PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

Members of the Jury: Juliette Binoche (Jury President), Justin Chang, Sandra Hüller, Sebastián Lelio, Rajendra Roy and Trudie Styler

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producers)

Synonymes Synonyms Synonyme by Nadav Lapid 

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE

Grâce à Dieu By the Grace of God Gelobt sei Gott by François Ozon

SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives

Systemsprenger System Crasher by Nora Fingscheidt

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Angela Schanelec for Ich war zuhause, aber (I Was at Home, But)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS

Yong Mei in Di jiu tian chang (So Long, My Son) by Wang Xiaoshuai

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR

Wang Jingchun in Di jiu tian chang (So Long, My Son) by Wang Xiaoshuai 

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi and Roberto Saviano for La paranza dei bambini (Piranhas) by Claudio Giovannesi

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION

Rasmus Videbæk for the cinematography in Ut og stjæle hester (Out Stealing Horses/Pferde stehlen) by Hans Petter Moland

GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD Members of the Jury: Katja Eichinger, Alain Gomis and Vivian Qu  endowed with € 50,000, funded by GWFF

Oray by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay 

GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL -- DOCUMENTARY AWARD Members of the Jury: Maria Bonsanti, Gregory Nava and Maria Ramos  endowed with € 50,000, funded by Glashütte Original

Talking About Trees by Suhaib Gasmelbari 

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
Members of the Jury: Jeffrey Bowers, Vanja Kaludjercic and Koyo Kouoh

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM

Umbra by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)

Blue Boy by Manuel Abramovich

AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD endowed with € 20,000, enabled by Audi

Rise by Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca

SPECIAL MENTION
Omarska by Varun Sasindran

BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Suc de síndria Watermelon Juice by Irene Moray

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION Children’s Jury Generation Kplus Members of the Jury: Lorenz Deutsch, Luis Leonard Hanft, Jonas Khadiri, Sarah Marie Paulick, Pepe Reisinger, Anouk Sommerfeldt, Rosalie Stauffacher, Nikita Takasaki, Johanna Wallrafen, Liv Grete Weinhold and Helene Zschaubitz

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film

Une colonie A Colony Eine Kolonie by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles

SPECIAL MENTION
Daniel fait face Daniel by Marine Atlan

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film

Juste moi et toi Just Me and You Nur ich und du by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers

SPECIAL MENTION #pestverhaal #bullyingstory #mobbinggeschichte by Eef Hilgers

 

 

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best feature-length film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

Di yi ci de li bie A First Farewell Ein erster Abschied by Wang Lina

SPECIAL MENTION
Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess My Extraordinary Summer with Tess Meine wunderbar seltsame Woche mit Tess by Steven Wouterlood

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best short film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

El tamaño de las cosas The Size of Things Das Maß der Dinge by Carlos Felipe Montoya

SPECIAL MENTION
Pappa Dad by Atle Blakseth, Einar Dunsæd

 

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  The members of the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus – Lorenz Deutsch, Luis Leonard Hanft, Jonas Khadiri, Sarah Marie Paulick, Pepe Reisinger, Anouk Sommerfeldt, Rosalie Stauffacher, Nikita Takasaki, Johanna Wallrafen, Liv Grete Weinhold and Helene Zschaubitz – give the following awards:   Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Une colonie (A Colony) by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, Canada In the winning film, the lives of teenagers are depicte...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

Director Marcus Ligocki Brazilian producer, writer and director Marcus Ligocki is known best for his films 'As Vidas de Maria' (2005), 'Felix Varela' (2006), 'Uma Loucura de Mulher' (2016) and 'Pureza – The Movie' (2019). A prolific filmmaker based our of Brasilia, he is expanding his now horizons, taking on his first international feature with Artificial Intelligence Formula One tale 'Grid' (2020), jointly written by Ligocki and re...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

(Marighella cast and crew, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   Director/co-writer Wagner Moura revealed that it wasn't really his intention to make the film feel exactly as if it takes place in the 1960s, rather he preferred that it felt like it didn't feel like a specific year since this type of story is still very relevant today.   (Wagner Moura, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   (Wagner Moura, Seu Jorge, ...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

(Sol Kyung-gu, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Su-jin, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   Lee Su-jin's second directorial feature Woo Sang (Idol) made its world premiere in the Panorama section at this year's Berlinale. For those fans of more offbeat Korean cinema, not just romantic comedies or straight dramas then this film might be right up your alley. Politics, familial bonds, illegal immigrants, newlyweds, brothels and a hit-and-run are all part of...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

    On Friday 15 February 2019 “Die Kinder der Toten” took home the FIPRESCI prize in Berlinale’s Forum, exactly one week after its world premiere. “Die Kinder der Toten”, directed by the film and performance collective Nature Theater of Oklahoma (Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska), is a free-wheeling cinematic adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek’s monumen...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

The Compass-Perspektive-Award for the Best Film in the Programme goes to Maryam Zaree for Her Film Born in Evin. Congratulations!   On the final evening of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, jury members Trini Götze, Jerry Hoffmann and Andrea Hohnen presented the Compass-Perspektive-Award 2019 for the best film. The distinction goes to the film Born in Evin by Maryam Zaree. The award is endowed with prize money in the amount of 5,000 euros and was presented this year for the third time. As ...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

The Two Kompagnon-Fellowships for Berlinale Talents and Perspektive Deutsches Kino Go to Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu and Julian Pörksen Respectively. Congratulations! Today, on the final evening of Perspektive Deutsches Kino, once again two Kompagnon-Fellowships were awarded. The prizes are presented for a new project to one author and/or director from Berlinale Talents 2019 as well as to a director from the 2018 edition of Perspektive Deutsches Kino. The awards are each endowed with prize mo...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

   Berlinale 2019: Crystal Bears and the Awards by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) In Generation 14plus The members of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus - Theodor Bittner Rosser, Christian Däbritz, Johanna Deventer, Pauline Rebmann, Avesta Schiefer, Alanza Clarice Leigh Lovejoy Schmidt, and Janek Sommerfeldt - give the following awards: Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Hölmö nuori sydän (Stupid Youn...

