The work regarding a peasant family who fears for their plantation was awarded the Golden Bear for best film in the competition in the Berlinale Palast that evening.
The Spanish-Italian film drama “Alcarràs” by Carla Simón is surprisingly the winner of the 72nd Berlinale. The work regarding a farming family who fears for their plantation, which is to be replaced by a solar system, was awarded the Golden Bear for best film in the competition in the Berlinale-Palast in the evening.
In her acceptance speech, the 36-year-old filmmaker Simón showed herself to be a loyal supporter of the festival: “I feel like a child of the Berlinale. Maybe I should move here.” The Austrian production in the competition, Ulrich Seidl’s “Rimini”, went empty in the evening.
The Frenchwoman Claire Denis was honored with a silver bear as best director in the Berlinale Palast for her drama of a love triangle, “Avec amour et acharnement”. Directing with an ensemble that includes greats like Juliette Binoche or Vincent Lindon is easy, the 75-year-old said modestly.
The Silver Bear for Best Acting went to the German cabaret artist Meltem Kaptan for her title role in Andreas Dresen’s freedom drama “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush”. The 41-year-old thanked her director in particular: “Thank you for taking me on this journey. You are the best tour guide imaginable.” Dresen’s film was also able to claim the silver bear for best screenplay (Laila Stieler).
The Silver Bear for Best Supporting Role was awarded to Laura Basuki in Kamila Andini’s Indonesian drama Nana. The Silver Bear for the Grand Jury Prize, on the other hand, went to South Korea. Veteran Hong Sangsoo was recognized for his work “So-seol-ga-ui yeong-hwa” (The Novelist’s Film) and accepted the award in his winter coat. “I’ll just keep doing what I’ve been doing,” promised the 61-year-old. The Jury Prize in the competition went to Mexican-Bolivian filmmaker Natalia López Gallardo for her mystical work “Robe of Gems”.
Two awards for Austrian directors
But Austria was also successfully represented at the award ceremony: the Viennese filmmaker Ruth Beckermann won the festival section Encounters with her documentary project “Mutzenbacher” at the award gala for the 72nd Berlinale in the evening. The work, in which Beckermann talks to around 75 men regarding their sexuality, was honored as the best film in the category for aesthetically daring projects.
“It’s so incredibly unexpected for me,” said the 70-year-old director, overwhelmed. After she had increasingly had the impression in recent years that the world was getting smaller, the horizons would now be opened up once more if it was no longer just the individual groups that illuminated themselves, but men would look at women and women at men.
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In addition, the debut feature film “Sonne” by Viennese director Kurdwin Ayub ist was honored as best first film at the awards ceremony at the 72nd Berlinale. The 50,000 euro award from the Society for the Perception of Film and Television Rights (GWFF) went to the filmmaker, who was born in 1990, for her drama regarding three young women in the Austrian capital.
“It’s so cool!” Ayub was happy regarding the honor on the stage in the Berlinale Palast and was immediately pragmatic: “I hope the taxes don’t take my money away. But I think Austria is cool there anyway. “
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(APA/ed.)