Director Danis Tanović took home a Sliver Bear for the Grand Jury Prize for Death in Sarajevo, a coproduction between Bosnia and Herzegovina and France as well as the international critics FIPRESCI prize for best film. The Polish competition entry United States of Love, a Polish/Swedish coproduction directed and scripted by Tomasz Wasilewski, scored the prize for Best Script.

A group of 20 international critics participating in the daily FNE FIPRESCI Critics in Berlin rated the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum sections of the festival giving the highest rating to Berlinale Golden Bear winner Fire at Sea.  To see the full table of ratings click HERE.

Films in the region for young audiences which won prizes included Special Jury Prize Generation Kplus for Best Short Film for the USA/Cyprus coproduction Semele directed by Myrsini Aristidou and Crystal Bear for Best Film from the Youth Jury for Mellow Mud (Latvia) directed by Renārs Vimba. Mellow Mud participated in the B'EST development workshop in 2012. More recognition for films for young people went to Zhaleika (Germany, Bulgaria) directed by Eliza Petkova and A Night in Tokoriki (Romania) directed by Roxana Stroe, while Europa Cinemas jury bestowed a Special Mention on On the Other Side (Croatia, Serbia) directed by Zrinko Ogresta.

Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award went to Czech director Petr Vaclav’s We Are Never Alone a Czech/French coproduction. CICAE Art Cinema Prize in the Forum section of the programme went to Romanian director Adrian Sitaru for the Romanian/Polish/French coproduction Illegitimate. Looking towards the future Amrion (Estonia) new project The Little Comrade to be directed by Moonika Siimets and produced by Riina Sildos received a special mention from the Eurimages Coproduction Development awards.

This year there was also a special emphasis on refugees during the festival with star George Clooney and his wife Amal, who is a leading human rights lawyer, meeting German leader Angela Merkel to discuss the migrant crisis in Europe during the festival. Clooney was in Berlin for the premiere of the new Coen brothers film Hail Caesar! which opened the festival. The festival also hosted a number of activities aimed at refugees including sponsoring visits to the festival for refugees and raising 25,000 EUR in donations from festival visitors in refugee aid.

List of Prize Winners

Main Competition

Golden Bear for Best Film
Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
Directed Gianfranco Rosi

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Smrt u Sarajevu / Death in Sarajevo (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Danis Tanović
Produced by Margo Films (France) and CCA/pro.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Coproduced with France 3 Cinema.

Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis/ A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Philippines, Singapore)
Directed by Lav Diaz

Silver Bear for Best Director
Mia Hansen-Løve for L' avenir/Things to Come (France, Germany)

Silver Bear for Best Actress
Trine Dyrholm in Kollektivet /The Commune (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Silver Bear for Best Actor
Majd Mastoura in Inhebbek Hedi /Hedi (Tunisia, Belgium, France)
Directed by Mohamed Ben Attia

Silver Bear for Best Script
Tomasz Wasilewski for Zjednoczone stany miłości /United States of Love (Poland, Sweden)
Directed by Tomasz Wasilewski
Produced by Manana (Poland)
Coproduced by VP SA, Film i Väst and Common Ground Pictures
Supported by the Polish Film Institute and Film i Väst.

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Mark Lee Ping-Bing for the camera in Chang Jiang Tu/ Crosscurrent (China)
Directed by Yang Chao

Best First Feature Film Award
Inhebbek Hedi/Hedi (Tunisia, Belgium, France)
by Mohamed Ben Attia

Short Film Prizes

Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Balada de um Batráquio/Batrachian's Ballad (Portugal)
Directed by Leonor Teles

Silver Bear Jury Prize
A Man Returned/ Ein Mann kehrt zurück (UK, Denmark, Netherlands)
Directed by Mahdi Fleifel

Berlin Short Film Nominee for European Film Awards
A Man Returned/Ein Mann kehrt zurück (UK, Denmark, Netherlands)
Directed by Mahdi Fleifel

Audi Short Film Award
Jin zhi xia mao/Anchorage Prohibited (Taiwan)
Directed by Chiang Wei Liang

Generation Prizes

Crystal Bear for Best Film
Ottaal/The Trap (India)
Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair

Special Mention
Jamais contente/Miss Impossible (France)
Directed by Emilie Deleuze

Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film
El inicio de Fabrizio/Fabrizio’s Initiation (Argentina)
Directed by Mariano Biasin

Special Mention
Ninnoc (Netherlands)
Directed by Niki Padidar

Generation Kplus Prizes

Grand Prix Generation Kplus for Best Feature Film
Genç Pehlivanlar/Young Wrestlers (Netherlands, Turkey)
Directed by Mete Gümürhan

Special Mention
Rara (Chile, Argentina)
Directed by Pepa San Martín

Special Jury Prize Generation Kplus for Best Short Film
Semele (USA, Cyprus)
Directed by Myrsini Aristidou

Special Mention
Aurelia y Pedro (Mexico)
Directed by Omar Robles and José Permar

Youth Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

Crystal Bear for Best Film
Es esmu šeit/ Mellow Mud (Latvia)
Directed by Renārs Vimba
Produced by Tasse Film
Supported by the Latvian National Film Centre

