73rd Berlin International Film Festival

73rd Berlin International Film Festival
Official festival poster
Opening filmShe Came to Me by Rebecca Miller
Closing filmOn the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
Awards
DirectorsMariette Rissenbeek [de]
Artistic directorCarlo Chatrian
No. of films287
Festival dateOpening: 16 February 2023 (2023-02-16)
Closing: 26 February 2023 (2023-02-26)
Websitewww.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival

The 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale (German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ⓘ), took place from 16 to 26 February 2023. It was the first completely in-person Berlinale since the 70th in 2020.[1] The festival added a new competition section for television series.[2][3][4][5]

The festival opened with American filmmaker and novelist Rebecca Miller's drama film She Came to Me.[6] A live video stream with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was part of the opening ceremony.[7][8] On 21 February 2023, American filmmaker Steven Spielberg was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement by Irish singer-songwriter Bono.[9] Spielberg's films were screened in the Homage section for the occasion.[10][11]

On the Adamant, directed by French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert, won the Golden Bear. The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Afire by German filmmaker Christian Petzold. The Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to Sofía Otero for 20,000 Species of Bees; Otero, at age nine, became the youngest winner of the award in the Berlinale history.[12][13]

Festival closed on 26 February with total sales of tickets touching 320,000, and around 20,000 accredited professionals from 132 countries including 2,800 media representatives attending the festival.[14]

Background

The film registration for the festival began in September 2022 with the closing date for submission fixed on 23 November 2022.[15] On 13 October 2022, with the slogan of "Let's Get Together", signifying in-person interactions in all the programmes of the festival after two years of the programmes held online due to COVID-19. It was also announced that Berlinale Series Award would be inaugurated in 2023.[16][17]

The festival poster was designed by Claudia Schramke, who had also created the previous year's Berlinale poster. The executive director of the Berlinale, Mariette Rissenbeek [de], described the poster as the key visual for the 2023 Berlinale, saying that it directed the attention toward the audience—the indispensable core of the festival. Rissenbeek said, "We're very pleased that with this year's poster, we can honour those whose curiosity, enthusiasm, and applause make the Berlinale a vibrant, inspiring, and joyful event."[18]

Opening and closing ceremonies

Nicolas Philibert, with the Golden Bear on the red carpet in front of the Berlinale Palast

The opening ceremony of the festival was held on 16 February with jury members and international and German stars walking the red carpet. The jury president Kristen Stewart, in her opening speech, pointed out about "oppressions against our physical selves". She said that, albeit she was a woman, she represented "the least marginal version of a woman". On that topic, Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian-French actress and one of the jury members, noted that "some women are not as fortunate".[1]

Russia's war on Ukraine and Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran were topical discussions at the ceremony. After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared via satellite and introduced by American actor and filmmaker Sean Penn, Zelenskyy remarked, "A logical question comes up: On which side should culture and art be?" and added, "Can art be outside of politics? Should cinema be outside of politics? It's an eternal question but today it is extremely [pertinent]." Afterward, the opening film of the festival, Rebecca Miller's drama film She Came to Me, was screened.[1]

Sofía Otero, with the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for 20,000 Species of Bees

The closing ceremony or award night was held on 25 February, hosted by the German radio and television presenter Hadnet Tesfai. French documentary film On the Adamant, about a Paris daycare centre for people with mental disorders, by Nicolas Philibert won the Golden Bear. Stewart called the film "masterfully crafted" and a "cinematic proof of the vital necessity of human expression". Philibert asked in his acceptance speech if the jury members were "crazy"[19] and yet nevertheless thanked them, saying "that documentary can be considered to be cinema in its own right touches me deeply".[20]

The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was won by Afire by Christian Petzold. Sofía Otero, a nine-year-old girl was the winner of Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for the role of eight-year-old Lucía in 20,000 Species of Bees. She became the youngest winner of the gender-neutral award in the Berlinale history. Stewart commented that Otero had defied "a system designed to diminish the intelligence of the performer", particularly that of child performers. After the ceremony, Otero said to the press that she wanted to dedicate her life to acting. The ceremony closed with a screening of the Golden-Bear winning film On the Adamant.[19][20]

