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Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie[/caption]
It’s awards time at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, and
Touch Me Not by Romanian artist and director, Adina Pintilie, won the top prize, the Golden Bear for Best Film. Touch Me Not follows a filmmaker and her protagonists in a personal research project on intimacy. The film takes us on a journey of discovery through the emotional worlds of Laura, Tómas and Christian, blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, and providing profoundly insightful insights into their lives.
Winners of 68th Berlin International Film Festival Awards
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer)
Touch Me Not
by Adina Pintilie
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
Twarz
Mug
by Małgorzata Szumowska
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives
Las herederas
The Heiresses
by Marcelo Martinessi
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson for
Isle of Dogs (Isle of Dogs — Ataris Reise)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Ana Brun in
Las herederas (The Heiresses) by Marcelo Martinessi
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Anthony Bajon in
La prière (The Prayer) by Cédric Kahn
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Manuel Alcalá and Alonso Ruizpalacios for
Museo (Museum) by Alonso Ruizpalacios
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Elena Okopnaya for costume and production design in
Dovlatov by Alexey German Jr.
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD endowed with € 50,000, funded by GWFF
Touch Me Not
by Adina Pintilie
SPECIAL MENTION
An Elephant Sitting Still
by Hu Bo
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL — DOCUMENTARY AWARD
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL — DOCUMENTARY AWARD endowed with € 50,000, funded by Glashütte Original
Waldheims Walzer
The Waldheim Waltz
by Ruth Beckermann
LOBENDE ERWÄHNUNG
Ex Pajé
Ex Shaman
by Luiz Bolognesi
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
The Men Behind the Wall
by Ines Moldavsky
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Imfura
by Samuel Ishimwe
AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD endowed with € 20,000, enabled by Audi
Solar Walk
by Réka Bucsi
BERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Burkina Brandenburg Komplex
by Ulu Braun
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Les rois mongols
Cross My Heart
Hand auf’s Herz
by Luc Picard
SPECIAL MENTION
Supa Modo
by Likarion Wainaina
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl
Handbuch einer 12-Jährigen
by Tilda Cobham-Hervey
SPECIAL MENTION
Snijeg za Vodu
Snow for Water
Schnee für Wasser
by Christopher Villiers
International Jury Generation Kplus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best feature-length film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Sekala Niskala
The Seen and Unseen
Sichtbar und unsichtbar
by Kamila Andini
SPECIAL MENTION
Allons enfants
Cléo & Paul
by Stéphane Demoustier
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best short film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Jaalgedi
A Curious Girl
Ein neugieriges Mädchen
by Rajesh Prasad Khatri
SPECIAL MENTION
Cena d’aragoste
Lobster Dinner
Hummer zum Abendbrot
by Gregorio Franchetti
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
Fortuna
by Germinal Roaux
SPECIAL MENTION
Retablo
by Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
Kiem Holijanda
by Sarah Veltmeyer
SPECIAL MENTION
Je fais où tu me dis
Dressed for Pleasure
by Marie de Maricourt
International Jury Generation 14plus
THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best feature-length film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
(Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Fortuna
by Germinal Roaux
SPECIAL MENTION
Dressage
by Pooya Badkoobeh
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best short film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
(Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Juck
by Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert and Ulrika Bandeira
SPECIAL MENTION
Na zdrowie!
Bless You!
by Paulina Ziolkowska
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
In den Gängen (In the Aisles) by Thomas Stuber
Special Mention:
Utøya 22. juli (U – July 22) by Erik Poppe
Panorama
Styx by Wolfgang Fischer
endowed with € 2,500
Forum
Teatro de guerra (Theatre of War) by Lola Arias
endowed with € 2,500
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
Competition
Las herederas (The Heiresses) by Marcelo Martinessi
Panorama
River’s Edge by Isao Yukisada
Forum
An Elephant Sitting Still by Hu Bo
GUILD FILM PRIZE
In den Gängen (In the Aisles) by Thomas Stuber
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
Panorama
Tinta Bruta (Hard Paint) by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher
Forum
Teatro de guerra (Theatre of War) by Lola Arias
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Styx by Wolfgang Fischer
TEDDY AWARD
Best Feature Film
Tinta Bruta (Hard Paint) by Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher
Nominated:
Las herederas (The Heiresses) by Marcelo Martinessi and
Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie
Best Documentary/Essay Film
Bixa Travesty (Tranny Fag) by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman
Nominated:
Yours in Sisterhood by Irene Lusztig and
Shakedown by Leilah Weinraub
Best Short Film
Three Centimetres by Lara Zeidan
Nominated:
T.R.A.P by Manque La Banca and
Je fais où tu me dis (Dressed for Pleasure) by Marie de Maricourt
Special Jury Award
Obscuro Barroco by Evangelia Kranioti
L’Oréal Paris TEDDY NEWCOMER AWARD
Retablo by Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
La casa lobo (The Wolf House) by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña
PEACE FILM PRIZE
The Silence of Others by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Zentralflughafen THF (Central Airport THF) by Karim Aïnouz
Special Mention:
Eldorado by Markus Imhoof
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Styx by Wolfgang Fischer
READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Fiction Film
Profile by Timur Bekmambetov
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Documentary Film
The Silence of Others by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD
Dovlatov by Alexey German Jr.
TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD
L’empire de la perfection (In the Realm of Perfection) by Julien Faraut
TEDDY READERS’ AWARD POWERED BY MANNSCHAFT
Las herederas (The Heiresses) by Marcelo Martiness
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
Überall wo wir sind (Everywhere We Are) by Veronika Kaserer
KOMPAGNON-FELLOWSHIP
Blutsauger by Julian Radlmaier (Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2017)
When a farm goes aflame, the flakes fly home to bear the tale by Jide Tom Akinleminu (Berlinale Talents
2018)
ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
The War Has Ended by Hagar Ben Asher, produced by Madants (Poland), Match Factory Productions
(Germany) and Transfax Film Productions (Israel)
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Madants (Poland), Match Factory Productions (Germany) and Transfax Film Productions (Israel) for
The War Has Ended (Director: Hagar Ben Asher)
VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD
Producer Jing Wang (China) for
Tropical Memories (Director: Shipei Wen)
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Three monetary prizes were awarded to selected narrative film projects at the Berlinale Co-Production Market which was held from February 17 to 21, 2018.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, endowed with 20,000 euros, was presented on Sunday to the project The War Has Ended, represented by the producers from Madants, Poland, Match Factory Productions, Germany and Transfax Film Productions, Israel. The prize money is intended as a project development grant from the European film subsidy organization Eurimages. The first Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in Berlin in 2015 went to the project 3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon), directed by Emily Atef, and the resulting completed film is celebrating its premiere at this year’s festival in Competition.
The VFF – (Film and Television Producers Rights Association) from Munich awarded its VFF Talent Highlight Award, endowed with 10,000 euros, to the project Tropical Memories (dir: Shipei Wen), presented at the Co-Production Market by producer Jing Wang from the People’s Republic of China. Each year since 2004, the VFF has honored a promising project by up-and-coming filmmakers from the “Talent Project Market”, organised by the Berlinale Co-Production Market in cooperation with Berlinale Talents. This year, producers Maya Fischer from Israel, and Charlotte de La Gournerie from Denmark were also nominated. They pitched their projects to participants of the Berlinale Co-Production Market and each received a nomination prize of 1,000 euros.
The ARTE International Prize this year also goes to the project The War Has Ended by director Hagar Ben Asher. ARTE bestows the 6,000 euro prize on an artistically outstanding project drawn from the selection of the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
At the 15th Berlinale Co-Production Market, the producers of the 36 selected narrative film projects also meet potential co-producers and financiers. The more than 1,300 one-on-one meetings with potentially matching partners among the total of 600 participants are meticulously planned ahead of time. Books for possible screen adaptations and series projects are also presented. They are the focus of “Books at Berlinale” and “CoPro Series” respectively. The team received more than 2,100 requests for meetings this year. More than 270 films that came to the market looking for partners have since become completed films. Five of those are screening this year at the Berlinale.
Image: Eurimages Co-Production Development Award 2018 – front row: Marek Rozenbaum (Transfax), Beata Rzeźniczek (Madants), Klaudia Smieja (Madants), Catherine Trautmann (Eurimages), Hagar Ben Asher (Director), Doreen Boonekamp (Eurimages Award Jury); back row: Martina Bleis (Berlinale Co-Production Market), Roberto Olla (Eurimages), Francine Raveney (Eurimages), Csaba Bereczki (Eurimages Award Jury) © Lydia Hesse / EFM 2018