The Silver Bear for Best Director went to Angela Schanelec for the German/Serbian coproduction I Was at Home, But. Serbia scored with Stitches / Šavovi directed by Miroslav Terzić, a coproduction between Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which won the second place prize for Panorama Fiction Film as well as the prestigious Label Europa Cinemas Prize. One of the big discoveries of the festival, Stitches has already been picked for distribution by Cercamon and will have its Serbian premiere at Belgrade’s FEST 2019 at the beginning of March 2019 with Megacom Film MCF as the local distributor in Serbia.
The Ecumenical Jury Prize for Best Competition Film went to the Macedonian film God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija / Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija, a coproduction with Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia and France directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska, which also picked up the Guild Film Prize.
The readers of the newspaper Tagesspiegel awarded its prize for best film in the Forum to the Romanian film Monștri. / Monsters. directed by Marius Olteanu.
Film New Europe together with the international critics organisation FIPRESCI polled 16 critics from different countries attending the festival. The results of how the critics rated the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum can be seen HERE.
Main Competition:
Golden Bear for Best Film:
Synonyms (France, Israel, Germany)
Directed by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear – Grand Jury Prize:
By the Grace of God (France, Belgium)
Directed by François Ozon
Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize:
System Crasher (Germany)
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director:
Angela Schanelec for I Was at Home, But (Germany, Serbia)
Produced by Nachmittagfilm
Coproduced by Dart Film & Video, ZDF/3sat
Supported by Film Center Serbia
Silver Bear for Best Actress:
Yong Mei for So Long, My Son (China)
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Silver Bear for Best Actor:
Wang Jingchun for So Long, My Son (China)
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Silver Bear for Best Script:
Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Saviano for Piranhas (Italy)
Directed by Claudio Giovannesi
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution:
Cinematographer Rasmus Videbæk for Out Stealing Horses (Norway, Sweden, Denmark)
Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Best Documentary:
Talking About Trees (France, Sudan, Germany, Qatar, Chad)
Directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari
Best First Feature Award:
Oray (Germany)
Directed by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Berlinale Shorts:
Golden Bear for Best Short Film:
Umbra (Germany)
Directed by Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell
Silver Bear - Jury Prize for Short Film:
Blue Boy (Argentina, Germany)
Directed by Manuel Abramovich
Audi Short Film Award:
Rise (Brazil, USA, Canada)
Directed by Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca
Panorama:
Panorama Audience Award Winner Fiction Film:
37 Seconds (Japan)
Directed by Hikari
2nd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film:
Stitches / Šavovi (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Miroslav Terzić
Produced by West End Production
Coproduced by Nora Group Productions, Spiritus Movens, scca.Pro.ba
Supported by Film Centre Serbia, the Slovenian Film Centre , the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages
3rd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film:
Buoyancy (Australia)
Directed by Rodd Rathjen
Panorama Audience Award Winner Panorama Documentary:
Talking About Trees (France, Sudan, Germany, Qatar, Chad)
Directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari
2nd place Panorama Audience Award Panorama Dokumente:
Midnight Traveler (USA, UK, Qatar, Canada)
Directed by Hassan Fazili, Emelie Mahdavian
3rd place Panorama Audience Award Panorama Dokumente:
Shooting the Mafia (Ireland, USA)
Directed by Kim Longinotto
Generation Kplus Children’s Jury Awards:
Crystal Bear for Best Film:
Une colonie / A Colony (Canada)
Directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Special Mention:
Daniel fait face / Daniel (France)
Directed by Marine Atlan
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film:
Juste moi et toi / Just Me and You (Canada)
Directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Special Mention:
#pestverhaal / #bullyingstory (the Netherlands)
Directed by Eef Hilgers
Generation Kplus International Jury Awards:
Best Film:
Di yi ci de li bie / A First Farewell (China)
Directed by Wang Lina
Special Mention:
Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess / My Extraordinary Summer with Tess (the Netherlands, Germany)
