BERLINALE AWARDS WINNERS GOLDEN BEAR

Berlinale 2023 - Winners

The Awards of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival

By Mihaela Crnko

24-05-2023

PRIZES OF OFFICIAL JURIES

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

Members of the Jury: Kristen Stewart (Jury President), Golshifteh Farahani, Valeska Grisebach, Radu Jude, Francine Maisler, Carla Simón, Johnnie To

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM

(awarded to the film‘s producers)

Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant) by Nicolas Philibert

produced by Céline Loiseau, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE

Roter Himmel (Afire) by Christian Petzold

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE

Mal Viver (Bad Living) by João Canijo

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Philippe Garrel for Le grand chariot (The Plough)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE

Sofía Otero in 20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Thea Ehre in Bis ans Ende der Nacht (Till the End of the Night) by Christoph Hochhäusler

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

Angela Schanelec for Music by Angela Schanelec

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION

Hélène Louvart for the cinematography in Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese

PRIZES OF ENCOUNTERS JURY

Members of the Jury: Dea Kulumbegashvili, Paolo Moretti, Angeliki Papoulia

BEST FILM

Here by Bas Devos

BEST DIRECTOR

El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo) by Tatiana Huezo

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

(ex aequo)

Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography) by Paul B. Preciado

and

Samsara by Lois Patiño

BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Members of the Jury: Emilie Bujès, Diana Bustamante, Mark Cousins

BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

endowed with €40,000, funded by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo) by Tatiana Huezo produced by Tatiana Huezo, Dalia Reyes

SPECIAL MENTION

Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography) by Paul B. Preciado

GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD

Members of the Jury: Judith Revault d’Allonnes, Ayten Amin, Cyril Schäublin

GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD

endowed with €50,000, funded by GWFF

Adentro mío estoy bailando (The Klezmer Project) by Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann produced by Andrew Sala, Lukas Rinner, Sebastián Muro, Yael Svoboda, Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann

SPECIAL MENTION

The Bride by Myriam U. Birara

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY

Members of the Jury: Cătălin Cristuțiu, Sky Hopinka, Isabelle Stever

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM

Les chenilles by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch

SPECIAL MENTION

It’s a Date by Nadia Parfan

BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

Les chenilles by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION

Children‘s Jury Generation Kplus

Members of the Jury: Luan Faik Can, Timon Mahlke, Valerie Louise da Silva Matos, Nina Marie Stellmacher, Defne Frida Sungu, Enno Winch, Jerrit Wunder

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM

Sweet As by Jub Clerc

SPECIAL MENTION

Zeevonk (Sea Sparkle I Meeresleuchten) by Domien Huyghe

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM

Closing Dynasty (Queenie) by Lloyd Lee Choi

SPECIAL MENTION

Deniska umřela (Dede Is Dead I Dede ist tot) by Philippe Kastner

Generation Kplus International Jury

Members of the Jury: Marco Alessi, Venice Atienza, Gudrun Sommer

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM

endowed with €7,500 by Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

Mimi (She - Hero) by Mira Fornay

SPECIAL MENTION

L’Amour du monde (Longing for the World) by Jenna Hasse

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM

endowed with €2,500 by Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk

Waking Up in Silence (Im Stillen erwachen) by Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

SPECIAL MENTION

Xiaohui he ta de niu (Xiaohui and His Cows | Xiaohui und seine Kühe) by Xinying Lao

Youth Jury Generation 14plus

Members of the Jury: Leia Haarhuis, Leo Hanstein, Anna Lena Hiemer, Anouk Segebart, Jonas Volkers

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM

Adolfo by Sofía Auza

SPECIAL MENTION

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM

Man khod, man ham miraghsam (And Me, I’m Dancing Too) by Mohammad Valizadegan

SPECIAL MENTION

Szemem sarka (From the Corner of My Eyes) by Domonkos Erhardt

Generation 14plus International Jury

Members of the Jury: Kateryna Gornostai, Fion Mutert, Juanita Onzaga

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM

endowed with €7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education)

Hummingbirds by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras

SPECIAL MENTION

Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM

endowed with €2,500 by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education)

Infantaria (Infantry) by Laís Santos Araújo

SPECIAL MENTION

Incroci by Francesca de Fusco

BERLINALE SERIES AWARD

Members of the Jury: Mette Heeno, André Holland, Danna Stern

BERLINALE SERIES AWARD

in cooperation with Deadline

The Good Mothers by Julian Jarrold, Elisa Amoruso

SPECIAL MENTION

Arkitekten (The Architect) by Kerren Lumer-Klabbers

PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY

Members of the Jury: Paul De Silva, Arielle Domon, Kerstin Heinemann, Miriam Hollstein, Anne Le Cor, Alberto Ramos Ruiz

Competition

Tótem by Lila Avilés

Panorama

endowed with €2,500

Sages-femmes (Midwives) by Léa Fehner

Forum

endowed with €2,500

Jaii keh khoda nist (Where God Is Not) by Mehran Tamadon

SPECIAL MENTION

Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant) by Nicolas Philibert

PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY

Members of the Jury (Competition): Inge Colsaet, Nirmal Dhar, Marcelo Janot

Members of the Jury (Encounters): Yun-hua Chen, Beat Glur, Diana Martirosyan

Members of the Jury (Panorama): Jiongguang Chen, Andreea Patru, Gena Teodosievska

