72nd Berlin International Film Festival
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The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person.[1][2] On 15 December 2021 the first film of the festival was announced.[3] The festival opened with François Ozon's drama film Peter von Kant.[4][5] Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her film by Laurent Larivière, À propos de Joan was also screened.[6]
The awards were presented on 16 February 2022 truncating the festival by 4 days. Alcarràs by Carla Simón won the Golden Bear award and The Novelist's Film by Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.[7][8] The festival formally closed on 20 February 2022.[9]
Contents
Jury
Competition
The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[10][11]
- M. Night Shyamalan, director, screenwriter and producer (USA) - Jury President
- Karim Aïnouz, director, screenwriter and visual artist (Brazil)
- Saïd Ben Saïd, producer (France / Tunisia)
- Anne Zohra Berrached, film director and screenwriter (Germany)
- Tsitsi Dangarembga, novelist, playwright and filmmaker (Zimbabwe)
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director and screenwriter (Japan)
- Connie Nielsen, actress (Denmark)
Encounters
The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:[12]
- Chiara Marañón
- Ben Rivers
- Silvan Zürcher
FIPRESCI Jury
The following people were on the jury for the FIPRESCI Awards:[13]
- Lamia Fathy
- Ron Fogel
- Berke Göl
- Bettina Hirsch
- Pamela Jahn
- Anders E. Larsson
- René Marx
- Anna Maria Pasetti
- Hamed Soleimanzadeh
- Andrei Vasilenko
- Hsin Wang
- Alexander Zwart
Competition
The following films are selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[14][15]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love | A E I O U - Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe | Nicolette Krebitz | Germany, France |
| Alcarràs | Carla Simón | Spain, Italy | |
| Before, Now & Then | Nana | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
| Both Sides of the Blade | Avec amour et acharnement | Claire Denis | France |
| Call Jane | Phyllis Nagy | United States | |
| Everything Will Be Ok | Rithy Panh | France, Cambodia | |
| Leonora addio | Paolo Taviani | Italy | |
| The Line | La ligne | Ursula Meier | Switzerland, France, Belgium |
| The Novelist's Film | 소설가의 영화 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| One Year, One Night | Un año, una noche | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain, France |
| The Passengers of the Night | Les passagers de la nuit | Mikhaël Hers | France |
| Peter von Kant | François Ozon | France | |
| A Piece of Sky | Drii Winter | Michael Koch | Switzerland, Germany |
| Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush | Andreas Dresen | Germany, France |
| Return to Dust | 隐入尘烟 | Li Ruijun | China |
| Rimini | Ulrich Seidl | Austria, France, Germany | |
| Robe of Gems | Natalia López Gallardo | Mexico, Argentina, United States | |
| That Kind of Summer | Un été comme ça | Denis Côté | Canada |
Berlinale Special
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlinale Special Gala | |||
| Against the Ice | Peter Flinth | Iceland, USA, Denmark | |
| About Joan | À propos de Joan | Laurent Larivière | France, Germany, Ireland |
| Gangubai Kathiawadi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | India | |
| Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Sophie Hyde | United Kingdom | |
| Incredible But True | Incroyable mais vrai | Quentin Dupieux | France, Belgium |
| The Forger | Der Passfälscher | Maggie Peren | Germany, Luxembourg |
| Dark Glasses | Occhiali neri | Dario Argento | Italy, France |
| The Outfit | Graham Moore | USA | |
| Berlinale Special | |||
| 1341 Frames of Love and War | 1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am | Ran Tal | Israel, United Kingdom, USA |
| A German Party | Eine deutsche Partei | Simon Brückner | Germany |
| Heart of Oak | Le chêne | Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux | France |
| Nest | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland | |
| Nothing Lasts Forever | Jason Kohn | USA | |
| North Terminal | Terminal norte | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina |
| This Much I Know to Be True | Andrew Dominik | United Kingdom | |
| Berlinale Shorts | |||
| Bird in the Peninsula | Atsushi Wada | France, Japan | |
| Sunday Morning | Manhã de Domingo | Bruno Ribeiro | Brazil |
