For once we were not able to cover the Berlinale as we usually do (loss of papers, covid, health restrictions, and protocols slowed us down). But the festival went well. If Isabelle Hupper was not able to go there to receive the Golden Bear that was awarded to her as an honorary title, other Frenchmen were able to pull their weight. Claire Denis left with a Silver Bear, confirming her status as the Raymond Poulidor of French cinema (which suits her so poorly as her talent is internationally recognized).
Here are the winners
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Golden Bear
Alcarràs by Carla Simon
Silver Bear
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize : The Novelist’s film de Hong Sang-soo
Jury Prize : : Robe of Gems de Natalia Lopez Gallardo
Best Director / Directress : Claire Denis pour Avec amour et acharnement
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Meltem Kaptan in Rabiye Kurnaz contre George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance : Laura Basuki in Before, Now and Then (Nana) by Kamila Andini
Best screenplay : Rabiye Kurnaz contre George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen, written by Laila Stieler
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Rithy Pahn for Everything Will Be Okay
Special Mention : A Piece of sky (Drii Winter) byMichael Koch
ENCOUNTERS
Special Jury Prize: See you Friday, Robinson by Mitra Farahani
Best Director : Cyril Schaublin for Unrest
Best film : Mutzenbacher by Ruth Beckermann
DOCUMENTARY PRIZE
Myanmar Diaries by the Myanmar Film Collective
Panorama
The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Baqyt (Happiness) and Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death)
The audience has voted: The 24th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Baqyt (Happiness) by Askar Uzabayev. Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).
In the film Baqyt, the main character wears orange for her job as an influencer and a broad smile. The “Happiness” brand is her doctrine, but her home is a dark place where brute force has ruled for years. This film shows us what it costs to escape the trap of misogyny.
Cem Kaya’s dense documentary essay Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) celebrates 60 years of Turkish music in Germany. An alternative post-war history that is at the same time a musical Who’s Who – from Yüksel Özkasap to Derdiyoklar and Muhabbet.
The award-winning feature film will be shown on Sunday, February 20, at 6 pm, the winner of the Panorama Dokumente at 9 pm. Both screenings will take place at Zoo Palast 1.
The Panorama Audience Award has been bestowed since 1999. As of 2011, both the best feature film and the best documentary have been honoured. During the Berlinale, all cinema-goers are invited to rate the films in the Panorama section on a voting card. In total around 8,000 votes were cast and evaluated.
This year, Panorama presented a total of 29 feature films from 33 production countries, ten of them were in Panorama Dokumente.
Panorama Audience
Award Winner – Feature Film 2022:
Baqyt (Happiness)
Kazakhstan
by Askar Uzabayev
2nd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner – Feature Film 2022:
Klondike
Ukraine / Turkey
by Maryna Er Gorbach
3rd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner – Feature Film 2022:
Fogaréu
Brazil / France
by Flávia Neves
Panorama Audience –Panorama Dokumente 2022:
Award Winner
Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death)
Germany
by Cem Kaya
2nd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner – Panorama Dokumente 2022:
Nel mio nome (Into My Name)
Italy
by Nicolò Bassetti
3rd Place Panorama Audience Award Winner Panorama Dokumente 2022:
Myanmar Diaries
Netherlands / Myanmar / Norway
by The Myanmar Film Collective