Taxi by Iranian director Jafar Panahi
Taxi by Iranian director Jafar Panahi was awarded Golden Bear for Best Film, at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
Panahi who is reportedly banned from filmmaking in Iran and not allowed to travel, said in an earlier statement, “I’m a filmmaker. I can’t do anything else but make films. Cinema is my expression and the meaning of my life. Nothing can prevent me from making films. Because when I’m pushed into the furthest corners I connect with my inner self. And in such private spaces, despite all limitations, the necessity to create becomes even more of an urge. Cinema as an Art becomes my main preoccupation. That is the reason why I have to continue making films under any circumstances to pay my respects and feel alive.”
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer)
Taxi Taxi by Jafar Panahi
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
El Club The Club by Pablo Larraín
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives
Ixcanul Ixcanul Volcano by Jayro Bustamante
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Radu Jude for Aferim! (Aferim!)
ex aequo Małgorzata Szumowska for Body (Body)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years (45 Years) by Andrew Haigh
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Tom Courtenay in 45 Years (45 Years) by Andrew Haigh
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Patricio Guzmán for El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button) by Patricio Guzmán
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION in the categories camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for the camera in Victoria (Victoria) by Sebastian Schipper
ex aequo Evgeniy Privin and Sergey Mikhalchuk for the camera in Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds) by Alexey German Jr.
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
600 Millas 600 Miles by Gabriel Ripstein
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
HOSANNA HOSANNA by Na Young-kil
BERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Dissonance Dissonance by Till Nowak
AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD
PLANET Σ PLANET Σ by Momoko Seto
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Min lilla syster My Skinny Sister by Sanna Lenken
SPECIAL MENTION
Dhanak Rainbow by Nagesh Kukunoor
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Hadiatt Abi Gift of My Father by Salam Salman
SPECIAL MENTION
The Tie The Tie by An Vrombaut
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature-length film,
Dhanak Rainbow by Nagesh Kukunoor
SPECIAL MENTION
Min lilla syster My Skinny Sister by Sanna Lenken
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film
Giovanni en het waterballet Giovanni and the Water Ballet by Astrid Bussink
SPECIAL MENTION
Agnes Agnes by Anja Lind
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Flocken Flocking by Beata Gårdeler
SPECIAL MENTION
Prins Prince by Sam de Jong
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
A Confession A Confession by Petros Silvestros
SPECIAL MENTION
Nelly Nelly by Chris Raiber
International Jury Generation 14plus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature-length film
The Diary of a Teenage Girl The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Marielle Heller
SPECIAL MENTION
Nena Nena by Saskia Diesing
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film
Coach Coach by Ben Adler
SPECIAL MENTION
Tuolla puolen Reunion by Iddo Soskolne and Janne Reinikainen
PRIZES OF INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button) by Patricio Guzmán
Panorama
Ned Rifle (Ned Rifle) by Hal Hartley
Forum
Histoire de Judas (Story of Judas) by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition
Taxi (Taxi) by Jafar Panahi
Panorama
Paridan az Ertefa Kam (A Minor Leap Down) by Hamed Rajabi
Forum
Il gesto delle mani (Hand Gestures) by Francesco Clerici
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Victoria (Victoria) by Sebastian Schipper
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama
Que Horas Ela Volta? (The Second Mother) by Anna Muylaert
Forum
Zurich (Zurich) by Sacha Polak
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Mot Naturen (Out of Nature) by Ole Giæver and Marte Vold
TEDDY AWARD
Best Feature Film
Nasty Baby (Nasty Baby) by Sebastián Silva
Best Documentary/Essay Film
El hombre nuevo (The New Man) by Aldo Garay
Best Short Film
San Cristóbal (San Cristóbal) by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo
Teddy Jury Award
Stories of Our Lives (Stories of Our Lives) by Jim Chuchu
MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP
Oskar Sulowski for Rosebuds
FGYO-AWARD DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE
Ein idealer Ort (A Perfect Place) by Anatol Schuster
Lobende Erwähnung
Im Sommer wohnt er unten (Summers Downstairs) by Tom Sommerlatte C
ALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III (Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III) by Kidlat Tahimik
PEACE FILM PRIZE
The Look of Silence (The Look of Silence) by Joshua Oppenheimer
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year (Tell Spring Not to Come This Year) by Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin (B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin) by Jörg A. Hoppe, Klaus Maeck and Heiko Lange
THINK:FILM AWARD
Oskar Dawicki in The Performer (Oskar Dawicki in The Performer) by Łukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczański
ex aequo
Untitled (Human Mask) (Untitled (Human Mask)) by Pierre Huyghe
Lobende Erwähnung
Thamaniat wa ushrun laylan wa bayt min al-sheir (Twenty-Eight Nights and A Poem) by Akram Zaatari
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARD
Panorama Audience Award fiction film
Que Horas Ela Volta? (The Second Mother) by Anna Muylaert
Panorama Audience Award documentary film
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year (Tell Spring Not to Come This Year) by Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Victoria (Victoria) by Sebastian Schipper
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
Flotel Europa (Flotel Europa) by Vladimir Tomic
ELSE – SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ JURY AWARD
Zui Sheng Meng Si (Thanatos, Drunk) by Chang Tso-Chi
PRIZES BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & BERLINALE TALENTS
ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Marcela Said (Chile) for Los Perros
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Emily Atef (Germany) for 3 Days in Quiberon
Special Mention
Syllas Tsoumerkas (Greece) for The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT PITCH AWARD
Director Abner Benaim (Panama) and producer Gema Juarez Allen (Argentina) for Biencuidao
DOLBY® ATMOS POLICY TRAILER
Warren Santiago (Thailand/ Philippines)
BERLINALE TALENTS DOC STATION DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Marouan Omara (Egypt) for Dream Away