Juries

Managing Director, Mariëtte Rissenbeek and artistic director, Carlo Chatrian

Main Competition

Main Competition jury
Kristen Stewart, Jury President

The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Main Competition section:[21][22][23][24]

Encounters

International Short Film

  • Cătălin Cristuțiu, Romanian editor
  • Sky Hopinka, American visual artist and filmmaker
  • Isabelle Stever, German director and screenwriter

Generation Kplus International

  • Venice Atienza, Filipino documentarist
  • Alise Ģelze, Latvian producer
  • Gudrun Sommer, German festival programmer

Generation 14plus International

  • Kateryna Gornostai, Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and film editor
  • Fion Mutert, German cinematographer and media educator
  • Juanita Onzaga, Colombian filmmaker and artist

GWFF Best First Feature Award

  • Judith Revault d'Allonnes, French festival programmer
  • Ayten Amin, Egyptian director
  • Cyril Schäublin, Swiss film director

Documentary Award

  • Emilie Bujès, artistic director of Switzerland's Visions du Réel
  • Diana Bustamante, Colombian producer, director and programmer
  • Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director and writer

Berlinale Series Award

  • André Holland, American actor[26]
  • Danna Stern, Israeli international executive, founder of Shtisel and Your Honor firm, Yes Studios
  • Mette Heeno, Danish screenwriter, showrunner and executive producer

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

  • Dela Dabulamanzi, German actor
  • Anne Fabini, German film editor
  • Jöns Jönsson, Swedish director

Heiner Carow Prize

  • Freya Arde, German film composer, guitarist and music producer
  • Peter Kahane, German director
  • Mirko Wiermann, German film archivist .

Official sections

Main Competition

The following 19 films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[27][28][29]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
20,000 Species of Bees[a][b] 20.000 especies de abejas Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Spain
Afire Roter Himmel Christian Petzold Germany
Art College 1994 Liu Jian China
Bad Living Mal Viver João Canijo Portugal, France
BlackBerry Matt Johnson Canada
Disco Boy[a] Giacomo Abbruzzese Italy
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste Margarethe von Trotta Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg
Limbo Ivan Sen Australia
Manodrome[b] John Trengove United Kingdom, United States
Music Angela Schanelec Germany, France, Serbia
On the Adamant[c] Sur l'Adamant Nicolas Philibert France, Japan
Past Lives Celine Song United States
The Plough Le grand chariot Philippe Garrel France, Switzerland
The Shadowless Tower 白塔之光 Zhang Lü China
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen Emily Atef Germany
The Survival of Kindness Rolf de Heer Australia
Suzume すずめの戸締まり Makoto Shinkai Japan
Till the End of the Night[b] Bis ans Ende der Nacht Christoph Hochhäusler Germany
Tótem Lila Avilés Mexico, Denmark, France

Berlinale Special Events

The following titles received were selected for the sections below:[31][32][33][34][35]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Berlinale Special Gala
Golda Guy Nattiv United States, United Kingdom
Kiss the Future[c] Nenad Cicin-Sain Slovenia
Last Night of Amore L'ultima notte di Amore Andrea Di Stefano Italy
Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Robert Schwentke Germany, Morocco
She Came to Me (opening film) Rebecca Miller US
Sun and Concrete Sonne und Beton David Wnendt Germany
Superpower[c] Sean Penn, Aaron Kaufman United States
Tár Todd Field United States, Germany
Boom! Boom!: The World vs. Boris Becker Alex Gibney United States, United Kingdom
Berlinale Special
100 Years of Disney Animation – a Shorts Celebration Walt Disney, Dave Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, Lauren Jackson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Hannah, Jon Kahrs, Brian Menz, Jacob Frey, Hillary Bradfield United States
Infinity Pool Brandon Cronenberg Canada
The Innocents Les Innocentes Anne Fontaine France, Poland
Kill Boksoon 길복순 Byun Sung-hyun South Korea
Loriot's Great Cartoon Revue Peter Geyer, Loriot Germany
Love to Love You, Donna Summer[c] Roger Ross Williams, Brooklyn Sudano United States
Mad Fate 命案 Soi Cheang Hong Kong, China
#Manhole #マンホール Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Japan
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me Laggiù qualcuno mi ama Mario Martone Italy
Measures of Men Der vermessene Mensch Lars Kraume Germany
Talk to Me Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou Australia

