a little girl how to cope with loss.
The lesson that this incredible heroine learns and that moved us to tears is that no matter how much it hurts, it is the unconditional love of the people around you that will ease your pain. Besides the outstanding performance of the young main actress the jury was also very impressed by the beautiful cinematography and sensual mise-en-scène!
The Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Short Film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk (The Children’s Charity of Germany): Aaba (Grandfather)
By Amar Kaushik, India 2016
It tells a story of the circle of life in an elegiac and slow pace with a beautiful cinematography.
Special Mention: Sabaku
By Marlies van der Wel, The Netherlands 2016
This very short film tells with simple but very efficient use of extremely skilled artistic animation technique the story of a bird that goes around the world to find a new friend. The jury was blown away by its pace and incredible joy of the filmmaker to entertain her audience.
Award ceremony and screening of the winning film of the Crystal Bear take place today at 3.30 pm at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
The seven members of the international jury view films of queer interest within the framework of all sections of the Berlinale. Three films are nominated for each of the categories: best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. The jury presents furthermore its Special Jury Award, the Special TEDDY AWARD and the Harvey-Männer LeserInnen Award.
Members of the Jury:
The TEDDY for the Best Short Film goes to:
Sponsored by TEDDY Foundation
Min Homosyster (My Gay Sister)
Lia Hietala
Jury Statement: „Min Homosyster” (My Gay Sister) by director Lia Hietala is a sweet story of a young girl who is starting to learn about love with the help of her big sister and her sister’s girlfriend. The film makes visible the complex emotions even us adults sometimes have while navigating our relationships and crushes. In the role of the little sister Cleo, Juliette Safavi is exceptionally natural and a delight to watch.
The TEDDY fort the Best Documentary Film goes to:
Sponsored by Transition Queer Minorities Film Festival
Ri Chang Dui Hua (Small Talk)
Hui-chen Huang
Jury Statement: „Small Talk“ is the director’s courageous portrayal of her family story, which gives the audience an inside look at a culture we might not be familiar with. This powerful documentary manages to be of universal significance and extremely intimate at the same time.
THE TEDDY gives the Special Jury Award to
Karera ga Honki de Amu Toki Wa (Close-Knit)
Naoko Ogigami
Jury Statement: The jury gives the special award to the film „Close-Knit“, a film which gives audiences a look into Japanese culture and the love of rainbow families through the eyes of an 11-year-old girl. Both the performances of the adults and the child actress are convincing and enjoyable. Filmmaker Naoko Ogigami’s natural dialogues and her sense of humor make for a very special movie experience. Ogigami puts emphasis on unique details such as the knitted objects, beautiful cinematography and the universal appeal of an uplifting, yet realistic story.
The TEDDY for the best FEATURE FILM goes to:
Sponsored by 22D Music Group
Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman)
Sebastián Lelio
Jury Statement: „A Fantastic Woman“ is a perfectly crafted film with a magnificent cinematic approach that tells an intimate yet under-represented narrative. This film offers a very authentic universe firmly grounded by the mesmerizing and natural performance of Daniela Vega as Marina. Sebastián Lelio has infused the story with understanding and compassion illuminating the ongoing discrimination and marginalization of transgender people around the world.
The Harvey - Männer LeserInnen Award gos to:
God’s Own Country
Francis Lee
The Special TEDDY AWARD goes to: Monika Treut director, producer and writer
Monika Treut has been engaging with not only the feminist and lesbian cinema since the 1980s, but also with the german-speaking independent film scene and as a pioneer has introduced the New Queer Cinema to the US American Indie film. Her courageousness and critical approach of the topics and aesthetics are closely related to the liberating energy of the Mao-Spontex movement in the 1970s. Her documentary Gendernauts won the TEDDY-Award in 1999 as Best Documentary/Essay Film and several other audience awards all over the world. Since her feature debut with Efi Mikesch, Verführung: Die grausame Frau, more than 12 of her movies have been screened at the Berlinale. On the occasion of her Special TEDDY AWARD, Berlinale Panorama screens her second feature film, the classic die Jungfrauenmaschine from 1989.
All winners of the Golden and Silver Bears of the Competition and Berlinale Shorts programme as well as the winners of the GWFF First Best Feature Award, Glashütte Original Documentary Award and Audi Short Film Award.
