The Iranian film There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof won the top prize, the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film also won the Guild Film Prize. Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned from leaving Iran and was unable to accept the Golden Bear in person.
Four stories about the death penalty in Iran comprise There Is No Evil – Heshmat, an exemplary husband and father, gets up very early every day. Where does he go? Pouya cannot imagine killing another man, yet he is told he must do so. Javad doesn’t know that proposing to his beloved won’t be the only surprise on her birthday. Bahram is a physician but is unable to practice medicine. He has decided to explain to his visiting niece the reason for his life as an outcast.
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producers)
Sheytan vojud nadarad
There Is No Evil
Es gibt kein Böses
by Mohammad Rasoulof
produced by Mohammad Rasoulof, Kaveh Farnam, Farzad Pak
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
by Eliza Hittman
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Hong Sangsoo for
Domangchin yeoja (The Woman Who Ran | Die Frau, die rannte)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Paula Beer in
Undine by Christian Petzold
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Elio Germano in
Volevo nascondermi (Hidden Away) by Giorgio Diritti
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
D’Innocenzo Brothers for Favolacce (Bad Tales) by D’Innocenzo Brothers
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Jürgen Jürges for the cinematography in
DAU. Natasha by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
SILVER BEAR — 70TH BERLINALE
Effacer l’historique
Delete History
by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
PRIZES OF THE ENCOUNTERS JURY
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD endowed with € 50,000, funded by GWFF
Los conductos
by Camilo Restrepo
produced by Helen Olive, Martin Bertier, Felipe Guerrero
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Irradiés
Irradiated
by Rithy Panh
produced by Catherine Dussart
SPECIAL MENTION
Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt
Notes from the Underworld
by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
produced by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
T
by Keisha Rae Witherspoon
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Filipiñana
by Rafael Manuel
AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD
Genius Loci
by Adrien Mérigeau
BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad
by Mili Pecherer
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Sweet Thing
Streuner und Banditen
by Alexandre Rockwell
SPECIAL MENTION
H Is for Happiness
Das Blubbern von Glück
by John Sheedy
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
El nombre del hijo
The Name of the Son
Der Name des Sohnes
by Martina Matzkin
SPECIAL MENTION
El sghayra
Miss
Die Kleine
by Amira Géhanne Khalfallah
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best feature-length film
Los lobos
Die Wölfe
by Samuel Kishi Leopo
SPECIAL MENTION
Mignonnes
Cuties
Die Süßen
by Maïmouna Doucouré
SPECIAL MENTION
Mamá, mamá, mamá
Mum, Mum, Mum
by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best short film
El nombre del hijo
The Name of the Son
Der Name des Sohnes
by Martina Matzkin
SPECIAL MENTION
The Kites
Der Papierdrache
by Seyed Payam Hosseini
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Notre-Dame du Nil
Our Lady of the Nile
by Atiq Rahimi
SPECIAL MENTION
White Riot
by Rubika Shah
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Clebs
Mutts
by Halima Ouardiri
SPECIAL MENTION
Goodbye Golovin
by Mathieu Grimard
International Jury Generation 14plus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best feature-length film
Meu nome é Bagdá
My Name Is Baghdad
by Caru Alves de Souza
SPECIAL MENTION
Kaze no Denwa
Voices in the Wind
by Nobuhiro Suwa
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the Best short film
Clebs Mutts
by Halima Ouardiri
SPECIAL MENTION
White Winged Horse
by Mahyar Mandegar
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil | Es gibt kein Böses) by Mohammad Rasoulof
Panorama
Otac (Father) by Srdan Golubović
Special Mention: Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures
Forum
Seishin 0 (Zero) by Kazuhiro Soda
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition
Undine by Christian Petzold
Encounters
A metamorfose dos pássaros (The Metamorphosis of Birds) by Catarina Vasconcelos
Panorama
Mogul Mowgli by Bassam Tariq
Special Mention: A l’abordage by Guillaume Brac
Forum
The Twentieth Century by Matthew Rankin
Special Mention: Ouvertures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble
GUILD FILM PRIZE
There is no Evil (There Is No Evil | Es gibt kein Böses) by Mohammad Rasoulof
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama
Digger by Georgis Grigorakis
Forum
Ping jing (The Calming) by Song Fang
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Håp (Hope) by Maria Sødahl
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings) by Faraz Shariat
Nominated: Shirley by Josephine Decker and The Twentieth Century by Matthew Rankin
Best Documentary/Essay Film
Si c’était de l’amour (If It Were Love) by Patric Chiha
Nominated: La casa dell’amore (The House of Love) by Luca Ferri and Petite fille (Little Girl) by Sébastien Lifshitz
Best Short Film
Playback. Ensayo de una despedida (Playback) by Agustina Comedi Nominated: Genius Loci by Adrien Mérigeau, Extractions by Thirza Cuthand and Untitled Sequence of Gaps by Vika Kirchenbauer
Jury Award
Rizi (Days) by Tsai Ming-Liang
Teddy Activist Award
Olga Baranova, Maxim Lapunov, David Isteev
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Victoria by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere
PEACE FILM PRIZE
Los lobos (Die Wölfe) by Samuel Kishi Leopo
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
Welcome to Chechnya by David France
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Garagenvolk (Garage People) by Natalija Yefimkina
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
Walchensee Forever by Janna Ji Wonders
AG KINO GILDE 14plus
Jumbo by Zoé Wittock
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Feature Film
Otac (Father) by Srdan Golubović
Documentary Film
Welcome to Chechnya by David France
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Effacer l’historique (Delete History) by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino (Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine) by Alex Piperno
TEDDY READERS’ AWARD POWERED BY QUEER.DE
Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings) by Faraz Shariat
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
KOMPAGNON-FELLOWSHIP
Arctic Link by Ian Purnell (Berlinale Talents 2020)
111 by Hristiana Raykova (Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2019 Alumna)
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
The Melting by Veerle Baetens, produced by Savage Film (Belgium)
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Liman Film & b.i.t arts (Turkey) for There Are Two Kinds of People in This World (Director: Onur Saylak)
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD
Producer Jón Hammer (Faroe Islands) for The Last Paradise on Earth (Director: Sakaris Stórá)
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