Child’s Pose,best film in Berlin Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival is finished yesterday and Calin Peter Netzer won the Golden Bear for Best Film Child’s Pose, the story of an unhealthy mother-son relationship paralleled by a pitiless portrayal of an object social class. It was an interesting film festival and we can say that Europe triumphed for movies but also in the eyes of the short film like The Runaway by French director Jean Bernard Marlin and Remains Quiet by German director Stefan Kriekhaus. This is the complete winners list:
Golden Bear for Best Film
Child’s Pose [trailer, film focus] – Călin Peter Netzer
Special Mention
Promised Land - Gus Van Sant
Layla Fourie - Pia Marais
Silver Bear – Jury Grand Prix
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker [trailer] - Danis Tanović
Alfred Bauer Prize
VicFlo saw a Bear - Denis Côté
Silver Bear for Best Director
David Gordon Green - Prince Avalanche
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Paulina Garcia - Gloria [trailer]
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Nazif Mujić - An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution
Aziz Zhambakiyev - Harmony Lessons
Silver Bear for Best Script
Jafar Panahi - Closed Curtain
First film (jury special award)
The Rocket - Kim Mordaunt
Special mention
A Batalha de Tabatô - Joao Viana
Short film awards
Golden Bear
The Runaway – Jean Bernard Marlin
Silver Bear
Remains Quiet – Stefan Kriekhaus
PRIZES OF THE YOUTH JURY IN THE COMPETITION GENERATION 14PLUS
Crystal Bear for the Best Film:
Baby Blues by Kasia Rosłaniec
Special Mention:
Pluto by Shin Su-won
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film:
Rabbitland by Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak
Special Mention:
The Date by Jenni Toivoniemi
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY IN THE COMPETITION GENERATION 14PLUS
Grand Prix:
Shopping by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland
Special Mention:
Baby Blues by Kasia Rosłaniec
Special Prize:
The First Time by Anders Hazelius
Special Mention:
Barefoot by Danis Goulet
FGYO – Award Diologue in Perspective
Two Mothers by Anne Zohra Berrached