| The Sower of Stars | El sembrador de estrellas | Lois Patiño | Spain |
| Trap | Anastasia Veber | Russian Federation, Lithuania | |
Encounters
The following films are selected for the Encounters section:[18]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Journal | Journal d'Amérique | Arnaud des Pallières | France |
| Axiom | Jöns Jönsson | Germany | |
| Brother in Every Inch | Brat vo vsyom | Alexander Zolotukhin | Russia |
| The City and the City | I Poli ke i Poli | Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas | Greece |
| Coma | Bertrand Bonello | France | |
| The Death of My Mother | Zum Tod meiner Mutter | Jessica Krummacher | Germany |
| Father's Day | Kivu Ruhorahoza | Rwanda | |
| Flux Gourmet | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom, USA, Hungary | |
| A Little Love Package | Gastón Solnicki | Austria, Argentina | |
| Mutzenbacher | Ruth Beckermann | Austria | |
| Queens of the Qing Dynasty | Ashley McKenzie | Canada | |
| See You Friday, Robinson | À vendredi, Robinson | Mitra Farahani | France, Switzerland, Iran, Lebanon |
| Small, Slow But Steady | ケイコ 目を澄ませて | Shô Miyake | Japan |
| Sonne | Kurdwin Ayub | Austria | |
| Unrest | Unrueh | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland |
Panorama
The following films are selected for the Panorama section:[19][20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love, Deutschmarks and Death | Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm | Cem Kaya | Germany |
| Talking About the Weather | Alle reden übers Wetter | Annika Pinske | Germany |
| Bettina | Lutz Pehnert | Germany | |
| The Apartment with Two Women | 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 | Kim Se-in | Republic of Korea |
| Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power | Nina Menkes | USA | |
| Happiness | Baqyt | Askar Uzabayev | Kazakhstan |
| Swing Ride | Calcinculo | Chiara Bellosi | Italy, Switzerland |
| Dreaming Walls | Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier | Belgium, France, USA, Netherlands, Sweden | |
| Klondike | Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine, Turkey | |
| A Love Song | Max Walker-Silverman | USA | |
| Lullaby | Cinco lobitos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | Spain |
| Myanmar Diaries | The Myanmar Film Collective | Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway | |
| Into My Name | Nel Mio Nome | Nicolò Bassetti | Italy |
| Nelly & Nadine | Magnus Gertten | Sweden | |
| We, Students! | Nous, Étudiants ! | Rafiki Fariala | Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia |
| Working Class Heroes | Heroji radničke klase | Miloš Pušić | Serbia |
| Until Tomorrow | Ta Farda | Ali Asgari | Iran, France, Qatar |
| Taurus | Tim Sutton | USA | |
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The following films are selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo | Mareike Wegener | Germany | |
| Forces | Gewalten | Constantin Hatz | Germany |
| Ladies Only | Rebana Liz John | Germany, India | |
Forum
The following films are selected for the Forum section:[22][23]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterwater | Dane Komljen | Germany, Spain, South Korea, Serbia | |
| Beirut the Encounter | Beirut al lika | Borhane Alaouié | Lebanon, Tunisia, Belgium |
| Camouflage | Camuflaje | Jonathan Perel | Argentina |
| Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors | Komm mit mir in das Cinema – Die Gregors | Alice Agneskirchner | Germany |
| Dry Ground Burning | Mato seco em chamas | Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta | Brazil, Portugal |
| Europe | Place de l'Europe | Philip Scheffner | Germany, France |
| A Fine Day | Der schöne Tag | Thomas Arslan | Germany |
| For the Many: The Vienna Chamber of Labour | Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien | Constantin Wulff | Austria |
| A Flower in the Mouth | Une Fleur à la bouche | Éric Baudelaire | France, Germany, South Korea |
| Geographies of Solitude | Jacquelyn Mills | Canada | |
| Happer's Comet | Tyler Taormina | United States | |
| Hot in Day, Cold at Night | Najeneun deopgo bameneun chupgo | Park Song-yeol | South Korea |
| Jet Lag | Zheng Lu Xinyuan | Switzerland, Austria | |
| The Kegelstatt Trio | O trio em mi bemol | Rita Azevedo Gomes | Portugal, Spain |
| Memoryland | Miền ký ức | Kim Quy Bui | Vietnam, Germany |
| The Middle Ages | La edad media | Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña | Argentina |
