In Arirang, director KIM Ki-Duk turned the cameras on himself as he is ‘playing 3 roles in 1.’ HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (Stopped on track) by Andreas DRESEN is described as ‘A story about death that celebrates life.’ Forty-year-old healthy Frank has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and suddenly condemned to only a few months to live.
ELENA by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV was awarded the Special Jury Prize and Mohammad RASOULOF received the Directing Prize for BÉ OMID É DIDAR (Au revoir).