02-03-2020

FNE at Berlinale 2020: Prize Winners: There Is No Evil Wins Prize for Best Film

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    BERLIN: The 70th Berlin Film Festival (20 February - 1 March 2020) awarded its top prize the Golden Bear for Best Film in the main competition to the German/Czech/Iranian coproduction There Is No Evil / Sheytan vojud nadarad directed by Mohammad Rasoulof and produced by Cosmopol Film (Germany), Europe Media Nest (Czech Republic), Filminiran (Iran).

    Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof was unable to attend the festival as he is currently banned from leaving Iran. His producer Farzad Pak accepted the prize on his behalf. The winning film is a highly critical look at the death penalty in Iran.

    The first edition of the Berlinale under the direction of Executive Director Mariette Rissenbeek and Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian. The film also won the Ecumenical Prize for best film in the main competition.

    The Romanian director Cristi Puiu won the Best Director prize in the festival’s new Encounters section for his Malmkrog, a coproduction between Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia, produced by Mandragora and coproduced by iadasarecasa (RO), SENSE Production (RS), Cinnamon Films (RS), Film i Väst (SE), Doppelganger (SE), Bord Cadre Films (CH), Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo (BA), Sisters and Brothers Mitevski (MK).

    Father / Otac (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) directed by Srdan Golubović and produced by Baš Čelik in coproduction with Propeler Film, Vertigo and SCCA/Pro.Ba won the Ecumenical Prize for best film in the Panorama section. The film also won the Panorama Audience Award.

    Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedz z tego miasta (Poland) directed by Mariusz Wilczyński and produced by Studio Wilka won the Ecumenical prize for best film in the Encounters section.

    Film New Europe together with the international critics organisation FIPRESCI polled 16 critics from different countries attending the festival. The results of how the critics rated the films in the Main Competition, Panorama and Forum can be seen HERE.

    Main Competition

    Golden Bear For Best Film (awarded to the film’s producers)
    There Is No Evil / Sheytan vojud nadarad (Germany, Czech Republic, Iran) Competition
    Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
    Produced by Cosmopol Film (Germany), Europe Media Nest (Czech Republic) Filminiran (Iran)
    Sales: Films Boutique

    Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
    Never Rarely Sometimes Always (USA)
    Directed by Eliza Hittman

    Best Director
    Hong Sangsoo for
    The Woman Who Ran / Domangchin yeoja (Korea)

    Best Actress
    Paula Beer in
    Undine (Germany, France)
    Directed by Christian Petzold

    Best Actor
    Elio Germano in
    Hidden Away / Volevo nascondermi (Italy)
    Directed by Giorgio Diritti

    Best Screenplay
    Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo for
    Bad Tales/ Favolacce (Italy, Switzerland)
    Directed by Damiano and Fabio D’’Innocenzo

    Outstanding Artistic Contribution
    Jürgen Jürges for the cinematography in
    DAU. Natasha (Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russian Federation)
    Directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel

    Silver Bear 70th Berlinale
    Delete History / Effacer l’historique (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern

    Encounters Prizes

    Best Film
    The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) / Werke und Tage (der Tayoko Shiojiri im Shiotanibecken) (USA, Sweden, Japan, UK)
    Directed by C W Winter and Anders Edström

    Special Jury Award
    The Trouble With Being Born (Austria, Germany)
    Directed by Sandra Wollner

    Best Director
    Malmkrog (Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia) Encounters
    Directed by Cristi Puiu
    Produced by Mandragora (RO)
    Coproduced by iadasarecasa (RO), SENSE Production (RS), Cinnamon Films (RS),  Film i Väst (SE), Doppelganger (SE), Bord Cadre Films (CH), Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo (BA), Sisters and Brothers Mitevski (MK)
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Romanian Television (TVR), Studioul de Creație Cinematografică al Ministerului Culturii, Republic of Serbia - Ministry of Culture and Information, Film Center Serbia, Canton Sarajevo - Ministry of Culture and Sports, the North Macedonia Film Agency
    Sales: Shellac

