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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 | |||
75th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 13 - 23 FEBRUARY 2025 in Berlin, Germany
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Golden Bear: DREAMSSilver Bear: THE BLUE TRAIL Jury Prize: THE MESSAGE Director: Huo Meng (LIVING THE LAND) Screenplay: Radu Jude (KONTINENTAL '25) Lead Performance: Rose Byrne (IF I HAD LEGS, I'D KICK YOU) Supporting Performance: Andrew Scott (BLUE MOON) Ensemble: THE ICE TOWER Honorary Golden Bear: Tilda Swinton Berlinale Camera: Rainer Rother Documentary: HOLDING LIAT Teddy Award: LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS Teddy - Doc: SATANIC SOW Teddy Jury Award: IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE Special Teddy Award: Todd Haynes Crystal Bear Kplus: MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE Grand Prix Kplus: THE BOTANIST Crystal Bear 14plus: SUNSHINE Grand Prix 14plus: CHRISTY Audience Award: SORDA Audience Award - Doc: DIE MOLLNER BRIEFE First Feature: THE DEVIL SMOKES |
Fipresci Prize: DREAMSFipresci - Panorama: UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN Fipresci - Encounters: LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS Fipresci - Forum: THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES Ecumenical Prize: THE BLUE TRAIL Ecumenical - Panorama: THE HEART IS A MUSCLE Ecumenical - Forum: HOLDING LIAT Cicae - Panorama: DEAF Cicae - Forum: IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE AG Kino: PATERNAL LEAVE Amnesty Award: THE MOELLN LETTERS ArteKino: DREAMGIRL Berliner Morgenpost: THE BLUE TRAIL Caligari: FWENDS Eurimages: IBICABA - VISIONS OF PARADISE Europa Cinemas: HYSTERIA BY MEHMET Gen Z: 30 DAYS OF SUMMER Guild Film Prize: DYING Heiner Carow: PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT Peace Film: KHARTOUM Tagesspiegel: THE SWAN SONG OF FEDOR OZEROV VFF Talent: MARCH 14TH | ||
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1001 FRAMES (Alia, Irn)2024 (2023) (Hayn, Ger) AFTER DREAMING (Haroutounian, Arm) AFTER THIS DEATH (Castro, US) AKABABURU: EXPRESSION OF ASTONISHMENT (Yagari, Col) ALL I HAD WAS NOTHINGNESS (Ribot, Fr) ARI (Serraille, Fr) BEDROCK (Michalska, Can) BEGINNINGS (Nordahl, Den) THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD (Muylaert, Br) CANONE EFFIMERO (De Serio/De Serio, It) 
BLUE MOON (Linklater, US)THE BLUE TRAIL (Mascaro, Br) THE BOTANIST (Jing, Chn) CANONE EFFIMERO (De Serio/De Serio, It)
CHRISTY (Canty, Ire)CICADAS (Weisse, Ger) CIRCUSBOY (Lemke/Koch, Ger) COLOSSAL (Tavares-Abel, DR) 
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Mangold, US)CONFIDANTE (Zencirci/Giovanetti, Tur) DATES (Yerzhanov, Kaz) DEAF (Libertad, Sp) DELICIOUS (Mueller-Stofen, Ger) DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK (Wierzchowski, Ger) THE DEVIL SMOKES (Bucio, Mex) DREAMERS (Gharoro-Akpojotor, UK) DREAMS (Franco, Mex)
DREAMS (Haugerud, Nor)
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES (Ford, US)DUAS VEZES JOAO LIBERADA (Marques, Por) EEL (Chu, Tai) EIGHTY PLUS (Zilnik, Ser) EVIDENCE (Schmitt, US) FRUIT FARM (Xu, Chn) FWENDS (Somerville, Aus) GIRLS ON WIRE (Qu, Chn) THE GOOD SISTER (Fischer, Ger) GROWING DOWN (Sos, Hun) THE HEART IS A MUSCLE (Hamdulay, SA) HOLDING LIAT (Kramer, US) HOME SWEET HOME (Petersen, Den) HONEY BUNCH (Sims-Fewer/Mancinelli, Can)
