68th Berlin International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Isle of Dogs |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Touch Me Not |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Touch Me Not |
| Festival date | 15–25 February 2018 |
| Website | berlinale |
The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018.[1] German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President.[2]
American film director Wes Anderson's animated film Isle of Dogs opened the festival, becoming first animated film to open the fest.[3] Romanian film Touch Me Not written and directed by Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear, which also served as the closing night film.[4]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Tom Tykwer, German filmmaker, producer and composer - Jury President[5]
- Cécile de France, Belgian actress[6]
- Chema Prado, Spanish journalist and film critic
- Adele Romanski, American film producer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician and composer
- Stephanie Zacharek, American journalist and film critic
Best First Feature Award
[edit]- Jonas Carpignano, Italian filmmaker[7]
- Călin Peter Netzer, Romanian filmmaker and producer
- Noa Regev, Israeli director of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Jerusalem Film Festival
Documentary Award
[edit]- Cíntia Gil, Portuguese curator of international festivals and events[7]
- Ulrike Ottinger, German filmmaker and photographer
- Eric Schlosser, American journalist and writer (United States)
Short Film Competition
[edit]- Diogo Costa Amarante, Portuguese director and director of photography[7]
- Jyoti Mistry, South-African director and teacher at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg
- Mark Toscano, American curator of international festivals and events
Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[8][9][10][11][12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Days in Quiberon | 3 Tage in Quiberon | Emily Atef | Germany, Austria, France |
| Damsel | David Zellner, Nathan Zellner | United States | |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot | Gus Van Sant | ||
| Daughter of Mine | Figlia mia | Laura Bispuri | Italy, Germany, Switzerland |
| Dovlatov | Довлатов | Aleksei Alekseivich German | Russia, Poland, Serbia |
| Eva | Benoît Jacquot | France | |
| The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi | Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Norway, Brazil, France |
| In the Aisles | In den Gängen | Thomas Stuber | Germany |
| Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | United States, Germany | |
| My Brother's Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot | Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot | Philip Gröning | Germany, France |
| Mug | Twarz | Małgorzata Szumowska | Poland |
| Museum | Museo | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico |
| Pig | خوک | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
| The Prayer | La prière | Cédric Kahn | France |
| The Real Estate | