Synonymes (Synonyms) by Nadav Lapid won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. Based on his own experiences, Nadav Lapid explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.
Based on the real case of Father Bernard Preynat who in 2016 was charged with sexually assaulting around 70 boys in Lyon, Grâce à Dieu (By the Grace of God) by François Ozon was awarded the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
69th Berlin International Film Festival Award Winners
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
Golden Bear for Best Film
Synonymes (Synonyms)
by Nadav Lapid
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Grâce à Dieu (By the Grace of God)
by François Ozon
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Systemsprenger (System Crasher)
by Nora Fingscheidt
Silver Bear for Best Director
Angela Schanelec for
Ich war zuhause, aber (I Was at Home, But)
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Yong Mei in
Di jiu tian chang (So Long, My Son) by Wang Xiaoshuai
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Wang Jingchun in
Di jiu tian chang (So Long, My Son) by Wang Xiaoshuai
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Savianofor
La paranza dei bambini (Piranhas) by Claudio Giovannesi
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Rasmus Videbæk for the cinematography in
Ut og stjæle hester (Out Stealing Horses) by Hans Petter Moland
PRIZES OF INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Umbra
by Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell
Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
Blue Boy
by Manuel Abramovich
Audi Short Film Award
Rise
by Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca
Special Mention
Omarska by Varun Sasindran
Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards 2019
Suc de síndria (Watermelon Juice)
by Irene Moray
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
Oray
by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Producers: Bastian Klügel, Claus Reichel
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL – DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Talking About Trees
by Suhaib Gasmelbari
Producer: Marie Balducchi
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
PRIZE WINNER COMPETITION 2019
Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya)
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
PRIZE WINNER PANORAMA 2019
Buoyancy
by Rodd Rathjen
Special Mention
Midnight Traveler von Hassan Fazili
PRIZE WINNER FORUM 2019
Erde (Earth)
by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
PRIZE WINNER COMPETITION 2019
Synonymes (Synonyms)
by Nadav Lapid
PRIZE WINNER PANORAMA 2019
Dafne
by Federico Bondi
PRIZE WINNER FORUM 2019
Die Kinder der Toten
by Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska
GUILD FILM PRIZE
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya)
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
PRIZE WINNER PANORAMA 2019
37 Seconds
by HIKARI
PRIZE WINNER FORUM 2019
Nos défaites (Our Defeats)
by Jean-Gabriel Périot
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Šavovi (Stitches)
by Miroslav Terzić
TEDDY AWARD
BEST FEATURE FILM 2019
Breve historia del planeta verde (Brief Story from the Green Planet)
by Santiago Loza
Nominated: Greta by Armando Praça and Der Boden unter den Füßen (The Ground beneath My Feet) by Marie Kreutzer
BEST DOCUMENTARY/ESSAY FILM 2019
Lemebel
by Joanna Reposi Garibaldi
Nominated: Searching Eva by Pia Hellenthal and Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991 by Marion Scemama
BEST SHORT FILM 2019
Entropia
by Flóra Anna Buda
Nominated: Lidérc úr (Mr. Mare) by Luca Tóth and Parsi by Eduardo Williams, Mariano Blatt
SPECIAL JURY AWARD 2019
A Dog Barking at the Moon
by Xiang Zi
SPECIAL TEDDY AWARD 2019
Falk Richter
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit (Heimat Is A Space in Time)
by Thomas Heise
PEACE FILM PRIZE
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Espero tua (re)volta (Your Turn)
by Eliza Capai
Special Mention
Système K by Renaud Barret
Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Espero tua (re)volta (Your Turn)
by Eliza Capai
Readers’ Juries and Audience Awards
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Schönheit & Vergänglichkeit
by Annekatrin Hendel
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
PRIZE WINNER FICTION FILM 2019
37 Seconds
by HIKARI
2nd place
Šavovi (Stitches) by Miroslav Terzić
3rd place
Buoyancy by Rodd Rathjen
PRIZE WINNER DOCUMENTARY FILM 2019
Talking About Trees
by Suhaib Gasmelbari
2nd place
Midnight Traveler by Hassan Fazili
3rd place
Shooting the Mafia by Kim Longinotto
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Systemsprenger (System Crasher)
by Nora Fingscheidt
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Monștri. (Monsters.)
by Marius Olteanu
TEDDY READERS’ AWARD POWERED BY QUEER.DE
AWARD WINNER 2019
Breve historia del planeta verde (Brief Story from the Green Planet)
by Santiago Loza
Development Awards
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
Born in Evin by Maryam Zaree
KOMPAGNON-FELLOWSHIP
Transit Times by Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
A Responsible Adult by Shira Geffen, produced by Marker Films (Israel)
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Avalon PC (Spain) for Alcarràs (director: Carla Simón)
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD
Producer Vincenzo Cavallo (Kenya) for Bufis (director: Mahad Ahmed)
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