70th Berlin International Film Festival
Film festival
The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020.[ 1] [ 2] It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival board: business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian .[ 3]
The festival opening gala was presented by actor Samuel Finzi , followed by the world premiere My Salinger Year , directed by Philippe Falardeau .[ 4] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film There Is No Evil , directed by Mohammad Rasoulof .[ 5]
Juries
Jeremy Irons , Main Competition Jury President
Main competition
Encounters
Shōzō Ichiyama, Japanese producer[ 8]
Dominga Sotomayor, Chilean film director, writer and producer
Eva Trobisch, German film director
First Feature Award
Ognjen Glavonić, Serbian film director and writer[ 9]
Hala Lotfy , Egyptian filmmaker, producer and founder of Hassala Films
Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, film scholar
Documentary Award
Short Film Competition
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[ 12] [ 13]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
All the Dead Ones
Todos os mortos
Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra
Brazil, France
Bad Tales
Favolacce
Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo
Italy, Switzerland
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Burhan Qurbani
Germany, Netherlands, France
DAU. Natasha
Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel
Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia
Days
日子
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
Delete History
Effacer l'historique
Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
France, Belgium
First Cow
Kelly Reichardt
United States
Hidden Away
Volevo nascondermi
Giorgio Diritti
Italy
The Intruder
El Prófugo
Natalia Meta
Argentina, Mexico
Irradiated
Irradiés
Rithy Panh
France, Cambodia
My Little Sister
Schwesterlein
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
Switzerland
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman
United States
The Roads Not Taken
Sally Potter
United Kingdom
The Salt of Tears
Le sel des larmes
Philippe Garrel
France, Switzerland
Siberia
Abel Ferrara
Italy, Germany, Mexico
There Is No Evil
شیطان وجود ندارد
Mohammad Rasoulof
Germany, Czech Republic, Iran
Undine
Christian Petzold
Germany, France
The Woman Who Ran
도망친 여자
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
Encounters
The following films were selected for the new Encounters section:[ 14]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Funny Face
Tim Sutton
United States
Gunda
Victor Kossakovsky
Norway, United States
Isabella
Matías Piñeiro
Argentina
Kill It and Leave This Town
Zabij to i wyjedz z tego miasta
Mariusz Wilczyński
Poland
Los Conductos
Camilo Restrepo
Brazil, Colombia, France
The Last City
Die letzte Stadt
Heinz Emigholz
Germany
Malmkrog
Cristi Puiu
Bosnia, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland
The Metamorphosis of Birds
A metamorfose dos pássaros
Catarina Vasconcelos
Portugal
Naked Animals
Nackte Tiere
Melanie Waelde
Germany
Orphea
Khavn and Alexander Kluge
Germany
Servants
Služobníci
Ivan Ostrochovský
Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Laila aur satt geet
Pushpendra Singh
India
Shirley
Josephine Decker
United States
The Trouble with Being Born
Sandra Wollner
Austria, Germany
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
Anders Edström and C.W. Winter
Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
All Hands on Deck
À L'abordage
Guillaume Brac
France
Always Amber
Alltid Amber
Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen
Sweden
The Assistant
Kitty Green
United States
Black Milk
Schwarze Milch
Uisenma Borchu
Germany, Mongolia
A Common Crime
Un crimen común
Francisco Márquez
Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland
Digger
Georgis Grigorakis
Greece, France
Dry Wind
Vento Seco
Daniel Nolasco
Brazil
Eeb Allay Ooo!
Prateek Vats
India
Exile
Exil
Visar Morina
Belgium, Germany, Kosovo
Father
Otac
Srdan Golubović
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia
Hope
Håp
Maria Sødahl
Norway, Sweden
If It Were Love
Si c'était de l'amour
Patric Chiha
France
Mare
Andrea Štaka
Croatia, Switzerland
Minyan
Eric Steel
United States
Mughal Mowgli
Bassam Tariq
United Kingdom
No Hard Feelings
Futur Drei
Faraz Shariat
Germany
Notes from the Underworld
Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Austria
One in a Thousand
Las Mil y Una
Clarisa Navas
Argentina, Germany
One of These Days
Bastian Günther
Germany, United States
Pari
Siamak Etemadi
Bulgaria, France, Greece, Netherlands
Shine Your Eyes
Cidade Pássaro
Matias Mariani
Brazil
Sow the Wind
Semina il vento
Danilo Caputo
France, Greece, Italy
Suk Suk
Ray Yeung
Hong Kong
Surge
Aneil Karia
United Kingdom
Wildland
Kød & Blod
Jeanette Nordahl
Denmark
Panorama Dokumente
Amazon Mirror
O reflexo do lago
Fernando Segtowick
Brazil
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Bill and Turner Ross
United States
Days of Cannibalism
Teboho Edkins
France, Netherlands, South Africa
The Foundation Pit
Kotlovan
Andrey Gryazev
Russia
I Dream of Singapore
Lei Yuan Bin
Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom
If It Were Love
Si c'était de l'amour
Patric Chiha
France
Little Girl
Petite fille
Sébastien Lifshitz
France, Belgium
Nardjes A.