Directed by Steven Wouterlood
Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Short Film:
El tamaño de las cosas / The Size of Things (Columbia)
Directed by Carlos Felipe Montoya
Special Mention:
Pappa / Dad (Norway)
Directed by Atle S. Blakseth, Einar Dunsæd
Generation 14plus Youth Jury Prizes:
Crystal Bear for Best Film:
Hölmö nuori sydän / Stupid Young Heart (Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden)
Directed by Selma Vilhunen
Special Mention:
We Are Little Zombies (Japan)
Directed by Makoto Nagahisa
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film:
Tattoo (Iran)
Directed by Farhad Delaram
Special Mention:
Four Quartets (UK)
Directed by Marco Alessi
Generation 14plus International Jury Awards:
Grand Prix Best Film:
Beol-sae / House of Hummingbird (Korea)
Directed by Kim Bo-ra
Special Mention:
Bulbul Can Sing (India)
Directed by Rima Das
Special Prize Best Short Film:
Liberty (USA)
Directed by Faren Humes
Special Mention:
Sœurs Jarariju / The Sisters Jarariju (Switzerland)
Directed by Jorge Cadena
Independent Juries:
Ecumenical Jury Prizes:
Best Competition Film:
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija / Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija (Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France)
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
Coproduced by Entre Chien et Loup, Vertigo, Spiritus Movens, Deuxième Ligne Films
Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency , the Belgium Film and Tax Shelter, the Slovenian Film Center, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Eurimages
Best Panorama Film:
Buoyancy (Australia)
Directed by Rodd Rathjen
Special Mention:
Midnight Traveler (USA, UK, Qatar, Canada)
Directed by Hassan Fazili, Emelie Mahdavian
Best Forum Film:
Erde / Earth (Austria)
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
FIPRESCI Prizes:
Best Competition Film:
Synonyms (France, Israel, Germany)
Directed by Nadav Lapid
Best Panorama Film:
Dafne (Italy)
Directed by Federico Bondi
Best Forum Film:
The Children of the Dead (Austria)
Directed by Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska
Guild Film Prize:
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija / Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija (Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France)
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai (C.I.C.A.E.) Prize for
Best Panorama Film:
37 Seconds (Japan)
Directed by Hikari
Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai (C.I.C.A.E.) Prize for
Best Forum Film:
Nos défaites / Our Defeats (France)
Directed by Jean-Gabriel Périot
Label Europa Cinemas Prize:
Best Film Panorama:
Stitches / Šavovi (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Miroslav Terzić
Teddy Awards:
Best Feature Film:
Breve historia del planeta verde / Brief Story from the Green Planet (Argentina)
Directed by Santiago Loza
Best Documentary/Essay Film:
Lemebel (Chile)
Directed by Joanna Reposi Garibaldi
Best Short Film:
Entropia (Hungary)
Directed by Flóra Anna Buda
Special Jury Award:
A Dog Barking at the Moon (China)
Directed by Xiang Zi
Caligari Film Prize:
Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit / Heimat Is A Space in Time (Germany, Austria)
Directed by Thomas Heise
The Independent Peace Film Prize:
Espero tua (re)volta / Your Turn (Brazil)
Directed by Eliza Capai
Special Mention:
Système K (France)
Directed by Renaud Barret
Special Mention:
Midnight Traveler (USA)
Directed by Hassan Fazili
Amnesty International Film Award:
Espero tua (re)volta / Your Turn (Brazil)
Directed by Eliza Capai
Heiner Carow Prize for the Promotion of German Cinematic Arts:
Schönheit and Vergänglichkeit (Germany)
Directed by Annekatrin Hendel
Readers' Juries and Audience Awards:
Berliner Morgenpost - Best Film Competition:
Systemsprenger / System Crasher
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Tagesspiegel for Best Film in Forum:
Monștri. / Monsters. (Romania)
Directed by Marius Olteanu
Produced by Parada Film
Coproduced by Wearebasca
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Teddy Readers’ Award by Queer.de Award:
Breve historia del planeta verde / Brief Story from the Green Planet (Argentina)
Directed by Santiago Loza
Development Awards:
Compass-Perspektive Award:
Best Film in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino Programme:
Born in Evin
Directed by Maryam Zaree
Kompagnon-Fellowship Prize Winners:
Transit Times
By Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
and
To Be Continued (WT)
By Julian Pörksen
ARTEKino International Prize:
A Responsible Adult (Israel)
By Shira Geffen
Produced by Marker Films
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award:
Avalon PC (Spain) for Alcarràs
Directed by Carla Simón
VFF Talent Highlight Award:
Producer Vincenzo Cavallo (Kenya) for Bufis
Directed by Mahad Ahmed
