The Eighth Annual Beaufort International Film Festival concluded on February 15th with the winners being announced in 9 categories and the presentation of the first ever Behind the Scenes Award.
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Complete Lineup for 43rd New Directors/New Films; Ana Lily Amirpour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT is the Opening Night Film
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHTThe complete lineup was unveiled for the 43rd edition of New Directors/New Films taking place March 19 to March 30, 2014 in New York City and presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art. This year’s festival will screen 27 international feature films and 13 short films. The opening night feature is Ana Lily Amirpour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, a Persian, black-and-white, noirish thriller that recently bowed at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and is based on a graphic novel written by Amirpour about a young female vampire who stalks the streets of a fictional lonely Iranian ghost town. The closing night feature, 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH, by visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, also had its premiere at Sundance, where it won directing and editing awards in the World Cinema Documentary category. The film follows a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musical and cultural icon Nick Cave as he is writing his 2013 album “Push the Sky Away.”
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Official Trailer and Poster for Eliza Hittman’s Debut Feature IT FELT LIKE LOVE
Check out the official trailer and poster for Eliza Hittman’s debut feature IT FELT LIKE LOVE. Variance Films will release IT FELT LIKE LOVE in New York on March 21st and Los Angeles on March 28th, 2014. “Eliza Hittman’s powerful debut feature tells the story of Lila (Gina Piersanti, in a stunning debut), a fourteen year old spending a hot summer in a blue-collar Brooklyn neighborhood far removed from the bustling city. Awkward, lonely, and often playing the third wheel, Lila is determined to emulate the sexual exploits of her more experienced best friend. She fixates on Sammy, a tough older guy, when she hears that “he’ll sleep with anyone.” Deluded in her romantic pursuit, Lila tries desperately to insert herself into Sammy’s gritty world, but in doing so she puts herself into a dangerously vulnerable situation.”
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A WORLD NOT OURS, URANIUM DRIVE-IN Lead Winners of 2014 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
A WORLD NOT OURSThe winners of the 2014 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival’s Feature, Big Sky, Short and Mini-Doc categories were announced before an energized and packed house last night at the Top Hat Lounge in downtown Missoula. The Best Feature award went to A WORLD NOT OURS, described as an intimate and funny portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. “Through his unique sensibility and keenly perceptive eye, filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel gives us a fascinating glimpse into the world of the Palestinian refugee camp where he grew up,” read the judges’ statement. “In so doing, he creates a remarkable cinematic journey that is both highly personal and strikingly universal.”
The Big Sky Award was earned by URANIUM DRIVE-IN, described as the gripping story of a once-booming Colorado mining town as it grapples with the prospect of a return to the mining industry that offers a conflicting mix of economic prosperity and environmental and health challenges. The film was directed by Susan Beraza. “We chose URANIUM DRIVE-IN for the Big Sky Award because of its balanced and raw look at the realities of mining,” said the jury. “The filmmakers took great care with the subject and the characters and the result is a powerful story about life in the west.” URANIUM DRIVE-IN also took home a cash prize of $1000 sponsored by the Montana Film Office.
The Best Short award winner was THE RECORD BREAKER, described as the funny and surprisingly heartfelt tale of Ashrita Furman, the man with the most Guinness World Records of all time. The film’s director is Brian McGinn. “THE RECORD BREAKER is witty, fast-paced and accomplished, with an engaging character who has found his own personal quirky passion in life,” said the judges. “Underneath the fun, the film grapples with deeper, even profound issues such as the nature of obsession and changing relationships between parents and child.”
And finally, the winner of the Best Mini-Doc award went to EUGENE, directed by Jordan Olshanksy and Jason Stanfield. The 13-minute film, shot over the course of several months, tracks the last days of a homeless man living in the outskirts of San Francisco. The judges’ statement was not available as of press time.
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival’s status as a qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Short and Mini-Doc categories means that THE RECORD BREAKER and EUGENE are now eligible for consideration for next year’s Oscars.
In addition to the category winners, judges were given the option of presenting an Artistic Vision award in each category. In each case, the jury found a film so deserving. They are: TRUCKER AND THE FOX (Feature), directed by Arash Lahooti; TRANSMORMON (Big Sky), directed by Torben Bernhard; PRISON TERMINAL (Short), directed by Edgar Barens; and ADRIFT (Mini-Doc), directed by Frederik Depickere.
