The 61st Berlinale is nearly at an end with last night seeing the coveted Golden Bear being handed to only the worthiest. So who walked away with a gold bear? Who got a silver and who got… well nothing. A side note before we start, well done to TOMBOY for winning the TEDDY Jury Award, NIGHT FISHING and BROKEN NIGHT for best short films and an honourable mention for THE GUARD in the first feature category. Here’s the winners;
INTERNATIONAL JURY
Best Film!
NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION by
Jury Grand Prix-Silver Bear
THE TURIN HORSE by Bela Tarr
Silver Bear for Best Director
Ulrich Kohler for SLEEPING SICKNESS
Silver Bear for Best Actress
To the ‘actress-ensemble’ in NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION
Silver Bear for Best Actor
To the ‘actor-ensemble’ in NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Categorycamera
Wojclech Staron for camera in THE PRIZE
Production Design
Barbara Enriquez for THE PRIZE
Silver Bear Best Script
Joshua Marston and Andamlon Murataj for THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
BEST FIRST FEATURE JURY
Best First Feature Award (plus 50,000 Euro)
ON THE ICE by Andrew Okpeaka MacLean
Special Mention
THE GUARD by John Michael McDonagh
and
THE FATHERLESS by Marie Kreutzer
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
Golden Bear
PARANMANJANG (NIGHT FISHING) by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong
Silver Bear
PU-SEO-JIN BAM (BROKEN NIGHT) by Yang Hyo-joo
Special Mention
QUESTIONS TO MY FATHER by Konrad Muhe
EFA Short Film Nominee Berlin
THE UNLIVING by Hugo Liija
DAAD Short Film Prize
THE SHOWER by Maria Jose San Martin
JURIES GENERATION
Crystal Bear, Best Film
THE LIVERPOOL GOALIE by Ariid Andresen
Special Mention
THE FLOOD by Guy Nattiv
Crystal Bear, Short Film
LILY by Kasimir Burgress
Special Mention
MINNIE LOVES JUNIOR by Andy Mullins and Matthew Mullins
YOUTH JURY GENERATION 14PLUS
Crystal Bear, Best Film
ON THE ICE by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Special Mention
SHE MONKEYS by Lisa Aschan
Crystal Bear, Short Film
MANUREWA by Sam Peacocke
Special Mention
GET REAL!! by Evert de Beljer
INTERNATIONAL JURY GENERATION KPLUS
Grand Prix Of The Deutsches Kindehilfswerk For The Best Film
TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER by Dorata Kedzlerawska
Special Mention
THE LIVERPOOL GOALIE by Ariid Andresen
The Special Prize Of The Deutsches Kindehilfswerk, Best Short Film
LAND OF THE HEROES by Sahlm Omar Kallfa
Special Mention
SUNDAY by Patrick Doyon
INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
Special Mention
The Forgiveness Of Blood (The Forgiveness Of Blood), by Joshua Marston
Panorama
Lo Roim Alaich (Invisible), by Michal Aviad
Special Mention
Barzakh (Barzakh), by Mantas Kvedaravicius
Forum
En terrains connus (Familiar Grounds), by Stéphane Lafleur
Special Mention
De Engel van Doel (An Angel in Doel), by Tom Fassaert
FIPRESCI PRIZES
A torinói ló (The Turin Horse), by Béla Tarr
Panorama
Dernier étage gauche gauche (Top Floor Left Wing), by Angelo Cianci
Forum Heaven’s Story (Heaven’s Story), by Zeze Takahisa
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who), by Andres Veiel
C.I.C.A.E. PRIZE
Panorama
Here (Here), by Braden King
Forum
Amnistia (Amnesty), by Bujar Alimani
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Über uns das All (Above Us Only Sky), by Jan Schomburg
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
Ausente (Absent), by Marco Berger
Best Documentary Film
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (The Ballad of Genesis and Lady
Jaye), by Marie Losier
Best Short Film
Generations (Generations), by Barbara Hammer, Gina Carducci
ex aequo
Maya Deren’s Sink (Maya Deren’s Sink), by Barbara Hammer
Teddy Jury Award
Tomboy (Tomboy), by Céline Sciamma
DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, endowed by the German-French Youth Office
Die Ausbildung (The Education), by Dirk Lütter
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye), by Marie Losier
NETPAC PRIZE
Heaven’s Story (Heaven’s Story), by Zeze Takahisa
Special Mention
Halaw (Ways of the Sea), by Sheron Dayoc
PEACE FILM AWARD
Jutro bedzie lepiej (Tomorrow will be better), by Dorota Kedzierzawska
Special Mention
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Barzakh (Barzakh), by Mantas Kvedaravicius
FEMINA FILM PRIZE
Julia Brandes
for the costume in Lollipop Monster (Lollipop Monster) by Ziska Riemann (Perspektive Deutsches Kino)
CINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE
Bad o Meh (Wind & Fog), by Mohammad Ali Talebi
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
Panorama Audience Award PPP – fiction film
También la lluvia (Even The Rain), by Icíar Bollaín
Panorama Audience Award PPP – documentary film
Im Himmel, Unter der Erde. Der Jüdische Friedhof Weißensee (In Heaven Underground – The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery), by Britta Wauer
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ PRIZE
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ PRIZE
Nesvatbov (Matchmaking Mayor), by Erika Hníková
SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ AWARD
Stadt Land Fluss (Harvest), by Benjamin Cantu
PRIZE OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS SCORE COMPETITION
Felix Rösch (Germany)
BERLIN TODAY AWARD
Kyoko Miyake (UK/Japan)
for Hackney Lullabies (Hackney
Lullabies