Members of the Jury (Forum): Hosam Mostafa Fahmy, Susanne Gietl, Elena Rubashevska

Competition

The Survival of Kindness (Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit) by Rolf de Heer

Encounters

Here by Bas Devos

Panorama

Stille Liv (The Quiet Migration) by Malene Choi

Forum

Între revoluții (Between Revolutions) by Vlad Petri

TEDDY AWARDS

Members of the Jury: Alfonso F. Escandón, Melanie Iredale, Tom Oyer, Sasha Prokopenko, Xena Ness Scullard, Darunee Terdtoontaveedej

Best Feature Film

All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White by Babatunde Apalowo

Nominated

20.000 especies de abejas, Arturo a los 30, Almamula, Bis ans Ende der Nacht, Drifter, O estranho, Femme, Green Night, Între revoluții, Knochen und Namen, Manodrome, Motståndaren, Mutt, Le Paradis, Passages, Perpetrator, Silver Haze

Best Documentary/Essay Film

Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography) by Paul B. Preciado

Nominated

Hummingbirds, Kokomo City, Llamadas desde Moscú, This Is the End, Transfariana

Best Short Film

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch

Nominated

Crushed, Exhibition, Incroci, It‘s a Date, Nuits blanches, Sværddrage, To Write from Memory

Jury Award

Vicky Knight for her performance in Silver Haze by Sacha Polak

Special Teddy Award

Sunny Bunny, the Queer Film Award of the Molodist Film Festival in Kyiv

CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD

Members of the Jury (Panorama): Jörg Jacob, Bénédicte Latinaud, Brian Robinson

Members of the Jury (Forum): Zsófia Buglya, Bruno Castro, Ibrahim Saad

Panorama

Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge) by İlker Çatak

Forum

El rostro de la medusa (The Face of Jellyfish) by Melisa Liebenthal

GUILD FILM PRIZE

Members of the Jury: Ansgar Esch, Stefanie Kleppisius, Maret Wolff

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS

Members of the Jury: Marius Bălănescu, Will Fitzgerald, Tanja Helm, Ola Starmach

Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge) by Ilker Çatak

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE

Members of the Jury: Silvia Bahl, Borjana Gaković, Janna Schmidt

De Facto by Selma Doborac

PEACE FILM PRIZE

Members of the Jury: Roshak Ahmad, Galina Amashukeli, Antonia Pepita Giesler, Andreas Höfer, Christiane Mudra, Christian Römer, Ahmet Tas

Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran) by Steffi Niederzoll

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD

Members of the Jury: Markus N. Beeko, Lea van Acken, Burhan Qurbani

endowed with €5,000

Al Murhaqoon (The Burdened) by Amr Gamal

HEINER CAROW PRIZE

Members of the Jury: Freya Arde, Peter Kahane, Mirko Wiermann

Fabian Stumm (Script) for Knochen und Namen (Bones and Names)

COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD

Members of the Jury: Dela Dabulamanzi, Anne Fabini, Jöns Jönsson

endowed with € 5.000

Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran) by Steffi Niederzoll

SPECIAL MENTION

El secuestro de la novia (The Kidnapping of the Bride | Die Brautentführung) by Sophia Mocorrea

AG KINO GILDE - CINEMA VISION 14plus

Members of the Jury: Josefine Natalie Kraft, Erich Pannier, Hanna Szczepkowska

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

FURTHER PRIZES

AUDIENCE AWARDS

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD

Feature Film

Sira by Apolline Traoré

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD

Documentary Film

Kokomo City by D. Smith

READERS‘ JURIES

BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS‘ JURY AWARD

Members of the Jury: Orietta Angelini, Joanna Bellina, Malte Bröse, Holger Beisitzer, Doreen Genzel, Harald Günther, Meike Hilbring, Petra Luber, Claudia Niewert, Katayun Pirdawari, Johannes tom Dieck, Katja Techritz-Stocking

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

TAGESSPIEGEL READERS‘ JURY AWARD

Members of the Jury: Jaqueline Blösch, Arthur Haake, Vincent Kelany, Laura Klemens, Hans Krestel, Detlev Müller, Irmela Schuller

Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography) by Paul B. Preciado

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

KOMPAGNON FELLOWSHIP

Members of the Jury: Dela Dabulamanzi, Anne Fabini, Jöns Jönsson

endowed with €5,000 and a mentoring programme

Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove by Mareike Wegener (Perpektive Deutsches Kino 2022, Alumnus)

My Beloved Man’s Female Body by Anna Melikova (Berlinale Talents 2023, Script Station)

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Members of the Jury: Rémi Burah, Eva Pons

endowed with €6,000

Peeled Skin by Leonie Krippendorff, produced by kineo Filmproduktion (Germany)

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

Members of the Jury: Mariela Besuievsky, Nino Kirtadze, Marcin Łuczaj

endowed with €20,000

Iván & Hadoum by Ian de la Rosa, produced by Avalon PC (Spain)

EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

Members of the Jury: Mariela Besuievsky, Nino Kirtadze, Marcin Łuczaj endowed with €20,000 The Blindsight by Ruslan Batytskyi, produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina and Natalia Libet (2Brave Productions, Ukraine)