22-02-2016

FNE at Berlinale 2016: Prize Winners

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    United States of Love by Tomasz Wasilewski United States of Love by Tomasz Wasilewski photo: Oleg Mutu, Manana

    BERLIN: The 66th Berlin International Film Festival held from 11-21 February 2016 awarded its top prize the Golden Bear for Best film to Italian director Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea.

    Director Danis Tanović took home a Sliver Bear for the Grand Jury Prize for Death in Sarajevo, a coproduction between Bosnia and Herzegovina and France as well as the international critics FIPRESCI prize for best film. The Polish competition entry United States of Love, a Polish/Swedish coproduction directed and scripted by Tomasz Wasilewski, scored the prize for Best Script.

    A group of 20 international critics participating in the daily FNE FIPRESCI Critics in Berlin rated the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum sections of the festival giving the highest rating to Berlinale Golden Bear winner Fire at Sea.  To see the full table of ratings click HERE.

    Films in the region for young audiences which won prizes included Special Jury Prize Generation Kplus for Best Short Film for the USA/Cyprus coproduction Semele directed by Myrsini Aristidou and Crystal Bear for Best Film from the Youth Jury for Mellow Mud (Latvia) directed by Renārs Vimba. Mellow Mud participated in the B'EST development workshop in 2012. More recognition for films for young people went to Zhaleika (Germany, Bulgaria) directed by Eliza Petkova and A Night in Tokoriki (Romania) directed by Roxana Stroe, while Europa Cinemas jury bestowed a Special Mention on On the Other Side (Croatia, Serbia) directed by Zrinko Ogresta.

    Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award went to Czech director Petr Vaclav’s We Are Never Alone a Czech/French coproduction. CICAE Art Cinema Prize in the Forum section of the programme went to Romanian director Adrian Sitaru for the Romanian/Polish/French coproduction Illegitimate. Looking towards the future Amrion (Estonia) new project The Little Comrade to be directed by Moonika Siimets and produced by Riina Sildos received a special mention from the Eurimages Coproduction Development awards.

    This year there was also a special emphasis on refugees during the festival with star George Clooney and his wife Amal, who is a leading human rights lawyer, meeting German leader Angela Merkel to discuss the migrant crisis in Europe during the festival. Clooney was in Berlin for the premiere of the new Coen brothers film Hail Caesar! which opened the festival. The festival also hosted a number of activities aimed at refugees including sponsoring visits to the festival for refugees and raising 25,000 EUR in donations from festival visitors in refugee aid.

    List of Prize Winners

    Main Competition

    Golden Bear for Best Film
    Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
    Directed Gianfranco Rosi

    Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
    Smrt u Sarajevu / Death in Sarajevo (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Danis Tanović
    Produced by Margo Films (France) and CCA/pro.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Coproduced with France 3 Cinema.

    Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
    Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis/ A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Philippines, Singapore)
    Directed by Lav Diaz

    Silver Bear for Best Director
    Mia Hansen-Løve for L' avenir/Things to Come (France, Germany)

    Silver Bear for Best Actress
    Trine Dyrholm in Kollektivet /The Commune (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands)
    Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

    Silver Bear for Best Actor
    Majd Mastoura in Inhebbek Hedi /Hedi (Tunisia, Belgium, France)
    Directed by Mohamed Ben Attia

    Silver Bear for Best Script
    Tomasz Wasilewski for Zjednoczone stany miłości /United States of Love (Poland, Sweden)
    Directed by Tomasz Wasilewski
    Produced by Manana (Poland)
    Coproduced by VP SA, Film i Väst and Common Ground Pictures
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute and Film i Väst.

    Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
    Mark Lee Ping-Bing for the camera in Chang Jiang Tu/ Crosscurrent (China)
    Directed by Yang Chao

    Best First Feature Film Award
    Inhebbek Hedi/Hedi (Tunisia, Belgium, France)
    by Mohamed Ben Attia

    Short Film Prizes

    Golden Bear for Best Short Film
    Balada de um Batráquio/Batrachian's Ballad (Portugal)
    Directed by Leonor Teles

    Silver Bear Jury Prize
    A Man Returned/ Ein Mann kehrt zurück (UK, Denmark, Netherlands)
    Directed by Mahdi Fleifel

    Berlin Short Film Nominee for European Film Awards
    A Man Returned/Ein Mann kehrt zurück (UK, Denmark, Netherlands)
    Directed by Mahdi Fleifel

    Audi Short Film Award
    Jin zhi xia mao/Anchorage Prohibited (Taiwan)
    Directed by Chiang Wei Liang

    Generation Prizes

    Crystal Bear for Best Film
    Ottaal/The Trap (India)
    Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair

    Special Mention
    Jamais contente/Miss Impossible (France)
    Directed by Emilie Deleuze

    Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film
    El inicio de Fabrizio/Fabrizio’s Initiation (Argentina)
    Directed by Mariano Biasin

    Special Mention
    Ninnoc (Netherlands)
    Directed by Niki Padidar

    Generation Kplus Prizes

    Grand Prix Generation Kplus for Best Feature Film
    Genç Pehlivanlar/Young Wrestlers (Netherlands, Turkey)
    Directed by Mete Gümürhan

    Special Mention
    Rara (Chile, Argentina)
    Directed by Pepa San Martín

    Special Jury Prize Generation Kplus for Best Short Film
    Semele (USA, Cyprus)
    Directed by Myrsini Aristidou

    Special Mention
    Aurelia y Pedro (Mexico)
    Directed by Omar Robles and José Permar

