Saturday, February 18, 2012

62nd Berlin International Film Festival Award Winners


Ceremony is over and the awards are given to all winners. Everyone is surprised with the top winner and twitter is not saying good things but from the few scenes I have seen I find the Taviani's Cesare deve morire quite hypnotic and definitively looking forward to watch it.

Tend to agree with Miguel Gomes as his film looks and feel quite traditional and "old fashion" but hope to discover soon why the jury awarded him the innovation award.

So this is it until next year, now we have to watch the movies that were screened in the festival.

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More awards have been announced and in about 5 hours the award ceremony will be streamed live with main awards.
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2/17

As some winners have been announced let’s start the post that will be finished tomorrow when the festival has the closing ceremony.

Competition

Golden Bear for Best Film: Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy

Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix: Csak a szél (Just The Wind), Bence Fliegauf, Hungary, Germany and France

Silver Bear for Special Mention: L’Enfant d’en haut (Sister), Ursula Meier, Switzerland and France

Silver Bear for Best Director: Christian Petzold for Barbara, Germany

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza in Rebelle (War Witch), Kim Nguyen, Canada
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Mikkel Følsgaard in En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair), Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, Czech Republic, Sweden, and Germany

Silver Bear for Best Script:En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair), Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, Czech Republic, Sweden, and Germany

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in the categories Camera, Editing, Score, Costume Design or Set Design: Bai lu yuan (White Deer Plain), Wang Quan'an, China

Alfred Bauer Prize: Tabu, Miguel Gomes, Portugal, Germany and Brazil

Best First Feature Award: Kauwboy, Boudewijn Koole, Netherlands
Special Mention: Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill), Emin Alper, Turkey and Greece

Generation

Generation Kplus
Children's Jury
Crystal Bear Best Film: Arcadia, Olivia Silver, USA
Special Mention: Kikoeteru, furi wo sita dake (Just Pretend to Hear), Kaori Imaizumi, Japan
Crystal Bear Best Short Film: Julian, Matthew Moore, Australia
Special Mention: B I N O, Billie Pleffer,Australia

International Jury
Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for Best Film: Kauwboy, Boudewijn Koole, Netherlands
Special Mention: Gattu, Rajan Khosa, India
Special Prize of the Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk for Best Short Film: BINO, Billie Pleffer,Australia
Special Mention: L, Thais Fujinaga, Brazil

Generation 14plus
Crystal Bear for Best Film: Lal Gece (Night of Silence), Reis Çelik, Turkey
Special Mention: Kronjuvelerna (The Crown Jewels), Ella Lemhagen, Sweden

Crystal Bear for Short Film: Meathead, Sam Holst, New Zealand
Special Mention: 663114, Isamu Hirabayashi, Japan

Short Films

Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Rafa, João Salaviza, Portugal and France
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Gurehto Rabitto, Atsushi Wada, France
Special Mention: Licuri Surf, Guile Martins, Brazil

DAAD Short Film Prize: The Man that Got Away, Trevor Anderson, Canada
Nominee for the European Film Awards 2012: Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garçon (Two Ships), Justine Triet, France

Collateral Awards

FIPRESCI
Competition: Tabu, Miguel Gomes, Portugal, Germany and Brazil
Panorama: L'âge atomique (Atomic Age), Héléna Klotz, France
Forum: Hemel, Sacha Polak, Netherlands and Spain

Ecumenical Jury
Competition: Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Italy
Special Mention: Rebelle (War Witch), Kim Nguyen, Canada
Panorama: Die Wand (The Wall), Julian Roman Pölsler, Austria and Germany
Special Mention: Parada (The Parade), Srdjan Dragojevic, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia
Forum: La demora (The Delay), Rodrigo Plá, Uruguay, Mexico and France

NETPAC Prize: Paziraie Sadeh (Modest Reception), Mani Haghighi, Iran

Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas: A moi seule (Coming Home), Frédéric Videau, France

Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai (C.I.C.A.E.)
Panorama: Death for Sale, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Belgium, France and Morocco
Forum: Kazoku no kuni (Our Homeland), Yang Yonghi, Japan

Europa Cinemas Label: My Brother The Devil, Sally El Hosaini, UK
Special Mention: Dollhouse, Kirsten Sheridan, Ireland

Dialogue en Perspective: This Ain't California, Marten Persiel, Germany

Caligari Prize: Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill), Emin Alper, Turkey and Greece
Special Mentions
Bagrut Lochamim (Soldier/Citizen), Silvina Landsmann, Israel
Escuela normal (Normal School), Celina Murga, Argentina
Jaurès, Vincent Dieutre, France

Teddy Award
Feature Film: Keep The Lights On, Ira Sachs, USA
Jury Award: Jaurès, Vincent Dieutre, France
Best Documentary: Call Me Kuchu, Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright, USA
Best Short Film: Loxoro, Claudia Llosa, Spain, Peru, Argentina and USA

Peace Film Prize: Csak a szél (Just The Wind), Bence Fliegauf, Hungary, Germany and France

Amnesty International Film Prize: Csak a szél (Just The Wind), Bence Fliegauf, Hungary, Germany and France

Cinema Fairbindet Prize: Call Me Kuchu, Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright, USA

Panorama Audience Award
Best Feature: Parada (The Parade), Srdjan Dragojevic, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia
Best Documentary: Marina Abramović The Artist is Present, Matthew Akers, USA

The Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Award: Barbara, Christian Petzold, Germany
The Tagesspiegel Readers' Award: La demora (The Delay), Rodrigo Plá, Uruguay, Mexico and France
Else - The Siegessäule Readers' Choice Award: Parada (The Parade) by Srđjan Dragojevic, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia

To check winners in all categories and special awards go here.

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