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On Body and Soul (Testről és lélekről) by Ildikó Enyedi[/caption]
A slaughterhouse in Budapest is the setting of a strangely beautiful love story, the Hungarian film On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi, crowned winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2017
Berlin International Film Festival. The film also is the winner of the Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury Award.
THE AWARDS OF THE 67th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer)
Testről és lélekről
On Body and Soul
by Ildikó Enyedi
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
Félicité
by Alain Gomis
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives
Pokot
Spoor
by Agnieszka Holland
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Aki Kaurismäki for
Toivon tuolla puolen (The Other Side of Hope/Die andere Seite der Hoffnung)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Kim Minhee in
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the Beach at Night Alone) by Hong Sangsoo
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Georg Friedrich in
Helle Nächte (Bright Nights) by Thomas Arslan
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza for
Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) by Sebastián Lelio
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
in the categories camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Dana Bunescu for the editing in
Ana, mon amour by Călin Peter Netzer
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
Estiu 1993
Summer 1993
Sommer 1993
by Carla Simón
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Istiyad Ashbah
Ghost Hunting
by Raed Andoni
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Cidade Pequena
Small Town
Kleine Stadt
by Diogo Costa Amarante
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Ensueño en la Pradera
Reverie in the Meadow
Träumerei in der Prärie
by Esteban Arrangoiz Julien
AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD
Street of Death
by Karam Ghossein
SPECIAL MENTION
Centauro
Centaur
Zentaur
by Nicolás Suárez
BERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Os Humores Artificiais
The Artificial Humors
Die Künstlichen Humore
by Gabriel Abrantes
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Piata loď
Little Harbour
Das fünfte Schiff
by Iveta Grófová
SPECIAL MENTION
Amelie rennt
Mountain Miracle — An Unexpected Friendship
by Tobias Wiemann
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Promise
Versprechen
by Xie Tian
SPECIAL MENTION
Hedgehog’s Home
Das Haus des Igels
by Eva Cvijanovic
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best feature-length film
Becoming Who I Was
Werden wer ich war
by Chang-Yong Moon and Jin Jeon
tie
Estiu 1993
Summer 1993
Sommer 1993
by Carla Simón
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best short film
Aaba
Grandfather
Großvater
by Amar Kaushik
SPECIAL MENTION
Sabaku
by Marlies van der Wel
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Butterfly Kisses
by Rafael Kapelinski
SPECIAL MENTION
Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Wolfe
by Claire Randall
SPECIAL MENTION
SNIP
by Terril Calder
International Jury Generation 14plus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best feature-length film,
Shkola nomer 3
School Number 3
by Yelizaveta Smith and Georg Genoux
SPECIAL MENTION
Ben Niao
The Foolish Bird
by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best short film,
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
by Juanita Onzaga
SPECIAL MENTION
U Plavetnilo
Into the Blue
by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
PRIZES OF INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) by Ildikó Enyedi
Special Mention: Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) by Sebastián Lelio
Panorama Tahqiq fel djenna (Investigating Paradise) by Merzak Allouache
Special Mention: I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
Forum Maman Colonelle (Mama Colonel) by Dieudo Hamadi
Special Mention: El mar la mar by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition: Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) by Ildikó Enyedi
Panorama: Pendular by Julia Murat
Forum: Shu’our akbar min el hob (A Feeling Greater Than Love) by Mary Jirmanus
Saba
GUILD FILM PRIZE
The Party by Sally Potter
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama: Centaur by Aktan Arym Kubat
Forum: Newton by Amit V Masurkar
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Insyriated by Philippe Van Leeuw
TEDDY AWARD
Best Feature Film: Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) by Sebastián Lelio
Best Documentary/Essay Film: Ri Chang Dui Hua (Small Talk) by Hui-chen Huang
Best Short Film: Min Homosyster (My Gay Sister/Meine Homoschwester) by Lia Hietala
Special Jury Award: Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit) by Naoko Ogigami
Special Teddy Award: Monika Treut
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
El mar la mar by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
PEACE FILM PRIZE
El Pacto de Adriana (Adriana’s Pact) by Lissette Orozco
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
La libertad del diablo (Devil’s Freedom) by Everardo González (Berlinale Special)
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Fünf Sterne (Five Stars) by Annekatrin Hendel
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARD
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Fiction Film
Insyriated by Philippe Van Leeuw
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Documentary Film
I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) by Ildikó Enyedi
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
Maman Colonelle (Mama Colonel) by Dieudo Hamadi
HARVEY – MÄNNER READERS’ JURY AWARD
God’s Own Country by Francis Lee
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
Die beste aller Welten (The Best Of All Worlds) by Adrian Goiginger
Special Jury Prize: Final Stage by Nicolaas Schmidt
KOMPAGNON-FELLOWSHIP
System Crasher (Systemsprenger) by Nora Fingscheidt (Berlinale Talents 2017)
Der grüne Wellensittich by Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser (Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2016)
ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić (Serbia), produced by KinoElektron (France), MPM Film (France) and Trilema Films (Serbia)
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Razor Film Produktion (Germany) for The Wife of the Pilot (Director: Anne Zohra Berrached)
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD
Producer Nefes Polat (Turkey) for The Bus to Amerika (Director: Derya Durmaz)
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A Father’s Will[/caption]
The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) announced this year’s award-winners at the 38th DIFF Awards ceremony, with the award for the Best Feature Film going to A Father’s Will; and the award for Best South African Feature Film going to Vaya directed by Akin Omotoso.
The Best Director for a South African Film went to John Trentgrove The Wound.
The Best South African Documentary award was taken by Strike A Rock, directed by Aliki Saragas which the jury described as a powerful documentary that reflects the context of the current South African society; while the Best International Documentary went to Dusk Chorus directed by Nika Šaravanja and Alessandro D’Emilia.
The award for Best Direction in the international competition, went to A Father’s Will (Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu) in addition to the award for Best Cinematography (Akjol Bekbolotov).
The Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award for the film that best reflects human rights issues which comes with a cash prize donated by the Amnesty International went to Strike a Rock and Mama Colonel ; and the African Critic Award was won by Serpent which also opened DIFF this year.