On the Ice | On the Ice | Auf dem Eis
Generation
USA 2011
DIRECTOR: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Josiah Patkotak
Frank Qutuq Irelan, Cara Marcous, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
GenerationOn the IceClosing GalaBest First Feature Award
The actor, the producer and the director at the award ceremony.
Die Vaterlosen | The Fatherless | Die Vaterlosen
Panorama
AUT 2011
DIRECTOR: Marie Kreutzer
Johannes Krisch, Alexander Wychodil
Wieland Speck, Marie Kreutzer
PanoramaDie VaterlosenBest First Feature Award
The director got a Special Mention for her debut film.
Bettina Brokemper, Michèle Ohayon, Assaf Gavron with Dieter Kosslick
Best First Feature Award
The jury of the year 2011 - the german producer, the Moroccan-Israeli director and the bestselling Israeli author - with the festival director.
Sebbe | Sebbe | Sebbe
Generation
SWE 2010
DIRECTOR: Babak Najafi
Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs
Babak Najafi, Michael Verhoeven, Lorna Tee, Ben Foster
GenerationSebbeBest First Feature Award
The award winner and the jury.
Gigante | Gigante | Gigante
Competition
URY/DEU/ARG/NLD 2008
DIRECTOR: Adrián Biniez
Horacio Camandulle
Horacio Camandulle
CompetitionGiganteClosing GalaBest First Feature Award
The leading actor in action on the stage of the Berlinale Palast.
Adrián Biniez
CompetitionGiganteClosing GalaBest First Feature Award
The director of Gigante at the award ceremony.
Raffi Pitts, Hannah Herzsprung
Closing GalaBest First Feature Award
The Irani director and the german actress also belonged to the jury of 2009.
Flickan | Das Mädchen | The Girl
Generation
SWE 2008
DIRECTOR: Fredrik Edfeldt
Blanca Engström
Raffi Pitts, Fredrik Edfeldt, Hannah Herzsprung, In-Ah Lee
GenerationFlickanClosing Gala
Also, the director of Flickan was awarded a Special Mention by the jury.
The Best First Feature Award is given annually to the best debut film, considering films from the Competition, the Panorama, the Generation, the Forum or the Perspektive Deutsches Kino programmes. The winners will be announced at the official award ceremony in the Berlinale Palast on February 19.
A three-member international jury chooses the winning film:
Moritz Rinke (Germany)
The dramatist and novelist received the 1997 PEN Club Literature Award for his second play “The Man Who Never Yet Saw Woman's Nakedness”. His new adaptation of “Die Nibelungen” became one of the most successful German theatre productions. In 2008 Franziska Stünkel filmed his award-winning work “The Vineta Republic”, and in 2010 his first novel “Der Mann, der durch das Jahrhundert fiel” became a bestseller.
Hania Mroué (Lebanon)
Hania Mroué is founder and director of the Metropolis Art Cinema, the first art-house cinema in Lebanon opened in 2006. Since 2001 she is the Managing Director of the Arab film festival “Cinema Days of Beirut”. For the release of Arab and international auteur films she started the MC Distribution company. At the Doha Film Institute she is in charge as Chief Arab programmer for the Doha Tribeca Film festival and DFI’s year round initiatives.
Matthew Modine (USA)
The performances of the award-winning American actor include Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Robert Altman’s Shortcuts and Alan Parker’s Birdy. Matthew Modine made his screenplay/directorial feature debut with If...Dog…Rabbit. Jesus Was a Commie, his award winning short film, is currently playing at festivals around the globe. His recent roles include Girl in Progress, Family Weekend and The Dark Knight Rises.
The prize is endowed by the „Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten" (GWFF), a society for safeguarding film and television rights. It is worth 50,000 euros and shared between the producer and the director of the awarded film. The winner will be announced during the official award ceremony in the Berlinale Palast. In 2008 the winners were awarded for the first time a high-quality viewfinder as a memorable trophy and a tool that should accompany them on their future road to success.
Films eligible for the Best First Feature Award must fulfil the following criteria:
The festival director reserves the right to decide on any eventuality not foreseen in the guidelines.
The Jury 2012
