David Gordon Green Wins Best Director at Berlinale Festival

The Berlin Film Festival had just wrapped and with that comes the announcement of this year’s festival winners.  Most notably David Gordon Green has won the Silver Bear for Best Director for his film Prince Avalanche and the Golden Bear (Best Picture) went to Calin Peter Netzer‘s film Child’s Pose.

Hit the break for the full list of winners from this year’s fest.

Golden Bear: “Child’s Pose” by Calin Peter Netzer (Romania)

Silver Bear – The Jury Grand Prize: “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker” by Danis Tanovic (Bosnia and Herzeogvina/France/Slovenia)

Silver Bear – Best Director: David Gordon Green, “Prince Avalanche” (USA)

Silver Bear – Best Actress: Paulina Garcia in “Gloria” (Chile/Spain)

Silver Bear – Best Actor: Nazif Mujic in “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker” (Bosnia and Herzeogvina/France/Slovenia)

Silver Bear – Best Screenplay: “Pardé (Closed Curtain),” by Jafar Panahi (Iran)

Silver Bear – Artistic Contribution: Aziz Zahmbakyjev, cinematographer of “Harmony Lessons” (Kazakhstan / Germany / France)

Alfred Bauer Prize: Denis Côté, “Vic and Flow Saw a Bear” (Canada)

Best First Feature Award: “The Rocket” by Kim Mordaunt (Australia)

Special Mention:  “Layla Fourie” by (Germany/South Africa/France/The Netherlands)

Special Mention: “Promised Land” by Gus Van Sant (U.S.)

Golden Bear for Best Short Film: “Fugue” by Jean-Bernard Marlin (France)
Silver Bear for Best Short Film: “remains quiet” by Stefan Kriekhaus (Germany)

DAAD Short Film Award: “Ashura” by Köken Ergun (Turkey/Germany)

Crystal Bear for the Best Kplus Feature Film: “The Rocket” by Kim Mordaunt (Australia)
Special Mention: “Satellite Boy” by Catriona McKenzie (Australia)

Crystal Bear for the Best Kplus Short Film: “The Amber Amulet” by Matthew Moore (Australia)
Special Mention: “Ezi un lielpilseta” by Ēvalds Lācis (Latvia)

The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Feature Film with € 7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education): “Mammu, es Tevi mīlu” by Jānis Nords (Latvia)
Special Mention: “Satellite Boy” by Catriona McKenzie (Australia)

The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Short Film with € 2,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education): “Cheong” by Kim Jung-in (Republic of Korea)
Special Mention: “Ezi un lielpilseta” by Ēvalds Lācis (Latvia)

Crystal Bear for the Best 14plus Feature Film: “Baby Blues” by Kasia Rosłaniec (Poland)
Special Mention: “Pluto” by Shin Su-won (Republic of Korea)

Crystal Bear for the Best 14plus Short Film: “Rabbitland” by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak (Serbia)
Special Mention: “Treffit” by Jenni Toivoniemi (Finland)

The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Feature Film with € 7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education): “Shopping” by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland (New Zealand)
Special Mention: “Baby Blues” by Kasia Rosłaniec (Poland)

The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Short Film with € 2,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education): “Första gången” by Anders Hazelius (Sweden)
Special Mention: “Barefoot” by Danis Goulet (Canada)

Panorama Section Audience Award, Fiction Film: “The Broken Circle Breakdown” by Felix van Groeningen (Belgium/Netherlands)
Second Place: “Reaching for the Moon” by Bruno Barreto (Brazil)
Third Place: “Inch’Allah” by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada/France)

Panorama Section Audience Award, Documentary Film: “The Act of Killing” by Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark/Norway/Great Britain)
Second Place: “Salma” by Kim Longinotto (Great Britain)
Third Place: “A World Not Ours” by Mahdi Fleifel (Lebanon/Great Britain/Denmark)

EFA Nominee Berlin (Best European Short Film): “Misterio” by Chema García Ibarra (Spain)

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