66th Berlin International Film Festival explained

66th Berlin International Film Festival
Opening:	Hail, Caesar!
Closing:	Fire at Sea
Location:	Berlin, Germany
Founded:	1951
Awards:	Golden Bear Fire at Sea
Date:	11–21 February 2016
Chronology:	Berlin International Film Festival
Preceded By:	65th
Followed By:	67th

The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the president of the jury.^{[1] [2]} The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.^[3]

Hail, Caesar!, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, was selected to open the festival.^[4] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian documentary Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi, which also serves as closing night film.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Jury

Main Competition

• Meryl Streep, American actress - Jury President^{[8] [9]}
• Lars Eidinger, German actor
• Nick James, British film critic
• Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer
• Clive Owen, British actor
• Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
• Małgorzata Szumowska, Polish director and screenwriter

Best First Feature Award Jury

• Michel Franco, Mexican filmmaker and producer^[10]
• Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
• Ursula Meier, Swiss film director

International Short Film Jury

• Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi, Emirates curator, artist and lecturer^[11]
• Katerina Gregos, Greek curator, writer and lecturer
• Avi Mograbi, Israeli filmmaker, video artist and lecturer

Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:^{[12] [13] [14]}

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
24 Weeks	24 Wochen		Germany
Alone in Berlin			Germany, France, United Kingdom
Being 17	Quand on a 17 ans		France
Boris Without Béatrice	Boris sans Béatrice		Canada
The Commune	Kollektivet		Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Crosscurrent	长江图	Yang Chao	China
Death in Sarajevo	Smrt u Sarajevu		Bosnia and Herzegovina, France
A Dragon Arrives!	اژدها وارد می‌شود!		Iran
Fire at Sea	Fuocoammare		Italy, France
Genius			United Kingdom, United States
Hedi	Inhebbek Hedi		Tunisia, Belgium, France
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery	Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis		Philippines, Singapore
Letters from War	Cartas da Guerra		Portugal
Midnight Special			United States
Soy Nero			Germany, France, Mexico
Things to Come			France, Germany
United States of Love	Zjednoczone stany miłości		Poland, Sweden
Zero Days			United States

Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:^{[4] [14]}

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Chi-Raq		Spike Lee	United States
Hail, Caesar!		Joel and Ethan Coen
News from Planet Mars	Des nouvelles de la planète Mars		France, Belgium
Saint-Amour
The Patriarch	Mahana		New Zealand

Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:^{[15] [16] [17]}

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
I, Olga Hepnarová	Já, Olga Hepnarová	Tomáš Weinreb, Petr Kazda	Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France
Junction 48		Udi Aloni	Israel, Germany, United States
The First, the Last	Les Premiers, les Derniers		France, Belgium
Maggie's Plan			United States
Nakom		Kelly Daniela Norris, T. W. Pittman	Ghana, United States
Remainder			United Kingdom, Germany
On the Other Side	S one strane		Croatia, Serbia
Starve Your Dog			Morocco
Sand Storm	סופת חול		Israel
Paris 05:59	Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau		France
The Ones Below			United Kingdom
War on Everyone			United Kingdom
Aloys		Tobias Nölle	Switzerland, France
The Tenth Man	El rey del Once		Argentina
Goat			United States
Fukushima, mon Amour	Grüße aus Fukushima		Germany
Indignation			United States
Jonathan		Piotr J. Lewandowski	Germany
Tomcat	Kater		Austria
The Black Frost	La helada negra	Maximiliano Schonfeld	Argentina
Lantouri	لانتوری		Iran
Little Men			United States
The Wounded Angel	Жаралы періште		Kazakhstan, France, Germany
While the Women Are Sleeping			Japan
Time Was Endless	Antes o tempo não acabava	Sérgio Andrade, Fábio Baldo	Brazil, Germany
All of a Sudden	Auf Einmal		Germany, Netherlands, France
Much Ado About Nothing	Aquí no ha pasado nada		Chile, United States, France
The Bacchus Lady	죽여주는 여자		South Korea
Road to Istanbul	La Route d'Istanbul		Algeria, France, Belgium
Don't Call Me Son	Mãe só há uma		Brazil
You'll Never Be Alone	Nunca vas a estar solo		Chile
Dog Days	San Fu Tian	Jordan Schiele	Hong Kong, China
Shelley			Denmark, Sweden
Shepherds and Butchers			South Africa, United States, Germany