| My Tongue Does Not Turn | Dilim dönmüyor (Meine Zunge dreht sich nicht) | Serpil Turhan | Germany |
| My Two Voices | Mis dos voces | Lina Rodriguez | Canada |
| Nuclear Family | Erin Wilkerson, Travis Wilkerson | USA, Singapore | |
| Rewind & Play | Alain Gomis | France, Germany | |
| Poet | Akyn | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan |
| Scala | Ananta Thitanat | Thailand | |
| Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? | Bashtaalak sa'at | Mohammad Shawky Hassan | Egypt, Lebanon, Germany |
| The State and Me | L'État et moi | Max Linz | Germany |
| Striking Land | Terra que marca | Raul Domingues | Portugal |
| Super Natural | Jorge Jácome | Portugal | |
| This House | Cette maison | Miryam Charles | Canada |
| Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter | Três Tigres Tristes | Gustavo Vinagre | Brazil |
| The United States of America | James Benning | USA | |
| The Veteran | El veterano | Jerónimo Rodríguez | Chile |
| We Haven't Lost Our Way | Nie zgubiliśmy drogi | Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | Poland |
| West Indies | West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la Liberté | Med Hondo | France, Algeria, Mauritania |
Generation
Long films
The following films are chosen for the Generation section:[24][25]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rookies | Allons Enfants | Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai | France |
| Beba | Rebeca Huntt | USA, Mexico | |
| The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | Colm Bairéad | Ireland |
| Comedy Queen | Sanna Lenken | Sweden | |
| Kind Hearts | Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes | Belgium | |
| Knor | Oink | Mascha Halberstad | Netherlands |
| Millie Lies Low | Michelle Savill | New Zealand | |
| My Father’s Truck | Mascha Mauricio Osaki | Vietnam, USA | |
| Sublime | Mariano Biasin | Argentina | |
| Girl Picture | Tytöt tytöt tytöt | Alli Haapasalo | Finland |
Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Invisible Apprentice | Una Aprendiz Invisible | Emilia Herbst | Argentina |
| Goodbye Jerome! | Au revoir Jérôme | Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr | France |
| Blue Noise | Blaues Rauschen | Simon Maria Kubiena | Germany, Austria |
| Deer | Gavazn | Hadi Babaeifar | Iran |
| I’m Not Afraid! | Ich habe keine Angst! | Marita Mayer | Germany, Norway |
| Nothing to See Here | Nada para ver aqui | Nicolas Bouchez | Portugal, Belgium, Hungary |
| Spotless | Vlekkeloos | Emma Branderhorst | Netherlands |
Generation Kplus
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature-length films | |||
| The Hill of Secrets | Bimileui eondeok | Lee Ji-eun | South Korea |
| Waters of Pastaza | Juunt Pastaza entsari | Inês T. Alves | Portugal |
| Moja Vesna | Sara Kern | Slovenia, Australia | |
| My Small Land | Emma Kawawada | Japan | |
| Shabu | Shamira Raphaëla | Netherlands | |
| The Realm of God | El reino de dios | Claudia Sainte-Luce | Mexico |
| The Apple Day | Rooz-e sib | Mahmoud Ghaffari | Iran |
| Short films | |||
| Alma and Paz | Alma y Paz | Cris Gris | Mexico, USA |
| Luce and the Rock | Luce und der Felsen | Britt Raes | Belgium, France, Netherlands |
| To Vancouver | Vancouver | Artemis Anastasiadou | Greece |
Generation 14plus
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alis | Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck | Colombia, Chile, Romania | |
| Bubble | Tetsurō Araki | Japan | |
| Kind Hearts | Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes | Belgium | |
| Kalle Kosmonaut | Günther Kurth, Tine Kugler | Germany | |
| Scheme | Skhema | Farkhat Sharipov | Kazakhstan |
| Stay Awake | Jamie Sisley | USA | |
| Short films | |||
| At Sixteen | Aos dezasseis | Carlos Lobo | Portugal |
| Born in Damascus | Laura Wadha | United Kingdom | |
| Fever | La fièvre | Matias Carlier | Switzerland |
| NOTHING TO SEE HERE | Nada Para Ver Aqui | Nicolas Bouchez | Portugal, Belgium |
The Homage films
This section in 72nd edition is dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert, who will also be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.[28][29]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Lacemaker | La Dentellière | Claude Goretta | France, FRG, Switzerland |
| 1980 | Every Man for Himself | Sauve qui peut (la vie) | Jean-Luc Godard | France, FRG, Switzerland, Austria |
| 1995 | La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | France, Germany | |
