67th Berlin International 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] 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]
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Django |
|---|---|
| Closing film | On Body and Soul |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear (On Body and Soul) |
| Festival date | 9–18 February 2017 |
| Website | www.berlinale.de |
Jury
Main Competition
Paul Verhoeven at a press conference at Berlinale 2017
The following people were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[2][5]
International jury
- Paul Verhoeven, film director and screenwriter (Netherlands) - Jury President
- Olafur Eliasson, sculptor (Iceland)
- Dora Bouchoucha Fourati, producer (Tunisia)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress (United States)
- Julia Jentsch, actress (Germany)
- Diego Luna, actor and film director (Mexico)
- Wang Quan'an, film director and screenwriter (China)
Best First Feature Award Jury
Mahmoud Sabbagh and Jayro Bustamante during Berlinale 2017
The following people were on the jury for the Best First Feature Award:[6]
- Jayro Bustamante, film director (Guatemala)
- Clotilde Courau, actress (France)
- Mahmoud Sabbagh, filmmaker, producer, and writer (Saudi Arabia)
Documentary Award Jury
The following people were on the jury for the Berlinale Documentary film award:[7]
- Daniela Michel, film critic (Mexico)
- Laura Poitras, director and producer (United States)
- Samir, director and producer (Iraq)
International Short Film Jury
The following people were on the jury for the Berlinale Shorts section:[8]
- Kimberley Drew, writer, curator and social media manager (United States)
- Christian Jankowski, artist and filmmaker (Germany)
- Carlos Nuñez, film producer (Chile)
In competition
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[9][10][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ana, mon amour | Călin Peter Netzer | Romania, Germany, France | |
| Beuys | Andres Veiel | Germany | |
| Bright Nights | Helle Nächte | Thomas Arslan | Germany, Norway |
| Colo | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal, France | |
| The Dinner | Oren Moverman | United States | |
| Django | Étienne Comar | France | |
| A Fantastic Woman * | Una mujer fantástica | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Germany, United States, Spain |
| Félicité | Alain Gomis | France, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Lebanon | |
| Have a Nice Day | 好极了 | Liu Jian | China |
| Joaquim | Marcelo Gomes | Brazil, Portugal | |
| Mr. Long | ミスター・ロン/ 龍先生 | Sabu | Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, China, Taiwan |
| On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| On the Beach at Night Alone | 밤의 해변에서 혼자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| The Other Side of Hope | Toivon tuolla puolen | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| The Party | Sally Potter | United Kingdom | |
| Return to Montauk | Rückkehr nach Montauk | Volker Schlöndorff | Germany, France, Ireland |
| Spoor | Pokot | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, France |
| Wild Mouse * | Wilde Maus | Josef Hader | Austria |
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bar | El Bar | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| Final Portrait | Stanley Tucci | United Kingdom | |
| Logan | James Mangold | United States | |
| The Midwife | Sage femme | Martin Provost | France |
| T2 Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | United Kingdom | |
| Viceroy's House | Gurinder Chadha | India, United Kingdom | |
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Ferenc Török | Hungary | |
| Berlin Syndrome | Cate Shortland | Australia, France | |
| Call Me by Your Name * | Luca Guadagnino | United States, Brazil, Italy, France | |
| Centaur | Aktan Abdykalykov | Kyrgyzstan, France, Germany, Netherlands | |
| Ciao Ciao | 巧巧 | Song Chuan | China, France |
| Close-Knit * | 彼らが本気で編むときは、 | Naoko Ogigami | Japan |
| Discreet * | Travis Mathews | United States | |
| Fluidø * | Shu Lea Cheang | Germany | |
| From the Balcony | Fra balkongen | Ole Giæver | Norway |
| Ghost in the Mountains | 空山异客 | Yang Heng | China |
| God's Own Country * | Francis Lee | United Kingdom | |
| Headbang Lullaby | Hicham Lasri | Morocco, France, Qatar, Lebanon | |
| Honeygiver Among the Dogs | Dechen Roder | Bhutan | |
| Hostages | Rezo Gigineishvili | Georgia, Russia, Poland | |
| Inflame | Kaygı | Ceylan Özgün Özçelik | Turkey |