    Youth Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

    Crystal Bear for Best Film
    Es esmu šeit/ Mellow Mud (Latvia)
    Directed by Renārs Vimba
    Produced by Tasse Film
    Supported by the Latvian National Film Centre

    Special Mention
    Las plantas/Plants (Chile)
    Directed by Roberto Doveris

    Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
    Balcony (UK)
    Directed by Toby Fell-Holden

    Special Mention
    Kroppen är en ensam plats/The Body Is a Lonely Place (Sweden)
    Directed by Ida Lindgren

    International Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

    Grand Prix Best Feature Film
    Las plantas/Plants (Chile)
    Directed by Roberto Doveris

    Special Mention
    Zhaleika (Germany, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Eliza Petkova
    Produced by the German Film and Television Academy Berlin in cooperation with the New Bulgarian University

    Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film
    O Noapte in Tokoriki/ A Night in Tokoriki (Romania)
    Directed by Roxana Stroe

    Special Mention
    Kroppen är en ensam plats/ The Body Is a Lonely Place (Sweden)
    Directed by Ida Lindgren

    Prizes of the Independent Juries

    Ecumenical Jury

    Competition
    Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
    Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

    Panorama
    Les premiers, les derniers/The First, the Last (France, Belgium)
    Directed by by Bouli Lanners

    Forum

    Barakah yoqabil Barakah /Barakah Meets Barakah (Saudi Arabia)
    Directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh

    ex aequo

    Les Sauteurs /Those Who Jump (Denmark)
    Directed by Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner and Moritz Siebert

    FIPRESCI Prizes

    Competition
    Smrt u Sarajevu / Death in Sarajevo (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Danis Tanović
    Produced by Margo Films (France) and CCA/pro.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Coproduced with France 3 Cinema.

    Panorama
    Aloys (Switzerland, France)
    Directed by Tobias Nölle

    Forum
    The Revolution Won't Be Televised (Senegal)
    Directed by Rama Thiaw

    Guild of German Art House Cinemas Prize
    24 Wochen/24 Weeks (Germany)
    Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached

    CICAE Art Cinema Prizes

    Panorama
    Grüße aus Fukushima /Fukushima, mon Amour (Germany)
    Directed by Doris Dörrie

    Forum
    Ilegitim /Illegitimate (Romania, Poland, France)
    Directed by Adrian Sitaru
    Produced by Domestic Film (RO), Film Produkcja (PL) and Damned Films (FR)
    Sales: Versatile Films

    Label Europa Cinemas Prize
    Les premiers, les derniers/The First, the Last (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Bouli Lanners

    Special Mention
    On the Other Side (Croatia, Serbia)
    Directed by Zrinko Ogresta
    Produced by Interfilm and Zillion Films
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
    Sales: Cercamon

    Teddy Awards

    Best Feature Film
    Kater /Tomcat (Austria)
    Directed by Händl Klaus

    Best Documentary/Essay Film
    Kiki (Sweden)
    Directed by Sara Jordenö

    Best Short Film
    Moms On Fire /Moms On Fire (Sweden)
    Directed by Joanna Rytel

    Special Jury Award
    Nunca vas a estar solo /You'll Never Be Alone (Chile)
    Directed by Alex Anwandter

    Special Teddy Award
    Christine Vachon

    Made in Germany Perspektive Fellowship
    Janna Ji Wonders script treatment for Walchensee Forever (Germany)

    Caligari Film Prize
    Akher ayam el madina /In the Last Days of the City (Egypt, Germany, UK, United Arab Emirates)
    Directed by Tamer El Said

    Special Mention
    Tempestad (Mexico)
    Directed by Tatiana Huezo

    Special Mention
    The Revolution Won't Be Televised (Senegal)
    Directed by Rama Thiaw

    Peace Film Prize
    Makhdoumin /A Maid for Each (Lebanon, France, Norway, United Arab Emirates)
    Directed by Maher Abi Samra

    Amnesty International Film Prizes

    Competition
    Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
    Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

    Generation
    Royahaye Dame Sobh/Starless Dreams (Iran)
    Directed by Mehrdad Oskouei

    Heiner Carow Prize
    Grüße aus Fukushima/Fukushima, mon Amour (Germany)
    Directed by Doris Dörrie

    Readers’ Juries and Audience Awards

    Panorama Audience Awards

    Fiction Film
    Junction 48/Junction 48 (Israel, Germany, UK)
    Directed by Udi Aloni

    Documentary Film
    Who's Gonna Love Me Now? /Who's Gonna Love Me Now? (Israel, UK)
    Directed by Barak Heymann and Tomer Heymann

    Teddy Audience Award
    Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau /Paris 05:59 (France)
    Directed by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel

    Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Award
    Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
    Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

    Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award
    Nikdy nejsme sami /We Are Never Alone (Czech Republic, France)
    Directed by Petr Vaclav
    Produced by Mimesis Film
    Coproduced by Czech Television and Cinema Defacto in France
    Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund

    Manner Magazin Readers’ Award
    Mãe só há uma /Don't Call Me Son (Brazil)
    Directed by Anna Muylaert
    Prizes Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents

    Arte International Prize
    Alvaro Brechner (Spain) for Memories from the Cell

    Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
    Cinéma Defacto (France) and Proton Cinema (Hungary) for Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Director: Pierre Földes

    Special Mention

    Tornasol Films (Spain) for Memories from the Cell
    Director: Alvaro Brechner

    Amrion (Estonia) for The Little Comrade
    Director: Moonika Siimets
    Producer Riina Sildos

    VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award
    Producer Max Serdiuk (Ukraine) for Tank