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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 | |||
76th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 12 - 22 FEBRUARY 2026 in Berlin, Germany
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Golden Bear: YELLOW LETTERSSilver Bear: SALVATION Jury Prize: QUEEN AT SEA Honorary Golden Bear: Michelle Yeoh Director: Grant Gee (EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS) Screenplay: Genevieve Dulude-de Celles (NINA ROZA) Lead Performance: Sandra Huller (ROSE) Supporting Performance: Anna Calder-Marshall & Tom Courtenay (QUEEN AT SEA) Ensemble: YO: LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD Berlinale Camera: Haile Gerima & Max Richter Documentary: IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD First Feature: Abdallah Alkhatib (CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE) Teddy Award: IVAN & HADOUM Teddy - Doc: BARBARA FOREVER Teddy Jury Award: TRIAL OF HEIN Special Teddy Award: Celine Sciamma Audience Award: PROSECUTION Audience Award - Doc: TRACES |
Crystal Bear Kplus: GUGU'S WORLDGrand Prix Kplus: GUGU'S WORLD Crystal Bear 14plus:SAD GIRLZ Grand Prix 14plus: SAD GIRLZ Perspectives: CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE Fipresci Prize: SOUMSOUM: THE NIGHT OF THE STARS Fipresci - Panorama: NARCISO Fipresci - Perspectives: ANIMOL Fipresci - Forum: ANYMART Ecumenical Prize: FLIES Ecumenical - Panorama: BUCKS HARBOR Ecumenical - Forum: RIVER DREAMS Cicae - Panorama: PROSECUTION Cicae - Forum: ON OUR OWN AG Kino: WHAT WILL I BECOME? Amnesty Award: WHAT WILL I BECOME? ArteKino: YELLOW LETTERS Berliner Morgenpost: FLIES Caligari: IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD Europa Cinemas: FOUR MINUS THREE Heiner Carow: PROSECUTION Peace Film: TUTU Tagesspiegel: I BUILT A ROCKET IMAGINING YOUR ARRIVAL | ||
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17 (Mitic, Mac)ALLEGRO PASTELL (Roller, Ger) ANIMOL (Walters, UK) ANYMART (Iwasaki, Jpn) AROUND PARADISE (Lokshina, Ger) ARRU (Sara, Nor) AT THE SEA (Mundruczo, US) THE ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE (Negoescu, Rom) THE BALLAD OF JUDAS PRIEST (Dunn/Morello, US) BARBARA FOREVER (O'Connor, US) BLACK BURNS FAST (Asanda, SA) BLACK LIONS: ROMAN WOLVES (Gerima, Eth) THE BLOOD COUNTESS (Ottinger, Aut) BORN OF THE YAM (Chua/Shuen, Sin) BUCKS HARBOR (Muller, US) CESAREAN WEEKEND (Shirvani, Irn) A CHILD OF MY OWN (Alberdi, Mex) CHIMNEY TOWN: FROZEN IN TIME (Yusuke, Jpn) CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE (Alkhatib, Pal) CHRONOS: FLOW OF TIME (Koepp, Ger) COLLAPSE (Even, Fr) CROCODILE (Brettkelly, NZ) DAO (Gomis, Sen) THE DAY OF WRATH: TALES FROM TRIPOLI (Rafei, Leb) THE DAY SHE RETURNS (Hong, Kor) DOGGERLAND (Ekberg, Swe) DON'T COME OUT (Villegas, DR) DOUGLAS GORDON BY DOUGLAS GORDON (Pretsell, UK) DUST (Blonde, Bel) THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING (Heldman, Ger) EIGHT BRIDGES (Benning, US) EINAR SCHLEEF: NO