HOT MILK (Lenkiewicz, UK)HOUSES (Tetelbaum, Isr) HOW TO BE NORMAL... (Pochlatko, Aut) HYSTERIA (Buyukatalay, Ger) I WANT IT ALL (Schmid, Ger)
THE ICE TOWER (Hadzihalilovic, Fr)IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (Bronstein, US) IF YOU ARE AFRAID... (Lehner, Aut) THE INCREDIBLE SNOW WOMAN (Betbeder, Fr) INNER BLOOMING SPRINGS (Kobiashvili, Geo)
ISLANDS (Gerster, Ger)JANINE MOVES TO THE COUNTRY (Eilhardt, Ger) KHARTOUM (Saeed/Alhag/etc, Sud) THE KISS OF THE GRASSHOPPER (Imanov, Ger) KOLN 75 (Fluk, Ger) KONTINENTAL '25 (Jude, Rom)
LATE SHIFT (Volpe, Swi)LEIBNIZ: CHRONICLE OF A LOST PAINTING (Reitz, Ger) LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS (Hobbs/Varghese, Aus) A LETTER TO DAVID (Shoval, Isr) LETTERS FROM ABSURD (Sanna, Br) LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET (Talwar, Pol) THE LIGHT (Tykwer, Ger) LITTLE BOY (Benning, US)
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (Djukic, Svn)LIVING THE LAND (Huo, Chn) THE LONG ROAD TO THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR (Lokkeberg, Nor) THE LONGING (Fujiwara, Jpn)
LURKER (Russell, US) |
MAD BILLS TO PAY (Vargas, US)MAGIC FARM (Ulman, US) MAYA, GIVE ME A TITLE (Gondry, Fr) THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES (Sadowski, Per) THE MESSAGE (Fund, Arg)
MICKEY 17 (Bong, UK)MINIMALS IN A TITANIC WORLD (Sharangabo, Rw) THE MOELLN LETTERS (Priessner, Ger) MONK IN PIECES (Shebar/Roberts, US) MOTHER'S BABY (Moder, Aut) MY ARMENIAN PHANTOMS (Stepanyan, Fr) MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW (Loktev, US) THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH (Kurzel, Aus) THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS (Camelo, Br)
NIGHT STAGE (Reolon/Matzembacher, Br)NO BEAST. SO FIERCE (Qurbani, Ger)
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE (Min, Kor)OLMO (Eimbcke, US) ONLY ON EARTH (Petre, Den) OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (Loose/Munk, Ger) OUR TIME WILL COME (Locker, Aut) OUR WILDEST DAYS (Kekatos, Gr) PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT (Doring, Ger) PATERNAL LEAVE (Jung, Ger) PAUL (Cote, Can) PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Sachs, US) PLAYTIME (Murat, Br) PRIDE & ATTITUDE (Kroske, Ger) PUNCHING THE WORLD (Klaue, Ger) PUNKU (Molero, Per) QUEER AS PUNK (Chen, Mys) QUEERPANORAMA (Li, US) REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (Cattet/Forzani, Bel) THE SAFE HOUSE (Baier, Swi)
SANDBAG DAM (Canak, Cro)SATANIC SOW (von Praunheim, Ger) SCARS OF A PUTSCH (Borgers, Aut) SEASIDE SERENDIPITY (Yokohama, Jpn) THE SENSE OF VIOLENCE (Kim, Kor) THE SETTLEMENT (Rashad, Egy) SHADOWBOX (Das/Sahi, Ind) SILENT SPARKS (Chu, Tai) SIRENS CALL (Gossing/Sieckmann, Ger) SPACE CADET (San, Can) SPRING NIGHT (Kang67, Kor) A STORY ABOUT FIRE (Li, Chn) SUNSHINE (Jadaone, Ph) THE SWAN SONG OF FEDOR OZEROV (Semashko, Lit) THE TALE OF DAYE'S FAMILY (El Shenawy, Egy) TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN (Sukup/Pass/etc, Cz) TETES BRULEES (Zellama, Bel) THAT SUMMER IN PARIS (Cadic, Fr)
