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A certain mutant send-off may have gotten the most global attention out of the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, but if one retracts their claws, some of the finest in major international cinema comes into focus. Ahead of our picks of the best of the festival, the jury has delivered their awards.

Led by Paul Verhoeven, the jury made up of Dora Bouchoucha Fourati, Olafur Eliasson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julia Jentsch, Diego Luna, and Wang Quan’an gave the Hungarian drama On Body and Soul the top prize of Golden Bear, while Aki Kaurismäki picked up Best Director for The Other Side of Hope and Kim Min-hee earned Best Actress for her latest Hong Sang-soo collaboration On The Beach At Night Alone.

Check out the winners below (with a hat tip to Deadline) along with links to reviews where available. One can also see our full coverage here.

Golden Bear for Best Film
On Body and Soul
Hungary
Dir: Ildikó Enyedi

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Félicité
France/Belgium/Senegal/Germany/Lebanon
Dir: Alain Gomis

Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Pokot (Spoor)
Dir: Agnieszka Holland

Silver Bear for Best Director
Aki Kaurismäki
The Other Side of Hope

Silver Bear for Best Actress
Kim Min-hee
On The Beach At Night Alone
South Korea
Dir: Hong Sang-soo

Silver Bear for Best Actor
Georg Friedrich
Helle Nachte (Bright Nights)
Dir: Thomas Arsian

Silver Bear Best Screenplay
Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman)
Chile-U.S.-Spain
Dirs: Sebastian Lelio, Writer: Gonzalo Maza

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Dana Bunescu
Romania/Germany/France
Ana, Mon Amour

Glashutte Original Documentary
Ghost Hunting
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni

Best First Feature
Spain
Summer of 1993
Dir: Carla Simon

Golden Bear Best Short Film
Cidade Pequena
Dir: Diogo Costa Amarante

Silver Bear Jury Prize Short Film
Ensueno En La Pradera
Dir: Esteban Arrangioz

Audi Short Film Award
Street of Death
Lebanon/Germany
Dir: Karam Ghossein

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PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS

Fiction Film
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw

2nd Place
Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit)
Japan
Dir: Naoko Ogigami

3rd Place
1945
Hungary
Dir: Ferenc Török

PANORAMA DOKUMENTE

Best Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
France/U.S./Belgium/Switzerland
Dirs: Raoul Peck

2nd Place
Chavela
U.S.
Dirs: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi

3rd Place
Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting)
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni

EUROPA CINEMAS BERLINALE LABEL
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw

GENERATION KPLUS

Crystal Bear Best Film
Piata Iod’ (Little Harbour)
Slovak Republic/Czech Republic
Dir: Iveta Grofova

Special Mention
Amelie Rennt (Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship)
Germany/Italy
Dir: Tobias Wiemann

Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Promise
U.S.
Dir: Xie Tian

Special Mention Short Film
Hedgehog’s Home
Canada/Croatia
Dir: Eva Cvijanovic

Grand Prix for Best Film
Becoming Who I Was
Korea
Dir: Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon

Special Mention
Estiu (Summer 1993)
Spain
Dir: Carla Simon

Special Prize for Best Short Film
Aaba (Grandfather)
India
Dir: Amar Kaushik

Special Mention
Sabaku
The Netherlands
Dir: Marlies van der Wel

GENERATION 14PLUS

Crystal Bear Best Film
Butterfly Kisses
UK
Dir: Rafael Kapelinski

Special Mention
Ceux qui font les revolutions a moitie n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)
Canada
Dir: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie

Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Wolfe
Australia
Dir: Claire Randall

Special Mention Short Film
SNIP
Canada
Dir: Terril Calder

Grand Prix for Best Film
Shkola nomer 3 (School Number 3)
Ukraine/Germany
Dir: Yelizaveta Smith, Georg Genoux

Special Mention
Ben Naio (The Foolish Bird)
China
Dir: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka

Special Prize for Best Short Film
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
Belgium/Colombia
Dir: Juanita Onzaga

Special Mention
U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue)
Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden
Dirs: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic

See our complete Berlin 2017 coverage.

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