Berlin: ‘Child’s Pose’ Wins Golden Bear; David Gordon Green Named Best Director

Wong Kar Wai’s jury gave Romanian film Child’s Pose the top prize Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this evening. The story follows a mother trying to save her son from prison. In accepting the award, director Călin Peter Netzer spoke of “commercial censorhip against arthouse cinema” and thanked the Berlinale, sales agents and distributors for “bringing arthouse cinema to the public.” David Gordon Green was named Best Director for the well-received Prince Avalanche, a film he remade from the Icelandic movie Either Way, transporting the action to Texas. Magnolia acquired the film in Sundance. The hotly-tipped Paulina Garcia took the Best Actress prize for her turn in Gloria which Roadside Attractions acquired earlier in the festival. And, Nazif Mujic was named Best Actor for Danis Tanovic’s Jury Grand Prix winner An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker.

While the competition roster at this year’s Berlin Film Festival left some cold, the last two years have produced a foreign language Oscar winner (2011′s A Separation) and two foreign language Oscar nominees (this year’s A Royal Affair and War Witch). And another film that won a prize in 2012, Sister, was also shortlisted for the foreign language Oscar this year. So, it will be interesting to watch the international careers of this year’s winners to see if the trend continues. Below is a list of the main winners along with the various sidebar and independent jury prizes which were announced earlier today:
 

MAIN COMPETITION PRIZES

Golden Bear
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter Netzer

Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis Tanovic

Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Vic & Flo Saw A Bear, Denis Côté

Silver Bear for Best Director
David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche

Silver Bear for Best Actress
Paulina Garcia, Gloria

Silver Bear for Best Actor
Nazif Mujic, An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker

Silver Bear for Best Script
Closed Curtain, Jafar Panahi

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in Camera, Editing, Music Score, Costume Design or Set Design
Aziz Zhambakiyev for the camera in Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin

BEST FIRST FEATURE

The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, Australia

ECUMENICAL JURY

Competition
Gloria, Sebastián Lelio

Special Mention
An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker, Danis Tanović

Panorama 2013
The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer

Special Mention
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Forum 2013
Circles, Srdan Golubović

Special Mention
Roots, Kaoru Ikeya

FIPRESCI

Competition
Child’s Pose, Călin Peter Netzer

Panorama
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Forum
Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica Filho

PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERNMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS

Gloria, Sebastián Lelio

CICAE

Panorama
Rock The Casbah, Yariv Horowitz

Forum
In Bloom, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS

The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – fiction film 2013

The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen, Belgium/Netherlands

2nd Place
Reaching For The Moon, Bruno Barreto, Brazil

3rd Place
Inch’Allah, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Canada/France

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD – documentary 2013

The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark/Norway/Great Britain

2nd Place
Salma, Kim Longinotto, Great Britain

3rd Place
A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel, Lebanon/Great Britain/Denmark

TEDDY AWARDS

Best Feature Film
In The Name Of, Małgośka Szumowska

Jury Award
Concussion, Stacie Passon

Best Documentary/Essay Film
Bambi, Sébastien Lifshitz

Best Short Film
Undress Me, Victor Lindgren

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE

The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt

HEINER CAROW PRIZE

Naked Opera, Angela Christlieb

MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP

Jan Speckenbach for The Sound Of Stones

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE

Hélio Oiticica, Cesar Oiticica Filho

NETPAC PRIZE

When I Saw You, Annemarie Jacir

PEACE FILM PRIZE

A World Not Ours, Mahdi Fleifel

CRYSTAL BEARS AND DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK AWARDS IN GENERATION KPLUS

Crystal Bear for the Best Film
The Rocket, Kim Mordaunt, Australia

Special Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, Australia

Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film
The Amber Amulet, Matthew Moore, Australia

Special Mention
Ezi Un lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, Latvia

International Jury Generation Kplus
Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature film
Mammu, Es Tevi mīlu, Jānis Nords, Latvia

Special Mention
Satellite Boy, Catriona McKenzie, Australia

Special Prize of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the best short film
Cheong, Kim Jung-in, Republic of Korea

Special Mention
Ezi Un Lielpilseta, Ēvalds Lācis, Latvia

FGYO-PIRZE DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE

Two Mothers, Anne Zohra Berrached

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