The award screenings will cap a busy final weekend of the nine-day festival. In addition to Friday evening’s full slate of films, screenings will be held in all four festival venues throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday, including a slate of “Movies You Missed” made up of some of the most popular films screened during the previous week. Film schedule and information can be found at bigskyfilmfest.org.
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TIME IS ILLMATIC, Documentary on Rapper Nas to Open 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
The world premiere of the documentary TIME IS ILLMATIC, will open the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. The film follows the trajectory of Nas’ 1994 landmark debut album, Illmatic– widely considered one of the most important and revolutionary albums in hip-hop. The premiere, taking place on Wednesday, April 16, will be followed by a special musical performance where Nas will perform the groundbreaking album from front to back. TIME IS ILLMATIC, is directed by multimedia artist, One9, written by Erik Parker, and produced by One9, Parker, and Anthony Saleh. The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, will run through April 27th.
TIME IS ILLMATIC traces Nas’s influences and the insurmountable odds he faced in creating the greatest work of music from hip-hop’s second golden era. The film tracks the musical legacy of the Jones family — handed down to Nas from his jazz musician father, Olu Dara, the support of his Queensbridge neighborhood crew, and the loyalty of his younger brother Jabari “Jungle” Fret. Twenty years after its release, Illmatic is widely recognized as a hip-hop benchmark that encapsulates the sociopolitical outlook, enduring spirit, and collective angst of a generation of young men searching for their voice in America. Time Is Illmatic is supported by The Ford Foundation’s Just Films and Tribeca Film Institute’s Tribeca All Access program.
“I want to thank the Tribeca Film Festival for supporting the film with the incredible platform they’ve built over the years,” said Nas. “It’s an honor to premiere this film in my hometown. I also want to thank One9 and Erik Parker for their persistence and hard work. Those guys and I come from the same place and era, which gives the doc an authenticity that is important to me. We wanted this film to represent the real, from the storyline all the way down to the directors and producers.”
“Like the Festival itself, Time is Illmatic and the groundbreaking body of work it recognizes has roots grounded in New York City, but represents and reaches communities far beyond,” said Jane Rosenthal, CEO and Co-founder of Tribeca Film Festival. “The film spotlights a musical journey with community and family at its core and we look forward to celebrating this pivotal moment in hip hop history as we open our 13th edition.”
“Throughout the journey, we see the metamorphosis of Nas as a young street poet, full of a rich musical legacy, transforming the pain and isolation of growing up in Queensbridge Houses into raw, honest lyrics, illuminating a spirit that inspired generations from the past, present, and the future. Experiencing the stories, passion, and energy of a modern day alchemist shaping lyrical dust to diamonds was truly an honor and we are extremely proud to premiere the film at Tribeca,” said One9. “I want to thank Nas, Jungle, Olu Dara, The Jones family, the Tribeca Film Institute, and Ford Foundation for allowing Erik Parker and me to create an authentic and unfiltered documentary film.”
Hip Hop luminary and multi-platinum artist, Nas, released his debut album Illmatic in 1994, and he has gone on to sell over 20 million albums worldwide. The legendary Queens rapper, son of jazz musician Olu Dara, is widely recognized as a visionary and lauded for a seminal body of work that spans a two-decade career. He has released nine solo albums and three compilations, and will release Illmatic XX, a special 20th anniversary edition of the landmark debut, on April 15 by SONY Legacy.
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COMING SOON: Sony Pictures Classics to Release Zhang Yimou’s COMING HOME in the U.S.
Zhang YimouZhang Yimou’s latest film COMING HOME starring Gong Li, and currently in post-production, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for release in the U.S. Inspired by Yan Geling’s “THE CRIMINAL LU YANSHI, COMING HOME is described as a romance drama chronicling the journey of a Chinese dissident (Chen Daoming) from the 1920′s to the 1990′s.
