74th Berlin International Film Festival

The 74th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place between 15 and 25 February 2024 in Berlin, Germany.[1] Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong'o was named the Jury President for the main competition.[2][3] This year’s Berlinale was Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek’s final edition in charge, following their dismissal in 2023.[4] The festival opened with Tim Mielants' Small Things like These.[5][6]

74th Berlin International Film Festival
Official festival poster
Opening filmSmall Things like These by Tim Mielants
Closing filmDahomey by Mati Diop
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Dahomey by Mati Diop
Artistic directorCarlo Chatrian
Festival dateOpening: 15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)
Closing: 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25)
Websitewww.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival

Dahomey, directed by French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop, won the Golden Bear, making it the second year in a row that a documentary won the festival's top prize, following On the Adamant's win in 2023. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to A Traveler's Needs by Hong Sang-soo, and the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Sebastian Stan for A Different Man.[7][8] American filmmaker Martin Scorsese was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[9]

Background

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Iranian Censorship

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Shortly before the Iranian film My Favourite Cake was selected for the Main Competition, filmmakers Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqadam were banned from leaving Iran to attend the Festival, had their passports confiscated, and will face a court trial in relation to their work as artists and filmmakers.[10][11] The Iranian government decision was met, once again, with international protests, following Golden Bear winners Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof arrests in 2022/2023, and numerous others censorship attempts in the last years.[12][13]

AFD Uninviting

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Amid controversy, Berlinale's directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian uninvited representatives of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) from attending the festival’s Opening Ceremony Gala. The decision followes further controversies around the party statements in opposition to immigration.[14][15][16] An open letter was signed by over 200 German cultural industry professionals expressing outrage with the invitations.[17][18]

Israel–Hamas War

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In the introductory press release for the 2024 festival, Berlinale opted not to mention freedom of speech as one of their core values, despite having done so in the previous year's statement.[19][20][verification needed] During the festival, hundreds of past and present Berlinale participants signed open letters criticizing Berlinale's complicity in Germany's censorship of pro-Palestine voices, including over 280 Berlinale Talents alumni,[21] over 190 filmmakers with films in the 2024 festival[22] and over 60 Berlinale contractors.[23][verification needed] In further protest, John Greyson, Suneil Sanzgiri and Ayo Tsalithaba all withdrew their films from the festival, while Maryam Tafakory, Advik Beni, and Monica Sorelle dropped out of the Berlinale Talents programme and Emilia Beatriz withdrew from the European Film Market.[24] Unlike its response to the public's outrage at the AfD invitation, Berlinale directors remained silent to the demands of their filmmakers, alumni, and contractors in support of Palestine.[24]

Throughout the festival, artists continued to use their platforms to make statements in solidarity with Palestine. On February 16, curators of the Berlinale's Forum Expanded program joined artist's expressions of solidarity, stating, "We, too, want to add our voice and share our concern by expressing that the Forum Expanded curators support the urgent call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza."[25] On February 18, pro-Palestine activists laid down on the front steps of the Gropius Bau drenched in fake blood with a sign reading, “Welcome to the Red Carpet,” while inside the building others unfurled pro-Palestinian banners from the upper floor.[26]

Protesters unfurled a "Lights Camera Genocide" banner at the 2024 European Film Market, arguing that the Berlinale and Germany are complicit in another genocide.

During the Closing Night Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, on February 25, there were numerous pro-Palestine statements and protests during the red carpet and acceptance speeches, including from Golden Bear winner Mati Diop, and No Other Land Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. The Teddy Award jury posted a statement in solidarity with Gaza which was met with audience applause as well as loud booing.[27][verification needed] An Instagram account linked to the Panorama section published an allegedly official statement from the festival organizers, stating "we acknowledge that our silence makes us complicit in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestine"[28] adding: "From our unresolved Nazi past to our genocidal present – we have always been on the wrong side of history."[29] Minutes later, the Berlinale's main Instagram account stated that the Panorama account was hacked and the posts "do not represent the Berlinale's position", and announced plans to “file criminal charges against unknown persons”.[29]