Hungarian author and director Ildik’ Enyedi, ‘On Body and Soul’ poses for photographers after winning the Golden Bear for Best Film at the awards ceremony of the 67th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday Feb. 18 2017. (Britta Pedersen/Pool Photo via AP) (Associated Press)
BERLIN — A Hungarian love story about two slaughterhouse workers who connect in shared dreams won the top award Saturday at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
“On Body and Soul” by writer-director Ildiko Enyedi contrasts the harsh reality of the abattoir with the magical world of slumber.
Enyedi was previously best known for her 1989 debut film, “My 20th Century,” which won the Golden Camera award in Cannes that year.
The Golden Bear had been expected to go to the comedy “The Other Side of Hope,” which instead earned veteran filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki a Silver Bear for best director. The film sees a young Syrian refugee befriending a grouchy Finn, with Kaurismaki’s deadpan humor delivering poignant messages about the horrors of war and the current refugee crisis in Europe.
The jury award went to “Felicite,” a film by French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis about a singer in a Congolese night club.
South Korea’s Kim Min-hee received the best actress award for her role in “On the Beach at Night Alone,” about a woman coming to terms with the end of an affair.
COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film
On Body and Soul
Hungary
Dir: Ildikó Enyedi
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Felicite
France/Belgium/Senegal/Germany/Lebanon
Dir: Alain Gomis
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Pokot (Spoor)
Dir: Agnieszka Holland
Silver Bear for Best Director
Aki Kaurismaki
The Other Side of Hope
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Kim Min-hee
On The Beach At Night Alone
South Korea
Dir: Hong Sang-soo
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Georg Friedrich
Helle Nachte (Bright Nights)
Dir: Thomas Arsian
Silver Bear Best Screenplay
Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman)
Chile-U.S.-Spain
Dirs: Sebastian Lelio, Writer: Gonzalo Maza
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Dana Bunescu
Romania/Germany/France
Ana, Mon Amour
Glashutte Original Documentary
Ghost Hunting
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
Best First Feature
Spain
Summer of 1993
Dir: Carla Simon
Golden Bear Best Short Film
Cidade Pequena
Dir: Diogo Costa Amarante
Silver Bear Jury Prize Short Film
Ensueno En La Pradera
Dir: Esteban Arrangioz
Audi Short Film Award
Street of Death
Lebanon/Germany
Dir: Karam Ghossein
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Fiction Film
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
2nd Place
Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit)
Japan
Dir: Naoko Ogigami
3rd Place
1945
Hungary
Dir: Ferenc Török
PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
Best Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
France/U.S./Belgium/Switzerland
Dirs: Raoul Peck
2nd Place
Chavela
U.S.
Dirs: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
3rd Place
Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting)
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
EUROPA CINEMAS BERLINALE LABEL
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
GENERATION KPLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Piata Iod’ (Little Harbour)
Slovak Republic/Czech Republic
Dir: Iveta Grofova
Special Mention
Amelie Rennt (Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship)
Germany/Italy
Dir: Tobias Wiemann
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Promise
U.S.
Dir: Xie Tian
Special Mention Short Film
Hedgehog’s Home
Canada/Croatia
Dir: Eva Cvijanovic
Grand Prix for Best Film
Becoming Who I Was
Korea
Dir: Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon
Special Mention
Estiu (Summer 1993)
Spain
Dir: Carla Simon
Special Prize for Best Short Film
Aaba (Grandfather)
India
Dir: Amar Kaushik
Special Mention
Sabaku
The Netherlands
Dir: Marlies van der Wel
GENERATION 14PLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Butterfly Kisses
UK
Dir: Rafael Kapelinski
Special Mention
Ceux qui font les revolutions a moitie n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)
Canada
Dir: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Wolfe
Australia
Dir: Claire Randall
Special Mention Short Film
SNIP
Canada
Dir: Terril Calder
Grand Prix for Best Film
Shkola nomer 3 (School Number 3)
Ukraine/Germany
Dir: Yelizaveta Smith, Georg Genoux
Special Mention
Ben Naio (The Foolish Bird)
China
Dir: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Special Prize for Best Short Film
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
Belgium/Colombia
Dir: Juanita Onzaga
Special Mention
U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue)
Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden
Dirs: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
Hungarian author and director Ildik’ Enyedi, ‘On Body and Soul’ poses for photographers after winning the Golden Bear for Best Film at the awards ceremony of the 67th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday Feb. 18 2017. (Britta Pedersen/Pool Photo via AP) (Associated Press)
BERLIN — A Hungarian love story about two slaughterhouse workers who connect in shared dreams won the top award Saturday at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
“On Body and Soul” by writer-director Ildiko Enyedi contrasts the harsh reality of the abattoir with the magical world of slumber.