| Insyriated | Philippe Van Leeuw | Belgium, France, Lebanon | |
| Just Like Our Parents * | Como Nossos Pais | Laís Bodanzky | Brazil |
| The King's Choice | Kongens Nei | Erik Poppe | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland |
| The Misandrists * | Bruce LaBruce | Germany | |
| One Thousand Ropes | Tusi Tamasese | New Zealand | |
| Pendular | Júlia Murat | Brazil, Argentina, France | |
| Requiem for Mrs. J. | Rekvijem za gospodju J. | Bojan Vuletić | Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany |
| Skins * | Pieles | Eduardo Casanova | Spain |
| The Taste of Betel Nut * | 槟榔血 | Hu Jia | China, Hong Kong |
| Tiger Girl | Jakob Lass | Germany | |
| Vaya | Akin Omotoso | South Africa | |
| Vazante | Daniela Thomas | Brazil, Portugal | |
| When the Day Had No Name | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia | |
| The Wound * | John Trengove | South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France | |
Panorama Dokumente
The following films were selected for the Panorama Dokumente section:[12][14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana's Pact | El Pacto de Adriana | Lissette Orozco | Chile |
| Belinda | Marie Dumora | France | |
| Bones of Contention * | Andrea Weiss | United States | |
| Casting JonBenet | Kitty Green | United States | |
| Chavela * | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | United States | |
| Dream Boat * | Tristan Ferland Milewski | Germany | |
| Erase and Forget | Andrea Luka Zimmerman | United Kingdom | |
| Five Stars | Fünf Sterne | Annekatrin Hendel | Germany |
| Ghost Hunting | Istiyad Ashbah | Raed Andoni | France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar |
| I Am Not Your Negro * | Raoul Peck | France, United States, Belgium, Switzerland | |
| If I Think of Germany at Night | Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
| In the Intense Now | No Intenso Agora | João Moreira Salles | Brazil |
| Investigating Paradise | Tahqiq fel djenna | Merzak Allouache | France, Algeria |
| My Wonderful West Berlin | Mein wunderbares West-Berlin | Jochen Hick | Germany |
| Politics, Instructions Manual | Política, manual de instrucciones | Fernando León de Aranoa | Spain |
| Fighting Through the Night | Combat au bout de la nuit | Sylvain L'Espérance | Canada |
| Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream | Margarete Kreuzer | Germany | |
| Small Talk * | 日常對話 | Hui-chen Huang | Taiwan |
| Strong Island * | Yance Ford | United States, Denmark | |
| Tania Libre | Lynn Hershman Leeson | United States | |
| Untitled | Michael Glawogger, Monika Willi | Austria, Germany | |
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Back for Good | Zurück für Gut | Mia Spengler |
| The Best of all Worlds | Die beste aller Welten | Adrian Goiginger |
| Container | Kontener | Sebastian Lang |
| Dark Blue Girl | Die Tochter | Mascha Schilinski |
| End of the Season | Zwischen den Jahren | Lars Henning |
| Final Stage * | Nicolaas Schmidt | |
| Gabi | Michael Fetter Nathansky | |
| Ironhead | Eisenkopf | Tian Dong |
| Mikel | Cavo Kernich | |
| Millennials | Jana Bürgelin | |
| Paths * | Ein Weg | Chris Miera |
| Self-criticism of a Bourgeois Dog | Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes | Julian Radlmaier |
| Tara | Felicitas Sonvilla | |
| We Were Kings | Könige der Welt | Christian von Brockhausen, Timo Großpietsch |
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:[9][10][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Blocks | Marvin Kren | Germany | |
| Below the Surface | Kasper Barfoed | Denmark, Germany | |
| Black Spot | Mathieu Missoffe | France, Belgium | |
| The Bomb | Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser | United States | |
| Close-Up | کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| Devil's Freedom | La libertad del diablo | Everardo González | Mexico |
| Eight Hours Don't Make a Day | Acht Stunden sind kein Tag | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany |
| In Times of Fading Light | In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts | Matti Geschonneck | Germany |
| Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana | Fernando Pérez | Cuba, Spain |
| The Lost City of Z | James Gray | United States | |
| Maudie | Aisling Walsh | Canada, Ireland | |
| Patriot | Steven Conrad | United States | |
| A Prominent Patient | Masaryk | Julius Sevcík | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| The Queen of Spain | La reina de España | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
