Veteran French docmaker Nicolas Philibert was the surprise winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, taking the prize for his film “On the Adamant,” a poignant observational study of a Paris mental health care facility. Full story to come.
COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film: “On the Adamant,” Nicolas Philibert
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “Afire,” Christian Petzold
Silver Bear Jury Prize: “Bad Living,” João Canijo
Silver Bear for Best Director: “The Plough,” Philippe Garrel
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: “20,000 Species of Bees,” Sofia Otero
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: “Till the End of the Night,” Thea Ehre
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: “Music,” Angela Schanelec
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: “Disco Boy,” Hélène Louvart, cinematography
ENCOUNTERS
Best Film: “Here,” Bas Devos
Best Director: “The Echo,” Tatiana Huezo
Special Jury Award: (ex aequo) “Orlando, My Political Biography,” Paul B. Preciado; “Samsara,” Lois Patino
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Best Documentary: “The Echo,” Tatiana Huezo
Special Mention: “Orlando, My Political Biography,” Paul B. Preciado
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE
Best First Feature: “The Klezmer Project,” Leandro Koch, Paloma Schahmann
Special Mention: “The Bride,” Myriam U. Birara
BERLINALE SHORTS
Golden Bear: “Les Chenilles,” Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
Silver Bear: “Dipped in Black,” Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
Special Mention: “It’s a Date,” Nadia Parfan
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AUDIENCE AWARDS
Panorama Audience Award: “Sira,” Apolline Traoré
Second Prize: “The Burdened,” Amr Gamal
Third Prize: “Midwives,” Léa Fehner
Panorama Documentary Audience Award: “Kokomo City,” D. Smith
Second Prize: “The Eternal Memory,” Maite Alberdi
Third Prize: “The Cemetery of Cinema,” Thierno Souleymane Diallo
INDEPENDENT JURY PRIZES
Ecumenical Jury Prizes
Competition: “Totem,” Lila Avilés
Panorama: “Midwives,” Léa Fehner
Forum: “Where God is Not,” Mehran Tamadon
Special Mention: “On the Adamant,” Nicolas Philibert
FIPRESCI Jury Prizes
Competition: “The Survival of Kindness,” Rolf de Heer
Encounters: “Here,” Bas Devos
Panorama: “The Quiet Magician,” Malene Choi
Forum: “Between Revolution,” Vlad Petri
Teddy Awards
Best Feature Film: “All the Colors of the World Are Between Black and White,” Babatunde Apalowo
Best Documentary/Essay Film: “Orlando, My Political Biography,” Paul B. Preciado
Best Short Film: “Dipped in Black,” Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch
Jury Award: Vicky Knight, performance, “Silver Haze”
Special Teddy Award: Sunny Bunny, the Queer Film Award of the Molodist Film Festival in Kyiv
CICAE Art Cinema Award
Panorama: “The Teacher’s Lounge,” İlker Çatak
Forum: “The Face of Jellyfish,” Melisa Liebenthal
Guild Film Prize: “20,000 Species of Bees,” Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Label Europa Cinemas: “The Teacher’s Lounge,” İlker Çatak
Caligari Film Prize: “De Facto,” Selma Doborac
Peace Film Prize: “Seven Winters in Tehran,” Steffi Niederzoll
Amnesty International Film Award: “The Burdened,” Amr Gamal
Heiner Carow Prize: Fabian Stumm, screenwriter, “Bones and Names”
Compass-Perspective Award: “Seven Winters in Tehran,” Steffi Niederzoll
Special Mention: “The Kidnapping of the Bride,” Sophia Mocorrea
AG-Kino Gilde Cinema Vision 14Plus: “And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine,” Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck
OTHER PRIZES
Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury Award: “20,000 Species of Bees,” Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award: “Orlando, My Political Biography,” Paul B. Preciado
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Kompagnon Fellowship: “Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove,” Mareike Wegener; “My Beloved Man’s Female Body,” Anna Melikova
Artekino International Award: “Peeled Skin,” Leonie Krippendorff
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award: “Iván & Hadoum,” Ian de la Rosa
Eurimages Special Co-Production Development Award: “The Blindsight,” Ruslan Batytskyi
VFF Talent Highlight Award: “God and the Devil’s Cumbia,” Carlos Lenin
Talents Footprints (Masterd Enablement Program): “TransStories,” Carlos Ormeño Palma; “WE FILM MX,” Miguel Ángel Sánche; “Majoaneng,” Philip Leteka