Women dominate the Berlin Film Festival, Alcarràs wins the Golden Bear
Women dominate the Berlin Film Festival, Alcarràs wins the Golden Bear
The Catalan-speaking drama Alcarràs won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival because the main prices of women were dominated. Two of the three best film prices went to films by directors, the two gender -neutral actual acting prices and the prize for the best direction went to women.
Alcarràs directed by Carla Simón won the main prize of the festival: a drama that plays in the Catalan landscape and pursues the difficulties of a farmer family after its landowner decides to replace their peach trees with solar collectors. It is Simon's second feature after the well -recorded Summer 1993, which was published in 2017.
The third prize of the jury went to the celebrated Mexican drama Robe of Gems, a feature film debut by director Natalia López Gallardo, who had previously worked as a cutter on Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light and Post Tenebras Lux. She separated the South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo, whose film The Novelist’s won the Grand Jury.
Berlin introduced gender-neutral acting prices in 2021 and both went to women as before. The best leading role won Meltem Kapan for her portrayal of a mother who takes up with the US judiciary to leave her son in Rabiye Kurnaz against George W. Bush from Guantánamo Bay, while the best supporting role Laura Basuuki for her role in an Indonesian drama went.
Rabiye Kurnaz VS George W. Bush also won the prize for the best script for Laila Stieler, while experienced French filmmaker Claire Denis won the prize for the best direction for her new film Fire (Or Both Sides of the Blade) with Juliette Binoche.
While the 2021 festival was completely virtual, personal events took place in 2022, while the local panda restrictions were observed. The most important victim was Isabelle Huppert, the War Can appear to take their honorary prize for their life's work after being tested positively for the coronavirus shortly before the planned presentation.
Complete list of awards
Golden Bear for the best film alcarràs (director: Carla Simón)
Prize of the Grand Jury with the silver bear The film by the novel author (directed by Hong Sang-Soo)
Silberner Bär Rob GEMS (director: Natalia López Gallardo)
Silver Bear for the best director claire denis for fire (or both sides of the blade)
silver bear for best leaders laura basuki (nana)
silver bear for the best script Laila Stieler (Rabiye Kurnaz against George W. Bush)
silver bear for outstanding artistic contribution rithy panh and sarit Mang (everything is good)
Special mention of the jury a piece of heaven (director: Michael Koch)
Source: Theguardian