The French documentary On the Adamant (Sur l’Adamant) by Nicolas Philibert was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film profiles The Adamant, a unique floating day-care centre located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, that services adults suffering from mental disorders.
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM
(awarded to the film‘s producers)
Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant)
by Nicolas Philibert
produced by Céline Loiseau, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
Roter Himmel (Afire)
by Christian Petzold
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE
Mal Viver (Bad Living)
by João Canijo
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Philippe Garrel for
Le grand chariot (The Plough)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE
Sofía Otero in
20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Thea Ehre in
Bis ans Ende der Nacht (Till the End of the Night)
by Christoph Hochhäusler
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Angela Schanelec for
Music
by Angela Schanelec
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Hélène Louvart for the cinematography in
Disco Boy
by Giacomo Abbruzzese
PRIZES OF ENCOUNTERS JURY
BEST FILM
Here
by Bas Devos
BEST DIRECTOR
El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo)
by Tatiana Huezo
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
(ex aequo)
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado
and
Samsara
by Lois Patiño
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo)
by Tatiana Huezo
produced by Tatiana Huezo, Dalia Reyes
SPECIAL MENTION
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
Adentro mío estoy bailando (The Klezmer Project)
by Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann
produced by Andrew Sala, Lukas Rinner, Sebastián Muro, Yael Svoboda, Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann
SPECIAL MENTION
The Bride
by Myriam U. Birara
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Les chenilles
by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
SPECIAL MENTION
It’s a Date
by Nadia Parfan
BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Les chenilles
by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children‘s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Sweet As
by Jub Clerc
SPECIAL MENTION
Zeevonk (Sea Sparkle I Meeresleuchten)
by Domien Huyghe
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Closing Dynasty (Queenie)
by Lloyd Lee Choi
SPECIAL MENTION
Deniska umřela (Dede Is Dead I Dede ist tot)
by Philippe Kastner
Generation Kplus International Jury
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM
Mimi (She – Hero)
by Mira Fornay
SPECIAL MENTION
L’Amour du monde (Longing for the World)
by Jenna Hasse
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Waking Up in Silence (Im Stillen erwachen)
by Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi
SPECIAL MENTION
Xiaohui he ta de niu (Xiaohui and His Cows | Xiaohui und seine Kühe)
by Xinying Lao
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Adolfo
by Sofía Auza
SPECIAL MENTION
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Man khod, man ham miraghsam (And Me, I’m Dancing Too)
by Mohammad Valizadegan
SPECIAL MENTION
Szemem sarka (From the Corner of My Eyes)
by Domonkos Erhardt
Generation 14plus International Jury
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM endowed
Hummingbirds
by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
SPECIAL MENTION
Mutt
by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Infantaria (Infantry)
by Laís Santos Araújo
SPECIAL MENTION
Incroci
by Francesca de Fusco
BERLINALE SERIES AWARD
BERLINALE SERIES AWARD
The Good Mothers
by Julian Jarrold, Elisa Amoruso
SPECIAL MENTION
Arkitekten (The Architect)
by Kerren Lumer-Klabbers
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
Tótem
by Lila Avilés
Panorama
Sages-femmes (Midwives)
by Léa Fehner
Forum
Jaii keh khoda nist (Where God Is Not)
by Mehran Tamadon
SPECIAL MENTION
Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant)
by Nicolas Philibert
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition
The Survival of Kindness (Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit)
by Rolf de Heer
Encounters
Here
by Bas Devos
Panorama
Stille Liv (The Quiet Migration)
by Malene Choi
Forum
Între revoluții (Between Revolutions)
by Vlad Petri
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
by Babatunde Apalowo
Nominated
20.000 especies de abejas, Arturo a los 30, Almamula, Bis ans Ende
der Nacht, Drifter, O estranho, Femme, Green Night, Între revoluții,
Knochen und Namen, Manodrome, Motståndaren, Mutt, Le Paradis,
Passages, Perpetrator, Silver Haze
Best Documentary/Essay Film
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado
Nominated
Hummingbirds, Kokomo City, Llamadas desde Moscú, This Is the End,
Transfariana
Best Short Film
Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch
Nominated
Crushed, Exhibition, Incroci, It‘s a Date, Nuits blanches, Sværddrage, To
Write from Memory
Jury Award
Vicky Knight for her performance in
Silver Haze
by Sacha Polak
Special Teddy Award
Sunny Bunny,
the Queer Film Award of the Molodist Film Festival in Kyiv
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama
Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge)
by İlker Çatak
Forum
El rostro de la medusa (The Face of Jellyfish)
by Melisa Liebenthal
GUILD FILM PRIZE
20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge)
by Ilker Çatak
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
De Facto
by Selma Doborac
PEACE FILM PRIZE
Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran)
by Steffi Niederzoll
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
Al Murhaqoon (The Burdened)
by Amr Gamal
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Fabian Stumm (Script) for
Knochen und Namen (Bones and Names)
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran)
by Steffi Niederzoll
SPECIAL MENTION
El secuestro de la novia (The Kidnapping of the Bride | Die Brautentführung)
by Sophia Mocorrea
AG KINO GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14plus
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
FURTHER PRIZES
AUDIENCE AWARDS
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Feature Film
Sira
by Apolline Traoré
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Documentary Film
Kokomo City
by D. Smith
READERS‘ JURIES
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS‘ JURY AWARD
20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS‘ JURY AWARD
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
KOMPAGNON FELLOWSHIP
Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove
by Mareike Wegener (Perpektive Deutsches Kino 2022, Alumnus)
My Beloved Man’s Female Body
by Anna Melikova (Berlinale Talents 2023, Script Station)
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Peeled Skin
by Leonie Krippendorff, produced by kineo Filmproduktion (Germany)
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Iván & Hadoum
by Ian de la Rosa, produced by Avalon PC (Spain)
EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
The Blindsight
by Ruslan Batytskyi, produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina and Natalia Libet
(2Brave Productions, Ukraine)
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD
God and the Devil’s Cumbia
by Carlos Lenin, produced by Daniel Loustaunau (Colectivo Colmena, Mexico)
and Paloma Petra (Huasteca Casa Cinematográfica, Mexico)
TALENTS FOOTPRINTS – MASTERCARD ENABLEMENT PROGRAMME
TransStories
by Carlos Ormeño Palma (Peru)
WE FILM MX
by Miguel Ángel Sánchez (Mexico)
Majoaneng (Academy of Images and Letters)
by Phillip Leteka (Lesotho)