Caesar Must Die Leads Berlinale Winners
Congrats to the Taviani Bros. (who?), the inveterate sibling filmmakers whose Shakespeare-in-prison semi-doc Caesar Must Die has claimed the top prize at this year's Berlinale. Stephanie Zacharek has more about the Golden Bear winner in her review from Berlin — along with more about Barbara, whose own helmer, Christian Petzold, won the festival's Best Director award. (Tabu and Sister nabbed hardware as well.) As Stephanie predicted, Caesar Must Die secured U.S. distribution in this week in Berlin and will be Stateside later this year; stay tuned to Movieline for details about how and when you can see it, and read on for the complete list of winners. Congrats to all!
GOLDEN BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die)
by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
JURY GRAND PRIX-SILVER BEAR
Csak a szél (Just The Wind)
by Bence Fliegauf
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Christian Petzold for Barbara (Barbara)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Rachel Mwanza in Rebelle (War Witch) by Kim Nguyen
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard in En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) by Nikolaj Arcel
SILVER BEAR FOR AN OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Lutz Reitemeier for the photography in Bai lu yuan (White Deer Plain) by Wang Quan’an
SILVER BEAR FOR THE BEST SCRIPT
Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg for En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) by Nikolaj Arcel
ALFRED BAUER PRIZE, awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation: Tabu by Miguel Gomes
SPECIAL PRIZE-SILVER BEAR
L’enfant d’en haut (Sister) by Ursula Meier
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD, endowed with 50,000 Euros, funded by GWFF
Kauwboy Kauwboy by Boudewijn Koole
(Generation Kplus)
SPECIAL MENTION
Tepenin Ardı Beyond the Hill by Emin Alper
(Forum)
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR
Rafa by João Salaviza
THE JURY PRIZE – SILVER BEAR
Gurehto Rabitto The Great Rabbit by Atsushi Wada
SPECIAL MENTION
Licuri Surf Licuri Surf by Guile Martins
EFA SHORT FILM NOMINEE BERLIN
Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garçon Two Ships
by Justine Triet
DAAD SHORT FILM PRIZE: The Man that Got Away The Man that Got Away by Trevor Anderson
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM: Arcadia by Olivia Silver
SPECIAL MENTION: Just Pretended To Hear by Kaori Imaizumi
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM: Julian by Matthew Moore
SPECIAL MENTION: BINO by Billie Pleffer
Youth Jury Generation 14 plus, CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM: Night of Silence by Reis Çelik
SPECIAL MENTION Kronjuvelerna The Crown Jewels by Ella Lemhagen
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM: Meathead Meathead by Sam Holst
SPECIAL MENTION 663114 by Isamu Hirabayashi
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR THE BEST FILM: Kauwboy Kauwboy by Boudewijn Koole
SPECIAL MENTION: GATTU by Rajan Khosa
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM: BINO by Billie Pleffer
SPECIAL MENTION: L by Thais Fujinaga
Competition Panorama Forum
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Rebelle (War Witch), by Kim Nguyen
Die Wand (The Wall), by Julian Roman
Pölsler Parada (The Parade), by Srdjan Dragojevic
La demora (The Delay), by Rodrigo Plá
Tabu (Tabu), by Miguel Gomes
L’âge atomique (Atomic Age), by Héléna Klotz Hemel (Hemel), by Sacha Polak
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS: À moi seule (Coming Home), by Frédéric Videau
C.I.C.A.E. PRIZE: Death For Sale (Death for Sale), by Faouzi Bensaïdi Forum Kazoku no kuni (Our Homeland), by Yang Yonghi
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS: My Brother The Devil (My Brother The Devil), by Sally El Hosaini
Special Mention: Dollhouse (Dollhouse), by Kirsten Sheridan
TEDDY AWARDS
Keep The Lights On (Keep The Lights On), by Ira Sachs
Call Me Kuchu (Call Me Kuchu), by Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright
Loxoro (Loxoro), by Claudia Llosa
Jaurés (Jaurés), by Vincent Dieutre
INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP, endowed with 15,000 Euros, funded by Glashütte Original
Annekatrin Hendel for Disko (Disco)
DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, funded by the German-French Youth Office This Ain’t California (This Ain’t California), by Marten Persiel
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Tepenin Ardı (Beyond the Hill), by Emin Alper
Special Mentions
Bagrut Lochamim (Soldier / Citizen), by Silvina Landsmann Escuela normal (Normal School), by Celina Murga
Jaurès (Jaurès), by Vincent Dieutre
NETPAC PRIZE
Paziraie Sadeh (Modest Reception), by Mani Haghighi
PEACE FILM AWARD
Csak a szél (Just The Wind), by Bence Fliegauf
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE Csak a szél (Just The Wind), by Bence Fliegauf
CINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE
Call Me Kuchu (Call Me Kuchu), by Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
Panorama Audience Award PPP – fiction film: Parada (The Parade), by Srdjan Dragojevic
Panorama Audience Award PPP – documentary film: Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present (Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present), by Matthew Akers
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ PRIZE Barbara (Barbara), by Christian Petzold
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ PRIZE
La demora (The Delay), by Rodrigo Plá
SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ AWARD
Parada (The Parade), by Srdjan Dragojevic
Special Mention
Call Me Kuchu (Call Me Kuchu), by Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright
PRIZE OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS SCORE COMPETITION
Christoph Fleischmann (Germany)
BERLIN TODAY AWARD
Rafael Balulu (Israel) for Batman At The Checkpoint (Batman At The Checkpoint)
Special Mention
David Lalé (United Kingdom) for White Lobster (White Lobster)
[via Deadline]