French documentary On the Adamant (Sur l'Adamant) directed by Nicholas Philibert was named Finest Movie at Berlin's 73rd Worldwide Movie Competition, the Berlinale on Saturday.
The movie is a portrait of the L'Adamant Day Centre in Paris, a floating day-care barge for adults that suffer from psychological problems.
On the Adamant premiered on Friday on the Berlinale and is scheduled for launch in French cinemas on 29 March.
Having been created for the Berlin public in 1951, firstly of the Chilly Conflict, the Berlinale has grown into one of many largest public movie festivals on the earth, drawing tens of 1000's of holiday makers annually.
Prizes are determined by a seven-member jury, made up of actors, singers and administrators from all around the world, and is led this 12 months by American actor Kristen Stewart.
Clutching the Golden Bear trophy, Philibert, who has received quite a few awards for his documentaries, was visibly moved.
He mentioned: “That a documentary is awarded and celebrated, that a documentary could be thought-about to be cinema in its personal proper touches me deeply”.
Philibert mentioned that within the movie he had tried to “reverse the picture” that folks have of these with psychological sicknesses and permit viewers to see “what unites us past our variations”.
“As everyone knows, the craziest individuals are not these we predict they're,” he added.
German movie Afire (Roter Himmel), a romantic drama about 4 younger adults on vacation throughout a sizzling summer season by the Baltic Sea, took the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. After Undine (2020), Roter Himmel is the second a part of a deliberate movie trilogy by Christian Petzold.
Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman's movie Superpower additionally premiered on the competition, which they started filming in Ukraine in early 2021. The movie options Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy, and explores the looming menace of Russia, which might go on to invade Ukraine whereas they had been filming.
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