Asghar Farhadi’s “Nader and Simin, A Separation” was the big winner at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival, taking the Golden Bear for best film, with best actor and actress prizes split among the films’ ensemble male and female cast, which included the director’s teenage daughter, Sarina.
About the film: Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. She has already made all the necessary arrangements. Nader, however, is having second thoughts. He is worried about leaving behind his father, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s. For this reason he decides to call off the trip altogether. As a result of Nader’s decision, Simin decides to sue for divorce at the family court. When her request is rejected, however, she refuses to live with Nader, moving instead into her parents’ home. Termeh decides to stay with her father, hoping that her mother will soon come back to live with them. Nader finds it difficult to cope with the new situation – not least because it turns out to be so time-consuming. And so he hires a young woman named Razieh to look after his father. This young woman is pregnant and has accepted the job without her husband’s knowledge. One day, Nader arrives home to find that not only has his father been left alone, he has also been tied to a table! When Razieh returns, a blazing row ensues, the tragic consequences of which not only shatter Nader’s life, but also the image his daughter Termeh has of her father.| Berlin Film Festival
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
Nader And Simin, A Separation by Asghar Farhadi
JURY GRAND PRIX-SILVER BEAR
A torinói ló
The Turin Horse by Béla Tarr
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Ulrich Köhler for
Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
to the actress-ensemble in
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation) by Asghar Farhadi
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
to the actor-ensemble in
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation) by Asghar Farhadi
SILVER BEAR FOR AN OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
IN THE CATEGORYCAMERA
Wojciech Staron for the camera in
El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch
TIE with
IN THE CATEGORY PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbara Enriquez for the production design in
El premio (The Prize) by Paula Markovitch
SILVER BEAR FOR THE BEST SCRIPT
Joshua Marston and
Andamion Murataj for
The Forgiveness Of Blood (The Forgiveness Of Blood) by Joshua Marston
ALFRED BAUER PRIZE, awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation
Wer wenn nicht wir
If Not Us, Who by Andres Veiel
BEST FIRST FEATURE JURY
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD, endowed with 50.000 Euros, founded by GWFF
On the Ice
On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
SPECIAL MENTION
The Guard
The Guard by John Michael McDonagh
and
Die Vaterlosen
The Fatherless by Marie Kreutzer
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR
Paranmanjang
Night Fishing by PARKing CHANce (PARK Chan-wook, PARK Chan-kyong)
THE JURY PRIZE – SILVER BEAR
Pu-Seo-Jin Bam
Broken Night by Yang Hyo-joo
SPECIAL MENTION
Fragen an meinen Vater
Questions to my Father by Konrad Mühe
EFA SHORT FILM NOMINEE BERLIN
Återfödelsen
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
DAAD SHORT FILM PRIZE
La Ducha
The Shower by Maria José San Martín
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Keeper’n til Liverpool
The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
SPECIAL MENTION
Mabul
The Flood by Guy Nattiv
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Lily
Lily by Kasimir Burgess
SPECIAL MENTION
Minnie Loves Junior
Minnie Loves Junior by Andy Mullins, Matthew Mullins
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
On the Ice
On the Ice by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
SPECIAL MENTION
Apflickorna
She Monkeys by Lisa Aschan
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Manurewa
Manurewa by Sam Peacocke
SPECIAL MENTION
Get Real!
Get Real! by Evert de Beijer
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR THE BEST FILM
Jutro bedzie lepiej
Tomorrow will be better by Dorata Kedzierzawska
SPECIAL MENTION
Keeper’n til Liverpool
The Liverpool Goalie by Arild Andresen
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Land Of The Heroes
Land Of The Heroes by Sahim Omar Kalifa
SPECIAL MENTION
Dimanche
Sunday by Patrick Doyon
INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition: Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
Special Mention: The Forgiveness Of Blood (The Forgiveness Of Blood), by Joshua Marston
Panorama: Lo Roim Alaich (Invisible), by Michal Aviad
Special Mention: Barzakh (Barzakh), by Mantas Kvedaravicius
Forum: En terrains connus (Familiar Grounds), by Stéphane Lafleur
Special Mention: De Engel van Doel (An Angel in Doel), by Tom Fassaert
FIPRESCI PRIZES
Competition: A torinói ló (The Turin Horse), by Béla Tarr
Panorama: Dernier étage gauche gauche (Top Floor Left Wing), by Angelo Cianci
Forum: Heaven’s Story (Heaven’s Story), by Zeze Takahisa
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who), by Andres Veiel
C.I.C.A.E. PRIZE
Panorama: Here (Here), by Braden King
Forum: Amnistia (Amnesty), by Bujar Alimani
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Über uns das All (Above Us Only Sky), by Jan Schomburg
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film: Ausente (Absent), by Marco Berger
Best Documentary Film: The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye), by Marie Losier
Best Short Film: Generations (Generations), by Barbara Hammer, Gina Carducci TIE with Maya Deren’s Sink (Maya Deren’s Sink), by Barbara Hammer
Teddy Jury Award: Tomboy (Tomboy), by Céline Sciamma
DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, endowed by the German-French Youth Office
Die Ausbildung (The Education), by Dirk Lütter
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye), by Marie Losier
NETPAC PRIZE
Heaven’s Story (Heaven’s Story), by Zeze Takahisa
Special Mention
Halaw (Ways of the Sea), by Sheron Dayoc
PEACE FILM AWARD
Jutro bedzie lepiej (Tomorrow will be better), by Dorota Kedzierzawska
Special Mention
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Barzakh (Barzakh), by Mantas Kvedaravicius
FEMINA FILM PRIZE
Julia Brandes for the costume in Lollipop Monster (Lollipop Monster) by Ziska Riemann (Perspektive Deutsches Kino)
CINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE
Bad o Meh (Wind & Fog), by Mohammad Ali Talebi
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
PanoramaAudienceAward PPP – fiction film
También la lluvia (Even The Rain), by Icíar Bollaín
PanoramaAudienceAward PPP – documentary film
Im Himmel, Unter der Erde. Der Jüdische Friedhof Weißensee (In Heaven Underground – The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery), by Britta Wauer
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ PRIZE
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin, A Separation), by Asghar Farhadi
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ PRIZE
Nesvatbov (Matchmaking Mayor), by Erika Hníková
SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ AWARD
Stadt Land Fluss (Harvest), by Benjamin Cantu
PRIZE OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS
SCORE COMPETITION
Felix Rösch (Germany)
BERLIN TODAY AWARD
Kyoko Miyake (UK/Japan) for Hackney Lullabies (Hackney Lullabies)
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