Encounters

The following 16 films are selected for the Encounters section:[36]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Absence[a] 雪云 Wu Lang China
The Adults Dustin Guy Defa United States
The Cage is Looking for a Bird[a] Kletka ishet ptitsu Malika Musaeva France, Russian Federation
Eastern Front[c] Shidniy front Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen Titarenko Latvia, Czechia, Ukraine, United States
The Echo[c] El eco Tatiana Huezo Mexico, Germany
Here Bas Devos Belgium
Family Time[a] Mummola Tia Kouvo Finland, Sweden
In the Blind Spot Im toten Winkel Ayşe Polat Germany
In Water 물 안에서 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
The Klezmer Project[a] Adentro mío estoy bailando Leandro Koch, Paloma Schahmann Argentina, Austria
Living Bad Viver Mal João Canijo Portugal, France
My Worst Enemy Mon pire ennemi Mehran Tamadon France, Switzerland
Orlando, My Political Biography[c][d] Orlando, ma biographie politique Paul B. Preciado France
Samsara Lois Patiño Spain
The Walls of Bergamo[c] Le mura di Bergamo Stefano Savona Italy
White Plastic Sky Müanyag égbolt Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó Hungary, Slovakia

Berlinale Series Competition

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Agent Nikolaj Lie Kaas Denmark
The Architect Arkitekten Kerren Lumer-Klabbers Norway
Bad Behaviour Corrie Chen Australia
The Good Mothers Le buone madri Elisa Amoruso, Julian Jarrold Italy
Roar Dahaad Reema Kagti, Ruchika Oberoi India
Spy/Master Christopher Smith Germany, Romania
Why Try to Change Me Now 平原上的摩西 Zhang Dalei China
Out of Competition
The Swarm Der Schwarm Barbara Eder, Philipp Stölzl, Luke Watson Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland

Berlinale Short Films Competition

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
8 Anaïs-Tohé Commaret France
A Kind of Testament Stephen Vuillemin
Back Yazan Rabee Netherlands
A Woman in Makueni Mwanamke Makueni Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina Germany
All Tomorrow's Parties 我的朋友 Zhang Dalei China
The Beads As Miçangas Rafaela Camelo, Emanuel Lavor Brazil
Bear Ours Morgane Frund Switzerland
Daughter and Son 亲密 Cheng Yu China
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays La herida luminosa Christian Avilés Spain
Dipped in Black Marungka tjalatjunu Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch Australia
Eeva Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak Estonia, Croatia
From Fish to Moon Kevin Contento United States
Happy Doom Billy Roisz Austria
It's a Date Nadia Parfan Ukraine
Jill, Uncredited Anthony Ing United Kingdom
Les chenilles Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany France
Sleepless Nights Nuits blanches Donatienne Berthereau France
Terra Mater – Mother Land Kantarama Gahigiri Rwanda, Switzerland
The Veiled City Natalie Cubides-Brady United Kingdom
The Waiting Das Warten Volker Schlecht Germany

Panorama

The following films are selected for the Panorama section:[37][38][39][40]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After Anthony Lapia France
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White[a][b] Babatunde Apalowo Nigeria
Ambush Ghaath[a] Chhatrapal Ninawe India
The Burdened Al Murhaqoon Amr Gamal Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
The Beast in the Jungle La Bête dans la jungle Patric Chiha France, Belgium, Austria
The Castle El castillo Martín Benchimol Argentina
Drifter[b] Hannes Hirsch Germany
Do You Love Me? Ty mene lubysh? Tonia Noyabrova Ukraine, Sweden
Femme[a][b] Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping United Kingdom
Green Night[b] 绿夜 Han Shuai Hong Kong, China
Hello Dankness Soda Jerk Australia
Heroic Heroico David Zonana Mexico, Sweden
Inside Vasilis Katsoupis Greece, Germany, Belgium
Matria[a] Álvaro Gago Spain
Midwives Sages-femmes Léa Fehner France
Opponent[b] Motståndaren Milad Alami Sweden
Passages[b] Ira Sachs France
Perpetrator[b] Jennifer Reeder United States, France
Property Propriedade Daniel Bandeira Brazil
The Quiet Migration[a] Stille Liv Malene Choi Denmark
Reality[a] Tina Satter United States
Silver Haze[b] Sacha Polak Netherlands, United Kingdom
Sira Apolline Traoré Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
The Siren (opening film) La Sirène Sepideh Farsi France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium
Sisi & I Sisi & Ich Frauke Finsterwalder Germany, Switzerland, Austria
The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer İlker Çatak Germany
Documentary Competition
And, Towards Happy Alleys Sreemoyee Singh India
The Cemetery of Cinema[c] Au cimetière de la pellicule Thierno Souleymane Diallo France, Senegal, Guinea, Saudi Arabia
The Eternal Memory Maite Alberdi Chile
Iron Butterflies Roman Liubyi Ukraine, Germany
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky, Maeve O'Boyle United States
Kokomo City[d] D. Smith United States
Stams[c] Bernhard Braunstein Austria
Transfariana[d] Joris Lachaise France, Colombia
Under the Sky of Damascus[c] Heba Khaled, Talal Derki, Ali Wajeeh Denmark, Germany, United States, Syria

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

The following films are selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino (lit. 'Perspective on German Cinema') section:[41][42]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
A Hologram for the King Tom Tykwer United States, Germany
Ararat[a] Engin Kundag Germany
Ash Wednesday Bárbara Santos, João Pedro Prado
Bones and Names[b] Knochen und Namen Fabian Stumm
Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents Dora oder die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern Stina Werenfels
Elaha Milena Aboyan
Jacob the Liar Jakob der Lügner Frank Beyer
Kash Kash Lea Najjar
The Kidnapping of the Bride El secuestro de la novia Sophia Mocorrea
Lonely Oaks[c] Vergiss Meyn Nicht Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff
Long Long Kiss Langer Langer Kuss Lukas Röder
Nuclear Nomads Nomades du nucléaire Kilian Armando Friedrich, Tizian Stromp Zargari
On Mothers and Daughters Geranien Tanja Egen
Requiem Hans-Christian Schmid
Seven Winters in Tehran[c] Sieben Winter in Teheran Steffi Niederzoll Germany
Tehran Taboo Teheran Tabu Ali Soozandeh Germany, Austria

