On the Adamant by Nicolas Philiber
On the Adamant by Nicolas Philiber © TS Production / Longride

The French documentary On the Adamant (Sur l’Adamant) by Nicolas Philibert was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. The film profiles The Adamant, a unique floating day-care centre located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, that services adults suffering from mental disorders.

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM
(awarded to the film‘s producers)
Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant)
by Nicolas Philibert
produced by Céline Loiseau, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
Roter Himmel (Afire)
by Christian Petzold

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE
Mal Viver (Bad Living)
by João Canijo

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Philippe Garrel for
Le grand chariot (The Plough)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE
Sofía Otero in
20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Thea Ehre in
Bis ans Ende der Nacht (Till the End of the Night)
by Christoph Hochhäusler

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Angela Schanelec for
Music
by Angela Schanelec

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Hélène Louvart for the cinematography in
Disco Boy
by Giacomo Abbruzzese

PRIZES OF ENCOUNTERS JURY

BEST FILM
Here
by Bas Devos

BEST DIRECTOR
El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo)
by Tatiana Huezo

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
(ex aequo)
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado
and
Samsara
by Lois Patiño

BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
El Eco (The Echo I Das Echo)
by Tatiana Huezo
produced by Tatiana Huezo, Dalia Reyes

SPECIAL MENTION
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado

GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD

GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
Adentro mío estoy bailando (The Klezmer Project)
by Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann
produced by Andrew Sala, Lukas Rinner, Sebastián Muro, Yael Svoboda, Leandro Koch, Paloma Schachmann

SPECIAL MENTION
The Bride
by Myriam U. Birara

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Les chenilles
by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch

SPECIAL MENTION
It’s a Date
by Nadia Parfan

BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Les chenilles
by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION

Children‘s Jury Generation Kplus

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Sweet As
by Jub Clerc

SPECIAL MENTION
Zeevonk (Sea Sparkle I Meeresleuchten)
by Domien Huyghe

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Closing Dynasty (Queenie)
by Lloyd Lee Choi

SPECIAL MENTION
Deniska umřela (Dede Is Dead I Dede ist tot)
by Philippe Kastner

Generation Kplus International Jury

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM
Mimi (She – Hero)
by Mira Fornay

SPECIAL MENTION
L’Amour du monde (Longing for the World)
by Jenna Hasse

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Waking Up in Silence (Im Stillen erwachen)
by Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi

SPECIAL MENTION
Xiaohui he ta de niu (Xiaohui and His Cows | Xiaohui und seine Kühe)
by Xinying Lao

Youth Jury Generation 14plus

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
Adolfo
by Sofía Auza

SPECIAL MENTION
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Man khod, man ham miraghsam (And Me, I’m Dancing Too)
by Mohammad Valizadegan

SPECIAL MENTION
Szemem sarka (From the Corner of My Eyes)
by Domonkos Erhardt

Generation 14plus International Jury

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM endowed
Hummingbirds
by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras

SPECIAL MENTION
Mutt
by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Infantaria (Infantry)
by Laís Santos Araújo

SPECIAL MENTION
Incroci
by Francesca de Fusco

BERLINALE SERIES AWARD

BERLINALE SERIES AWARD
The Good Mothers
by Julian Jarrold, Elisa Amoruso

SPECIAL MENTION
Arkitekten (The Architect)
by Kerren Lumer-Klabbers

PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY

Competition
Tótem
by Lila Avilés

Panorama
Sages-femmes (Midwives)
by Léa Fehner

Forum
Jaii keh khoda nist (Where God Is Not)
by Mehran Tamadon

SPECIAL MENTION
Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant)
by Nicolas Philibert

PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY

Competition
The Survival of Kindness (Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit)
by Rolf de Heer

Encounters
Here
by Bas Devos

Panorama
Stille Liv (The Quiet Migration)
by Malene Choi

Forum
Între revoluții (Between Revolutions)
by Vlad Petri

TEDDY AWARDS

Best Feature Film
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
by Babatunde Apalowo

Nominated
20.000 especies de abejas, Arturo a los 30, Almamula, Bis ans Ende
der Nacht, Drifter, O estranho, Femme, Green Night, Între revoluții,
Knochen und Namen, Manodrome, Motståndaren, Mutt, Le Paradis,
Passages, Perpetrator, Silver Haze

Best Documentary/Essay Film
Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado

Nominated
Hummingbirds, Kokomo City, Llamadas desde Moscú, This Is the End,
Transfariana

Best Short Film
Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
by Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch

Nominated
Crushed, Exhibition, Incroci, It‘s a Date, Nuits blanches, Sværddrage, To
Write from Memory

Jury Award
Vicky Knight for her performance in
Silver Haze
by Sacha Polak

Special Teddy Award
Sunny Bunny,
the Queer Film Award of the Molodist Film Festival in Kyiv

CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD

Panorama
Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge)
by İlker Çatak

Forum
El rostro de la medusa (The Face of Jellyfish)
by Melisa Liebenthal

GUILD FILM PRIZE

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS

Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge)
by Ilker Çatak

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE

De Facto
by Selma Doborac

PEACE FILM PRIZE

Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran)
by Steffi Niederzoll

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD

Al Murhaqoon (The Burdened)
by Amr Gamal

HEINER CAROW PRIZE

Fabian Stumm (Script) for
Knochen und Namen (Bones and Names)

COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD

Sieben Winter in Teheran (Seven Winters in Teheran)
by Steffi Niederzoll

SPECIAL MENTION

El secuestro de la novia (The Kidnapping of the Bride | Die Brautentführung)
by Sophia Mocorrea

AG KINO GILDE – CINEMA VISION 14plus

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
by Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck

FURTHER PRIZES

AUDIENCE AWARDS

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Feature Film
Sira
by Apolline Traoré

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
Documentary Film
Kokomo City
by D. Smith

READERS‘ JURIES

BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS‘ JURY AWARD

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees)
by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

TAGESSPIEGEL READERS‘ JURY AWARD

Orlando, ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography)
by Paul B. Preciado

DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

KOMPAGNON FELLOWSHIP

Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove
by Mareike Wegener (Perpektive Deutsches Kino 2022, Alumnus)

My Beloved Man’s Female Body
by Anna Melikova (Berlinale Talents 2023, Script Station)

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Peeled Skin
by Leonie Krippendorff, produced by kineo Filmproduktion (Germany)

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

Iván & Hadoum
by Ian de la Rosa, produced by Avalon PC (Spain)

EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD

The Blindsight
by Ruslan Batytskyi, produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina and Natalia Libet
(2Brave Productions, Ukraine)

VFF TALENT HIGHLIGHT AWARD

God and the Devil’s Cumbia
by Carlos Lenin, produced by Daniel Loustaunau (Colectivo Colmena, Mexico)
and Paloma Petra (Huasteca Casa Cinematográfica, Mexico)

TALENTS FOOTPRINTS – MASTERCARD ENABLEMENT PROGRAMME

TransStories
by Carlos Ormeño Palma (Peru)

WE FILM MX
by Miguel Ángel Sánchez (Mexico)

Majoaneng (Academy of Images and Letters)
by Phillip Leteka (Lesotho)

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