During No Other Land acceptance speech, after winning the Best Documentary award, co-director Yuval Abraham stated, referring to his Palestinian co-director Basel: "I am under civilian law; Basel is under military law. We live 30 minutes from one another but I have voting rights. Basel does not have voting rights. I am free to move where I want in this land. Basel, like millions of Palestinians, is locked in the occupied West Bank. This situation of apartheid between us, this inequality, has to end".[30] Berlin Mayor, Kai Wegner, and numerous other German politicians expressed outrage, calling the closing ceremony statements "anti-Semitic".[29] Germany's minister of state for culture Claudia Roth was criticized for clapping during Basel and Yuval's speech, later she claimed that she was only clapping for the Israeli half of the filmmaking team, and declared that "The statements at the Bears ceremony were shockingly one-sided and characterized by a profound hatred of Israel".[31][32] While the Festival is mainly funded by the German government,[33] the organizers stated that the "filmmakers' statements were independent and should be accepted as long as they respect the legal framework".[34][35][36] Following the ceremony, Abraham said that a right-wing mob in Israel had threatened his family after he was called antisemitic, stating, "The appalling misuse of this word by Germans... to silence Israelis like me who support a ceasefire... empties the word antisemitism of meaning and thus endangers Jews all over the world".[37]

Juries

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Lupita Nyong'o, Jury President for the Main Competition

International Jury - Main Competition

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Encounters Jury

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International Jury - Short Film Competition

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  • Ilker Çatak, German filmmaker[38]
  • Xabier Erkizia, Spanish sound artist and researcher
  • Jennifer Reeder, American filmmaker, video artist and lecturer

Generation Jury

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GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury

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Berlinale Documentary Award and Jury

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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:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Another EndPiero MessinaItaly, France, United Kingdom
ArchitectonVictor KossakovskyGermany, France, United States
Black TeaAbderrahmane SissakoFrance, Mauritania, Taiwan, Luxembourg, Ivory Coast
La cocinaAlonso RuizpalaciosMexico, United States
DahomeyMati DiopBenin, France, Senegal
The Devil's BathDes Teufels BadVeronika Franz and Severin FialaAustria, Germany
A Different ManAaron SchimbergUnited States
DyingSterbenMatthias GlasnerGermany
The EmpireL'EmpireBruno DumontFrance, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal
From Hilde, with LoveIn Liebe, Eure HildeAndreas DresenGermany
Gloria!Margherita VicarioItaly, Switzerland
Langue étrangèreFremdspracheClaire BurgerFrance, Germany, Belgium
My Favourite Cakeکیک محبوب منBehtash Sanaeeha and Maryam MoqadamIran, France, Sweden, Germany
PepeNelson Carlo De Los Santos AriasDominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France
ShambhalaMin Bahadur BhamNepal, France, Norway, Hong Kong, China, Turkey, United States, Qatar, Taiwan
Small Things like These (opening film)Tim MielantsIreland, Belgium
SonsVogterGustav MöllerDenmark, Sweden
Suspended TimeHors du tempsOlivier AssayasFrance, Germany
A Traveler's Needs여행자의 필요Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea
Who Do I Belong Toماء العينMeryam JoobeurTunisia, France, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

Berlinale Special

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The following films are selected for the Berlinale Special section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Berlinale Special Gala
CuckooTilman SingerGermany
Love Lies BleedingRose GlassUnited States, United Kingdom
The Roundup: Punishment범죄도시4Heo Myeong-haengSouth Korea
Seven VeilsAtom EgoyanCanada
SpacemanJohan RenckUnited States
The Strangers’ CaseBrandt AndersenJordan
TreasureJulia von HeinzGermany, France
Berlinale Special
Abiding Nowhere無所住Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan, United States
At Averroès & Rosa ParksAverroès & Rosa ParksNicolas PhilibertFrance
August My Heavenオーガスト・マイ・ヘヴンRiho KudoJapan
The Box Man箱男Gakuryu IshiiJapan
ChimeチャイムKiyoshi Kurosawa
Dostoyevsky (6 episodes)DostoevskijDamiano and Fabio D’InnocenzoItaly
Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets FootballElf Mal Morgen: Berlinale Meets FußballMaximilian Bungarten, Anna-Maria Dutoit,
Kilian Armando Friedrich, Indira Geisel,
Eva Gemmer, Felix Herrmann,
Hannah Jandl, Justina Jürgensen,
Hilarija Ločmele, Daniela Magnani-Hüller,
Sophie Mühe, Camille Tricaud,
Marie Zrenner
Germany
The Empty GraveDas leere GrabAgnes Lisa Wegner, Cece MlayGermany, Tanzania
exergue – on documenta 14Dimitris AthiridisGreece
Filmstunde_23Edgar Reitz, Jörg AdolphGermany
Made in England: The Films of Powell and PressburgerDavid HintonUnited Kingdom
Sasquatch SunsetDavid Zellner and Nathan ZellnerUnited States
ShikunAmos GitaiIsrael, France, Switzerland, Brazil, United Kingdom
Supersex (episodes 1-3)Matteo Rovere, Francesco Carrozzini, Francesca MazzoleniItaly
Turn in the WoundAbel FerraraUnited Kingdom, Germany, Italy, United States