Forum

The following films are selected for the Forum section:[43][44][45]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Allensworth James Benning US
Anqa[c] Helin Çelik Austria, Spain
About Thirty[b] Arturo a los treinta Martin Shanly Argentina
Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait Luke Fowler United Kingdom
The Bride[a] Myriam U. Birara Rwanda
Cidade Rabat Susana Nobre Portugal, France
Concrete Valley Antoine Bourges Canada
Dearest Fiona Fiona Tan Netherlands
De Facto Selma Doborac Austria, Germany
The Intrusion[b] O estranho Flora Dias, Juruna Mallon Brazil, France
The Temple Woods Gang Le Gang des Bois du Temple Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche France
Leaving and Staying[c] Gehen und Bleiben Volker Koepp Germany
Horse Opera Moyra Davey United States
Between Revolutions[b] Între revoluții Vlad Petri Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
There Is a Stone Ishi ga aru Tatsunari Ota Japan
Where God Is Not[c] Jaii keh khoda nist Mehran Tamadon France, Switzerland
The Trial[c] El juicio Ulises de la Orden Argentina, Italy, France, Norway
Calls from Moscow[d] Llamadas desde Moscú Luís Alejandro Yero Cuba, Germany, Norway
Mammalia Sebastian Mihăilescu Romania, Poland, Germany
Our Body[c] Notre corps Claire Simon France
A Golden Life Or de vie Boubacar Sangaré Burkina Faso, Benin, France
Notes from Eremocene Poznámky z Eremocénu Viera Čákanyová Slovakia, Czechia
The Face of the Jellyfish El rostro de la medusa Melisa Liebenthal Argentina
Remembering Every Night Subete no Yoru wo Omoidasu Yui Kiyohara Japan
This Is the End[d] Vincent Dieutre France
Forms of Forgetting Unutma Biçimleri Burak Çevik Turkey
Regardless of Us[a] 우리와 상관없이 Yoo Heong-jun South Korea
In Ukraine W Ukrainie Tomasz Wolski, Piotr Pawlus Poland
Forum Special
The Devil Queen A Rainha Diaba Antonio Carlos da Fontoura Brazil
I Heard It Through the Grapevine Dick Fontaine United States
Forum Special Fiktionsbescheinigung
Aufenthaltserlaubnis Antonio Skármeta Germany
An Autumn in the Little Country of Bärwalde Ein Herbst im Ländchen Bärwalde Gautam Bora
Battle of the Sacred Tree Der Kampf um den heiligen Baum Wanjiru Kinyanjui Germany, Kenya
Black Head Kara Kafa Korhan Yurtsever Turkey
A Lover & Killer of Colour Wanjiru Kinyanjui Germany
I, Your Mother Man Sa Yay Safi Faye Germany, Senegal
My Father the Guestworker Mein Vater, der Gastarbeiter Yüksel Yavuz Germany
Other than That, I'm Fine Onun Haricinde, İyiyim Eren Aksu Germany, Turkey
All in Order Ordnung Sohrab Shahid-Saless Federal Republic of Germany
Oyoyo Chetna Vora German Democratic Republic
Forum Expanded
The Tree A árvore Ana Vaz Spain, Brazil
AI: African Intelligence Manthia Diawara Portugal, Senegal, Belgium
Black Strangers Dan Guthrie United Kingdom
Conspiracy Simone Leigh, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich United States
Desert Dreaming Abdul Halik Azeez Sri Lanka
The early rain which washes away the chaff before spring rains Der frühe Regen wäscht die Spreu weg vor dem Frühlingsregen Heiko-Thandeka Ncube Germany
Exhibition Mary Helena Clark United States
Home Invasion Graeme Arnfield United Kingdom
If You Don't Watch the Way You Move Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Mangosteen Tulapop Saenjaroen Thailand
The Man Who Envied Women Yvonne Rainer United States
In-between World Zwischenwelt Cana Bilir-Meier Germany
Forum Expanded Exhibition
Achala Tenzin Phuntsog United States
Borrowing a Family Album Tamer El Said Egypt
Comrade leader, comrade leader, how nice to see you Walid Raad United States
Dancing Boy Tenzin Phuntsog
Dreams Tenzin Phuntsog
Father Mother Pala Amala Tenzin Phuntsog