Enyedi was previously best known for her 1989 debut film, “My 20th Century,” which won the Golden Camera award in Cannes that year.
The Golden Bear had been expected to go to the comedy “The Other Side of Hope,” which instead earned veteran filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki a Silver Bear for best director. The film sees a young Syrian refugee befriending a grouchy Finn, with Kaurismaki’s deadpan humor delivering poignant messages about the horrors of war and the current refugee crisis in Europe.
The jury award went to “Felicite,” a film by French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis about a singer in a Congolese night club.
South Korea’s Kim Min-hee received the best actress award for her role in “On the Beach at Night Alone,” about a woman coming to terms with the end of an affair.
COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film
On Body and Soul
Hungary
Dir: Ildikó Enyedi
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Felicite
France/Belgium/Senegal/Germany/Lebanon
Dir: Alain Gomis
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Pokot (Spoor)
Dir: Agnieszka Holland
Silver Bear for Best Director
Aki Kaurismaki
The Other Side of Hope
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Kim Min-hee
On The Beach At Night Alone
South Korea
Dir: Hong Sang-soo
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Georg Friedrich
Helle Nachte (Bright Nights)
Dir: Thomas Arsian
Silver Bear Best Screenplay
Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman)
Chile-U.S.-Spain
Dirs: Sebastian Lelio, Writer: Gonzalo Maza
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Dana Bunescu
Romania/Germany/France
Ana, Mon Amour
Glashutte Original Documentary
Ghost Hunting
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
Best First Feature
Spain
Summer of 1993
Dir: Carla Simon
Golden Bear Best Short Film
Cidade Pequena
Dir: Diogo Costa Amarante
Silver Bear Jury Prize Short Film
Ensueno En La Pradera
Dir: Esteban Arrangioz
Audi Short Film Award
Street of Death
Lebanon/Germany
Dir: Karam Ghossein
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Fiction Film
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
2nd Place
Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit)
Japan
Dir: Naoko Ogigami
3rd Place
1945
Hungary
Dir: Ferenc Török
PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
Best Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
France/U.S./Belgium/Switzerland
Dirs: Raoul Peck
2nd Place
Chavela
U.S.
Dirs: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
3rd Place
Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting)
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
EUROPA CINEMAS BERLINALE LABEL
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
GENERATION KPLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Piata Iod’ (Little Harbour)
Slovak Republic/Czech Republic
Dir: Iveta Grofova
Special Mention
Amelie Rennt (Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship)
Germany/Italy
Dir: Tobias Wiemann
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Promise
U.S.
Dir: Xie Tian
Special Mention Short Film
Hedgehog’s Home
Canada/Croatia
Dir: Eva Cvijanovic
Grand Prix for Best Film
Becoming Who I Was
Korea
Dir: Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon
Special Mention
Estiu (Summer 1993)
Spain
Dir: Carla Simon
Special Prize for Best Short Film
Aaba (Grandfather)
India
Dir: Amar Kaushik
Special Mention
Sabaku
The Netherlands
Dir: Marlies van der Wel
GENERATION 14PLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Butterfly Kisses
UK
Dir: Rafael Kapelinski
Special Mention
Ceux qui font les revolutions a moitie n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)
Canada
Dir: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Wolfe
Australia
Dir: Claire Randall
Special Mention Short Film
SNIP
Canada
Dir: Terril Calder
Grand Prix for Best Film
Shkola nomer 3 (School Number 3)
Ukraine/Germany
Dir: Yelizaveta Smith, Georg Genoux
Special Mention
Ben Naio (The Foolish Bird)
China
Dir: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Special Prize for Best Short Film
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
Belgium/Colombia
Dir: Juanita Onzaga
Special Mention
U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue)
Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden
Dirs: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
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“Mama Colonel/Maman Colonelle” by Dieudo Hamadi has received the “TAGESSPIEGEL READERS PRIZE FOR THE BEST FILM IN THE FORUM SECTION” & “ECUMENICAL JURY PRIZE FOR SUCCEEDING IN PORTRAYING ACTIONS OR HUMAN EXPERIENCES THAT ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE GOSPELS, OR IN SENSITISING VIEWERS TO SPIRITUAL, HUMAN OR SOCIAL VALUES “
Juries comment
“Dieudo Hamadi gives a closer look to the subject points to the dramatic amount of violence and shows the potential for a reconstructural community of survivors for hope that emerges” = ECUMENICAL JURY
“Under Congolese director’s Dieudo Hamadi’s attentive gaze, the camera bears witness to how Maman Colonelle battles violence against women and children and organizes solidarity in an impressive way “ = TAGESSPIEGEL JURY
