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2020 Berlin Film Festival Winners

The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20th February to the 1st March 2020

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Golden Bear for Best Film:  There is no Evil directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

Silver Bear for Best Director:  Hong Sang Soo – The Woman Who Ran

Silver Bear for Best Actor:  Elio Germano – Hidden Away

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Paula Beer – Undine

Silver Bear for Best Script: Bad Tales by the D’Innocenzo Brothers

2019 Berlin Film Festival Winners

The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 7th to the 17th February, 2019

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Golden Bear for Best Film:  Synonyms directed by Nadav Lapid

Silver Bear for Best Director:  Angela Schanelec – I was at Home, But

 Silver Bear for Best Actor:   Wang Jingchun for So Long, My Son

Silver Bear for Best Actress:   Yong Mei for So Long, My Son

Silver Bear for Best Script: Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannessi for Piranhas starring Francesco di Napoli, Viviana Aprea and Alfredo Turitto

2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners

The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15th to the 25th February, 2018

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Golden Bear for Best Film:  Touch Me Not – directed by Adina Pintilie

Silver Bear for Best Director: Wes Anderson – Isle of Dogs  – starring Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel, F. Murray Abraham and Liev Schreiber

Silver Bear for Best Actor:   Cedric Kahn – The Prayer

Silver Bear for Best Actress:   Ana Brun – The Heiress

Silver Bear for Best Script: Alonso Ruizpalacios – Museo starring Gael Garcia Bernal

2017 Berlin Film Festival

2017 Berlin International

Film Festival Winners

The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9th to the 18th February, 2017

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Opening Night Film: Django starring Reda Kateb and Cecile de France

Golden Bear for Best Film: On Body and Soul  directed by Ildikó Enyedi

Silver Bear for Best Director:  Aki Kaurismäki for The Other Side of Hope

Silver Bear for Best Actor:  Georg Friedrich for Bright Nights

Silver Bear for Best Actress:  Kim Min-hee for On the Beach at Night Alone

Silver Bear for Best Script: Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza for A Fantastic Woman

 

 

2016 Berlin Film Festival

2016 Berlin International

Film Festival Winners

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The 66th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11th to the 21st February, 2016

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

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Opening Night Film: Hail, Caesar! directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand and Channing Tatum

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Golden Bear for Best Film:  Fire at Sea  by Gianfranco Rosi

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Silver Bear for Best Director:  Mia Hansen-Løve for Things to Come

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Silver Bear for Best Actor:  Majd Mastoura for Hedi

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Silver Bear for Best Actress:  Trine Dyrholm for The Commune

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Silver Bear for Best Script: Tomasz Wasilewski for United States of Love

2015 Berlin Film Festival

2015 Berlin International

Film Festival Winners

 65B Film Festival Poster 2015

The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5th to the 15th February, 2015

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

The Opening Night film was Nobody Wants the Night directed by Isabel Coixet starring Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Rinko Kikuchi and Matt Salinger.

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Winners of the five main prizes at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival were as follows: –

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Golden Bear (Best Film): Taxi directed by Jafar Panahi

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Silver Bear (Best Director): shared between – Radu Jude for Aferim!

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Best Actor: Tom Courtenay – 45 Years

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Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

Silver Bear for Best Script: Patricio Guzmán for The Pearl Button

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

2014 Berlin Film Festival

2014 Berlin International Film Festival Winners

 BIFF 2014

The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 6 to 16, 2014

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

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The Opening Night film was The Grand Hotel Budapest directed by Wes Anderson

Winners of the five main prizes at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival were as follows: –

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Golden Bear (Best Film) – Black Coal, Thin Ice directed by Diao Yinan

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Silver Bear (Best Director) – Richard Linklater for Boyhood starring Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane & Lorelei Linklater

Best Actor – Liao Fan for Black Coal, Thin Ice

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Best Actress – Haru Kuroki for The Little House

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Silver Bear for Best Screenplay – Stations of the Cross written by Dietrich Brüggemann

Source: – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

 

2013 Berlin Film Festival

2013 Berlin International Film Festival Winners

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The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

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The Opening Night Film was The Grand Master directed by Wong Kar-wai

Winners of the four main prizes at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival were as follows: –

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Golden Bear (Best Film) – Child’s Pose (Poziţia Copilului) directed by Călin Peter Netzer

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Silver Bear (Best Director) – David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche

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Best Actor – Nazif Mujić – An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker

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Best Actress – Paulina García – Gloria

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Berlin_Film_Festival

2012 Berlin Film Festival

2012 Berlin International Film Festival Winners

BIFF 2012

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Winners of the four main prizes at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival were as follows: –

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Golden Bear (Best Film) – Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die) directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

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Silver Bear (Best Director) – Christian Petzold for Barbara

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Best Actor – Mikkel FølsgaardA Royal Affair

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Best Actress – Rachel MwanzaWar Witch

 

2011 Berlin Film Festival

2011 Berlin International Film Festival Winners

BIFF 2011

The Berlin International Film Festival known as the Berlinale takes places annually in February and is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Winners of the four main prizes at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival were as follows: –

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Golden Bear (Best Film) – A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi

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Silver Bear (Best Director) – Ulrich Köhler for Sleeping Sickness

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Best Actor was shared between – Peiman Ma’adi, Shahab Hosseini, Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, Babak Karimi – A Separation

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Best Actress was shared between – Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Leila Hatami, Kimia Hosseini – A Separation

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