| 2001 | The Piano Teacher | La Pianiste | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria |
| 2002 | 8 Women | 8 Femmes | François Ozon | France, Italy |
| 2016 | Things to Come | L’Avenir | Mia Hansen-Løve | France, Italy |
| 2016 | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France, Germany, Belgium | |
The Retrospective
This section opened on 11 February 2022, with screening in 4K of the 1936 film My Man Godfrey by Gregory La Cava.[30]
The Classic
The restored silent 1929 classic film Brüder (Brothers) by Werner Hochbaum, screened on 13 February 2022.[31]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Brothers | Brüder | Werner Hochbaum | Germany |
| 1962 | Mamma Roma | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy | |
| 1964 | Pale Flower | Kawaita hana | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| 1969/1990 | Larks on a String | Skřivánci na niti | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| 1975 | Tommy | Ken Russell | United Kingdom | |
| 2000 | Suzhou River | 苏州河 | Lou Ye | China, Germany |
| 2004 | Our Music | Notre musique | Jean-Luc Godard | Switzerland, France |
Awards
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Carla Simón Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlinale 2022
- Golden Bear: Alcarràs by Carla Simón
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Novelist's Film by Hong Sang-soo
- Silver Bear Jury Prize: Robe of Gems by Natalia López Gallardo
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Claire Denis for Both Sides of the Blade
- Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Meltem Kaptan for Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
- Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Laura Basuki for Before, Now & Then
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Laila Stieler for Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Rithy Panh and Sarit Mang for Everything Will Be Ok
- Special Mention: A Piece of Sky by Michael Koch
Encounters[34]
- Best Film: Mutzenbacher by Ruth Beckermann
- Best Director: Cyril Schäublin for Unrest
- Special Jury Award: See You Friday, Robinson by Mitra Farahani
International Short Film[35]
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Trap by Anastasia Veber
- Silver Bear Jury Prize: Sunday Morning by Bruno Ribiero
- Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards: The Sower of Stars by Lois Patiño
- Special Mention: Bird in the Peninsula by Atsushi Wada
Generation[36]
- Youth Jury Awards
- Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Alis by Clare Weiskopf
- Special Mention: Stay Awake by Jamie Sisley
- Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Born in Damascus by Laura Wadha
- Special Mention: Nothing to See Here by Nicolas Bouchez
- Generation 14plus
- Grand Prix: Kind Hearts by Olivia Rochette
- Ex aequo et bono: Scheme by Farkhat Sharipov
- Special Prize for the Best Short Film: Goodbye Jérôme! by Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
- Special Mention: Blue Noise by Simon Maria Kubiena and Tinashé by Tig Terera
- Generation Kplus
- Children’s Jury awards
- Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Comedy Queen by Sanna Lenken
- Special Mention: The Quiet Girl by Colm Bairéad
- Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Spotless by Emma Branderhorst and Luce and the Rock by Britt Raes
- International Jury
- Grand Prix for the Best Film: The Quiet Girl by Colm Bairéad
- Special Mention: Shabu by Shamira Raphaëla
- Special Prize for the Best Short Film: Gavazn by Hadi Babaeifar
- Special Mention: To Vancouver by Artemis Anastasiadou
Other awards
- Honorary Golden Bear: Isabelle Huppert
- GWFF Best First Feature Award: Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub[37]
- Berlinale Documentary Award: Myanmar Diaries by The Myanmar Film Collective
- Special Mention: No U-Turn by Ike Nnaebue[38]
- FIPRESCI Critics Award: Leonora Addio by Paolo Taviani[39]
Panorama Audience Award Winner - Feature Film 2022:[40]
- 1st Place Baqyt (Happiness) by Askar Uzabayev
- 2nd Place: Klondike by Maryna Er Gorbach
- 3rd Place: Fogaréu by Flávia Neves
Panorama Audience Award Winner - Panorama Dokumente 2022:
- 1st Place: Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya
- 2nd Place: Nel mio nome (Into My Name) by Nicolò Bassetti
- 3rd Place: Myanmar Diaries by The Myanmar Film Collective
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