Hungarian author and director Ildik’ Enyedi, ‘On Body and Soul’ poses for photographers after winning the Golden Bear for Best Film at the awards ceremony of the 67th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday Feb. 18 2017. (Britta Pedersen/Pool Photo via AP) (Associated Press)
BERLIN — A Hungarian love story about two slaughterhouse workers who connect in shared dreams won the top award Saturday at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
“On Body and Soul” by writer-director Ildiko Enyedi contrasts the harsh reality of the abattoir with the magical world of slumber.
Enyedi was previously best known for her 1989 debut film, “My 20th Century,” which won the Golden Camera award in Cannes that year.
The Golden Bear had been expected to go to the comedy “The Other Side of Hope,” which instead earned veteran filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki a Silver Bear for best director. The film sees a young Syrian refugee befriending a grouchy Finn, with Kaurismaki’s deadpan humor delivering poignant messages about the horrors of war and the current refugee crisis in Europe.
The jury award went to “Felicite,” a film by French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis about a singer in a Congolese night club.
South Korea’s Kim Min-hee received the best actress award for her role in “On the Beach at Night Alone,” about a woman coming to terms with the end of an affair.
COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film
On Body and Soul
Hungary
Dir: Ildikó Enyedi
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
Felicite
France/Belgium/Senegal/Germany/Lebanon
Dir: Alain Gomis
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize
Pokot (Spoor)
Dir: Agnieszka Holland
Silver Bear for Best Director
Aki Kaurismaki
The Other Side of Hope
Silver Bear for Best Actress
Kim Min-hee
On The Beach At Night Alone
South Korea
Dir: Hong Sang-soo
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Georg Friedrich
Helle Nachte (Bright Nights)
Dir: Thomas Arsian
Silver Bear Best Screenplay
Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman)
Chile-U.S.-Spain
Dirs: Sebastian Lelio, Writer: Gonzalo Maza
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Dana Bunescu
Romania/Germany/France
Ana, Mon Amour
Glashutte Original Documentary
Ghost Hunting
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
Best First Feature
Spain
Summer of 1993
Dir: Carla Simon
Golden Bear Best Short Film
Cidade Pequena
Dir: Diogo Costa Amarante
Silver Bear Jury Prize Short Film
Ensueno En La Pradera
Dir: Esteban Arrangioz
Audi Short Film Award
Street of Death
Lebanon/Germany
Dir: Karam Ghossein
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARDS
Fiction Film
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
2nd Place
Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa (Close-Knit)
Japan
Dir: Naoko Ogigami
3rd Place
1945
Hungary
Dir: Ferenc Török
PANORAMA DOKUMENTE
Best Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
France/U.S./Belgium/Switzerland
Dirs: Raoul Peck
2nd Place
Chavela
U.S.
Dirs: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
3rd Place
Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting)
France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar
Dir: Raed Andoni
EUROPA CINEMAS BERLINALE LABEL
Insyriated
Belgium/France/Lebanon
Dir: Philippe Van Leeuw
GENERATION KPLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Piata Iod’ (Little Harbour)
Slovak Republic/Czech Republic
Dir: Iveta Grofova
Special Mention
Amelie Rennt (Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship)
Germany/Italy
Dir: Tobias Wiemann
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Promise
U.S.
Dir: Xie Tian
Special Mention Short Film
Hedgehog’s Home
Canada/Croatia
Dir: Eva Cvijanovic
Grand Prix for Best Film
Becoming Who I Was
Korea
Dir: Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon
Special Mention
Estiu (Summer 1993)
Spain
Dir: Carla Simon
Special Prize for Best Short Film
Aaba (Grandfather)
India
Dir: Amar Kaushik
Special Mention
Sabaku
The Netherlands
Dir: Marlies van der Wel
GENERATION 14PLUS
Crystal Bear Best Film
Butterfly Kisses
UK
Dir: Rafael Kapelinski
Special Mention
Ceux qui font les revolutions a moitie n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau (Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves)
Canada
Dir: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
Crystal Bear Best Short Film
Wolfe
Australia
Dir: Claire Randall
Special Mention Short Film
SNIP
Canada
Dir: Terril Calder
Grand Prix for Best Film
Shkola nomer 3 (School Number 3)
Ukraine/Germany
Dir: Yelizaveta Smith, Georg Genoux
Special Mention
Ben Naio (The Foolish Bird)
China
Dir: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Special Prize for Best Short Film
The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do
Belgium/Colombia
Dir: Juanita Onzaga
Special Mention
U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue)
Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden
Dirs: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
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19.02.2017 | Musivision Films's blog
Cat. : AWARDS