Encounters

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The following films are selected for the Encounters section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
ArcadiaYorgos ZoisGreece, Bulgaria, United States
Cidade; CampoJuliana RojasBrazil, Germany, France
DembaMamadou DiaSenegal, Germany
Direct ActionGuillaume Cailleau and Ben RussellGermany, France
Sleep with Your Eyes OpenDormir de Olhos AbertosNele WohlatzBrazil, Argentina, Taiwan, Germany
The FableRaam ReddyIndia, United States
A FamilyUne FamilleChristine AngotFrance
FavoritenRuth BeckermannAustria
IvoEva TrobischGermany
The Great Yawn of HistoryKhamyazeye bozorgAliyar RastiIran
Some Rain Must Fall空房间里的女人Qiu YangChina, United States, France, Singapore
Hands in the FireMãos no FogoMargarida GilPortugal
Matt and MaraKazik RadwanskiCanada
Through the Graves the Wind Is BlowingTravis WilkersonUnited States
You Burn MeTú me AbrasasMatías PiñeiroArgentina, Spain

Berlinale Short Film Competition

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The following films are selected for the Berlinale's Short Film Competition section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
BaldilocksKaalkapjeMarthe PetersBelgium
Bye-Bye, TurtleAdieu tortueSelin ÖksüzoğluFrance
Circle서클Joung YumiSouth Korea
City Museum / My ParadiseStadtmuseum / Moi RaiBoris DewjatkinGermany
City of PoetsSara RajaeiNetherlands
Goodbye First Love经过Shuli HuangUnited States
KawausoカワウソAkihito IzuharaJapan
Lick a WoundLes animaux vont mieuxNathan GhaliFrance
The Moon Also Rises月亮照常升起Yuyan WangFrance
An Odd TurnUn movimiento extrañoFrancisco LezamaArgentina
Pacific VeinUlu BraunGermany
Preoperational ModelPhilip UllmanNetherlands
Remains of the Hot Day热天午后Wenqian ZhangChina
Sojourn to Shangri-La是日访古Lin Yihan
Tako TsuboFanny Sorgo, Eva PedrozaAustria, Germany
That’s All From MeSo viel von mirEva KönnemannGermany
Towards the Sun, Far From the CenterAl sol, lejos del centroLuciana Merino, Pascal ViverosChile
Unwanted KinshipUngewollte VerwandtschaftPavel MozharGermany
Wandering BirdOiseau de passageVictor DupuisBelgium
We Will Not Be the Last of Our KindMili PechererFrance

