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 Shadows @ BerlinaleEurope's premiere winter film festival Runs alongside the European Film Market in Berlin Rich Cline was on the Fipresci jury at Berlinale 2009 | |||
71st Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 1 - 5 MARCH / 9 - 20 JUNE 2021 in Berlin, Germany
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Golden Bear: BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN Silver Bear: WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY Jury Prize: MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS Teddy Bear: MIGUEL'S WAR Documentary: WE Director: Denes Nagy (NATURAL LIGHT) Screenplay: Hong Sangsoo (INTRODUCTION) Performance: Maren Eggert (I'M YOUR MAN) Supporting Performance: Lilla Kizlinger (FOREST: I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE) Editing: Yibran Asuad (A COP MOVIE) First Feature: Dasha Nekrasova (THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST) Crystal Bear - Kplus: BEANS Crystal Bear - 14plus: STOP-ZEMLIA Youth Jury: THE FAM Children's Jury: SUMMER BLUR Teddy Jury Award: INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURVIVAL Audience Award - Competition: MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS Audience Award - Panorama: THE LAST FOREST |
Fipresci Prize: WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY Fipresci - Panorama: BROTHER'S KEEPER Fipresci - Encounters: THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER Fipresci - Forum: SKI Encounters: WE Encounters - Jury Prize: TASTE Encounters - Director: Ramon & Silvan Zurcher (THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER) and Denis Cote (SOCIAL HYGIENE) ArteKino: WHO KILLED NARCISO Caligari: A RIVER RUNS, TURNS, ERASES, REPLACES Compass-Perspektive: INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURVIVAL Dimitri Eipides: DRAGONS Eurimages: THE OBLIVION THEORY Kompagnon-Fellowship: Eliza Petkova (DER ARBEITER) and Jonas Metauschek (WIR WAREN KUMPEL) VFF Talent: TROPICAL GOTHIC NB. Many of the usual awards were suspended in 2021 | ||
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13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD (Vaz, Por)AFTER LIFE FOLLOWED BY RED IMPASTO JAR (Kina, Fin) AHORITA FRAMES (Levi, Ger) ALBATROS DRIFT AWAY (Beauvois, Fr) ALL EYES OFF ME (Aroya, Isr) ALL OF YOUR STARS ARE BUT DUST ON MY SHOES (Aivazian, Leb) AMONGST MEN (Fendrik, Arg) ANAMNESIS (Wright/Kolbe, Ger) ANCIENT SOUL (Gurrea,Sp) ANY DAY NOW (Ramezan, Fin) AS I WANT (Alqadi, Egy) AUTOTROFIA (Vidokle, It) * AZOR (Fontana, Arg) 
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN (Jude, Rom)A BALANCE (Harumoto, Jpn) BALLAD OF A WHITE COW (Sanaeeha/Moghaddam, Irn)
BEANS (Deer, Can)
BEST SELLERS (Roessler, Can)
THE BETA TEST (Cummings/McCabe, US)BICENTENARIO (Mesa, Col) BLACK BACH ARTSAKH (Anastas/Gabri, Arm) BLACK BEAUTY: FOR A SHAMANIC CINEMA (Ndiritu, UK) BLISS (Kull, Ger) BLOODSUCKERS (Radlmaier, Ger) BROTHER'S KEEPER (Karahan, Tur) CELTS (Tomovic, Ser)
CENSOR (Bailey-Bond, UK)THE COAST (Hura, Ind)
THE COLONY (Fehlbaum, Ger)COME HERE (Suwichakornpong, Tha)
