Awards of the Berlinale Independent Juries 543g32

PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY

of the Jury: Juan Carlos Carrillo Cal y Mayor, Peter Ciaccio, Valérie de Marnhac, Christian Olding, Dr. Brigitta Rotach, Dr. Stefanie Schardien

Competition
O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro

Jury Statement: This Brazilian dystopic fable follows an unlikely hero in a search for freedom. A 77 years-old woman escapes from a future that has been written for her by an authoritarian state. In the beautifully shot fierce landscape of the Amazonas river, her adventure, full of challenges but also unexpected friendships and humor, warns of the dangers of exclusion in our modern societies today and fosters the hope of finding a way out.

Panorama
The Heart Is a Muscle by Imran Hamdulay

Jury Statement: Hearts as muscles can be trained. In Imran Hamdulay's film, a young father from a violent family background, starts with the training. After violently assaulting a man and discovering that the victim also has a son, he learns two things: Forgiveness cannot be bought but only dwell from mutual understanding. Facing future needs facing justice as well. With beautiful and realistic cinematography and Afrikaans rap music the director opens the doors to the little-known world and culture of Capetown outskirts where violence and poverty rub shoulders with friendship, loyalty and love. With some chance to find a gym for hearts.

Forum
Holding Liat by Brandon Kramer

Jury Statement: Holding Liat deals with the fate of one of an Israeli woman, who has been abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Without knowing the outcome of the hostage crisis the filmmakers started a respectful and focused chronicle of a family in anguish. This documentary shows exactly what our time so desperately needs: the willingness to have differentiated conversations and to endure complexities and controversies, without breaking off the discussion.

PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY

Holding Liat by Brandon Kramer of the Jury (Competition): Maja Korbecka, Bianca Jasmina Rauch, Ahmed Shawky of the Jury (Perspectives): Sara D’Ascenzo, Olivia Popp, Bidhan Rebeiro of the Jury (Panorama): Cerise Howard, Ivonete Pinto, Ariel Schweitzer of the Jury (Forum): Sofia Alvarez Salas, Timmy Chih-Ting Chen, David Katz Competition Perspectives Panorama Forum Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by  Dag Johan Haugerud Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls) by  Urška Djukić Bajo las banderas, el sol (Under the Flags, the Sun) by Juanjo Pereira La memoria de las mariposas (The Memory of Butterflies) by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

TEDDY AWARDS

of the Jury: Jan Künemund, Allegra Madsen, Raul Niño Zambrano Best Feature Film Best Documentary/Essay Film Best Short Film Jury Award Lesbian Space Princess by Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow) by Rosa von Praunheim Lloyd Wong, Unfinished by Lesley Loksi Chan Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile) by Marie Luise Lehner Special Teddy Award

CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD

Todd Haynes

of the Jury (Panorama): Panos Achtsioglou, Laura Bartusevičiūtė, Samira Zaibat of the Jury (Forum): Juliette Duret, Marlene Hofmann, Jure Matičič Panorama Forum Sorda (Deaf) by Eva Libertad Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst (If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile) by Marie Luise Lehner

GUILD FILM PRIZE

of the Jury: Claudia Dostal, Diana Linz, Carla Molino Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud

SPECIAL MENTION

Was Marielle weiß (What Marielle Knows) by Frédéric Hambalek

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS

of the Jury: Klaudia Elsässer, David Kelly, Constanze Oedl, Cenk Sezgin Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay CALIGARI FILM PRIZE of the Jury: Tobias Dietrich, Nikolas Ditz, Katja Krause Fwends by Sophie Somerville AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD of the Jury: Florence Kasumba, Myriam Vitovec, Soleen Yusefi endowed with €5,000 HEINER CAROW PRIZE Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters) by Martina Priessner of the Jury: Jide Tom Akinleminu, Barbara Bartlet, Annika Pinske Palliativstation (Palliative Care Unit) by Philipp Döring

 

PRIZE OF AG KINO – GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14PLUS

of the Jury: Magda Kokolashvili, Nadine Melzer, Nico Zeiler Paternal Leave by Alissa Jung LOBENDE ERWÄHNUNG Têtes brûlées by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama

FURTHER PRIZES

AUDIENCE AWARDS PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD Feature Film

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD

Documentary Film Sorda (Deaf) by Eva Libertad Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters) by Martina Priessner

READERS‘ JURIES BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS‘ JURY AWARD

of the Jury: Martin Chaudhuri, Thomas Gebauer, Elisabeth Gregor, Harald Günther, Michaela Habeck, Hans Krestel, David Mechelhoff, Alexandra Nagel, Annette von Schönfeld, Annette Sichler, Hanne Slodowsky, Kathrin Sommer O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro

TAGESSPIEGEL READERS‘ JURY AWARD

of the Jury: Maximilian Simbolon, Manuela Ziegler, Theresa Wiesweg, Katja Horstmann, Amari Barash, Julian Gabrysch, Akito Ruhl The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov by Yuri Semashko

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD

of the Jury: Rémi Burah, Julie Savary endowed with €6,000 Dreamgirl by Kaan Müjdeci, produced by Tato Film & Asteros Film

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

of the Jury: Eleni Chandrinou, Labina Mitevska, Øistein Refseth endowed with €20,000 Ibicaba - Visions of Paradise by Andrea Štaka, produced by Cinédokké & Okofilm Productions

EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

of the Jury: Eleni Chandrinou, Labina Mitevska, Øistein Refseth endowed with €20,000 The Earth Is Flat – I Flew Around and Saw It by Maksym Nakonechnyi, produced by Tabor (Ukraine)

VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD

of the Jury: Gabor Greiner, Sarika Hemi Lakhani, Lorna Tee, Alexander Thies endowed with €10,000 Nomination awards, endowed with € 1,000 each March 14th by Alberto Gross Molo, produced by Laura Egidos Plaja (Contraria Media) All That We Could Be by Rohena Gera, produced by Alice Bloch (Marianne Productions, ) The Serpent by Diogo Hayashi, produced by Julia Alves (Quarta-feira Filmes, Brazil)

TALENTS FOOTPRINTS – MASTERCARD ENABLEMENT PROGRAMME

of the Jury: Dieu Hao Do, Sibel Kekilli, Vincenza Cristina Saccà+ endowed with €10,000 each Alumni projects, endowed with €2,000 each Bavaneedha Loganathan Kit Hung Carlos Ormeño Palma Laura Bermúdez

GEN Z AUDIENCE AWARD

Jurymitglieder: Billy Betulius, Juliette Bultel, Yusuf Celik, Charbel Habib, Constanza Schmidt endowed with € 10.000 30 Days of Summer by Anastasiia Solonevych, produced by Bosonfilm