THE THING WITH FEATHERS (Southern, UK)TIGER'S POND (Hegde, Ind) TIME TO THE TARGET (Mansky, Lat) TIMESTAMP (Gornostai, Ukr) THE TRIO HALL (Su, Tai)
THE UGLY STEPSISTER (Blichfeldt, Nor)UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN (Pereira, Par) UNDERAGE (de Souza, Br) UNDERGROUND (Oda, Jpn) VILLAGE ROCKSTARS 2 (Das, Ind) WE BELIEVE YOU (Devillers/Dufeys, Bel) WELCOME HOME BABY (Prochaska, Aut) WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU (Hong, Kor) WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (Hambalek, Ger) WHAT'S NEXT? (Cao, Chn) WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA (Neymann, Ger) WHERE THE NIGHT STANDS STILL (Cruz, It) WRONG HUSBAND (Kunuk, Can) YALLA PARKOUR (Zuaiter, Swe) YUNAN (Eldin, Ger) | ||
74rd Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 15 - 25 FEBRUARY 2024 in Berlin, Germany
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2 0 2 4 A W A R D S . . .Golden Bear: DAHOMEY Silver Bear: A TRAVELER'S NEEDS Jury Prize: THE EMPIRE Honorary Golden Bear: Martin Scorsese Berlinale Camera: Edgar Reitz Documentary: NO OTHER LAND Teddy Bear: ALL SHALL BE WELL Teddy - Doc: TEACHES OF PEACHES Teddy Jury Award: CROSSING Special Teddy Award: Lothar Lambert Crystal Bear Kplus: IT'S OKAY Grand Prix Kplus: REINAS Crystal Bear 14plus: LAST SWIM Grand Prix 14plus: WHO BY FIRE Audience Award: MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY Audience Award - Doc: NO OTHER LAND Director: Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias (PEPE) Screenplay: Matthias Glasner (DYING) Lead Performance: Sebastian Stan (A DIFFERENT MAN) Supporting Performance: Emily Watson (SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE) THE ADAMANT GIRL ALL SHALL BE WELL ARCHITECTON
BALDIGA: UNLOCKED HEART (Stein, Ger)
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES (Silver, US)
BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY (Jin, Chn)LA COCINA
CROSSING (Akin, Geo) |
CUCKOO
DAHOMEY (Diop, Fr)
A DIFFERENT MAN (Schimberg, US)
DYING (Ger)
THE EMPIRE (Dumont, Fr)EXHUMA HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT THE HUMAN HIBERNATION
I SAW THE TV GLOW (Schoenbrun, US)I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS THE INVISIBLE ZOO
JANET PLANET (Baker, US)LAST SWIM
LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Glass, US)MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER MATT UND MARA
MY FAVOURITE CAKE (Moghadam/Sanaeeha, Irn)MY SUMMER WITH IRENE
NO OTHER LAND (Adra/Abraham, Pal)
THE OUTRUN (Fingscheidt, UK)REINAS
SASQUATCH SUNSET (Zellner/Zellner, US)
SEX (Haugerud, Nor)SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE SOME RAIN MUST FALL
SUPERSEX (Rovere, It)
A TRAVELER'S NEEDS (Hong, Kor)
TREASURE (von Heinz, Ger)
THE VISITOR (LaBruce, UK)THE WAYWARD CLOUD WHO BY FIRE WINNERS
YOUNG HEARTS (Schatteman, Bel) | ||
73rd Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 16 - 26 FEBRUARY 2023 in Berlin, Germany
