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Europe's premiere winter film festival
Runs alongside the European Film Market in Berlin
Rich Cline was on the Fipresci jury at Berlinale 2009

Berlinale site 74rd Berlin International
Film Festival
15 - 25 FEBRUARY 2024
in Berlin, Germany

 2 0 2 3   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)
Cinematography: Martin Gschlacht (THE DEVIL'S BATH)
First Feature: CU LI NEVER CRIES
Encounters: DIRECT ACTION
Encounters - Jury Prize: THE GREAT YAWN OF HISTORY and SOME RAIN MUST FALL
Encounters - Director: Juliana Rojas (CIDADE; CAMPO)


 Fipresci Prize: MY FAVOURITE CAKE
Fipresci - Panorama: FARUK
Fipresci - Encounters:
SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN
Fipresci - Forum:
THE HUMAN HIBERNATION
Ecumenical Prize:
MY FAVOURITE CAKE
Ecumenical - Panorama: SEX
Ecumenical - Forum: MARIA'S SILENCE
Cicae - Panorama: SEX
Cicae - Forum: SHAHID
AG Kino: LAST SWIM
Amnesty Award:
THE STRANGERS' CASE
ArteKino: ICH BIN MARIKA
Berliner Morgenpost: DYING
Caligari: SHAHID
Eurimages: SCREAMING GIRL
Europa Cinemas: SEX
German Arthouse: DYING
Heiner Carow: IVO
Kompagnon-Fellowship:
THE SHORE and TRAVERSEE
Peace Film: FAVORITEN
Tagesspiegel: A FAMILY
VFF Talent: SILENCE SOMETIMES
2 0 2 3   F I L M S
ABIDING NOWHERE
ABOVE THE DUST
THE ADAMANT GIRL
AFTERWAR
ALL SHALL BE WELL
ALL THE LONG NIGHTS
ANDREA GETS A DIVORCE
ANOTHER END
ARCADIA
ARCHITECTON
AT AVERROES & ROSA PARKS
BALDIGA: UNLOCKED HEART
BARRUNTO
BETANIA
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
A BIT OF A STRANGER
BLACK TEA
THE BOX MAN
BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY
THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE
CIDADE; CAMPO
LA COCINA
CROSSING (Akin, Geo)
CU LI NEVER CRIES
CUCKOO
DAHOMEY
DEMBA
THE DEVIL'S BATH
DIARIES FROM LEBANON
A DIFFERENT MAN
DIRECT ACTION
DISCO AFRIKA: A MALAGASY STORY
DOSTOYEVSKY
DYING
THE EDITORIAL OFFICE
ELBOW
THE EMPIRE
THE EMPTY GRAVE
EVERY YOU EVERY ME
EXHUMA
THE FABLE
A FAMILY
FARUK
FAVORITEN
FIN
FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST
FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE
GLORIA!
THE GREAT PHUKET
THE GREAT YAWN OF HISTORY
HANDS IN THE FIRE
HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT
HOLD ON TO HER
HOLY WEEK
L'HOMME-VERTIGE: TALES OF A CITY
THE HUMAN HIBERNATION
I SAW THE TV GLOW
I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS
I'M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE
IN THE BELLY OF A TIGER
INTERCEPTED
THE INVISIBLE ZOO
IT'S OKAY!
IVO
JANET PLANET
LANGUE ETRANGERE
LAST SWIM
LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Glass, US)
MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER
THE MAJOR TONES
 MARIA'S SILENCE
MATT UND MARA
MAYDEGOL
MEANWHILE ON EARTH
MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, OR THE NIGHT IS NEVER COMPLETE
MY FAVOURITE CAKE
MY NEW FRIENDS
MY STOLEN PLANET
MY SUMMER WITH IRENE
NANACATEPEC
THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER
NO OTHER LAND
OASIS
OASIS OF NOW
THE OUTRUN
PARADISES OF DIANE
PEPE
THE PERIPHERY OF THE BASE
REAS
REINAS
REPRODUCTION
REPUBLIC
RESONANCE SPIRAL
RISING UP AT NIGHT
THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT
SASQUATCH SUNSET
SCORCHED EARTH
THE SECRET DRAWER
SEVEN VEILS
SEX
SHAHID
SHAMBHALA
SHE SAT THERE LIKE ALL ORDINARY ONES
SHIKUN
SKIN IN SPRING
SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN
SLEEPING WITH A TIGER
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
SOME RAIN MUST FALL
SONS
SPACEMAN
THE STRANGERS' CASE
SUBJECT: FILMMAKING
SUPERSEX
SUSPENDED TIME
TEACHES OF PEACHES
TECHQUA IKACHI, LAND – MY LIFE
THROUGH ROCKS AND CLOUDS
THROUGH THE GRAVES THE WIND IS BLOWING
TOBBY
TRACES OF MOVEMENT BEFORE THE ICE
A TRAVELER'S NEEDS
TREASURE
TRUE CHRONICLES OF THE BLIDA JOINVILLE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
TURN IN THE WOUND
THE UNDERGROWTH
THE VISITOR
VOICES OF THE SILENCED
THE WAYWARD CLOUD
WELL ORDERED NATURE
WHAT DID YOU DREAM LAST NIGHT, PARAJANOV?
WHICH WAY AFRICA?
WHO BY FIRE
WHO DO I BELONG TO
WINNERS
THE WRONG MOVIE
YOU BURN ME
YOUNG HEARTS


Berlinale site 73rd Berlin International
Film Festival
16 - 26 FEBRUARY 2023
in Berlin, Germany

 2 0 2 3   F I L M S
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)
DISCO BOY (Abbruzzese, Fr)
DRIFTER (Hirsch, Ger)
* ELAHA (Aboyan, Ger)
THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Alberdi, Chl)
 FEMME (Freeman/Ng, UK)
GOLDA (Nattiv, UK)
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)
SUZUME (Shinkai, Jpn)
TALK TO ME (Philippou/Philippou, Aus)
TAR (Field, US)
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Catak, Ger)
TOTEM (Aviles, Mex)
Berlinale site 72nd Berlin International Film Festival
10 - 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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