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Poziţia Copilului Child’s Pose by Călin Peter Netzer

The 63rd Berlin International Film Festival came to a close with the presentation of the awards.  The Romanian film Poziţia Copilului, (Child’s Pose) by Călin Peter Netzer took the top prize, GOLDEN BEAR for the Best Film. The Bosnian film Epizoda u životu berača željeza, (An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker) by Danis Tanović was awarded the JURY GRAND PRIX (Silver Bear).

In Poziţia Copilului, (Child’s Pose), Călin Peter Netzer portrays a mother consumed by self-love in her struggle to save her lost son and her own, long since riven family, after he son is arrested. One cold evening in March, Barbu is tearing down the streets 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit when he knocks down a child. The boy dies shortly after the accident. A prison sentence of between three and fifteen years awaits. High time for his mother, Cornelia, to intervene. A trained architect and member of Romania’s upper class, who graces her bookshelves with unread Herta Müller novels and is fond of flashing her purse full of credit cards, she commences her campaign to save her lethargic, languishing son. Bribes, she hopes, will persuade the witnesses to give false statements. Even the parents of the dead child might be appeased by some cash. In quasi-documentary style, the film meticulously reconstructs the events of one night and the days that follow, providing insights into the moral malaise of Romania’s bourgeoisie and throwing into sharp relief the state of societal institutions such as the police and the judiciary.

Danis Tanović weaves dramatic events, including economic hardship and fear of death into a wintery tale in Epizoda u životu berača željeza, (An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker). Featuring a non-professional cast re-enacting an episode from their own lives contributes greatly to the film’s sense of authenticity and social realism. 

THE AWARDS OF THE 63rd BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

GOLDEN BEAR for the Best Film
Poziţia Copilului 
Child’s Pose by Călin Peter Netzer 

JURY GRAND PRIX (Silver Bear) 
Epizoda u životu berača željeza 
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by Danis Tanović 

 ALFRED BAUER PRIZE (Silver Bear) – in memory of the Festival Founder – for a feature film that opens new perspectives 
Vic+Flo ont vu un ours 
Vic+Flo Saw a Bear by Denis Côté 

AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR (Silver Bear) 
David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche (Prince Avalanche)

AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS (Silver Bear) 
Paulina García in Gloria (Gloria) by Sebastián Lelio 

AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR (Silver Bear) Nazif Mujić in 
Epizoda u životu berača željeza (An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker) by Danis Tanović

AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT (Silver Bear)
Jafar Panahi for 
Pardé  (Closed Curtain) by Jafar Panahi, Kamboziya Partovi  

AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDINGARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION IN THE CATEGORIES CAMERA, EDITING, 

MUSIC SCORE, COSTUME DESIGN OR SET DESIGN (Silver Bear)
Aziz Zhambakiyev for the camera in Uroki Garmonii (Harmony Lessons) by Emir Baigazin 

SPECIAL MENTION
Promised Land 
Promised Land by Gus Van Sant 

SPECIAL MENTION
Layla Fourie 
Layla Fourie by Pia Marais

BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD 

BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD, endowed with 50,000 Euros, funded by GWFF
The Rocket 
The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt

SPECIAL MENTION
A batalha de Tabatô 
The Battle of Tabatô by João Viana

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY 

GOLDEN BEAR for the Best Short FilmLa Fugue 
The Runaway by Jean-Bernard Marlin 

THE JURY PRIZE (Silver Bear)
die ruhe bleibt 
remains quiet by Stefan Kriekhaus 

BERLIN SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 
Misterio 
Mystery by Chema García Ibarra 

DAAD SHORT FILM AWARD 
Aşura 
Ashura by Köken Ergun

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION 

Children’s Jury Generation Kplus 

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film  
The Rocket 
The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Satellite Boy 
Satellite Boy by Catriona McKenzie 

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film
The Amber Amulet 
The Amber Amulet by Matthew Moore 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Ezi un lielpilseta 
Hedgehogs and the City by Ēvalds Lācis 

International Jury Generation Kplus 

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Mammu, es Tevi mīlu 
Mother, I Love You by Jānis Nords 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Satellite Boy 
Satellite Boy by Catriona McKenzie 