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2 0 2 3 A W A R D S . . .Golden Bear: ON THE ADAMANT Silver Bear: AFIRE Jury Prize: BAD LIVING Honorary Golden Bear: Steven Spielberg Berlinale Camera: Caroline Champetier Documentary: THE ECHO Teddy Bear: ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE Teddy - Doc: ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY Audience Award: SIRA Audience Award - Doc: KOKOMO CITY Director: Philippe Garrel (THE PLOUGH) Screenplay: Angela Schanelec (MUSIC) Lead Performance: Sofia Otero (20,000 SPECIES OF BEES) Supporting Performance: Thea Ehre (TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT)
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (Urresola, Sp)
AFIRE (Petzold, Ger)
BLACKBERRY (Johnson, Can)
CALLS FROM MOSCOW (Yero, Cub)
CARNAL SINS (Torales, Arg)
DEEP SEA (Tian, Chn)
DISCO BOY (Abbruzzese, Fr)
DRIFTER (Hirsch, Ger)
THE ECHO (Huezo, Mex) |
ELAHA (Aboyan, Ger)
THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Alberdi, Chl)
FEMME (Freeman/Ng, UK)GOLDA (Nattiv, UK)
HERE (Devos, Bel)
INFINITY POOL (Cronenberg, Can)JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE (O'Connor/Navasky/O'Boyle, US)
KOKOMO CITY (Smith, US)
LIMBO (Sen, Aus)
THE LOST BOYS (Graton, Bel)LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER (Williams/Sudano, US)
MANODROME (Trengove, US)
MUTT (Lungulov-Klotz, US)ON THE ADAMANT (Philibert, Fr)
OPPONENT (Alami, Swe)
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY (Preciado, Fr)
PASSAGES (Sachs, Fr)
PAST LIVES (Song, US)
PERPETRATOR (Reeder, US)
REALITY (Satter, US)
SAMSARA (Patino, Sp)SHE CAME TO ME (Miller, US)
SILVER HAZE (Polak, UK)
SISI & I (Finsterwalder, Ger)
SUZUME (Shinkai, Jpn)
TALK TO ME (Philippou/Philippou, Aus)
TAR (Field, US)
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Catak, Ger)
TOTEM (Aviles, Mex) | ||
72nd Berlin International Film Festival10 - 20 FEBRUARY 2022 in Berlin, Germany | 2 0 2 2 F I L M S | ||
2 0 2 2 A W A R D S . . .Golden Bear: ALCARRAS Silver Bear: THE NOVELIST'S FILM Jury Prize: ROBE OF GEMS Teddy Bear: THREE TIDY TIGERS TIED A TIE TIGHTER Documentary: MYANMAR DIARIES Teddy - Doc: ALIS Audience Award: HAPPINESS Audience Award - Doc: LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH Director: Claire Denis (BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE) Screenplay: Laila Stieler (RABIYE KURNAZ VS GEORGE W BUSH) Lead Performance: Meltem Kaptan (RABIYE KURNAZ VS GEORGE W BUSH) Supporting Performance: Laura Basuki (BEFORE, NOW & THEN) Honorary Golden Bear: Isabelle Huppert |
ALCARRAS (Simon, Sp)
BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE (Denis, Fr)
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER (Menkes, US)CALL JANE (Nagy, US)
CONCERNED CITIZEN (Haguel, Isr)
FLUX GOURMET (Strickland, UK)
GIRL PICTURE (Haapasalo, Fin)
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE (Hyde, UK)
INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE (Dupieux, Fr)
KLONDIKE (Er Gorbach, Ukr)NELLY & NADINE (Gertten, Swe)
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER (Kohn, US)
THE OUTFIT (Moore, US)
PETER VON KANT (Ozon, Fr)
THE QUIET GIRL (Bairead, Ire)
RIMINI (Seidl, Aut)
SHALL I COMPARE YOU TO A SUMMER'S DAY? (Hassan, Egy)
SUBLIME (Biasin, Arg)
THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE (Dominik, UK)* review coming | ||
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