The 21st Panorama Audience Awards of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival went to 37 Seconds for best fiction film and Talking About Trees for best documentary. The awards are presented by the Berlinale Panorama section.
Yuma is 23 and a wheelchair user on account of cerebral palsy. But the comic book artist can certainly hold a pencil. Determined to live life on her own terms – and at arm’s length from her overprotective mother – she stumbles across manga porn. Born in Osaka, Japan, HIKARI studied film and TV production at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. With her short films she received numerous awards at festivals all over the world. 37 Seconds is her first feature.
In an attempt to revive an old cinema in Sudan, four friends encounter insurmountable resistance. The film, which focuses on the history of Sudanese cinema, also sheds light on the current situation in this crisis-ridden country. Born in Sudan in 1979, Suhaib Gasmelbari lived there until the age of 16. He studied film at the Université Paris 8 in France and worked as a freelance cameraman and editor for Al Qarra, Al Jazeera and France 24. He has written and directed many short fiction films and documentaries. Talking About Trees is his first feature-length documentary.
This year Panorama presented 45 feature-length films from 38 countries, of which 15 screened in the Panorama Dokumente series.
Panorama Audience Award Winner Fiction Film 2019
37 Seconds
Japan 2019
by HIKARI
2nd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film 2019
Šavovi (Stitches)
Serbia / Slovenia / Croatia / Bosnia and Herzegovina 2019
by Miroslav Terzić
3rd place Panorama Audience Award Fiction Film 2019
Buoyancy
Australia 2019
by Rodd Rathjen
Panorama Audience Award Winner Panorama Documentary 2019
Talking About Trees
France / Sudan / Germany / Chad / Qatar 2019
by Suhaib Gasmelbari
2nd place Panorama Audience Award Panorama Documentary 2019
Midnight Traveler
USA / United Kingdom / Qatar / Canada 2019
by Hassan Fazili
3rd place Panorama Audience Award Panorama Documentary 2019
Shooting the Mafia
Ireland / USA 2019
by Kim Longinotto