67th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

67th Berlin International Film Festival

67th Berlin International Film Festival

Film festival

The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as president of the jury.[1][2]

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Django, directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival.[3] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Hungarian film On Body and Soul directed by Ildikó Enyedi, which also served as closing film of the festival.[4]

Juries

Main Competition

Paul Verhoeven at a press conference at Berlinale 2017

Best First Feature Award

Documentary Award

  • Daniela Michel, Mexican film critic[7]
  • Laura Poitras, American filmmaker and producer
  • Samir, Iraqi director and producer

Short Film Competition

  • Kimberley Drew, American writer, curator and social media manager[8]
  • Christian Jankowski, German artist and filmmaker
  • Carlos Nuñez, Chilean film producer

Official Section

Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[9][10][11]

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Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10]

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Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[12][13][14]

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Perspektive Deutsches Kino

The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[15][16]

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Berlinale Special

The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:[9][10][11]

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Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded:[17][18][19][20][21]

Main Competition

GWFF Best First Feature Award

Short Film Competition

Panorama

Panorama Audience Award

Panorama Audience Award – Documentaries (Panorama Dokumente)

Generation

Generation 14plus

Generation KPlus

  • The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Film: Shkola nomer 3 by Yelizaveta Smith and Georg Genoux
    • Special Mention: Ben Niao by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka
  • Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film: The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do by Juanita Onzaga
    • Special Mention Short Film: U Plavetnilo by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović [fr; hr; sh]

Independent Awards

Teddy Award

FIPRESCI Prize

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

CICAE Art Cinema Award

Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award

Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award

Harvey-Manner Readers' Jury Award

Guild Film Prize

Caligari Film Prize

Heiner Carow Prize

Compass-Perspektive-Award

  • The Best of All Worlds by Adrian Goiginger

Kompagnon-Fellowship

ARTE International Prize

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award

  • Razor Film Produktion for The Wife of the Pilot

VFF Talent Highlight Award

  • Nefes Polat for The Bus to Amerika

Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for International Cooperation Germany / Arab World

  • Animation Film: Night by Ahmad Saleh
  • Short Film: The Trap by Nada Riyadh
  • Documentary Film: Behind Closed Doors by Yakout Elhababi

Amnesty International Film Prize

  • Devil's Freedom by Everardo González

References

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    "World Premiere of Django to Open the Berlinale 2017". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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    "Berlin Film Festival: 'On Body and Soul' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Variety. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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    "GWFF Best First Feature Award". Berlinale. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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    "GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL – DOCUMENTARY AWARD JURY". Berlinale. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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    "Berlinale Shorts - The 2017 International Short Film Jury: Christian Jankowski, Kimberly Drew and Carlos Nuñez". Berlinale. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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    "Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017". Berlinale. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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    "Press Releases Competition 67th Berlinale - Competition and Berlinale Special - Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme". Berlinale. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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    "Berlinale Panorama 2017: The Wound Selected to Open Panorama's Main Programme / Focus on "Black Worlds" and "Europa Europa"". Berlinale. 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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    "Panorama 2017 Programme Complete: Powerful European Auteur Cinema / Three Surprising Indie Gems from China and Hong Kong / Brazil Well-Represented with Five Films". Berlinale. 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
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    "Berlinale Panorama 2017: Panorama Dokumente – Selection is Complete". Berlinale. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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    "Back for Good - Mia Spengler's graduation film to Open Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2017". Berlinale. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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    "Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2017: The Millennial Generation". Berlinale. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
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    "Awards and Juries in the Generation section". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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    "Prizes of the Independent Juries". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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    "TEDDY AWARD Winners 2017". 17 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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    "The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Insyriated and I Am Not Your Negro". Berlinale. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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    "Prizes of the International Jury". Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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