Panorama Dokumente

The following films were selected for the Panorama Dokumente section:^{[15] [16] [17]}

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Don't Blink – Robert Frank		Laura Israel	United States, France
Hotel Dallas		Livia Ungur, Sherng-Lee Huang	Romania, United States
The GDR Complex	Der Ost-Komplex		Germany
			United States, Germany
Mariupolis		Mantas Kvedaravičius	Lithuania, Germany, France, Ukraine
Uncle Howard			United Kingdom, United States
Brothers of the Night	Brüder der Nacht		Austria
Curumim		Marcos Prado	Brazil
Europe, She Loves		Jan Gassmann	Switzerland, Germany
Inside the Chinese Closet		Sophia Luvarà	Netherlands
Kiki		Sara Jordenö	Sweden, United States
Strike a Pose		Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan	Netherlands
The Lovers and the Despot		Rob Cannan, Ross Adam	United Kingdom
Weekends			South Korea
Who's Gonna Love Me Now?		Tomer Heymann, Barak Heymann	Israel, United Kingdom
My Land	Wu Tu	Fan Jian	China
Zona Norte			Germany

Teddy30

The following films were selected to be screened as part of Teddy Award's 30th anniversary celebration:^[15]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
1 Berlin Harlem		Lothar Lambert, Wolfram Zobus	West Germany
Different from the Others	Anders als die Andern		Germany
Before Stonewall		Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg	United States
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors	Die Betörung der Blauen Matrosen		West Germany
The Meadow of Things	Die Wiese der Sachen		West Germany
Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities	Gendernauts – Eine Reise durch die Geschlechter		Germany
I Shot Andy Warhol			United States
I, You, He, She	Je, tu, il, elle		France, Belgium
Looking for Langston			United Kingdom
Hide and Seek	Machboim		Israel
Marble Ass			Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Nitrate Kisses			United States
The Watermelon Woman			United States
Tongues Untied			United States
A Whole Night	Toute une nuit		France, Belgium
In a Glass Cage	Tras el cristal		Spain

Berlinale Special

The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:^[12]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
A Serious Game	Den allvarsamma leken		Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Miles Ahead			United States
A Quiet Passion			United Kingdom, Belgium
National Bird			United States
Creepy			Japan
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger			United Kingdom
Where to Invade Next			United States
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble			United States

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded:^{[3] [5] [6] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

Main Competition

• Golden Bear: Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi
• Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović
• Alfred Bauer Prize: A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery by Lav Diaz
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Mia Hansen-Løve for Things to Come
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Trine Dyrholm for The Commune
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Majd Mastoura for Hedi
• Silver Bear for Best Script: Tomasz Wasilewski for United States of Love
• Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Mark Lee Ping Bin for Crosscurrent (Cinematography)

• Michael Ballhaus

Best First Feature Award

• Mohamed Ben Attia for Hedi

Short Film Competition

• Golden Bear For Best Short Film

Batrachian's Ballad by Leonor Teles

• Silver Bear Jury Prize: A Man Returned by Mahdi Fleifel
• Audi Short Film Award: Anchorage Prohibited by Chiang Wei Liang

Panorama

• Panoroma Audience Award:
  • 1st Place: Junction 48 by Udi Aloni
  • 2nd Place: Greetings from Fukushima by Doris Dörrie
  • 3rd Place: Shepherds and Butchers by Oliver Schmitz
• Panoroma Audience Award – Documentaries:
  • 1st Place: Who's Gonna Love Me Now? by Tomer and Barak Heymann
  • 2nd Place: Strike a Pose by Reijer Zwaan and Ester Gold
  • 3rd Place: Weekends by Lee Dong-ha

