A snow-caked Berlin celebrates a brand new Golden Bear winner.
This yr’s Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition has come to a detailed, and after the cringy self-congratulatory “give it up for yourselves” introduction on the closing awards ceremony, reminding everybody in regards to the political activism all through the length of this 73rd version and the grand complete of 120 minutes of standing ovations, the outcomes have been in...
Out of the 19 movies in Competitors, the jury of the 73rd Berlinale - presided over by Kristen Stewart - awarded the coveted Golden Bear for Greatest Movie to French documentary Sur L'Adamant by Nicolas Philibert.
Following the win of Laura Poitras final yr in Venice for her excellent documentary All The Magnificence and the Bloodshed, main movie festivals appear to be pushing documentary filmmaking and giving it the highlight it deserves. The movie plunges viewers into a singular floating day-care heart situated on the Seine river within the coronary heart of Paris, which welcomes adults with psychological problems and introduces us to each sufferers and caregivers, who're inventing a approach to be collectively.
Nothing for any of the anime movies in Competitors just like the incredible Suzume, and the crucial consensus following Celine Track’s terrific Previous Lives or Lila Avilés’ Tótem was thwarted for this left-field selection, which didn’t appear to be on anybody’s radar for the highest prize.
The opposite winners of the night the place as follows:
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Roter Himmel (Afire) – Christian Petzold
Cheers adopted this win, because the tragi-comic drama was considered one of our favourites this yr. Keep tuned to Euronews Tradition for our interview with Christian Petzold.
- Silver Bear Jury Prize: Mal Viver - Joao Canijo
Shamefully, it’s the one Competitors title I didn’t get to see. So, congrats and Godspeed. Though, when the director took to the stage and mentioned “I actually can’t consider it”, somebody heckled again: “Me neither!” I’m guessing it wasn’t to everybody’s liking!
- Silver Bear for Greatest Director: Philippe Garrel for The Grand Chariot (The Plough).
One other prize for the French this yr. “I need to dedicate this movie to Jean-Luc Godard.” Typical. Lila Avilés was robbed for her spellbinding work on Tótem.
- Gender-neutral Silver Bear for Greatest Main Efficiency: Sofia Otero for 20,000 Especies De Abejas (20,000 Species of Bees).
The younger Otero performs an 8-year-old boy struggling as a result of folks hold addressing him as a boy, when she identifies as a lady. This glorious movie by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren was her first time in entrance of the digital camera, and it’s fantastic to see such a younger performer profitable the highest efficiency prize. We predicted it wouldn’t go house empty-handed, because the themes of gender and the constructive binaries that oppress younger and outdated alike strike an necessary and present chord. In contrast to the following award, this one feels very earned.
- Gender-neutral Silver Bear for Greatest Supporting Efficiency: Thea Ehre for Bis Ans Ende Der Nacht (Until the Finish of the Night time).
This one is hardly shocking, as Ehre’s efficiency is respectable and the perfect factor about German style film Bis Ans Ende Der Nacht. There’s additionally a illustration dimension to this selection, as Ehre is a trans performer, and in a gender-neutral class trying to break new floor and open views, this appears like a telegraphed beat. It’s removed from the worst efficiency of the Competitors choice, however the movie stands as one of many weakest and most unnecessarily muddled. There’s additionally one thing irritating in regards to the two appearing awards, as each went to performances in movies coping with gender binaries and trans identification; a significant and necessary topic, however the awards can’t assist however really feel overly well-meaning and apparent - giving the appearing prizes extra for illustration moderately than total qualtiy. Nonetheless, at the least Sofia Otero gained her prize.
- Silver Bear for Greatest Screenplay: Music by Angela Schanelec.
Odd selection, because the script is so indirect on this unusual and austere beast of a movie. It’s a transforming of the Oedipus fantasy and an elliptical headache that's each fascinating however maddingly elusive. Nonetheless, it’s fantastic to see a filmmaker of Schanelec’s calibre pushing cinematic boundaries. It is a movie you respect greater than you get pleasure from. Nonetheless, this one actually ought to have gone to Celine Track for Previous Lives.
- Silver Bear for Excellent Inventive Contribution: Hélène Louvart for the cinematography of Disco Boy.
No complaints right here. Plus, Louvart invitations director Giaccomo Abbruzzese on stage to share the prize and a stunning hug.
Keep tuned to Euronews Tradition for the complete debrief of the 73rd version of the competition: our highs, lows, in addition to the highest Berlinale movies seen this yr that audiences must stay up for.
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