The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival board: business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.
The festival opening gala was presented by actor Samuel Finzi, followed by the world premiere My Salinger Year, directed by Philippe Falardeau. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.
Juries
Main competition
Encounters
- ShÃ
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 Ichiyama, Japanese producer
- Dominga Sotomayor, Chilean film director, writer and producer
- Eva Trobisch, German film director
First Feature Award
- Ognjen GlavoniÃÂ, Serbian film director and writer
- Hala Lotfy, Egyptian filmmaker, producer and founder of Hassala Films
- Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, film scholar
Documentary Award
Short Film Competition
- Réka Bucsi, Hungarian filmmaker
- Fatma ÃÂolakoÃÂlu, Turkish curator (Turkey)
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Sotho filmmaker and artist
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
Encounters
The following films were selected for the new Encounters section:
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:
Berlinale Shorts
The following films were selected for the Berlinale shorts section:
Other sections
The Berlinale retrospective included more than 30 films by Hollywood filmmaker King Vidor. The homage was dedicated to Helen Mirren, with Mirren awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear. The Berlinale Camera was awarded to Ulrike Ottinger followed by the world premiere of Ottinger's documentary Paris Calligrammes.
The Series section, introduced in 2015, is devoted to longform television series. In 2020, there were two Australian entries: Stateless and Mystery Road Series 2.
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:
Main Competition
Short Film Competition
Best First Feature
- Camilo Restrepo for Los conductos
Encounters
Panorama
Generation
Generation 14Plus
- Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi
- Special Mention: White Riot by Rubika Shah
- Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
- Special Mention: Goodbye Golovin by Mathieu Grimard
- Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film: My Name Is Baghdad by Caru Alves de Souza
- Special Mention: Voices in the Wind by Nobuhiro Suwa
- 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
- Special Mention: H Is for Happiness by John Sheedy
- 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 Mention:
- Cuties by Maïmouna Doucouré
- Mum, Mum, Mum by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière
- 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
References
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