COMING HOME marks the twelfth collaboration between the Sony Pictures Classics team and Zhang Yimou, dating back to the 1991 Orion Classics release of RAISE THE RED LANTERN. Other films include HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, SHANGHAI TRIAD, THE STORY OF QIU JU and CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER. The film will also be SPC’s sixth collaboration with Producer Bill Kong which began in 2000 with Ang Lee’s Academy Award winning CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
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THE LAST ONE, a New Documentary about the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Screen at 2014 American Documentary Film Festival
The 2014 American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund will screen THE LAST ONE – a look at the AIDS quilt and those who wove the panels. In the eighties and nineties, as AIDS ravaged the United States gay community, the AIDS Memorial Quilt was born out of a public battle for treatment and understanding. THE LAST ONE is a feature-length documentary tracing its history as an international art project and the role it continues to play as a response to a disease that still imperils vulnerable communities around the world.
Through the intensely personal stories of its founders, volunteers, and panel-makers, THE LAST ONE examines how stigma and discrimination exacerbated and still fuel a disease that has already claimed the lives of 30 million people and currently infects 65 million men, women and children around the globe–including 50,000 new infections a year in the US alone. Longtime LGBT Activist and Founder of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Cleve Jones, will attend the screening of THE LAST ONE, along with the film’s director, Nadine Licostie.
The American Documentary Film Festival opens on Thursday, March 27th and continues through Monday, March 31st, 2014.
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COMING SOON: Rachel Dratch, Wendy Moniz and Trevor St. John Among Cast of Patrick Wang’s Sophomore Feature Film THE GRIEF OF OTHERS
Director, Patrick Wang Rachel Dratch, Wendy Moniz and Trevor St. John are among the cast members set for the upcoming feature film THE GRIEF OF OTHERS. THE GRIEF OF OTHERS is the sophomore film from Patrick Wang whose first film is the critically acclaimed IN THE FAMILY, which he wrote and directed. Based on the acclaimed novel by Leah Hager Cohen (New York Times notable book, finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize), the film is set to commence production in April 2014 in Nyack, New York.
In addition to Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Wendy Moniz (Betrayal, The Guardian), and Trevor St. John (One Life to Live, In the Family), additional key cast members include Oona Laurence, who won a Tony Award for her role as Matilda in Matilda the Musical, Jeremy Shinder who appeared in the international tour of The Addams Family, Sonya Harum who appeared in Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods, and Mike Faist who appeared on Broadway in Newsies.
THE GRIEF OF OTHERS follows the family of Ricky and John Ryrie who suffer a devastating loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents try to return to their previous lives and struggle to regain a semblance of normalcy for themselves and their two children Paul and Biscuit. Yet in the aftermath of the baby’s death, long-suppressed uncertainties about their relationship come roiling to the surface and a dreadful secret emerges with reverberations that reach far into their past and threaten their future.
Trevor St. John plays John Ryrie, Wendy Moniz plays Ricky Ryrie, and Oona Laurence and Jeremy Shinder play their children Biscuit and Paul. Sonya Harum appears as Jessica Safransky and Mike Faist plays Gordie Joiner. In a dramatic turn, Rachel Dratch appears as Madeleine Berkowitz, a colleague of John’s.
“We could not be more thrilled to secure the strong cast that this project deserves,” commented director Patrick Wang. “Leah Hager Cohen’s novel is a powerful story of how unexpected generosity and human connections help us navigate loss and grief. The tremendous talent and sensitivities of this cast will breathe life into these characters on the screen with the same gorgeous detail we find on the page.”
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Film Society of Lincoln Center to Honor Director Rob Reiner with 41st Chaplin Award
Director Rob Reiner, will be honored at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 41st Annual Chaplin Award Gala held at Lincoln Center i New York City on Monday, April 28, 2014. According to the Film Society of Lincoln Center, ‘The event will celebrate the range of Reiner’s work from the pure comedy of This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride to the intense drama of Stand By Me; the romantic comedy of When Harry Met Sally…, as well as his extensive on-screen work highlighted with the role of Michael “Meathead” Stivic in the landmark television series All in the Family.’
“The Board is very excited to have Rob Reiner as the next recipient of The Chaplin Award,” said Ann Tenenbaum, The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Board Chairman. “He has brought some of the most enduring and entertaining films of recent history to the screen, from iconic cult-classic comedies to powerful dramas that together illustrate an amazing range and body of work. As a director, writer, actor, and producer, we welcome him to the list of other master multi-hyphenates who have been prior recipients of the Chaplin Award Tribute.”