GERMANY DID I FIND (Prechtel, Ger) EN ROUTE TO (Yoo Jaein, Kor) ENJOY YOUR STAY (Locher/Alipio, Ph) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (Sawasawa, Con) EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS (Gee, Ire) EVERYONE'S SORRY NOWADAYS (Migom, Bel) EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOISE (Pereda, Mex) THE FABULOUS TIME MACHINE (Capai, Br) A FAMILY (Peijnenburg, Ned) FILIPINANA (Manuel, Ph) FLIES (Eimbcke, Mex) FLYING TIGERS (Dutta, Ind) FOREIGN TRAVEL (Fendt , Ger) FOREST HIGH (Coubia, Bel) FOREST UP IN THE MOUNTAIN (Bordenave, Arg) FOUR GIRLS (Suzane, Br) FOUR MINUS THREE (Goiginger, Aut) THE GARDEN WE DREAMED (del Paso, Mex) GEMSTONES (Velez, Col) GHOST IN THE CELL (Anwar, Ina) GHOST SCHOOL (Gul, Pak) GIVEN NAMES (Aviv, Fr) 
GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE (Verbinski, Ger)GUGU'S WORLD (Deberton, Br) HEAR THE YELLOW (Sıvacı, Tur) HEYSEL 85 (Mihai, Bel) THE HIDDEN FACE OF THE EARTH (Arnaud, Fr) HOME STORIES (Trobisch, Ger) THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS (Alegria, Chl) HOUSE OF YANG (Spengler, Ger) I BUILT A ROCKET IMAGINING YOUR ARRIVAL (Marques, Br) I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISPLEASURE (Friedrich, Ger) IF I WERE ALIVE (Oliveira, Br) IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD (Lubojacki, Cz) IN A WHISPER (Bouzid, Tun) ISABEL (Klinger, Br) IVAN & HADOUM (de la Rosa, Sp) JARIPEO (Mojica/Zweig, Mex) JOSEPHINE (Araujo, US) JOY BOY: A TRIBUTE TO JULIUS EASTMAN (Yehouessi/Mayanja/etc, Bel) LADY (Nwosu, UK) LALI (Khoosat, Pak) THE LIGHTS, THEY FALL ( Vajda, Ger) |
LONDON (Brameshuber, Aut)THE LONELIEST MAN IN TOWN (Covi/Frimmel, Aut) LORD OF THE FLIES (Munden, UK) A LOT TALK (Bodet, Fr) LUST (Petrova, Bul) MASAYUME (Yoshigai, Jpn) MATAPANKI (Fuentes, Chl) MEMBERS OF THE PROBLEMATIC FAMILY (Gowtham, Ind) METANOIA (Bigum/Bjorge, Ger) MINT (Regan, UK) THE MOMENT (Zamiri, US) THE MOTHS & THE FLAME (Contento, US) MOUSE (O'Sullivan/Thompson, US) MY NAME (Chung, Kor) MY WIFE CRIES (Schanelec, Ger) NARCISO (Martinessi, Par) A NEW DAWN (Shinomiya, Jpn) NIGHTBORN (Bergholm, Fin) NINA ROZA (Celles, Bul) NO GOOD MEN (Sadat, Afg) NOT A HERO (Das, Ind) NUMB (Uchiyama, Jpn) ON OUR OWN (Jurgiu, Rom) THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK (Segan, US) ONLY REBELS WIN (Arbid, Leb) THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN (Sabouni, Sau) OUR SECRET (Passo, Br) PANDA (Zhang, Sin) PAPAYA (Kellen, Br) PARADISE (Comte, Can) A PRAYER FOR THE DYING (Van Dusen, Nor) PROSECUTION (Shariat, Ger) QUEEN AT SEA (Hammer, UK) RAGING (Machado, Ph) RAVALEAR: NOT FOR SALE (Rodriguez, Sp) THE RED HANGAR (Sallato, Chl) RIVER DREAMS (Mikhailova, Kaz) ROSE (Schleinzer, Aut) THE RIVER TRAIN (Ferro/Vignale, Arg) ROSEBUSH PRUNING (Ainouz, It) ROYA (Mohammadi, Irn) A RUSSIAN WINTER (Chiha, Fr) SACCHARINE (James, Aus) SAD GIRLZ (Tovar, Mex) SAFE EXIT (Hammad, Egy) SALVATION (Alper, Tur) SCENARIO (Wilke, Ger) SHANGHAI DAUGHTER (Zhongmin, Chn) SIRI HUSTVEDT: DANCE AROUND THE SELF (Lidl, Ger) SLEEP NO MORE (Edwin, Ina) SOMETIMES, I IMAGINE THEM ALL AT A PARTY (Huller, Ger) SOUMSOUM: THE NIGHT OF THE STARS (Haroun, Tcd) THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (Cousins, UK) SUNNY DANCER (Jaques, UK) TAKE ME HOME (Sargent, US)