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Cheong 
Cheong by Kim Jung-in 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Ezi un lielpilseta 
Hedgehogs and the City by Ēvalds Lācis 

Youth Jury Generation 14plus 

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film  
Baby Blues 
Baby Blues by Kasia Rosłaniec

SPECIAL MENTION 
Pluto 
Pluto by Shin Su-won 

CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Short Film  
Rabbitland 
Rabbitland by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Treffit 
The Date by Jenni Toivoniemi

International Jury Generation 14plus 

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best feature film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Shopping 
Shopping by Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Baby Blues 
Baby Blues by Kasia Rosłaniec 

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY for the best short film, endowed with € 2,500 by the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Första gången 
The First Time by Anders Hazelius 

SPECIAL MENTION 
Barefoot 
Barefoot by Danis Goulet

INDEPENDENT JURIES 

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY  

Competition    Gloria (Gloria), by Sebastián Lelio 
Special Mention    Epizoda u životu berača željeza (An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker), by Danis Tanović 

Panorama    The Act of Killing (The Act of Killing), by Joshua Oppenheimer
Special Mention    Inch’Allah (Inch’Allah), by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette 

Forum     Krugovi (Circles), by Srdan Golubović 
Special Mention    Senzo ni naru (Roots), by Kaoru Ikeya 

PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY 

Competition  Poziţia Copilului (Child’s Pose), by Călin Peter Netzer 
Panorama  Inch’Allah (Inch’Allah), by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Forum  Hélio Oiticica (Hélio Oiticica), by Cesar Oiticica Filho

PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS 
Gloria (Gloria), by Sebastián Lelio 

C.I.C.A.E. PRIZES 

Panorama Rock the Casbah (Rock the Casbah), by Yariv Horowitz 
Forum Grzeli nateli dgeebi (In Bloom), by Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß 

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS 

The Broken Circle Breakdown (The Broken Circle Breakdown), by Felix Van Groeningen 

TEDDY AWARD 

Best Feature Film  W imie… (In the Name of), by Małgośka Szumowska 
Best Documentary/Essay Film  Bambi (Bambi), by Sébastien Lifshitz 
Best Short Film  Ta av mig (Undress Me), by Victor Lindgren 
Teddy Jury Award   Concussion (Concussion), by Stacie Passon

MADE IN GERMANY – PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP, endowed with 15,000 Euros, funded by Glashütte Original 

Jan Speckenbach for Das Klopfen der Steine (The sound of stones) 

FGYO-AWARD DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, endowed with 5,000 Euros, funded by the French-German Youth Office 

Zwei Mütter (Two Mothers), by Anne Zohra Berrached 
Special Mention Chiralia (Chiralia), by Santiago Gil 

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE 
Hélio Oiticica (Hélio Oiticica), by Cesar Oiticica Filho 

NETPAC PRIZE 
Lamma shoftak (When I Saw You), by Annemarie Jacir

PEACE FILM PRIZE 
A World Not Ours (A World Not Ours), by Mahdi Fleifel  

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE 
The Rocket (The Rocket), by Kim Mordaunt 

CINEMA FAIRBINDET PRIZE 
Art/Violence (Art/Violence), by Udi Aloni, Batoul Taleb, Miriam Abu-Khaled

HEINER CAROW PRIZE 
Naked Opera (Naked Opera), by Angela Christlieb 

READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS

PanoramaAudienceAward PPP – fiction film 
The Broken Circle Breakdown (The Broken Circle Breakdown), by Felix Van Groeningen 

PanoramaAudienceAward PPP – documentary film 
The Act of Killing (The Act of Killing), by Joshua Oppenheimer

BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ PRIZE 
Uroki Garmonii (Harmony Lessons), by Emir Baigazin

TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ PRIZE 
Vaters Garten – Die Liebe meiner Eltern (Father’s Garden – The Love of My Parents), by Peter Liechti 

SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ AWARD 
W imie… (In the Name of), by Małgośka Szumowska 

PRIZES OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS

VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT PITCH AWARD, endowed with 10,000 Euros
Geordie Sabbagh (Canada) for Two Guys Who Sold the World (Two Guys Who Sold the World)

ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, endowed with 6,000 Euros
Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria) for Urok (The Lesson)

DOLBY® SOUND MARK AWARD 
Rutger Reinders (Netherlands)

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