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John McKay’s NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING to Open 2014 Cleveland International Film Festival
NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING directed by John McKay has been announced as the Opening Night film of the 38th Cleveland International Film Festival, kicking off the festival on on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. This “gentle, stylish, and quirky romantic comedy” stars Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Amy Manson, Iain De Caestecker, Kate Dickie, Freya Mavor, Gary Lewis, and Henry Ian Cusick. The 38th Cleveland International Film Festival takes place March 19 to March 30, 2014.
NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING tells the story of struggling publisher Thomas Duval (Stanley Weber) who discovers his only successful author, Jane Lockhart (Karen Gillan), has writer’s block; and it is up to him to unblock her or he is finished. With her newfound success, she’s become too happy and she can’t write when she’s happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he is in love with her.
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Complete List of Award Winners of 2014 BAFTAS, ACT OF KILLING Wins Documentary Award
ACT OF KILLING The winners of the EE British Academy Film Awards were announced in London on Sunday night, and the GREAT BEAUTY won the award for Film Not in the English Language, the ACT OF KILLING received the Documentary award, and director and writer Kieran Evans received the award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for his first feature film KELLY + VICTOR.
Sleeping with the Fishes won the British Short Animation award and the British Short Film award was presented to Room 8.
Best Picture
Winner: 12 YEARS A SLAVEBest British Film
Winner: GRAVITYBest Director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, GRAVITYBest Actor
Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVEBest Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINEBest Supporting Actor
Winner: Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPSBest Supporting Actress
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLEBest Original Screenplay
Winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE, Eric Warren Singer, David O RussellBest Adapted Screenplay
Winner: PHILOMENA, Steve Coogan, Jeff PopeBest Foreign
Winner: THE GREAT BEAUTY, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca CimaBest Documentary
Winner: THE ACT OF KILLING, Joshua OppenheimerBest Animation
Winner: FROZEN, Chris Buck, Jennifer LeeBest Cinematography
Winner: GRAVITY, Emmanuel LubezkiBest Editing
Winner: RUSH, Dan Hanley, Mike HillBest Production Design
Winner: THE GREAT GATSBY, Catherine Martin, Beverley DunnBest Costume Design
Winner: THE GREAT GATSBY, Catherine MartinBest Make Up and Hair
Winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-BellBest Sound
Winner: GRAVITY, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris MunroBest Original Music
Winner: GRAVITY, Steven PriceBest Special Visual Effects
Winner: GRAVITY, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki PennyBest British Short Animation
Winner: SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-KhalifaBest British Short Film
Winner: ROOM 8, James W. Griffiths, Sophie VennerOutstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Winner: Keiran Evans (Director/Writer), KELLY + VICTORThe EE Rising Star Award (voted for by public)
Winner: Will Poulter
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Complete List of Award Winners of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival; BLACK COAL, THIN ICE by Diao Yinan Wins Golden Bear for Best Film
(BAI RI YAN HUO) BLACK COAL, THIN ICE by Diao YinanThe winners of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival were announced on Saturday and the Chinese thriller (BAI RI YAN HUO) BLACK COAL, THIN ICE by Diao Yinan is the big winner, taking home the Golden Bear for Best Film. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL by Wes Anderson took second place, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. The public cast its votes and DIFRET won the Audience Award for Best Fiction Film, and DER KREIS (THE CIRCLE) for Audience Award for Best Documentary.