Plot
The film is at once a tribute to a heroine of our times and the document of a true achievement with respect to civilisation
Producers
Christian Lelong, Cinédoc Films in France and Kiripi Katembo Siku, Mutoto Productions from Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sales Agent
Stephan Riguet, Andana Films - France
By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) NY Premiere of MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, press conference with writer and director Kenneth Lonergan, moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Friday, September 30, 2016. Discussions with director Lonergan included film location scouts, casting process, music moments in the film, special scenes, and the film's flashback structure. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, now in theaters. Watch trailer
By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) Opening Night World Premiere of 13TH, press conference with writer, producer and director Ava DuVernay, moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Friday, September 30, 2016. Question posed to director DuVernay by members of the press "As an artist, what role do you think we need to play to bring a change?" Discussions with director DuVernay included Netflix documentary project and the process of using archival footage. 13TH, now playing on Netflix. Watch trailer
By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) Opening Night World Premiere of 13TH, press conference with writer, producer and director Ava DuVernay, moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Friday, September 30, 2016. Question posed to director DuVernay by members of the press "As an artist, what role do you think we need to play to bring a change?" Discussions with director DuVernay included Netflix documentary project and the process of using archival footage. 13TH, now playing on Netflix. Watch trailer
NYFF54 Opening Night Premiere of 13TH:
director Ava DuVernay.
NYFF54 Opening Night Premiere of 13TH: (L-R) Festival director Kent Jones,
NYFF, and director Ava DuVernay.
NYFF54 Opening Night Premiere of 13TH:
Festival director Kent Jones, NYFF.
NYFF54 Opening Night Premiere of 13TH:
director Ava DuVernay.
By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) World Premiere Press Conference of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, with writer and director Mike Mills; cast members Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann and Elle Fanning moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater, NYC, Friday, October 7, 2016. Question posed to cast members Elle Fanning and Lucas Jade Zumann by moderator Jones "Did it help orient you guys to be looking at older movies in terms of your relationship with the different characters. What did you do?” Discussions with director Mills, and cast members included the making of the film, movie's playlist of songs, the characters role of Julie Hamlin played by Elle Fanning and of the mother Dorothea Fields played by Annette Bening set in Santa Barbara, C.A., during 1979. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, now in theaters. Watch trailer
By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) World Premiere Press Conference of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, with writer and director Mike Mills; cast members Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann and Elle Fanning moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater, NYC, Friday, October 7, 2016. Question posed to cast members Elle Fanning and Lucas Jade Zumann by moderator Jones "Did it help orient you guys to be looking at older movies in terms of your relationship with the different characters. What did you do?” Discussions with director Mills, and cast members included making of the film, movie's playlist of songs, the characters role of Julie Hamlin played by Elle Fanning and of the mother Dorothea Fields played by Annette Bening set in Santa Barbara, C.A., during 1979. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, now in theaters. Watch trailer
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN: (L-R) Festival director Kent Jones,
NYFF, director Mike Mills, cast members Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann,
Annette Bening, and Elle Fanning.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN: (L-R) Festival director
Kent Jones, NYFF, and director Mike Mills.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN: (L-R) cast members Lucas
Jade Zumann and Annette Bening.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN: (L-R) Festival director
Kent Jones, NYFF, director Mike Mills, and cast member actor Billy Crudup.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN:
cast member actress Annette Bening.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN:
cast member actor Lucas Jade Zumann. 
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY
WOMEN: cast member actress Annette Bening.
NYFF54 World Premiere of 20TH CENTURY
WOMEN: cast member actress Elle Fanning.
