Italian Documentary Caesar Must Die Wins Golden Bear at 2012 Berlin International Film Festival

The Italian film, Caesar Must Die, (Cesare deve morire) by directors Paolo & Vittorio Taviani was awarded the top prize, the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani spent six months following rehearsals for the stage production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar; their film demonstrates how the universality of Shakespeare’s language helps the actors to understand their roles and immerse themselves in the bard’s interplay of friendship and betrayal, power, dishonesty and violence. This documentary does not dwell on the crimes these men have committed in their ‘real’ lives; rather, it draws parallels between this classical drama and the world of today, describes the commitment displayed by all those involved and shows how their personal hopes and fears also flow into the performance.

All the awards – official and independent juries – of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival

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 AWARD-SILVER BEAR
L’enfant d’en haut (Sister) by Ursula Meier

BEST FIRST FEATURE JURY

BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD, endowed with 50,000 Euros, funded by GWFF
Kauwboy by Boudewijn Koole
(Generation Kplus)

SPECIAL MENTION
Tepenin Ardi (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 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 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
Kikoeteru, furi wo sita dake (Just Pretended To Hear) by Kaori Imaizumi

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Julian by Matthew Moore

SPECIAL MENTION
B I N O by Billie Pleffer
Youth Jury Generation 14plus

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Lal Gece (Night of Silence) by Reis Çelik

SPECIAL MENTION
Kronjuvelerna (The Crown Jewels) by Ella Lemhagen

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
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 by Boudewijn Koole

SPECIAL MENTION
GATTU by Rajan Khosa

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
B I N O by Billie Pleffer

SPECIAL MENTION
L by Thais Fujinaga

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition: Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Special Mention: Rebelle (War Witch), by Kim Nguyen
Panorama: Die Wand (The Wall), by Julian Roman Pölsler
Special Mention: Parada (The Parade), by Srdjan Dragojevic
Forum: La demora (The Delay), by Rodrigo Plá

FIPRESCI PRIZES
Competition: Tabu (Tabu), by Miguel Gomes
Panorama: L’âge atomique (Atomic Age), by Héléna Klotz
Forum: 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
Panorama 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
Best Feature Film: Keep The Lights On (Keep The Lights On), by Ira Sachs
Best Documentary Film: Call Me Kuchu (Call Me Kuchu), by Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright
Best Short: Film Loxoro (Loxoro), by Claudia Llosa
Teddy Jury Award: Jaurés (Jaurés), by Vincent Dieutre

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 Ardi (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

PanoramaAudienceAward PPP – fiction film
Parada (The Parade), by Srdjan Dragojevic

PanoramaAudienceAward 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