Panorama

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The following films are selected for the Panorama section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
AfterwarBirgitte StærmoseDenmark, Kosovo, Sweden, Finland
All Shall Be Well從今以後Ray YeungHong Kong
Andrea Gets a DivorceAndrea lässt sich scheidenJosef HaderAustria
Baldiga – Unlocked HeartBaldiga – Entsichertes HerzMarkus SteinGermany
BetâniaMarcelo BottaBrazil
Between the TemplesNathan SilverUnited States
A Bit of a StrangerSvitlana LishchynskaUkraine
Brief History of a Family家庭简史Lin JianjieChina, Denmark
CrossingLevan AkinSweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia
Cu Li Never CriesCu Li Không Bao Giờ KhócLân Phạm NgọcVietnam, Philippines, France, Singapore, Norway
Diaries from LebanonMyriam El HajjLebanon, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Every You Every MeAlle die Du bistMichael Fetter NathanskyGermany, Spain
FarukAslı ÖzgeGermany, France, Turkey
I’m not Everything I Want to BeJeště nejsem, kým chci býtKlára TasovskáAustria, Czechia, Slovakia
I Saw the TV GlowJane SchoenbrunUnited States
I Saw Three Black LightsYo vi tres luces negrasiSantiago Lozano ÁlvarezColombia, France, Germany, Mexico
Janet PlanetAnnie BakerUnited States
Meanwhile on EarthPendant ce temps sur TerreJérémy ClapinFrance
Memories of a Burning BodyMemorias de un cuerpo que ardeAntonella Sudasassi FurnissCosta Rica, Spain
My New FriendsLes gens d’à côtéAndré TéchinéFrance
My Stolen PlanetSayyareye dozdide shodeye manFarahnaz SharifiGermany, Iran
No Other LandBasel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel SzorPalestine, Norway
The OutrunNora FingscheidtGermany, United Kingdom
Paradises of DianeLes Paradis de DianeCarmen Jaquier and Jan GassmannSwitzerland
Rising Up at NightTongo SaaNelson MakengoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar
Scorched EarthVerbrannte ErdeThomas ArslanGermany
SexDag Johan HaugerudNorway
Teaches of PeachesPhilipp Fussenegger, Judy LandkammerGermany
The VisitorBruce LaBruceUnited Kingdom
Which Way Africa?À quand l'Afrique?David-Pierre FilaRepublic of the Congo, Angola, Cameroon
Zeit Verbrechen (episodes 1-4)Mariko Minoguchi, Jan Bonny, Helene Hegemann, Faraz ShariatGermany

Forum

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The following films are selected for the Forum section:[39]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
The Adamant Girlகொட்டுக்காளிPS VinothrajIndia
All the Long Nights夜明けのすべてShô MiyakeJapan
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine五香宮の猫Kazuhiro SodaJapan
The Editorial OfficeRedaktsiyaRoman BondarchukUkraine, Germany, Slovakia, Czechia
Exhuma파묘Jang Jae-hyunSouth Korea
Henry Fonda for PresidentAlexander HorwathAustria, Germany
Holy WeekSăptămâna MareAndrei CohnRomania, Switzerland
L'homme-vertige: Tales Of A CityMalaury Eloi PaisleyFrance
The Human HibernationAnna CornudellaSpain
In the Belly of a TigerSiddartha JatlaIndia, United States, China, Indonesia, Taiwan
Intercepted Oksana KarpovychCanada, France, Ukraine
The Invisible ZooDer unsichtbare ZooRomuald KarmakarGermany
Maria's SilenceMarijas klusumsDāvis SīmanisLatvia, Lithuania
Mother and DaughterDeda-ShviliLana GogoberidzeFrance, Georgia
The Nights Still Smell Of GunpowderAs noites ainda cheiram á pôlvoraInadelso CossaMozambique, Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway
Oasis Tamara Uribe, Felipe MorgadoChile
Oasis of NowChee Sum ChiaMalaysia, Singapore, France
ReasLola AriasArgentina, Germany, Switzerland
ReproductionReproduktionKatharina PethkeGermany
Republic共和国Jin JiangChina, Singapore
Resonance SpiralMarinho de Pina, Filipa CésarPortugal, Guinea-Bissau, Germany
The Secret DrawerIl cassetto segretoCostanza QuatriglioItaly, Switzerland
Shahid Narges KalhorGermany
Skin in SpringLa piel en primaveraYennifer Uribe AlzateColombia, Chile
Sleeping with a TigerMit einem Tiger schlafenAnja SalomonowitzAustria
Traces of Movement before the IceSpuren von Bewegung vor dem EisRené FrölkeGermany
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956Chroniques fidèles survenues au siècle dernier à l’hôpital psychiatrique Blida-Joinville, au temps où le Docteur Frantz Fanon était chef de la cinquième division entre 1953 et 1956Abdenour ZahzahAlgeria, France
The UndergrowthLa hojarascaMacu MachínSpain
Voices of the SilencedPark Soo-nam, Park MaeuiJapan, South Korea
Well Ordered NatureIhre ergebenste FräuleinEva C. HeldmannGermany
What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov?Was hast du gestern geträumt, Parajanov? Faraz FesharakiGermany
The Wrong Movie Keren CytterUnited States, Belgium
Forum Expanded
for here am i sitting in a tin can far above the worldGala Hernández LópezFrance
GrandmamauntsistercatZuza BanasińskaNetherlands, Poland
Here We AreChanasorn ChaikitipornThailand
O SeekerGavati WadIndia, United States
The Perfect SquareGernot WielandBelgium, Germany
The Periphery of the Base基地之侧Zhou TaoChina
QuebranteJanaina WagnerBrazil
Room 404Elysa Wendi and Shing LeeHong Kong, Poland
Sarcophagus of Drunken LovesJoana Hadjithomas and Khalil JoreigeFrance, Lebanon