A COP MOVIE (Ruizpalacios, Mex)COPILOT (Berrached, Ger) COURAGE (Paluyan, Ger)
CRYPTOZOO (Shaw, US)DEATH OF A VIRGIN, AND THE SIN OF NOT LIVING (Barbari, Leb) DIRTY FEATHERS (Corral, Mex) DISTRICT TERMINAL (Yadegari/Mirhosseini, Irn) FABIAN: GOING TO THE DOGS (Graf, Ger) * THE FAM (Baillif, Swi) FATHERLAND (Siebert, Ger) FIGHTER (Yun, Kor) THE FIRST 54 YEARS (Mograbi, Fr) FOR LUCIO (Marcello, It) FOREST: I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE (Fliegauf, Hun)
FRENCH EXIT (Jacobs, Can)FROM THE WILD SEA (Petre, Den) FROM WHERE THEY STOOD (Cognet, Fr) GENDERATION (Treut, Ger) THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER (Zurcher/Zurcher, Swi) THE GOOD WOMAN OF SICHUAN (Zhao, Can)
HUMAN FACTORS (Trocker, Ger)
I'M YOUR MAN (Schrader, Ger)THE INHERITANCE (Asili, US) INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURVIVAL (Ugrekhelidze, Ger) INTRODUCTION (Hong, Kor) 
IT'S A SIN (Hoar, UK)JACK'S RIDE (Nobre, Por) JE SUIS KARL (Schwochow, Ger) JESUS EGON CHRIST (Vajda/Vajda, Ger) JUST A MOVEMENT (Meessen, Bel) KAPITA (Katondolo, US) |
KEEP MOVING (Ghazi, Ger)LANGUAGE LESSONS (Morales, US) LAST DAYS AT SEA (Atienza, Ph, Tai) THE LAST DAYS OF GILDA (Pizzi, Br) THE LAST FOREST (Bolognesi, Br) LIMBO (Soi, Chn) LOST ON ARRIVAL (Van Bekkum, Ned) THE LUMINOUS VIEW (Ferraro, It)
THE MAURITANIAN (Macdonald, UK)MAY JUNE JULY (Everson, US) ME AND THE OTHERS (Schalko, Aut) MEDICINE AND MAGIC (Cuthand, Can) MEMORY BOX (Hadjithomas/Joreige, Leb)
MIGUEL'S WAR (Raheb, Leb)MISSION ULJA FUNK (Kronenberg, Ger) MOON, 66 QUESTIONS (Lentzou, Gr) MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS (Speth, Ger)
NATURAL LIGHT (Nagy, Hun)NELLY RAPP: MONSTER AGENT (Adolfsson, Swe) NEXT DOOR (Bruhl, Ger) NIGHT FOR DAY (Wardill, Por) NIGHT NURSERY (Sanou, Bur) NIGHT RAIDERS (Goulet, Can)
NINJABABY (Flikke, Nor)NORTH BY CURRENT (Minax, US) THE PATH IS MADE FOR WALKING (Gaitan, Br)
PETITE MAMAN (Sciamma, Fr)PHILLY D.A. (Passon/Brook, US) PLOY (Jiwarangsan, Tha) THE RED FILTER IS WITHDRAWN (Kim, Kor) A RIVER RUNS, TURNS, ERASES, REPLACES (Zhu, US) ROCK BOTTOM RISER (Silva, US)
THE SCARY OF SIXTY-FIRST (Nekrasova, US)A SCHOOL IN CERRO HUESO (Cappato, Arg) THE SEED ( Meyer, Ger) SEVEN YEARS AROUND THE NILE DELTA (Zohairy, Egy) SHORT VACATION (Kwon/Seo, Kor) SKI (La Banca, Arg) SNOW ANGELS (Zackrisson, Swe) SOCIAL HYGIENE (Cote, Can) SOUAD (Amin, Egy) STE ANNE (Vermette, Can) STOP-ZEMLIA (Gornostai, Ukr) SUMMER BLUR (Han, Chn) TABIJA THE WHITE FORTRESS (Drljaca, BiH) * TAMING THE GARDEN (Jashi, Swi) TASTE (Bao, Vie) TED K (Stone, US) THEO AND THE METAMORPHOSIS (Odoul, Fr) THOSE WHO DO NOT DROWN (Mohaiemen, Ind) TINA (Lindsay/Martin, US) TZAREVNA SCALING (Bakhtiozina, Rus) UNDER THE WHITE MASK (De Groof, Bel) UPHEAVAL (Bungue, Ger) VOICES AND SHELLS (Schweizer, Ger) WE (Diop, Fr) WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? (Koberidze, Geo) WHAT WILL SUMMER BRING (Ceroi, Arg)
WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY (Hamaguchi, Jpn)WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME (Akinleminu, Ger) WHO WE WERE (Bauder, Ger) WOOD AND WATER (Bak, Ger) THE WORLD AFTER US (Salah-Cazanas, Fr) THE ZAMA ZAMA PROJECT (Morris, US) | ||
