70th Berlin International Film Festival

The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020.[1][2] It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival board: business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.[3]

70th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmMy Salinger Year
Closing filmThere Is No Evil
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: There Is No Evil
Festival date20 February – 1 March 2020
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

The festival opening gala was presented by actor Samuel Finzi, followed by the world premiere My Salinger Year, directed by Philippe Falardeau.[4] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.[5]

Juries

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Jeremy Irons, Main Competition Jury President

Main competition

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Encounters

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  • Shōzō Ichiyama, Japanese producer[8]
  • Dominga Sotomayor, Chilean film director, writer and producer
  • Eva Trobisch, German film director

First Feature Award

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  • Ognjen Glavonić, Serbian film director and writer[9]
  • Hala Lotfy, Egyptian filmmaker, producer and founder of Hassala Films
  • Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, film scholar

Documentary Award

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Short Film Competition

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Official Sections

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Main Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[12][13]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
All the Dead OnesTodos os mortosCaetano Gotardo and Marco DutraBrazil, France
Bad TalesFavolacceDamiano and Fabio D'InnocenzoItaly, Switzerland
Berlin AlexanderplatzBurhan QurbaniGermany, Netherlands, France
DAU. NatashaIlya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina OertelGermany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia
Days日子Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan
Delete HistoryEffacer l'historiqueBenoît Delépine and Gustave KervernFrance, Belgium
First CowKelly ReichardtUnited States
Hidden AwayVolevo nascondermiGiorgio DirittiItaly
The IntruderEl PrófugoNatalia MetaArgentina, Mexico
IrradiatedIrradiésRithy PanhFrance, Cambodia
My Little SisterSchwesterleinStéphanie Chuat and Véronique ReymondSwitzerland
Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysEliza HittmanUnited States
The Roads Not TakenSally PotterUnited Kingdom
The Salt of TearsLe sel des larmesPhilippe GarrelFrance, Switzerland
SiberiaAbel FerraraItaly, Germany, Mexico
There Is No Evilشیطان وجود نداردMohammad RasoulofGermany, Czech Republic, Iran
UndineChristian PetzoldGermany, France
The Woman Who Ran도망친 여자Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea

Encounters

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The following films were selected for the new Encounters section:[14]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Funny FaceTim SuttonUnited States
GundaVictor KossakovskyNorway, United States
IsabellaMatías PiñeiroArgentina
Kill It and Leave This TownZabij to i wyjedz z tego miastaMariusz WilczyńskiPoland
Los ConductosCamilo RestrepoBrazil, Colombia, France
The Last CityDie letzte StadtHeinz EmigholzGermany
MalmkrogCristi PuiuBosnia, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland
The Metamorphosis of BirdsA metamorfose dos pássarosCatarina VasconcelosPortugal
Naked AnimalsNackte TiereMelanie WaeldeGermany
OrpheaKhavn and Alexander KlugeGermany
ServantsSlužobníciIvan OstrochovskýCzech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia
The Shepherdess and the Seven SongsLaila aur satt geetPushpendra SinghIndia
ShirleyJosephine DeckerUnited States
The Trouble with Being BornSandra WollnerAustria, Germany
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)Anders Edström and C.W. WinterJapan, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Panorama

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The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[15][16][17][18]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
All Hands on DeckÀ L'abordageGuillaume BracFrance
Always AmberAlltid AmberLia Hietala and Hannah ReinikainenSweden
The AssistantKitty GreenUnited States
Black MilkSchwarze MilchUisenma BorchuGermany, Mongolia
A Common CrimeUn crimen comúnFrancisco MárquezArgentina, Brazil, Switzerland
DiggerGeorgis GrigorakisGreece, France
Dry WindVento SecoDaniel NolascoBrazil
Eeb Allay Ooo!Prateek VatsIndia
ExileExilVisar MorinaBelgium, Germany, Kosovo
FatherOtacSrdan GolubovićBosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia
HopeHåpMaria SødahlNorway, Sweden
If It Were LoveSi c'était de l'amourPatric ChihaFrance
MareAndrea ŠtakaCroatia, Switzerland
MinyanEric SteelUnited States
Mughal MowgliBassam TariqUnited Kingdom
No Hard FeelingsFutur DreiFaraz ShariatGermany
Notes from the UnderworldAufzeichnungen aus der UnterweltTizza Covi and Rainer FrimmelAustria
One in a ThousandLas Mil y UnaClarisa NavasArgentina, Germany
One of These DaysBastian GüntherGermany, United States
PariSiamak EtemadiBulgaria, France, Greece, Netherlands
Shine Your EyesCidade PássaroMatias MarianiBrazil
Sow the WindSemina il ventoDanilo CaputoFrance, Greece, Italy
Suk SukRay YeungHong Kong
SurgeAneil KariaUnited Kingdom
WildlandKød & BlodJeanette NordahlDenmark
Panorama Dokumente
Amazon MirrorO reflexo do lagoFernando SegtowickBrazil
Bloody Nose, Empty PocketsBill and Turner RossUnited States
Days of CannibalismTeboho EdkinsFrance, Netherlands, South Africa
The Foundation PitKotlovanAndrey GryazevRussia
I Dream of SingaporeLei Yuan BinSingapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom
If It Were LoveSi c'était de l'amourPatric ChihaFrance
Little GirlPetite filleSébastien LifshitzFrance, Belgium
Nardjes A.Karim AïnouzAlgeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Qatar
Running on EmptyJetzt oder morgenLisa WeberAustria
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the SilenceSchlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreienBettina BöhlerGermany
Welcome to ChechnyaDavid FranceUnited States