Generation

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Generation Kplus
Aaaah! Osman Cerfon France
Cinderella Walt Disney, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske United States
Dede Is Dead Deniska umřela Philippe Kastner Czech Republic
Deep Sea 深海 Tian Xiaopeng People's Republic of China
A Greyhound of a Girl Enzo D'Alò Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia, Estonia, Germany
Just Super Helt super Rasmus A. Sivertsen Norway
Pond Tümpel Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust Switzerland
Somni Sonja Rohleder Germany
Spin & Ella An Vrombaut Belgium
To Be Sisters Entre deux sœurs Darvazeye royaha France
George-Peterland Gösta Petter-land Christer Wahlberg Sweden
Closing Dynasty Lloyd Lee Choi United States
Dancing Queen Aurora Gossé Norway
Dusk Timis Awa Moctar Gueye Senegal
I Woke Up With a Dream Desperté con un sueño Pablo Solarz Argentina
Gaby's Hills Gaby les collines Zoé Pelchat Canada
Kiddo Zara Dwinger Netherlands
Magma Luca Meisters
Nanitic Carol Nguyen Canada
Sea Sparkle Zeevonk Domien Huyghe Belgium, Netherlands
She – Hero Mimi Mira Fornay Slovakia
The Shift Sværddrage Møller Hansen Denmark
Sweet As Jub Clerc Australia
Xiaohui and His Cows 小晖和他的牛 Xinying Lao People's Republic of China
Of Dreams in the Dream of Another Mirror De songes au songe d'un autre miroir Yunyi Zhu France
Waking Up in Silence Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi Germany
Generation 14plus - Documentary Competition
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck United States
Crushed Ella Rocca Switzerland
Dreams' Gate Darvazeye royaha Negin Ahmadi Iran, Norway, France
Hummingbirds[c][d] Silvia Del Carmen Castaños United States
When a Rocket Sits on the Launch Pad 火箭发射时 Bohao Liu People's Republic of China, United States
Ramona Victoria Linares Villegas Dominican Republic
To Write From Memory Emory Chao Johnson United States
We Will Not Fade Away[c] Alisa Kovalenko Ukraine, France, Poland
Generation 14plus - Feature or Short Competition
Adolfo Sofía Auza United States, Mexico
Autobio-Pamphlet Aatmapamphlet Ashish Avinash Bende India
Almamula[a][b] Juan Sebastian Torales Argentina, France, Italy
Before Madrid Antes de Madrid Ilén Juambeltz, Nicolás Botana Uruguay
Delegation Ha'Mishlahat Asaf Saban Israel, Poland, Germany
Hito Stephen Lopez Philippine
Incroci Francesca de Fusco United States, Germany
Infantry Infantaria Laís Santos Araújo Brazil
The Lost Boys[a][b] Le Paradis Zeno Graton Belgium, France
Madden [Malin Ingrid Johansson Sweden
Ma mère et moi Emma Branderhorst Netherlands
Mirror Mirror Sandulela Asanda South Africa
Catching Birds Mise à nu with Anna Stanic, Fethi Aidouni, Marin Judas Germany, Austria, France
And Me, I'm Dancing Too Man khod, man ham miraghsam Mohammad Valizadegan Germany, Czechia, Iran
Tomorrow Is a Long Time[a] 明天比昨天长久 Jow Zhi Wei Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal
Mutt[b] Vuk Lungulov-Klotz United States
From the Corner of My Eyes Szemem sarka Domonkos Erhardt Hungary
Sica[a] Carla Subirana Spain
Simo Aziz Zoromba Canada
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before [de] Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war Sonja Heiss Germany
Now.Here 一时一刻 Hao Zhao China
Steven Spielberg during Berlinale Events

Homage films

This section of the 73rd Berlinale was dedicated to American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer Steven Spielberg, who was awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.[47]

Year Original Title Director Production Country
2015 Bridge of Spies Steven Spielberg United States, Germany, United Kingdom
1971 Duel United States
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2022 The Fabelmans
1975 Jaws
2005 Munich United States, Canada, France
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark United States
1993 Schindler's List

The Retrospective

This section presented the following films:[48][49]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1983 To Our Loves À nos amours Maurice Pialat France
1956 Unvanquished অপরাজিত Satyajit Ray India
1988 Sound and Fury De bruit et de fureur Jean-Claude Brisseau France
1973 The Spirit of the Beehive El espíritu de la colmena Víctor Erice Spain
1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes United States
1969 The Beautiful Girl Gražuolė Arūnas Žebriūnas USSR, Lithuania
1993 Groundhog Day Harold Ramis United States
1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle Werner Herzog Germany
1996 Bag of Rice Kiseye Berendj Mohammad-Ali Talebi Iran, Japan
1971 The Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich United States
1953 Little Fugitive Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin United States
1975 Manila in the Claws of Light Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag Lino Brocka Philippines
1994 Muriel's Wedding P. J. Hogan Australia
1964 Before the Revolution Prima della rivoluzione Bernardo Bertolucci Italy
1955 Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas Ray United States

