Here are the winners! As we predicted, Yellow Letters was a formidable film in the competition of twenty-two films.
Golden Bear: Yellow Letters
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Salvation
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Queen at Sea
Silver Bear for Best Director: Grant Gee – Everyone Digs Bill Evans
Silver Bear for Best Lead Performance: Sandra Hüller for Rose
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: (Tie) Anna Calder-Marshall & Tom Courtenay for Queen at Sea
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Geneviève Dulude-de Celles for Nina Roza
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) by Anna Fitch and Banker White (U.S.)
Golden Bear: Yellow Letters
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Salvation
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Queen at Sea, Grant Gee, Everyone Digs Bill Evans, Sandra Hüller, Rose
Perspectives
GFF First Feature Award — Chronicles From the Siege by Abdallah Alkhatib
Special Mention – Forest High (Forêt Ivre) by Manon Coubia
Documentary Prizes
Documentary Award (with a prize of 40,000 euros): “If Pigeons Turn to Gold,” Pepa Lubojacki
Documentary Award (Special Mention): “Tutu,” Sam Pollard
Documentary Award (Special Mention): “Sometimes I Imagine Them All at a Party,” Daniela Magnani Hüller
Short Film Prizes
Golden Bear for Short Film: “Someday, a Child,” Marie-Rose Osta
Silver Bear Jury Prize: “A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere,” Fanny Texier
CUPRA Filmmaker Award: “Kleptomania,” Jingkai Qu
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Audience Award (Fiction): “Prosecution,” Faraz Sharia
First Runner-up: “Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
Second Runner-up: “Mouse,” Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson
Audience Award (Documentary): “Traces,” Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk
First Runner-up: “The Other Side of the Sun,” Tawfik Sabouni
Second Runner-up: “Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
GENERATION COMPETITION
International Jury
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: “Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention: “Atlas of the Universe,” Paul Negoescu
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: “Spi,” Navroz Shaban
Special Mention: “Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: “Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention: “Matapanki,” Diego Mapache Fuentes
Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: “The Thread,” Fenn O’Meally
Special Mention: “Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Youth Jury
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: “Gugu’s World,” Allan Deberton
Special Mention: “Not a Hero,” Rima Das
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: “Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale,” Daniel Neiden
Special Mention: “Under the Wave off Little Dragon,” Luo Jian
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: “Sad Girlz,” Fernanda Tovar
Special Mention: “A Family,” Mees Peijnenburg
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: ”Memories of a Window,” Mehraneh Salimian and Amin Pakparvar
Special Mention: ”Nobody Knows the World,” Roddy Dextre
TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film: “Ivan & Hadoum,” Ian de la Rosa
Best Documentary: “Barbara Forever,” Brydie O’Connor
Best Short Film: “Taxi Moto,” Gaël Kamilindi
Jury Award: “Trial of Hein,” Kai Stänicke
Special Award: Céline Sciamma
FIPRESCI AWARDS
Competition: “Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Perspectives: “Animol,” Ashley Walters
Panorama: “Narciso,” Marcelo Martinessi
Forum: “AnyMart,” Yusuke Iwasaki
ECUMENICAL JURY AWARDS
Competition: “Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Panorama: “Bucks Harbor,” Pete Muller
Forum: “River Dreams,“ Kristina Mikhailova
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS AWARD
“Four Minus Three,” Adrian Goiginger
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ARTHOUSE CINEMAS
“Yellow Letters,” İlker Çatak
Special Mention: “The Loneliest Man in Town,” Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
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