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70th Berlin International Film Festival

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70th Berlin International Film Festival
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The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020.[1][2] It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival board: business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.[3]

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The festival opening gala was presented by actor Samuel Finzi, followed by the world premiere My Salinger Year, directed by Philippe Falardeau.[4] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Iranian film There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.[5]

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Juries

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Jeremy Irons, Main Competition Jury President

Main competition

Encounters

  • Shōzō Ichiyama, Japanese producer[8]
  • Dominga Sotomayor, Chilean film director, writer and producer
  • Eva Trobisch, German film director

First Feature Award

  • Ognjen Glavonić, Serbian film director and writer[9]
  • Hala Lotfy, Egyptian filmmaker, producer and founder of Hassala Films
  • Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, film scholar

Documentary Award

Short Film Competition

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Official Sections

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Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[12][13]

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Encounters

The following films were selected for the new Encounters section:[14]

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Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[15][16][17][18]

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Berlinale Special

The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:

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Berlinale Shorts

The following films were selected for the Berlinale shorts section:[19]

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Other sections

The Berlinale retrospective included more than 30 films by Hollywood filmmaker King Vidor.[20] The homage was dedicated to Helen Mirren, with Mirren awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[21] The Berlinale Camera was awarded to Ulrike Ottinger followed by the world premiere of Ottinger's documentary Paris Calligrammes.[22]

The Series section, introduced in 2015,[23] is devoted to longform television series. In 2020, there were two Australian entries: Stateless and Mystery Road Series 2.[24][25]

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Mohammad Rasoulof, video chatted at the award winners' press conference of the Berlinale

Official Awards

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The following prizes were awarded:[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

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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
  • Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Mutts by Halima Ouardiri
  • Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film: My Name Is Baghdad by Caru Alves de Souza
  • 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
  • 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 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
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Independent Awards

Teddy Award

FIPRESCI Prize

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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
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References

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