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Fastvold, UK)TRACES (Kovalenko/Nikitiuk, Ukr) TRIAL OF HEIN (Stanicke, Ger) TRISTAN FOREVER (Nolle/Bonnardot, Swi) TRULY NAKED (d'Ansembourg, Ned) TUTU (Pollard, UK) TWO MOUNTAINS WEIGHING DOWN MY CHEST (Li, Ger) UCHRONIA (Ieropoulos, Gr) WAX & GOLD (Beckermann, Aut) WE ARE ALL STRANGERS (Chen, Sin) WE ARE THE FRUITS OF THE FOREST (Panh, Cam) THE WEIGHT (McKinley, US) WHAT WILL I BECOME? (Bean/Rozos, US) WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG (Achache, Fr) WHERE TO? (Machnes, Isr) WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? (Osder/Youmans, US) WOLFRAM (Thornton, Aus) WOMEN AS LOVERS (Koxi, Ger) YELLOW LETTERS (Catak, Tur) YO: LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD (Fitch/White, US) | ||
75th Berlin InternationalFilm Festival 13 - 23 FEBRUARY 2025 in Berlin, Germany
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2 0 2 6 A W A R D S . . .Golden Bear: DREAMS Silver 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 BEGINNINGS (Nordahl, Den)
BLUE MOON (Linklater, US)THE BLUE TRAIL (Mascaro, Br)
CHRISTY (Canty, Ire)CICADAS (Weisse, Ger) 
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Mangold, US)DREAMERS (Gharoro-Akpojotor, UK) |
DREAMS (Haugerud, Nor)
DREAMS IN NIGHTMARES (Ford, US)HOLDING LIAT (Kramer, US)
HOT MILK (Lenkiewicz, UK)
THE ICE TOWER (Hadzihalilovic, Fr)
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU (Bronstein, US)
ISLANDS (Gerster, Ger)KHARTOUM (Saeed/Alhag/etc, Sud) KOLN 75 (Fluk, Ger) KONTINENTAL '25 (Jude, Rom)
LATE SHIFT (Volpe, Swi)
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS (Varghese/Hobbs, Aus)THE LIGHT (Tykwer, Ger) LITTLE BOY (Benning, US)
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (Djukic, Svn)
LURKER (Russell, US)
MICKEY 17 (Bong, UK)MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW (Loktev, US)
NIGHT STAGE (Reolon/Matzembacher, Br)
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE (Min, Kor)OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (Loose/Munk, Ger)
PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Sachs, US)PLAYTIME (Murat, Br) PRIDE & ATTITUDE (Kroske, Ger) PUNKU (Molero, Per) REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND (Cattet/Forzani, Bel)
SANDBAG DAM (Canak, Cro)THE SETTLEMENT (Rashad, Egy) SPACE CADET (San, Can) THAT SUMMER IN PARIS (Cadic, Fr)
THE THING WITH FEATHERS (Southern, UK)TIGER'S POND (Hegde, Ind)
THE UGLY STEPSISTER (Blichfeldt, Nor)UNDERGROUND (Oda, Jpn) WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (Hambalek, 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)* review coming | ||
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