• Best Feature Film: Tomcat by Händl Klaus
• Best Documentary/Essay Film: Kiki by Sara Jordenö
• Best Short Film: Moms On Fire by Joanna Rytel
• Special Jury Award: You'll Never Be Alone by Alex Anwandter
• Special Teddy Award: Christine Vachon
• Teddy Audience Award: Paris 05:59 by Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel
• Männer Magazine Readers' Jury Award: Don't Call Me Son by Anna Muylaert

Independent Awards

• Competition: Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović
• Panorama: Aloys by Tobias Nölle
• Forum: The Revolution Won't Be Televised by Rama Thiaw

• Competition: Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi
• Panorama: The First, the Last by Bouli Lanners
• Forum:
  • Barakah Meets Barakah by Mahmoud Sabbagh
  • Those Who Jump by Abou Bakar Sidibé, Estephan Wagner and Moritz Sieber

Europa Cinemas Label

• The First, the Last by Bouli Lanners

Arte International Prize

• Alvaro Brechner for Memories from the Cell

Eurimages Co-production Development Award

• Cinéma De facto and Proton Cinema for Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

External links

• Berlin International Film Festival

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prizes of the International Jury . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale . 13 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213193955/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html . dead .
2. Web site: Meryl Streep gets Berlin's vote as president of film festival jury . 20 December 2015 . The Guardian. 14 October 2015 .
3. Web site: Homage 2016 And Honorary Golden Bear For Michael Ballhaus . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20170805183416/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/sektionen_sonderveranstaltungen/hommage/index.html . 5 August 2017 . dead .
4. Web site: Hail, Caesar! directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, to open the 66th Berlinale . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20160415124050/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_29524.html . 15 April 2016 . dead .
5. Web site: Prizes of the International Jury . 20 February 2016 . Berlinale . 13 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213193955/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html . dead .
6. Web site: Berlin: 'Fire at Sea' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film . 20 February 2016 . Variety. 20 February 2016 .
7. News: Berlin film festival: Fire at Sea wins Golden Bear . 21 February 2016 . BBC News. 20 February 2016 .
8. Web site: International Jury . 2 February 2016 . Berlinale . 1 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301075104/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html . dead .
9. Web site: Berlinale 2015: International Jury . 27 January 2015 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215151257/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_27165.html . 15 February 2015 . dead .
10. Web site: Best First Feature Award, endowed with € 50,000, funded by GWFF . 2 February 2016 . Berlinale.
11. Web site: Prizes of the International Short Film Jury . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale.
12. Web site: Berlinale 2016: First Films for Competition and Berlinale Special . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084559/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_29588.html . 22 December 2015 . dead .
13. Web site: Jan 11, 2016: Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected . 11 January 2016 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20160112184813/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_30356.html . 12 January 2016 . dead .
14. Web site: Jan 20, 2016: Berlinale Competition Complete . 21 January 2016 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20160123064548/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_31508.html . 23 January 2016 . dead.
15. Web site: Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme . 20 December 2015 . Berlinale.
16. Web site: Berlinale 2016: Panorama Special Opening Films, Christine Vachon to Receive Special Teddy Award and Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland . 17 January 2016 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129021019/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_30868.html . 29 January 2016 . dead .
17. Web site: Berlinale 2016: Panorama 2016 Complete . 23 January 2016 . Berlinale . https://web.archive.org/web/20160124054721/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_31573.html . 24 January 2016 . dead .
18. Web site: Berlinale 2016: The Panorama Audience Awards go to Junction 48 and Who's Gonna Love Me Now? . Berlinale . 21 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135754/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_32852.html . 4 March 2016 . dead .
19. Web site: The Awards Of The 66th Berlin International Film Festival . Berlinale.
20. Web site: Tunisia, the only Arab country listed in Berlinale 2016 official competition - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online. english.ahram.org.eg. en. 20 December 2017.
21. News: Tunisia's Mohamed Ben Attia to Direct New ISIS-Themed Drama (EXCLUSIVE). Vivarelli. Nick. 4 July 2017. Variety. 20 December 2017. en-US.