With Sundance Film Festival 2013 wrapped up, the next major event in cinema (aside from the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation hitting theaters) concluded with the Berlin Film Festival. Showcasing the latest films from Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Jafar Panahi and more, the festival handed out its top prizes today. One of the biggest feats was the welcome return of David Gordon Green to independent filmmaking terrority.
We were fans of his Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch-led Prince Avalanche at Sundance (full review), but the jury at Berlin (led by The Grandmaster director) found a lot to like, handing him the Silver Bear for Best Director. The major win, however, came for Călin Peter Netzer and his Romanian drama Child’s Pose, which took home the Golden Bear. Could we have the next A Separation on our hands? Let’s hope, and one can check out two teasers from the film below, along with the full winner list, also including a Best Script award for Jafar Panahi and his Closed Curtain.
MAIN COMPETITION PRIZES
Golden Bear
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter Netzer
Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Vic & Flo Saw A Bear, Denis Côté
Silver Bear for Best Director
David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Paulina Garcia, Gloria
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Nazif Mujic, An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker
Silver Bear for Best Script
Closed Curtain, Jafar Panahi
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Camera, Editing, Music Score, Costume Design or Set Design
Aziz Zhambakiyev for the camera in Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, Australia
ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio
Special Mention
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis Tanović
Panorama 2013
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
Special Mention
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Forum 2013
Circles, Srdan Golubović
Special Mention
Roots, Kaoru Ikeya
FIPRESCI
Competition
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter Netzer
Panorama
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Forum
Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica Filho
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERNMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio
CICAE
Panorama
Rock The Casbah, Yariv Horowitz
Forum
In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – fiction film 2013
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, Belgium/Netherlands
2nd Place
Reaching For The Moon, Bruno Barreto, Brazil
3rd Place
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada/France
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – documentary 2013
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Norway/Great Britain
2nd Place
Salma, Kim Longinotto, Great Britain
3rd Place
A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel, Lebanon/Great Britain/Denmark
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
In The Name Of, Małgośka Szumowska
Jury Award
Concussion, Stacie Passon
Best Documentary/Essay Film
Bambi, Sébastien Lifshitz
Best Short Film
Undress Me, Victor Lindgren
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Naked Opera, Angela Christlieb
MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP
Jan Speckenbach for The Sound Of Stones
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica Filho
NETPAC PRIZE
When I Saw You, Annemarie Jacir
PEACE FILM PRIZE
A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel
CRYSTAL BEARS AND DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK AWARDS IN GENERATION KPLUS
Crystal Bear for the Best Film
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, Australia
Special Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, Australia
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film
The Amber Amulet, Matthew Moore, Australia
Special Mention
Ezi Un lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, Latvia
International Jury Generation Kplus
Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature film
Mammu, Es Tevi mīlu, Jānis Nords, Latvia
Special Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, Australia
Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best short film
Cheong, Kim Jung-in, Republic of Korea
Special Mention
Ezi Un Lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, Latvia
FGYO-PIRZE DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE
Two Mothers, Anne Zohra Berrached
Which of the above films are you most looking forward to seeing?