Berlinale Special

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The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The American SectorCourtney Stephens and Pacho VelezUnited States
CharlatanAgnieszka HollandCzech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia
CurveballJohannes NaberGermany
DAU. DegenerationDAU. DegeneratsiaIlya Khrzhanovskiy and Ilya PermyakovGermany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia
Golda MariaPatrick Sobelman and Hugo SobelmanFrance
High GroundStephen Maxwell JohnsonAustralia
HillaryNanette BursteinUnited States
Last and First MenJóhann JóhannssonIceland
MinamataAndrew LevitasUnited Kingdom
My Salinger YearPhilippe FalardeauCanada, Ireland
Night ShiftPoliceAnne FontaineFrance
NumbersNomeraOleg Sentsov in collaboration with Akhtem SeitablaievUkraine, Poland, Czech Republic, France
The Nutty ProfessorJerry LewisUnited States
OnwardDan Scanlon
Paris CalligrammesUlrike OttingerGermany, France
Persian LessonsVadim PerelmanRussia, Germany, Belarus
PinocchioMatteo GarroneItaly, France, United Kingdom
Speer Goes to HollywoodVanessa LapaIsrael
Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue一直游到海水变蓝Jia ZhangkeChina
Time to Hunt사냥의 시간Yoon Sung-hyunSouth Korea

Berlinale Shorts

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The following films were selected for the Berlinale shorts section:[19]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
2008Blake WilliamsCanada
À l'entrée de la nuitAnton BialasFrance
Aletsch NegativeLaurence BonvinSwitzerland
AtkūrimasLaurynas BareisaLithuania
Cause of DeathJyoti MistrySouth Africa/Austria
A DemonstrationSasha Litvintseva, Beny WagnerGermany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
FilipiñanaRafael ManuelPhilippines, United Kingdom
FoamÉcumeOmar ElhamyCanada
Genius LociAdrien MérigeauFrance
Girl and BodyCharlotte MarsAustralia
Gumnaam DinEkta MittalIndia
HaMa'azinOmer SterenbergIsrael
How to DisappearRobin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael StumpfAustria
Huntsville StationJamie Meltzer, Chris FilipponeUnited States
InflorescenceNicolaas SchmidtGermany
It Wasn't the Right Mountain, MohammadMili PechererFrance
My Galactic Twin GalactionSasha SvirskyRussia
PlaybackEnsayo de una despedidaAgustina ComediArgentina
She Who Wears the RainCelle qui porte la pluieMarianne MétivierCanada
So We LiveRand Abou FakherBelgium
Stump the GuesserGuy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen JohnsonCanada
TKeisha Rae WitherspoonUnited States
Union CountyAdam Meeks
Veitstanz/Feixtanz (1988)Gabriele StötzerEast Germany

Other sections

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The Berlinale retrospective included more than 30 films by Hollywood filmmaker King Vidor.[20] The homage was dedicated to Helen Mirren, with Mirren awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[21] The Berlinale Camera was awarded to Ulrike Ottinger followed by the world premiere of Ottinger's documentary Paris Calligrammes.[22]

The Series section, introduced in 2015,[23] is devoted to longform television series. In 2020, there were two Australian entries: Stateless and Mystery Road Series 2.[24][25]

Mohammad Rasoulof, video chatted at the award winners' press conference of the Berlinale

Official Awards

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The following prizes were awarded:[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

Main Competition

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Short Film Competition

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Best First Feature

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  • Camilo Restrepo for Los conductos

Encounters

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Panorama

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Generation

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Generation 14Plus

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  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
  • Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film: My Name Is Baghdad by Caru Alves de Souza
  • Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film: Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
    • Special Mention: White Winged Horse by Mahyar Mandegar

Generation KPlus

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  • Crystal Bear for Best Film: Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: The Name of the Son by Martina Matzkin
    • Special Mention: Miss by Amira Géhanne Khalfallah
  • The Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Film: The Wolves by Samuel Kishi Leopo
  • Special Prize of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Short Film: The Name of the Son by Martina Matzkin
    • Special Mention: The Kites by Seyed Payam Hosseini

Independent Awards

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Caligari Film Prize

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  • Victoria by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere

Heiner Carow Prize

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Compass-Perspektive-Award

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  • Walchensee Forever by Janna Ji Wonders

Kompagnon-Fellowship

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  • Perspektive Deutsches Kino: 111 by Hristiana Rykova
  • Berlinale Talents: Arctic Link by Ian Purnell

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