Eric Altmayer & Nicolas Altmayer (société Mandarin Cinéma) ont reçu, ce lundi 20 février 2017, le Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier 2017 remis par Audrey Azoulay, Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, et Alain Terzian, Président de l’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, lors du Dîner des Producteurs donné par l’Académie des César au Four Seasons Hôtel George V.
Le Dîner des Producteurs était organisé en partenariat avec le groupe BNP Paribas représenté par Bertrand Cizeau, Directeur de la communication du groupe BNP Paribas, et Laurent Marty, Directeur du Centre d’affaires Elysée Haussmann comprenant le pôle Image & Médias dirigé par Henri de Roquemaurel.
Eric Altmayer & Nicolas Altmayer ont été élus au terme du vote effectué par un collège de 1098 électeurs, composé de tous les artistes et techniciens ayant fait l’objet d’une nomination pour les César (hors Meilleur Film Étranger) depuis 2008, année de création du prix, et des 51 membres de l’Association pour la Promotion du Cinéma (association 1901 qui régit l’Académie des César).
Eric Altmayer & Nicolas Altmayer ont fondé la société Mandarin Cinéma en 1995 et ont produit en 2016 "Frantz" de François Ozon, "Chocolat" de Roschdy Zem, "Brice 3" de James Huthh, "Pattaya" de Franck Gastambide, "Les Innocentes" d'Anne Fontaine et "Cigarettes et chocolat chaud" de Sophie Reine.
Plus d'informations sur le site de l'Académie : www.academie-cinema.org.
The 8th Annual 20/20 Winners Announced
Honoring the Films of 1996
FARGO leaves THE ENGLISH PATIENT in the cold
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By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) U.S. Premiere ELLE, press conference with Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven, and French actress Isabelle Huppert moderated by director of programming Dennis Lim, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater Friday, October 14, 2016.
Questions posed to director Verhoeven and actress Huppert by moderator Lim included "Tell us how this all came about? Isabelle, was your interest based on the book Oh... by Philippe Djian? Paul, why did the Americans say no to this film project, what was the reasons given? Paul, do you read this as a feminist or post-feminist film? What you make of the Christian aspect of this film?"ELLE, now in theaters. Watch trailer
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: (L-R) Director of Programming Dennis Lim, NYFF, French actress Isabelle Huppert and Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven.
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: (L-R) French actress Isabelle Huppert and Dutch
film director Paul Verhoeven.
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: French actress
Isabelle Huppert.
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: Director of
Programming Dennis Lim, NYFF.
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: Dutch film director Paul
Verhoeven.
NYFF54 U.S. Premiere of ELLE: French actress Isabelle Huppert.
“A PLASTIC OCEAN” NAMED DIRECTOR’S CHOICE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, ELI WALLACH’S LAST FILM, “THE TRAIN,” NAMED BEST SHORT
“Sand Box” is Best Feature Film – Drama, “Perfume War” is Best Humanitarian Film
SEDONA, Ariz. (Feb. 25, 2017): A Plastic Ocean, a full-length documentary exploring the fragile state of our oceans and the alarming truth about plastic pollution, was named the Director’s Choice for Best Documentary Film at the 23rd annual Sedona International Film Festival.
The Festival, which features more than 160 films selected from more than 1,200 entries, will end Sunday, Feb. 26. The Festival’s overall winners will be announced at the Awards Brunch Sunday morning.
Sand Box, a 48-minute narrative feature about a young boy struggling to reconnect with his dad who returns from Iraq still haunted by his tour of duty, was named Best Feature Film Drama.
The Train, the last film made by Academy Award-winning actor Eli Wallach, a 10-minute narrative short about a preoccupied young man who reluctantly agrees to take some time from his busy day to meet his girlfriend’s grandfather, captured the Best Short Film Award.
Perfume War, a documentary feature about Barb Stegmann, who creates an unlikely weapon in the fight for world peace after her best friend, a soldier, is killed by a terrorist, was named Best Humanitarian Film.
Other films selected for Director’s Choice Awards were:
• Best Feature Film – Comedy: Burn Burn Burn
• Best Animated Film – Curpigeon
• Best Foreign Film – Frantz
• Marion Herrman Excellence in Filmmaking Award – Score: A Film Music Documentary
• Best Short Documentary: Joshua Tree: Threatened Wonderland
• Best Student Short Film: Icarus
For more information, visit www.sedonafilmfestival.com.