 

16.02.2019 | Berlin's blog

(Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Ritesh Batra, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra have an understated chemistry on-screen in Ritesh Batra's Photograph, without any unnecessary sentimentality that could have made this film feel a bit kitschy. Batra's script has so much heart it's very hard not to walk out of this film without some sense of self-reflection and wonderment.    (Naw...

 

 

(Jonathan Boudina, Tom Mercier, Dieter Kosslick, Navid Lapid, Quentin Domaire, Louise Chevillotte, Synonymes team, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   The cast and crew of Israeli filmmaker Navid Lapid's wonderfully splendid film Synonymes (Synonyms) were all smiles as they hit the red carpet for the world premiere of their film on February 13, 2019.      (Tom Mercier, Navid Lapid, Jonathan Boudina, Quentin D...

 

  The seven members of the international jury view films of queer interest within all sections of the Berlinale. Three films are nominated and one wins in each of the categories: best feature film, best documentary/essay film and the best short film. The jury furthermore presents its Special Jury Award and the TEDDY Readers’ Award powered by queer.de. The TEDDY for the Best Feature Film goes to Breve historia del planeta verde (Brief Story from the Green Planet) Santiago Lo...

 

The cast and crew of Israeli filmmaker Navid Lapid's wonderfully splendid film Synonymes (Synonyms) were all smiles as they hit the red carpet for the world premiere of their film on February 13, 2019. Photo by LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   The Jury of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique, FIPRESCI, awarded three films this Friday evening at the Berlin International Filmfestival 2019. One each in the sections Internationa...

 

 

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In front of a full house yesterday, anti-Mafia author Roberto Saviano brought the 17th edition of Berlinale Talents to a successful close. Charlotte Rampling, Erika Lust, André Téchiné, Adina Pintilie, David Lowery, Sandra Hüller, Guy Nattiv, James Schamus, Joanna Hogg and 120 other guests discussed with 250 Talents and thousands of Berliners about making (wrong) choices and dealing with them productively. One thing was clear: Mistakes happen and quitting is seldom th...

 

André Téchiné gave a masterclass february 11, in the frame of Berlinale Talents it was moderated by Peter Cowie   The experience of nascent and confusing feelings is vital to the cinema of André Téchiné (Farewell to the Night, Competition). The French master shares insights into the characters he chooses to create, like the rebellious youths of his 1994 success Wild Reeds and the later Being 17, which premiered at the Be...

 

  As part of the European Film Market's EFM Horizon program, aiming to support the transformation of the film and media sectors through an interdisciplinary approach, IFP co-organized Re:Vision Think Tank Towards Inclusion at Berlinale on strategies for increased inclusivity in the film business, following a previous module hosted at IFP Week 2018.  In Berlin, all participants a...

 

IFP Anthony Bregman With New York based indie veteran Anthony Bregman giving opening remarks on his producing experiences at Friday's opening Debate, the conversation expanded with European producers Linda Beath and Claudia Bluemhuber joining the table. All three producers agreed that more and more films are made based on algorithms in today's day global streaming platforms, and that films cannot be made based on data alone. Filmmakers must be true to their own voice a...

 

  Berlinale is one of the famous film festival at Berlin and has established EFM the second Film Market in the world , Germany having the considerable number of motion pictures playing in contest. “The Golden Glove” movie produced by Fatih Akin's is one of the strongest movies in competition for Golden Bear. You will read reviews on cheapest essay writing services, now lets find more about Mr. Akin himself. Akin, born in Germany with Turkish legacy, is a standout amongst...

 

Marie Kreuzer is an Austrian writer director and producer. Her latest film, The Ground beneath my feet (Den Boden unter den Fußen) is in official completion at the 69th Berlinale. It tells the story of Lola, a successful consultant who struggles between finding her identity, sexuality and freedom, while being divided between a comfortable lifestyle and her past and her schizophrenic sister.        What was your starting point for the script?    There w...

 

 

(Charlotte Rampling, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)   By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER   Ms. Charlotte Rampling was beyond charming during her talk with Peter Cowie and while answering at least a dozen questions from a mixed bag of audience members. The audience was treated to a number of memorable scenes from her eclectic and impressive array of films. The first scene was the moment from Stardust Memories when Woody Allen's director character approaches Rampling's chara...

 

Entertainment Finance Forum | February 27, 2019 • Skirball Cutural Center • Los Angeles, CA |   Our workshops on “Financing Content” and “Getting Down with OTT” are sold out! But don’t worry, we’ve still got other exciting workshops avail...

 

 

  Alex Deleon, <filmfestivals.com> "M, A City Hunts a Murderer" ~ Viewed at ZOO Palast, 2, Based on the classic Fritz Lang classic of 1931, "M" with Peter Lorre.   Two TV Installments.  In this avatar the tale of a child molester and killer hated by all, pursued by both the police and the Underworld, is transposed to current day Vienna in the middle of a colorful snowy winter, and much is made of the sticky ongoing Immigr...