70th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 20 FEBUARY - 1 MARCH 2020 in Berlin, Germany
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Golden Bear: THERE IS NO EVILSilver Bear: NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Teddy Bear: NO HARD FEELINGS Documentary: IRRADIATED Honorary Golden Bear: Helen Mirren Special Silver Bear: DELETE HISTORY Director: Hong Sang-soo (THE WOMAN WHO RAN) Screenplay: Damiano & Fabio D'Innocenzo (BAD TALES) Actress: Paula Beer (UNDINE) Actor: Elio Germano (HIDDEN AWAY) Cinematography: Jurgen Jurges (DAU. NATASHA) First Feature: Camilo Restrepo (LOS CONDUCTOS) Crystal Bear - Kplus: THE WOLVES Crystal Bear - 14plus: MY NAME IS BAGHDAD Audience Award - Panorama: OTAC Audience Award - Doc: WELCOME TO CHECHNYA Youth Jury: OUR LADY OF THE NILE Children's Jury: SWEET THING Teddy - Doc: IF IT WERE LOVE Teddy - Jury Award: DAYS Teddy - Readers: NO HARD FEELINGS Teddy - Activist Award: Olga Baranova, Maxim Lapunov, David Isteev (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA) Berlinale Camera: Ulrike Ottinger Arte Kino: Ceerle Baetens (THE MELTING) VFF Talent: Sakaris Stora (THE LAST PARADISE ON EARTH) Palm Dog: THE ROADS NOT TAKEN |
Fipresci Prize: UNDINEFipresci - Panorama: MOGUL MOWGLI Fipresci - Forum: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Fipresci - Encounters: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS Ecumenical Prize: THERE IS NO EVIL Ecumenical - Panorama: FATHER Ecumenical - Forum: ZERO Encounters: THE WORKS AND DAYS Encounters - Director: Cristi Puiu (MALMKROG) Cicae - Panorama: DIGGER Cicae - Forum: THE CALMING Amnesty Award: WELCOME TO CHECHNYA Berliner Morganpost: DELETE HISTORY Caligari Prize: VICTORIA Compass-Perspektive: WALCHENSEE FOREVER Eurimages: Onur Saylak (THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD) German Arthouse Cinemas: JUMBA Guild: THERE IS NO EVIL Heiner Carow: GARAGE PEOPLE Kompagnon-Fellowship: Hristiana Raykova (111) and Ian Purnell (ARCTIC LINK) Label Europa: HOPE Peace Film: THE WOLVES Queer.de: NO HARD FEELINGS Tagesspiegel: WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE | ||
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THE ASSISTANT (Green, US)
BEANS (Deer, Can)
BLOODY NOSE EMPTY POCKETS (Ross/Ross, US)
CHARLATAN (Holland, Cz)
COCOON (Krippendorff, Ger)
A COMMON CRIME (Marquez, Arg)
DAYS (Tsai, Tai)
DRY WIND (Nolasco, Br)
FIRST COW (Reichardt, US)
GUNDA (Kossakovsky, Nor)
IF IT WERE LOVE (Chiha, Fr)
THE INTRUDER (Meta, Arg)
LITTLE GIRL (Lifshitz, Fr)
MINYAN (Steel, US)
MOGUL MOWGLI (Tariq, UK)
MY SALINGER YEAR (Falardeau, Can) |
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (Hittman, US)
NO HARD FEELINGS (Shariat, Ger)
ONWARD (Scanlon, US)
PERSIAN LESSONS (Perelman, Blr)
PINOCCHIO (Garrone, It)
THE ROADS NOT TAKEN (Potter, UK)
SERVANTS (Ostrochovsky, Svk)
SHIRLEY (Decker, US)
SIBERIA (Ferrara, It)
SURGE (Karia, UK)
TWILIGHT'S KISS (Yeung, Chn)
UNDINE (Petzold, Ger)
WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (France, US)
WILDLAND (Nordahl, Den)* review coming | ||
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