Award Winners 2021
The Prizes of the International Jury 2021
The International Jury with the Award Winners and the Berlinale Directors
front row: Producer Ada Solomon with director Radu Jude (Golden Bear for Best Film), director Maria Speth (Silver Bear Jury Prize)
2nd row: Lilla Kizlinger (Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance), director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize), Maren Eggert (Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance), Dénes Nagy (Silver Bear for Best Director), Carlo Chatrian (Artistic Director)
3nd row: Mariette Rissenbeek (Executive Director), Ildiko Enyedi (International Jury), Yibrán Asuad (Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Editing), Adina Pintilie (International Jury)
back row: Gianfranco Rosi (International Jury), Jasmila Zbanic (International Jury), Nadav Lapid (International Jury)
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Golden Bear for Best Film 2021: Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) by Radu Jude produced by Ada Solomon
Director Radu Jude
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Golden Bear for Best Film 2021: Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) by Radu Jude produced by Ada Solomon
Director Radu Jude
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Golden Bear for Best Film 2021: Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) by Radu Jude produced by Ada Solomon
Director Radu Jude and producer Ada Solomon
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Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance 2021: Maren Eggert in Ich bin dein Mensch (I'm Your Man) by Maria Schrader
Maren Eggert
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Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance 2021: Maren Eggert in Ich bin dein Mensch (I'm Your Man) by Maria Schrader
Maren Eggert
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Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution 2021: Yibrán Asuad for the editing in Una película de policías (A Cop Movie) by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Yibrán Asuad
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Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution 2021: Yibrán Asuad for the editing in Una película de policías (A Cop Movie) by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Yibrán Asuad, Alonso Ruizpalacios
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Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance 2021: Lilla Kizlinger in Rengeteg - mindenhol látlak (Forest - I See You Everywhere) by Bence Fliegauf
Jury member Adina Pintilie, Lilla Kizlinger
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Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance 2021: Lilla Kizlinger in Rengeteg - mindenhol látlak (Forest - I See You Everywhere) by Bence Fliegauf
Lilla Kizlinger
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Silver Bear for Best Director 2021: Dénes Nagy for Természetes fény (Natural Light)
Director Dénes Nagy
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Silver Bear for Best Director 2021: Dénes Nagy for Természetes fény (Natural Light)
Director Dénes Nagy
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Silver Bear Jury Prize 2021: Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr Bachmann and His Class) by Maria Speth
Jury member Ildiko Enyedi, director Maria Speth
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Silver Bear Jury Prize 2021: Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr Bachmann and His Class) by Maria Speth
Director Maria Speth
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Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Guzen to sozo (Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Jury member Gianfranco Rosi, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Guzen to sozo (Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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Awards of the Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear and Silver Bears
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Goldener Bär und Silberne BärenPrizes Encounters 2021
Award for Best Director (Ex-aequo): Hygiène sociale (Social Hygiene) by Denis Côté
Director Denis Côté
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Preis für die Beste Regie: Regisseur Denis Côté
Special Mention: Rock Bottom Riser by Fern Silva
Director Fern Silva
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Lobende Erwähnung: Regisseur Fern Silva
The Encounters Jury with the Award Winners
(f.l.t.r) Diedrich Diederichsen (Encounters Jury), director Silvan Zürcher (Prize for Best Director), Florence Almozini (Encounters Jury), director Alice Diop (Prize for the Best Film), director Ramon Zürcher (Prize for Best Director), Cecilia Barrionuevo (Encounters Jury), producer Chayamporn Taeratanachai (Special Jury Award)
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Encounters – Award for Best Film: Nous (We) by Alice Diop
Jury member Cecilia Barrionuevo, director Alice Diop, jury member Florence Almozini
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Encounters – Award for Best Film: Nous (We) by Alice Diop
Director Alice Diop
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Encounters – Prize for Best Director 2021 (ex aequo): Das Mädchen und die Spinne (The Girl and the Spider) by Ramon & Silvan Zürcher
Jury member Cecilia Barrionuevo and the directors Ramon and Silvan Zürcher
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Encounters – Prize for Best Director 2021 (ex aequo): Das Mädchen und die Spinne (The Girl and the Spider) by Ramon & Silvan Zürcher
The directors Ramon and Silvan Zürcher
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Encounters – Special Jury Award 2021: Vị (Taste) by Lê Bảo
Producer Mr. Chayamporn Taeratanachai
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Encounters – Special Jury Award 2021: Vị (Taste) by Lê Bảo
Producer Mr. Chayamporn Taeratanachai
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Each winner in the Encounters section receives a golden bear plaque as their trophy.
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Bären-PlaketteThe Prizes of the International Short Film Jury 2021
Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards
Nicolas Keppens, director of Easter Eggs
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Nicolas Keppens
Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
Zhang Dalei, director of Xia Wu Guo Qu Le Yi Ban (Day Is Done)
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The International Short Film Jury with the Award Winner
(f.l.t.r) Basim Magdy (International Short Film Jury), Christine A. Maier (International Short Film Jury), Regisseurin Olga Lucovnicova (Golden Bear for Best Short Film), Sebastian Urzendowsky (International Short Film Jury)
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Golden Bear for Best Short Film 2021: Nanu Tudor (My Uncle Tudor) by Olga Lucovnicova
Jury member Christine A. Maier, Director Olga Lucovnicova
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Golden Bear for Best Short Film 2021: Nanu Tudor (My Uncle Tudor) by Olga Lucovnicova
Director Olga Lucovnicova
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The GWFF Jury with the Award Winners
(f.l.t.r) Producer and actor Mark Rapaport, Azu Nwagbogu (GWFF Jury), Carmen Gray (GWFF Jury), director Dasha Nekrasova (GWFF Best First Feature Award), producer Adam Mitchell, Wieland Speck (GWFF Jury), producer Farzad Pak (Special Mention)
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GWFF Best First Feature Award 2021: The Scary of Sixty-First by Dasha Nekrasova
Director Dasha Nekrasova
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GWFF Best First Feature Award 2021: The Scary of Sixty-First by Dasha Nekrasova
Director Dasha Nekrasova
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GWFF Best First Feature Award – Prize of the Jury 2021
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The Jury of the Documentary Award with the Award Winners
(f.l.t.r) Orwa Nyrabia (Documentary Award Jury), Janna Ji Wonders (Documentary Award Jury), director Alice Diop (Berlinale Documentary Award), Martina Zöllner (Preisstifterin des rbb), Albertina Carri (Documentary Award Jury), director Avi Mograbi (Berlinale Documentary Award – Special Mention)
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Berlinale Documentary Award 2021: Nous (We) by Alice Diop
Director Alice Diop
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Berlinale Documentary Award 2021: Nous (We) by Alice Diop
Director Alice Diop
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The Jury of the Documentary Award with the Award Winners
(f.l.t.r) Albertina Carri, Orwa Nyrabia, Janna Ji Wonders
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