Winners have been announced at the 74th Berlin Film Festival, with Dahomey by French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop scooping the coveted Golden Bear for best film.
See below for the full list of winners, which were revealed Saturday evening at the Berlinale Palast.
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Prizes of the International Jury
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution — Martin Gschlacht for the cinematography in The Devil’s Bath (Des Teufels Bad) by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Golden Bear — Dahomey by Mati Diop
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize — A Traveler’s Needs by Hong Sangsoo
Silver Bear — The Empire by Bruno Dumont
Best Leading Performance — Sebastian Stan for A Different Man
Best Supporting Performance — Emily Watson for Small Things Like These
Best Director — Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias for Pepe
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay — Matthias Glasner for Sterben (Dying)
Encounters Jury
Best Film — Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
Special Jury Prize — Some Rain Must Fall by Qiu Yang and The Great Yawn of History (Khamyazeye bozorg) by Aliyar Rasti
Best Director — Juliana Rojas for Cidade; Campo
GWFF Best First Feature Award
GFF First Feature Award — Cu Li Never Cries (Cu Li Không Bao Giờ Khóc ) by Phạm Ngọc Lân
Berlinale Documentary Award
No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor.
Special Mention — Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
Shorts
Golden Bear Best Short Film – An Odd Turn (Un movimiento extraño) by Francisco Lezama
Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) — Remains of the Hot Day (Re tian wu hou) by Wenqian Zhang