| The Same Sky | Der gleiche Himmel | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Germany, Czech Republic |
| SS-GB | Philipp Kadelbach | United Kingdom | |
| The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov | Askold Kurov | Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic | |
| The Young Karl Marx | Le jeune Karl Marx | Raoul Peck | France, Germany, Belgium |
Key
* LGBTQ feature; eligible for the Teddy Award[17]
Awards
The following prizes were awarded:[18][19][20][21][22]
- Golden Bear – On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize – Félicité by Alain Gomis
- Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear) – Spoor by Agnieszka Holland
- Silver Bear for Best Director – Aki Kaurismäki for The Other Side of Hope
- Silver Bear for Best Actress – Kim Min-hee for On the Beach at Night Alone
- Silver Bear for Best Actor – Georg Friedrich for Bright Nights
- Silver Bear for Best Script – Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza for A Fantastic Woman
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution – Dana Bunescu for editing in Ana, mon amour
- GWFF Best First Feature Award (50.000 €) – Estiu 1993 by Carla Simón
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film – Cidade Pequena by Diogo Costa Amarante
- Silver Bear for Best Short Film – Esteban Arrangoiz Julien for Ensueño en la Pradera
- Panorama Audience Award
- 1st Place: Insyriated by Philippe Van Leeuw
- 2nd Place: Close-Knit by Naoko Ogigami
- 3rd Place: 1945 by Ferenc Török
- Panorama Audience Award – Documentaries (Panorama Dokumente)
- 1st Place: I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
- 2nd Place: Chavela by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi
- 3rd Place: Ghost Hunting by Raed Andoni
- Teddy Award
- Best Feature Film: A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio
- Best Documentary-/Essay Film: Small Talk by Hui-chen Huang
- Best Short Film: My Gay Sister by Lia Hietala
- Special Jury Award: Close-Knit by Naoko Ogigami
- Special Teddy Award: Monika Treut
- FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
- Panorama: Pendular by Júlia Murat
- Forum: A Feeling Greater Than Love by Mary Jirmanus Saba
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Competition: On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
- Special Mention: A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio
- Panorama: Investigating Paradise by Merzak Allouache
- Special Mention: I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
- Forum: Mama Colonel by Dieudo Hamadi
- Special Mention: El Mar La Mar by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
- Competition: On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
- CICAE Art Cinema Award
- Panorama: Centaur by Aktan Abdykalykov
- Forum: Newton by Amit V. Masurkar
- Generation 14Plus
- Best Film: Butterfly Kisses by Rafael Kapelinski
- Special Mention: Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie
- Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: Wolfe by Claire Randall
- Special Mention Short Film: Snip by Terril Calder
- 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
- The Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Film: Shkola nomer 3 by Yelizaveta Smith and Georg Genoux
- Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award
- Prize Winner: On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi
- Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award
- Prize Winner: Mama Colonel by Dieudo Hamadi
- Harvey-Manner Readers' Jury Award
- Prize Winner: God's Own Country by Francis Lee
- Guild Film Prize
- Prize Winner: The Party by Sally Potter
- Caligari Film Prize
- Prize Winner: El mar la mar by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
- Heiner Carow Prize
- Prize Winner: Five Stars by Annekatrin Hendel
- Compass-Perspektive-Award
- Prize Winner: The Best of All Worlds by Adrian Goiginger
- Kompagnon-Fellowship
- Perspektive Deutsches Kino: Der grüne Wellensittich by Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser
- Berlinale Talents: System Crasher by Nora Fingscheidt
- ARTE International Prize
- Prize Winner: Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić
- Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
- Award Winner: Razor Film Produktion for The Wife of the Pilot
- VFF Talent Highlight Award
- Award Winner: 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
- Prize Winner: Devil's Freedom by Everardo González
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