Berlin: ‘Child’s Pose’ Wins Golden Bear; David Gordon Green Named Best Director
Wong Kar Wai’s jury gave Romanian film Child’s Pose the top prize Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this evening. The story follows a mother trying to save her son from prison. In accepting the award, director Călin Peter Netzer spoke of “commercial censorhip against arthouse cinema” and thanked the Berlinale, sales agents and distributors for “bringing arthouse cinema to the public.” David Gordon Green was named Best Director for the well-received Prince Avalanche, a film he remade from the Icelandic movie Either Way, transporting the action to Texas. Magnolia acquired the film in Sundance. The hotly-tipped Paulina Garcia took the Best Actress prize for her turn in Gloria which Roadside Attractions acquired earlier in the festival. And, Nazif Mujic was named Best Actor for Danis Tanovic’s Jury Grand Prix winner An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker.
While the competition roster at this year’s Berlin Film Festival left some cold, the last two years have produced a foreign language Oscar winner (2011′s A Separation) and two foreign language Oscar nominees (this year’s A Royal Affair and War Witch). And another film that won a prize in 2012, Sister, was also shortlisted for the foreign language Oscar this year. So, it will be interesting to watch the international careers of this year’s winners to see if the trend continues. Below is a list of the main winners along with the various sidebar and independent jury prizes which were announced earlier today:
MAIN COMPETITION PRIZES
Golden Bear
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter NetzerSilver Bear Jury Grand Prix
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis TanovicSilver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Vic & Flo Saw A Bear, Denis CôtéSilver Bear for Best Director
David Gordon Green, Prince AvalancheSilver Bear for Best Actress
Paulina Garcia, GloriaSilver Bear for Best Actor
Nazif Mujic, An Episode In The Life Of An Iron PickerSilver Bear for Best Script
Closed Curtain, Jafar PanahiSilver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Camera, Editing, Music Score, Costume Design or Set Design
Aziz Zhambakiyev for the camera in Harmony Lessons by Emir BaigazinBEST FIRST FEATURE
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, Australia
ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition
Gloria, Sebastián LelioSpecial Mention
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis TanovićPanorama 2013
The Act Of Killing, Joshua OppenheimerSpecial Mention
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteForum 2013
Circles, Srdan GolubovićSpecial Mention
Roots, Kaoru IkeyaFIPRESCI
Competition
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter NetzerPanorama
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-LavaletteForum
Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica FilhoPRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERNMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio
CICAE
Panorama
Rock The Casbah, Yariv HorowitzForum
In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon GroßLABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – fiction film 2013
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, Belgium/Netherlands
2nd Place
Reaching For The Moon, Bruno Barreto, Brazil3rd Place
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada/FrancePANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – documentary 2013
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Norway/Great Britain
2nd Place
Salma, Kim Longinotto, Great Britain3rd Place
A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel, Lebanon/Great Britain/DenmarkTEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
In The Name Of, Małgośka SzumowskaJury Award
Concussion, Stacie PassonBest Documentary/Essay Film
Bambi, Sébastien LifshitzBest Short Film
Undress Me, Victor LindgrenAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Naked Opera, Angela Christlieb
MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP
Jan Speckenbach for The Sound Of Stones
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica Filho
NETPAC PRIZE
When I Saw You, Annemarie Jacir
PEACE FILM PRIZE
A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel
CRYSTAL BEARS AND DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK AWARDS IN GENERATION KPLUS
Crystal Bear for the Best Film
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, AustraliaSpecial Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, AustraliaCrystal Bear for the Best Short Film
The Amber Amulet, Matthew Moore, AustraliaSpecial Mention
Ezi Un lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, LatviaInternational Jury Generation Kplus
Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature film
Mammu, Es Tevi mīlu, Jānis Nords, LatviaSpecial Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, AustraliaSpecial Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best short film
Cheong, Kim Jung-in, Republic of KoreaSpecial Mention
Ezi Un Lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, LatviaFGYO-PIRZE DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE
Two Mothers, Anne Zohra Berrached
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