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM
Bai Ri Yan Huo
Black Coal, Thin Ice
by Diao YinanSILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
by Wes AndersonSILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives
Aimer, boire et chanter
Life of Riley
by Alain ResnaisSILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater for
Boyhood (Boyhood)SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Haru Kuroki in
Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House) by Yoji YamadaSILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan in
Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice) by Diao YinanSILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann for
Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross) by Dietrich BrüggemannSILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
in the categories camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Zeng Jian for the camera in
Tui Na (Blind Massage) by Lou YeBEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD,
Güeros
Güeros
by Alonso RuizpalaciosPRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Tant qu’il nous reste des fusils à pompe
As long as shotguns remain
by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan VinelSILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
LABORAT
LABORAT
by Guillaume CailleauBERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Taprobana
Taprobana
by Gabriel AbrantesDAAD SHORT FILM PRIZE
Person to Person
Person to Person
by Dustin Guy DefaPRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Killa
The Fort
by Avinash ArunSPECIAL MENTION
Hitono Nozomino Yorokobiyo
Joy of Man’s Desiring
by Masakazu SugitaCRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Sprout
Sprout
by Ga-eun YoonSPECIAL MENTION
Sepatu Baru
On Stopping the Rain
by Aditya AhmadInternational Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature-length film,
Ciencias Naturales
Natural Sciences
by Matías LucchesiSPECIAL MENTION
Killa
The Fort
by Avinash ArunTHE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film,
Moy lichniy los’
My Own Personal Moose
by Leonid ShmelkovSPECIAL MENTION
el
away
by Roland FergeYouth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
52 Tuesdays
52 Tuesdays
by Sophie HydeSPECIAL MENTION
ärtico
arctic
by Gabri VelázquezCRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Mike
Mike
by Petros SilvestrosSPECIAL MENTION
Emo (the musical)
Emo (the musical)
by Neil TriffettInternational Jury Generation 14plus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature-length film,
Violet
Violet
by Bas DevosSPECIAL MENTION
Einstein and Einstein
Einstein and Einstein
by Cao BaopingTHE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film,
Vetrarmorgun
Winter Morning
by Sakaris StóráSPECIAL MENTION
Søn
Son
by Kristoffer KiørboeINDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross) by Dietrich Brüggemann
Special Mention ’71 (’71) by Yann DemangePanorama Calvary (Calvary) by John Michael McDonagh
Special Mention Triptyque (Triptych) by Robert Lepage, Pedro PiresForum Sto spiti (At Home) by Athanasios Karanikolas
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition Aimer, boire et chanter (Life of Riley) by Alain Resnais
Panorama Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks) by Daniel Ribeiro
Forum Forma (Forma) by Ayumi SakamotoPRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Boyhood (Boyhood) by Richard LinklaterCICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama Kuzu (The Lamb) by Kutluğ Ataman
Forum She’s Lost Control (She’s Lost Control) by Anja MarquardtLABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Blind (Blind) by Eskil VogtTEDDY AWARD
Best Feature Film Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks) by Daniel Ribeiro
Best Documentary/
Essay Film Der Kreis (The Circle) by Stefan Haupt
Best Short Film Mondial 2010 (Mondial 2010) by Roy Dib
Teddy Jury Award Pierrot Lunaire (Pierrot Lunaire) by Bruce LaBruceMADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP, endowed with € 15,000
funded by Glashütte Original
Sandra Kaudelka for IntershopEX AEQUO
Sebastian Mez for 274FGYO-AWARD DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, endowed with € 5,000
funded by the French-German Youth Office
Anderswo (Anywhere Else) by Ester AmramiSPECIAL MENTION
nebel (fog) by Nicole VögeleCALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Das große Museum (The Great Museum) by Johannes HolzhausenNETPAC PRIZE
Cheol-ae-kum (A Dream of Iron) by Kelvin Kyung Kun ParkEX AEQUO
Non-fiction Diary (Non-fiction Diary) by Jung Yoon-sukPEACE FILM PRIZE
We Come as Friends (We Come as Friends) by Hubert SauperAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Al midan (The Square) by Jehane NoujaimCINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE
Concerning Violence (Concerning Violence) by Göran Hugo OlssonHEINER CAROW PRIZE
Meine Mutter, ein Krieg und ich (My Mother, a War and Me) by Tamara Trampe, Johann FeindtTHINK:FILM AWARD, funded by the Allianz Kulturstiftung
Provenance (Provenance) by Amie SiegelREADERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – fiction film
Difret (Difret) by Zeresenay Berhane MehariPANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – documentary film
Der Kreis (The Circle) by Stefan HauptBERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Boyhood (Boyhood) by Richard LinklaterTAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
Zamatoví teroristi (Velvet Terrorists) by Pavol Pekarčík, Ivan Ostrochovský, Peter KerekesELSE – SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ JURY AWARD
52 Tuesdays (52 Tuesdays) by Sophie HydePRIZES BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & BERLINALE TALENTS
ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, endowed with € 6,000
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan)
for The Wounded AngelVFF HIGHLIGHT PITCH AWARD, endowed with € 10,000
Bavo Defurne (Belgium)
for SouvenirDOLBY® ATMOS POLICY TRAILER
Yulia Glukhova (Russian Federation)