    Special Mention
    Isabella (Argentina, France)
    Directed by Matías Piñeiro

    GWFF Best First Feature Award
    Los Conductos (France, Colunbia, Brazil)
    Directed by Camilo Restrepo

    Special Mention
    Naked Animals / Nackte Tiere (Germany)
    Directed by Melanie Waelde

    Berlinale Documentary Award
    Irradiated / Irradiés
    Directed by Rithy Panh

    Special Mention
    Notes from the Underworld / Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt (Austria)
    Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

    International Short Film Awards

    Best Short Film
    T (USA)
    Directed by Keisha Rae Witherspoon

    Short Film Jury Prize
    Filipiñana (Philippines, UK)
    Directed by Rafael Manuel

    Audi Short Film Prize
    Genius Loci (France)
    Directed by Adrien Mérigeau

    Berlin Short Film Candidate for European Film Awards
    It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad (France)
    Directed by Mili Pecherer

    Generation

    Children’s Jury Generation Kplus

    Best Film
    Sweet Thing / Streuner und Banditen (USA)
    Directed by Alexandre Rockwell

    Special Mention
    H Is for Happiness / Das Blubbern von Glück (Australia)
    Directed by John Sheedy

    Best Short Film
    The Name of the Son / El nombre del hijo (Argentina)
    Directed by Martina Matzkin

    Special Mention
    Miss / El sghayra (Algeria)
    Directed by Amira Géhanne Khalfallah

    International Jury Generation Kplus Prizes

    Best Feature Film
    The Wolves / Los lobos (Mexico)
    Directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo

    Special Mention
    Cuties / Mignonnes (France)
    Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré

    Special Mention
    Mum, Mum, Mum / Mamá, mamá, mamá (Argentina)
    Directed by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière

    Best Short Film
    The Name of the Son / El nombre del hijo (Argentina)
    Directed by Martina Matzkin

    Special Mention
    The Kites / Der Papierdrache (Iran)
    Directed by Seyed Payam Hosseini

    Youth Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

    Best Film
    Our Lady of the Nile / Notre-Dame du Nil (France)
    Directed by Atiq Rahimi

    Special Mention
    White Riot (UK)
    Directed by Rubika Shah

    Best Short Film
    Clebs / Mutts (Canada, Morocco)
    Directed by Halima Ouardiri

    Special Mention
    Goodbye Golovin (Canada)
    Directed by Mathieu Grimard

    International Jury Generation 14plus Prizes

    Best Film
    My Name Is Baghdad / Meu nome é Bagdá (Brazil)
    Directed by Caru Alves de Souza

    Special Mention
    Voices in the Wind / Kaze no Denwa (Japan)
    Directed by Nobuhiro Suwa

    Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film
    Clebs / Mutts (Canada, Morocco)
    Directed by Halima Ouardiri

    Special Mention
    White Winged Horse (Iran)
    Directed by Mahyar Mandegar

    Prizes of the Independent Juries

    Ecumenical Prizes

    Competition
    There Is No Evil / Sheytan vojud nadarad (Germany, Czech Republic, Iran) Competition
    Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
    Produced by Cosmopol Film (Germany), Europe Media Nest (Czech Republic) Filminiran (Iran)
    Sales: Films Boutique

    Panorama
    Father / Otac (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Panorama / World premiere
    Directed by Srdan Golubović
    Produced by Baš Čelik
    Coproduced by Propeler Film, Vertigo, SCCA/Pro.Ba
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Center, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Film Fund, France’s CNC - Cinéma du Monde, Germany’s MDM Fund, ZDF Arte, Eurimages and the MEDIA Creative Europe
    Sales: The Match Factory

    Encounters
    Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedz z tego miasta (Poland) Encounters
    Directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
    Produced by Studio Wilka
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Special Mention
    Saudi Runaway (Switzerland)
    Directed by Susanne Regina Meures