Generation

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The following films are selected for the Generation sections:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Generation Kplus
Above the Dust沃土Wang XiaoshuaiChina, Netherland
AguacuarioJose Eduardo Castilla PonceMexico
AmplifiedSukounDina NaserEgypt, Jordan
ButterflyPapillonFlorence MiailheFrance
Fox and Hare Save the ForestFuchs und Hase retten den WaldMascha HalberstadBelgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
It's Okay!괜찮아 괜찮아 괜찮아!Kim Hye-youngSouth Korea
The Major TonesLos tonos mayoresIngrid PokropekArgentina, Spain
PorcelainPorzellanAnnika BirgelGermany
ReinasKlaudia ReynickeSwitzerland, Spain, Peru
SheepGoosfandHadi BabaeifarIran
Sour CandyAnaar DaanaNishi DugarIndia
A Summer's End Poem夏日句点Lam Can-zhaoChina, Malaysia, Switzerland
Through Rocks and CloudsRaízFranco García BecerraChile, Peru
UliMariana Gil RíosColombia
WinnersSieger seinSoleen YusefGermany
Young HeartsJunge HerzenAnthony SchattemanBelgium, Netherlands
Yuck!Beurk!Loïc EspucheFrance
Generation 14plus
A Bird FlewUn pájaro volóLeinad Pájaro de la HozColombia, Cuba
Cura sanaLucía G. RomeroSpain
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy StoryDisco Afrika: une histoire malgacheLuck RazanajaonaFrance, Germany, Madagascar, Mauritius, Qatar, South Africa
ElbowEllbogenAslı ÖzarslanFrance, Germany, Turkey
FinHuling PalabasRyan MachadoPhilippines
The Girl Who Lived in the LooSubarna DashIndia
The Great Phuket小半截Liu YaonanBelgium, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong
Invincible SummerUn invincible étéArnaud DufeysBelgium
LapseLapsoCaroline CavalcantiBrazil
Last SwimSasha NathwaniUnited Kingdom
MaydegolSarvnaz AlambeigiFrance, Germany, Iran
MunaWarda MohamedUnited Kingdom
My Summer with IrèneQuell'estate con IrèneCarlo SironiFrance, Italy
ResentmentObrazaGleb OsatinskiLithuania, United States
She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones开始的枪Qu YoujiaChina
Songs of Love and HateSaurav GhimireNepal
Who by FireComme le feuPhilippe LesageCanada, France

Berlinale Classics

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The following films are selected for the Berlinale Classics section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
After Hours (1985)Martin ScorseseUnited States
Battle in Heaven (2005)Batalla en el cieloCarlos ReygadasMexico
The Day of the Locust (1975)John SchlesingerUnited States
Deprisa, deprisa (1981)Carlos SauraSpain
Godzilla (1954)[40]ゴジラIshirō HondaJapan
Kohlhiesel’s Daughters (1920)[41]Kohlhiesels TöchterErnst LubitschGermany Republic
The Love Parade (1929)United States
The Sacrifice (1986)OffretAndrei TarkovskySoviet Union
Time of Maturity (1976)ReifezeitSohrab Shahid SalessWest Germany
The Wayward Cloud (2005)天邊一朵雲Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan

Retrospective

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The following films are selected for the Retrospective section:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Ain't Nothin' Without You (1985)Nicht nichts ohne DichPia Frankenberg [de]West Germany
Angels of Iron (1980)Engel aus EisenThomas Brasch
Banale Tage (1991)Peter Welz [de]Germany
Chapeau Claque [de] (1971)Ulrich SchamoniWest Germany
Dark Spring (1970)Ingemo Engström [de]
Die Deutschen und ihre Männer – Bericht aus Bonn (1989)Helke Sander
The Endless Night [de] (1963)Die endlose NachtWill Tremper
The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)Das deutsche KettensägenmassakerChristoph SchlingensiefGermany
The Goat's Intensity (1988)Leuchtkraft der Ziege – Eine NaturerscheinungJochen KraußerEast Germany
Herzsprung (1992)Helke Misselwitz [de]Germany
Ich (1988)Bettina FlitnerWest Germany
In the Country of My Parents (1981)Im Land meiner ElternJeanine Meerapfel
Jesus – The Film (1986)Jesus – Der FilmMichael BrynntrupWest Germany,
East Germany
Just Don't Think I'll Cry (1965)Denk bloß nicht, ich heuleFrank VogelEast Germany
Kismet, Kismet (1987)Ismet ElçiWest Germany
Little Godard (1978)Der kleine Godard. An das Kuratorium Junger Deutscher FilmHellmuth Costard
Macumba (1982)Elfi Mikesch
Purgatory [de] (1971)FegefeuerHaro Senft
Shirin's Wedding (1975)Shirins HochzeitHelma Sanders-Brahms
Supermarket (1974)SupermarktRoland Klick
Tobby (1961)Hansjürgen Pohland [de]
Two Among Millions (1961)Zwei unter MillionenVictor Vicas, Wieland Liebske
Unsichtbare Tage oder Die Legende von den weißen Krokodilen (1991)Eva HellerGermany

Official Awards

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Main Competition

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Berlinale Camera

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GWFF Best First Feature Award

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  • Cu Li Never Cries by Phạm Ngọc Lân[43]

Berlinale Documentary Award

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Encounters

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Berlinale Short Films Competition

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  • Golden Bear for Best Short Film: An Odd Turn by Francisco Lezama[46]
  • Silver Bear Jury Prize: Remains of the Hot Day by Wenqian Zhang
    • Special Mention: That’s All from Me by Eva Könnemann
  • Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards: That’s All from Me by Eva Könnemann

Generation

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Generation Kplus International Jury

  • Grand Prix of the International Jury for the Best Film: Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke[47]
  • Special Prize of the International Jury for the Best Short Film: A Summer's End Poem by Lam Can-zhao
    • Special Mention: Uli by Mariana Gil Ríos

Generation 14plus International Jury

  • Grand Prix of the International Jury for the Best Film: Who by Fire by Philippe Lesage[47]
  • Special Prize of the International Jury for the Best Short Film: A Bird Flew by Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz
    • Special Mention: Songs of Love and Hate by Saurav Ghimire

Children's Jury Generation Kplus

  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film: It's Okay! by Kim Hye-young[47]
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Butterfly by Florence Miailhe
    • Special Mention: Amplified by Dina Naser

Youth Jury Generation 14plus

  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Last Swim by Sasha Nathwani[47]
    • Special Mention: She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones by Qu Youjia
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Cura sana by Lucía G. Romero
    • Special Mention: Lapse by Caroline Cavalcanti

Independent Awards

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Panorama Audience Award

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Feature film

Documentary

  • 1st place: No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor[48]
  • 2nd place: My Stolen Planet by Farahnaz Sharifi
  • 3rd place: Teaches of Peaches by Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer
  • Best Feature Film: All Shall Be Well by Ray Yeung (Panorama)[49]
  • Best Documentary/Essay Film: Teaches of Peaches by Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer (Panorama)
  • Best Short Film: Grandmamauntsistercat by Zuza Banasińska (Forum Expanded)
  • Teddy Jury Award: Crossing by Levan Akin (Panorama)
  • Special Teddy Award: Lothar Lambert

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