With few films from the Central and Eastern European region screening in the official selection unsurprisingly films from the region did not fare well in terms of prizes with the exception being Zamatoví teroristi/Velvet Terrorists directed by Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes which won the Tagesspielgel Readers’ Jury Award although the film may prove more popular with audiences than many more awarded films. The film, which screened in the Forum, is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian coproduction produced by Peter Kerekes s.r.o. and coproduced by Czech Television, RTVS, Hypermarket Film and Nukleus-film.
The film was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech Cinematography Fund and Croatian Audiovisual Center and Deckert Distribution are handling international sales.
The Greek, German and Cypriot coproduction To mikro psari/ Stratos, a tough and gritty film about a emotionally frozen hitman operating in modern day Athens directed by Cyprus born Yannis Economides, which screened in the main competition, is another film that did not garner any prizes from the juries but is likely to gather sales and audience success. The film is produced by Faliro House Productions, Argonauts Productions S.A, Yannis Economides Films Ltd (Cyprus) in co-production with GFC S.A., Film Advisory Board of Cyprus with The Match Factory handling international sales.
Full List of Prize Winners
Main Competition
BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer) Golden Bear
Bai Ri Yan Huo/ Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan
GRAND JURY PRIZE Silver Bear
The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE
Aimer, boire et chanter/ Life of Riley directed by Alain Resnais
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Haru Kuroki for Chiisai Ouchi/ The Little House directed by Yoji Yamada
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan for Bai Ri Yan Huo/ Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann for Kreuzweg/ Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brüggemann
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
In the categories camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Zeng Jian for the camera in Tui Na/ Blind Massage directed by Lou Ye
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
Güeros directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios
International Short Film Competition
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Tant qu'il nous reste des fusils à pompe/ As long as shotguns remain directed by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vine
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE
LABORAT directed by Guillaume Cailleau
BERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Taprobana directed by Gabriel Abrantes
DAAD SHORT FILM PRIZE
Person to Person directed by Dustin Guy Defa
Generation Competition
Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Killa/The Fort directed by Avinash Arun
SPECIAL MENTION
Hitono Nozomino Yorokobiyo/ Joy of Man's Desiring directed by Masakazu Sugita
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Sprout directed by Ga-eun Yoon
SPECIAL MENTION
Sepatu Baru/ On Stopping the Rain directed by Aditya Ahmad
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
Best feature-length film
Ciencias Naturales/ Natural Sciences directed by Matías Lucchesi
SPECIAL MENTION
Killa/ The Fort directed by Avinash Arun
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
Best short film
Moy lichniy los'/ My Own Personal Moose directed by Leonid Shmelkov
SPECIAL MENTION
El away directed by Roland Ferge
Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
52 Tuesdays directed by Sophie Hyde
SPECIAL MENTION
Arctic directed by Gabri Velázquez
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Mike directed by Petros Silvestros
SPECIAL MENTION
Emo (the musical) directed by Neil Triffett
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
Best feature-length film
Violet directed by Bas Devos
SPECIAL MENTION
Einstein and Einstein directed by Cao Baoping
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
Best short film
Vetrarmorgun/ Winter Morning directed by Sakaris Stórá
SPECIAL MENTION
Søn/ Son directed by Kristoffer Kiørboe
INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
Kreuzweg/ Stations of the Cross directed by Dietrich Brüggemann
Special Mention '71 directed by Yann Demange
Panorama
Calvary/Calvary directed by John Michael McDonagh
Special Mention Triptyque/Triptych directed by Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires
Forum
Sto spiti/At Home directed by Athanasios Karanikolas
FIPRESCI PRIZED
Competition
Aimer, boire et chanter/ Life of Riley directed by Alain Resnais
Panorama
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho/The Way He Looks directed by Daniel Ribeiro
Forum
Forma/Forma directed by Ayumi Sakamoto
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama
Kuzu/ The Lamb directed by Kutluğ Ataman
Forum
She's Lost Control directed by Anja Marquardt
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Blind directed by Eskil Vogt
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho/The Way He Looks directed by Daniel Ribeiro
Best Documentary Essay Film
Der Kreis/The Circle directed by Stefan Haupt
Best Short Film
Mondial 2010 directed by Roy Dib
Teddy Jury Award
Pierrot Lunaire directed by Bruce LaBruce
MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP
Sandra Kaudelka for Intershop
EX AEQUO
Sebastian Mez for 274
FGYO-AWARD DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE
Anderswo/Anywhere Else directed by Ester Amrami
SPECIAL MENTION
Nebel/ fog directed by Nicole Vögele
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Das große Museum/ The Great Museum directed by Johannes Holzhausen
NETPAC PRIZE
Cheol-ae-kum/A Dream of Iron directed by Kelvin Kyung Kun Park
EX AEQUO
Non-fiction Diary directed by Jung Yoon-suk
PEACE FILM PRIZE
We Come as Friends directed by Hubert Sauper
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Al midan/The Square directed by Jehane Noujaim
CINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE
Concerning Violence directed by Göran Hugo Olsson
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Meine Mutter, ein Krieg und ich/ My Mother, a War and Me directed by Tamara Trampe, Johann Feindt
THINK:FILM AWARD
Provenance directed by Amie Siegel
Readers’ Juries and Audience Awards
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – fiction film
Difret directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – documentary film
Der Kreis/The Circle directed by Stefan Haupt
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
Zamatoví teroristi/Velvet Terrorists directed by Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter Kerekes
ELSE – SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ JURY AWARD
52 Tuesdays directed by Sophie Hyde
Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents Prizes
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) for The Wounded Angel
VFF HIGHLIGHT PITCH AWARD
Bavo Defurne (Belgium) for Souvenir
DOLBY ATMOS POLICY TRAILER
Yulia Glukhova (Russian Federation)