    Forum
    Zero / Seishin O (Japan, USA)
    Directed by Kazuhiro Soda

    FIPRESCI Prizes

    Competition
    Undine (Germany, France)
    Directed by Christian Petzold

    Encounters
    The Metamorphosis of Birds / A Metamorfose dos passaros (Portugal)
    Directed by Catarina Vasconcelos

    Panorama
    Mogul Mowgli (UK)
    Directed by Bassam Tariq

    Special Mention
    A l’abordage (France)
    Directed by Guillaume Brac

    Forum
    The Twentieth Century (Canada)
    Directed by Matthew Rankin

    Special Mention
    Ouvertures (UK, France)
    Directed by The Living and the Dead Ensemble

    Guild Film Prize
    There Is No Evil / Sheytan vojud nadarad (Germany, Czech Republic, Iran) Competition
    Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

    CICAE Art Cinema Award

    Panorama
    Digger (Greece, France)
    Directed by Georgis Grigorakis

    Forum
    The Calming / Ping jing (China)
    Directed by Song Fang

    Label Europa Cinemas
    Hope / Håp (Norway, Sweden)
    Directed by Maria Sødahl

    Teddy Awards

    Best Feature Film
    No Hard Feelings / Futur Drei (Germany)
    Directed by Faraz Shariat

    Nominated
    Shirley (USA)
    Directed by Josephine Decker
    and
    The Twentieth Century (Canada)
    Directed by Matthew Rankin

    Best Documentary/Essay Film
    If It Were Love / Si c’était de l’amour (France)
    Directed by Patric Chiha

    Nominated
    The House of Love / La casa dell’amore (Italy)
    Directed by Luca Ferri
    and
    Little Girl / Petite fille (France)
    Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz

    Best Short Film
    Playback / Ensayo de una despedida (Argentina)
    Directed by Agustina Comedi

    Nominated
    Genius Loci (France)
    Directed by Adrien Mérigeau
    and
    Extractions (Canada)
    Directed by Thirza Cuthand
    and
    Untitled Sequence of Gaps (Germany)
    Directed by Vika Kirchenbauer

    Jury Award
    Days / Rizi (Taiwan)
    Directed by Tsai Ming-Liang

    Teddy Activist Award
    Olga Baranova, Maxim Lapunov, David Isteev

    Caligard Film Prize
    Victoria (Belgium)
    Directed by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere

    Peace Film Prize
    EACE FILM PRIZE
    The Wolves / Los lobos
    Directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo

    Amnesty International Film Award
    Welcome to Chechnya (USA)
    Directed by David France

    Heiner Carow Prize
    Garage People / Garagenvolk (Germany)
    Directed by Natalija Yefimkina

    Compass-Perspektive Award
    Walchensee Forever (Germany)
    Directed by Janna Ji Wonders

    AG Kino Gilde 14plus
    Jumbo (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
    Directed by Zoé Wittock

    Readers’ Juries and Audience Awards

    Panorama Audience Award
    Feature Film
    Father / Otac (Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Panorama / World premiere
    Directed by Srdan Golubović

    Documentary Film  Audience Award
    Welcome to Chechnya (USA)
    Directed by David France

    Berliner Morgenpost Readers Jury Award
    Delete History / Effacer l’historique (France, Belgium)
    Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern

    Tagesspiegel Readers Jury Award
    Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine / Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino (Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines)
    Directed by Alex Piperno

    Teddy Readers’ Award Powered By Queer.de
    No Hard Feelings / Futur Drei (Germany)
    Directed by Faraz Shariat

    Development Awards

    Kompagnon-Fellowship Award
    Arctic Link
    by Ian Purnell (Berlinale Talents 2020)
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    by Hristiana Raykova

    Artekino International Prize
    The Melting (Belgium)
    by Veerle Baetens
    Produced by Savage Film (Belgium)

    Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
    Liman Film & b.i.t arts (Turkey) for There Are Two Kinds of People in This World
    Director: Onur Saylak

    VFF Talent Highlight Award
    Producer Jón Hammer (Faroe Islands) for The Last Paradise on Earth
    Director: Sakaris Stórá