Karim Aïnouz
Algeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Qatar
Running on Empty
Jetzt oder morgen
Lisa Weber
Austria
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien
Bettina Böhler
Germany
Welcome to Chechnya
David France
United States
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
The American Sector
Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez
United States
Charlatan
Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia
Curveball
Johannes Naber
Germany
DAU. Degeneration
DAU. Degeneratsia
Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Ilya Permyakov
Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia
Golda Maria
Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman
France
High Ground
Stephen Maxwell Johnson
Australia
Hillary
Nanette Burstein
United States
Last and First Men
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Iceland
Minamata
Andrew Levitas
United Kingdom
My Salinger Year
Philippe Falardeau
Canada, Ireland
Night Shift
Police
Anne Fontaine
France
Numbers
Nomera
Oleg Sentsov in collaboration with Akhtem Seitablaiev
Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, France
The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis
United States
Onward
Dan Scanlon
Paris Calligrammes
Ulrike Ottinger
Germany, France
Persian Lessons
Vadim Perelman
Russia, Germany, Belarus
Pinocchio
Matteo Garrone
Italy, France, United Kingdom
Speer Goes to Hollywood
Vanessa Lapa
Israel
Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue
一直游到海水变蓝
Jia Zhangke
China
Time to Hunt
사냥의 시간
Yoon Sung-hyun
South Korea
Berlinale Shorts
The following films were selected for the Berlinale shorts section:[ 19]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
2008
Blake Williams
Canada
À l'entrée de la nuit
Anton Bialas
France
Aletsch Negative
Laurence Bonvin
Switzerland
Atkūrimas
Laurynas Bareisa
Lithuania
Cause of Death
Jyoti Mistry
South Africa/Austria
A Demonstration
Sasha Litvintseva , Beny Wagner
Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Filipiñana
Rafael Manuel
Philippines, United Kingdom
Foam
Écume
Omar Elhamy
Canada
Genius Loci
Adrien Mérigeau
France
Girl and Body
Charlotte Mars
Australia
Gumnaam Din
Ekta Mittal
India
HaMa'azin
Omer Sterenberg
Israel
How to Disappear
Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf
Austria
Huntsville Station
Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone
United States
Inflorescence
Nicolaas Schmidt
Germany
It Wasn't the Right Mountain, Mohammad
Mili Pecherer
France
My Galactic Twin Galaction
Sasha Svirsky
Russia
Playback
Ensayo de una despedida
Agustina Comedi
Argentina
She Who Wears the Rain
Celle qui porte la pluie
Marianne Métivier
Canada
So We Live
Rand Abou Fakher
Belgium
Stump the Guesser
Guy Maddin , Evan Johnson , Galen Johnson
Canada
T
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
United States
Union County
Adam Meeks
Veitstanz/Feixtanz (1988)
Gabriele Stötzer
East Germany
Other sections
The Berlinale retrospective included more than 30 films by Hollywood filmmaker King Vidor .[ 20] The homage was dedicated to Helen Mirren , with Mirren awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear .[ 21] The Berlinale Camera was awarded to Ulrike Ottinger followed by the world premiere of Ottinger's documentary Paris Calligrammes .[ 22]
The Series section, introduced in 2015,[ 23] is devoted to longform television series . In 2020, there were two Australian entries: Stateless and Mystery Road Series 2.[ 24] [ 25]
Mohammad Rasoulof , video chatted at the award winners' press conference of the Berlinale
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
Main Competition
Short Film Competition
Best First Feature
Camilo Restrepo for Los conductos
Encounters
Panorama
Audience Award :
Audience Award – Documentaries :
Generation
Generation 14Plus
Crystal Bear for the Best Film : Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film : Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film : My Name Is Baghdad by Caru Alves de Souza
Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film : Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
Special Mention : White Winged Horse by Mahyar Mandegar
Generation KPlus
Crystal Bear for Best Film : Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film : The Name of the Son by Martina Matzkin
Special Mention : Miss by Amira Géhanne Khalfallah
The Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Film : The Wolves by Samuel Kishi Leopo
Special Prize of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Short Film : The Name of the Son by Martina Matzkin
Special Mention : The Kites by Seyed Payam Hosseini
Independent Awards
Caligari Film Prize
Victoria by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere
Heiner Carow Prize
Compass-Perspektive-Award
Walchensee Forever by Janna Ji Wonders
Kompagnon-Fellowship
Perspektive Deutsches Kino : 111 by Hristiana Rykova
Berlinale Talents : Arctic Link by Ian Purnell
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