The Classics

A 4K restoration of David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch opened the classics section.[50]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Stanley Kramer United States
1988 Mapantsula Oliver Schmitz South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom
1991 Naked Lunch David Cronenberg Canada, United Kingdom, Japan
1941 Romeo and Juliet in the Village Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe Valerien Schmidely, Hans Trommer Switzerland
1981 Sweet Dreams Sogni d'oro Nanni Moretti Italy
1990 Twilight Szürkület György Fehér Hungary
1923 A Woman of Paris Charlie Chaplin United States
1956 Night River 夜の河 Kōzaburō Yoshimura Japan

Official Awards

Nicolas Philibert, with the Golden Bear for On the Adamant
Christian Petzold, with the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for Afire
Philippe Garrel, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director
Sofía Otero, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for 20,000 Species of Bees
Bas Devos, with the Best Film (Encounters) for Here
Tatiana Huezo, with the Berlinale Documentary Film Award for The Echo
Steven Spielberg, Honorary Golden Bear award winner
Caroline Champetier, Berlinale Camera award for lifetime achievement award winner

Main Competition

Honorary Golden Bear

Berlinale Camera

Encounters

Berlinale Series Award

Short Films Competition

Generation

Youth Jury Awards

  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Adolfo by Sofía Auza[52]
    • Special Mention: And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: And Me, I'm Dancing Too by Mohammad Valizadegan
    • Special Mention: From the Corner of My Eyes by Domonkos Erhardt

Generation 14plus

  • Grand Prix: Hummingbirds by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía "Beba" Contreras
    • Special Mention: Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
  • Special Prize for the Best Short Film: Infantry by Laís Santos Araújo
    • Special Mention: Incroci by Francesca de Fusco

Children's Jury Generation Kplus

  • Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Sweet As by Jub Clerc
    • Special Mention: Zeevonk by Domien Huyghe
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Closing Dynasty by Lloyd Lee Choi
    • Special Mention: Deniska umřela by Philippe Kastner

The Perspektive Deutsches Kino Award

  • Compass-Perspektive-Award: Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll[53]
  • Honorable Mention: The Kidnapping of the Bride by Sophia Mocorrea
  • Kompagnon Fellowships:
    • Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove by Mareike Wegener
    • My Beloved Man's Female Body by Anna Melikova
  • Heiner Carow Prize: Bones and Names by Fabian Stumm

GWFF Best First Feature Award

  • The Klezmer Project by Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann

Documentary Award

Panorama Audience Award

Panorama Audience Award – Feature film

Panorama Audience Award – Documentary

Independent awards

Babatunde Apalowo and Tope Tedela, with the Teddy Award for All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White

Teddy Award

Amnesty International Film Award

Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury

Prize of the FIPRESCI

  • Competition: The Survival of Kindness by Rolf de Heer
  • Encounters: Here by Bas Devos
  • Panorama: The Quiet Migration by Malene Choi
  • Forum: Between Revolutions by Vlad Petri

Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas

AG KINO GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14plus

  • And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

Cicae Art Cinema Prizes

  • Panorama: The Teachers' Lounge by İlker Çatak
  • Forum: The Face of Jellyfish by Melisa Liebenthal

Berliner Morgenpost Reader's Jury Award

Tagesspiegel Reader's Jury Award

Caligari Film Prize

  • De Facto by Selma Doborac

Peace Film Prize

  • Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll

ARTEKino International Award

  • Peeled Skin by Leonie Krippendorff[56]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Nominated for the GWFF Best First Feature Award
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nominated for the Teddy Award for the Best Feature Film[30]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award
  4. ^ a b c d e f Nominated for the Teddy Award for the Best Feature Documentary/Essay Films[46]

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