Berlinale 2022: Carla Simón’s ‘Alcarràs’ wins Golden Bear for Best Film, Claire Denis named Best Director
The 2022 Berlin Film Festival jury has awarded Alcarràs, Carla Simón’s film about a Catalan farming family facing eviction from their land, the Golden Bear for Best Film. Academy Award-nominated director M. Night Shyamalan was the president of this year’s jury, which also included newly minted double-Academy Award nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Claire Denis was the Silver Bear winner for Best Director for her film Fire (screened as Both Sides of the Blade at the festival). It stars Titane‘s Vincent Lindon and Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche as lovers who are disrupted by a third party, creating a love triangle. The award was her first major festival prize in over 25 years, not since her 1996 film Nenette and Boni at Locarno. Her film is set for U.S. release by IFC Films [Review]
Other top prizes went to Hong Sangsoo, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for his comedy of manners The Novelist’s Film and Natalia Lopez Gallardo taking the Jury Prize for her feature film debut Robe of Gems.
The German political satire Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush was a double winner of the major prizes, taking two awards: Best Screenplay for Laila Stieler and Best Leading Performance for star Meltem Kaptan. The supporting performance award went to Laura Basuki for Before, Now and Then (Nana). This was the second year in a row for non-gendered acting awards at the festival, with women winning both lead and supporting prizes once again.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Golden Bear for Best Film: Alcarràs, Carla Simón
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Novelist’s Film, Hong Sangsoo
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Robe of Gems, Natalia Lopez Gallardo
Silver Bear for Best Director: Fire aka Both Sides of the Blade, Claire Denis
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, Meltem Kaptan
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Before, Now and Then (Nana), Laura Basuki
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, Laila Stieler
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Everything Will Be OK, Rithy Panh
Special Mention: A Piece of Sky, Michael Koch
ENCOUNTERS JURY AWARDS
Best Film: Mutzenbacher, Ruth Beckermann
Best Director: Unrest, Cyril Schäublin
Special Jury Award: See You Friday, Robinson, Mitra Farahani
DOCUMENTARY JURY AWARDS
Berlinale Documentary Award: Myanmar Diaries, The Myanmar Film Collective
Special Mention: No U-Turn, Ike Nnaebue
GWFF JURY AWARD
Best Debut Feature: Sonne, Kurdwin Ayub
SHORT FILM AWARDS
Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Trap, Anastasia Veber
Silver Bear (Jury Prize): Sunday Morning, Bruno Ribeiro
Special Mention: Bird in the Peninsula, Atsushi Wada
Awards in other sections of the festival, announced earlier, were:
GENERATION KPLUS AWARDS
Crystal Bear (Children’s Jury Award) for Best Film: Comedy Queen, Sanna Lenken
Special Mention: The Quiet Child, Colm Bairéad
Crystal Bear (Children’s Jury Award) for Best Short Film: Spotless, Emma Branderhorst
Special Mention: Luce and the Rock, Britt Raes
International Jury Award for Best Film: The Quiet Child, Colm Bairéad
Special Mention: Shabu, Shamira Raphaëla
International Jury Award for Best Short Film: Deer, Hadi Babaeifar
Special Mention: Vancouver, Artemis Anastasiadou
GENERATION 14PLUS AWARDS
Crystal Bear (Youth Jury Award) for Best Film: Alis, Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck
Special Mention: Stay Awake, Jamie Sisley
Crystal Bear (Youth Jury Award) for Best Short Film: Born in Damascus, Laura Wadha
Special Mention: “Nothing to See Here,” Nicolas Bouchez
International Jury Award for Best Film: (tied) Kind Hearts, Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes; “Skhema,” Farkhat Sharipov
International Jury Award for Best Short Film: Goodbye Jérôme!, Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Special Mentions: Blue Noise, Simon Maria Kubiena; Tinashé, Tig Terera
OTHER AWARDS
Berlin Europa Cinemas Label Award: Beautiful Beings, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
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