Special Mention
Las plantas/Plants (Chile)
Directed by Roberto Doveris

Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
Balcony (UK)
Directed by Toby Fell-Holden

Special Mention
Kroppen är en ensam plats/The Body Is a Lonely Place (Sweden)
Directed by Ida Lindgren

International Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

Grand Prix Best Feature Film
Las plantas/Plants (Chile)
Directed by Roberto Doveris

Special Mention
Zhaleika (Germany, Bulgaria)
Directed by Eliza Petkova
Produced by the German Film and Television Academy Berlin in cooperation with the New Bulgarian University

Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film
O Noapte in Tokoriki/ A Night in Tokoriki (Romania)
Directed by Roxana Stroe

Special Mention
Kroppen är en ensam plats/ The Body Is a Lonely Place (Sweden)
Directed by Ida Lindgren

Prizes of the Independent Juries

Ecumenical Jury

Competition
Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Panorama
Les premiers, les derniers/The First, the Last (France, Belgium)
Directed by by Bouli Lanners

Forum

Barakah yoqabil Barakah /Barakah Meets Barakah (Saudi Arabia)
Directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh

ex aequo

Les Sauteurs /Those Who Jump (Denmark)
Directed by Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner and Moritz Siebert

FIPRESCI Prizes

Competition
Smrt u Sarajevu / Death in Sarajevo (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Danis Tanović
Produced by Margo Films (France) and CCA/pro.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Coproduced with France 3 Cinema.

Panorama
Aloys (Switzerland, France)
Directed by Tobias Nölle

Forum
The Revolution Won't Be Televised (Senegal)
Directed by Rama Thiaw

Guild of German Art House Cinemas Prize
24 Wochen/24 Weeks (Germany)
Directed by Anne Zohra Berrached

CICAE Art Cinema Prizes

Panorama
Grüße aus Fukushima /Fukushima, mon Amour (Germany)
Directed by Doris Dörrie

Forum
Ilegitim /Illegitimate (Romania, Poland, France)
Directed by Adrian Sitaru
Produced by Domestic Film (RO), Film Produkcja (PL) and Damned Films (FR)
Sales: Versatile Films

Label Europa Cinemas Prize
Les premiers, les derniers/The First, the Last (France, Belgium)
Directed by Bouli Lanners

Special Mention
On the Other Side (Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Zrinko Ogresta
Produced by Interfilm and Zillion Films
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Sales: Cercamon

Teddy Awards

Best Feature Film
Kater /Tomcat (Austria)
Directed by Händl Klaus

Best Documentary/Essay Film
Kiki (Sweden)
Directed by Sara Jordenö

Best Short Film
Moms On Fire /Moms On Fire (Sweden)
Directed by Joanna Rytel

Special Jury Award
Nunca vas a estar solo /You'll Never Be Alone (Chile)
Directed by Alex Anwandter

Special Teddy Award
Christine Vachon

Made in Germany Perspektive Fellowship
Janna Ji Wonders script treatment for Walchensee Forever (Germany)

Caligari Film Prize
Akher ayam el madina /In the Last Days of the City (Egypt, Germany, UK, United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Tamer El Said

Special Mention
Tempestad (Mexico)
Directed by Tatiana Huezo

Special Mention
The Revolution Won't Be Televised (Senegal)
Directed by Rama Thiaw

Peace Film Prize
Makhdoumin /A Maid for Each (Lebanon, France, Norway, United Arab Emirates)
Directed by Maher Abi Samra

Amnesty International Film Prizes

Competition
Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Generation
Royahaye Dame Sobh/Starless Dreams (Iran)
Directed by Mehrdad Oskouei

Heiner Carow Prize
Grüße aus Fukushima/Fukushima, mon Amour (Germany)
Directed by Doris Dörrie

Readers’ Juries and Audience Awards

Panorama Audience Awards

Fiction Film
Junction 48/Junction 48 (Israel, Germany, UK)
Directed by Udi Aloni

Documentary Film
Who's Gonna Love Me Now? /Who's Gonna Love Me Now? (Israel, UK)
Directed by Barak Heymann and Tomer Heymann

Teddy Audience Award
Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau /Paris 05:59 (France)
Directed by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel

Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Award
Fuocoammare/Fire at Sea (Italy, France)
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award
Nikdy nejsme sami /We Are Never Alone (Czech Republic, France)
Directed by Petr Vaclav
Produced by Mimesis Film
Coproduced by Czech Television and Cinema Defacto in France
Supported by the Czech State Cinematography Fund

Manner Magazin Readers’ Award
Mãe só há uma /Don't Call Me Son (Brazil)
Directed by Anna Muylaert
Prizes Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents

Arte International Prize
Alvaro Brechner (Spain) for Memories from the Cell

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
Cinéma Defacto (France) and Proton Cinema (Hungary) for Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Director: Pierre Földes

Special Mention

Tornasol Films (Spain) for Memories from the Cell
Director: Alvaro Brechner

Amrion (Estonia) for The Little Comrade
Director: Moonika Siimets
Producer Riina Sildos

VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award
Producer Max Serdiuk (Ukraine) for Tank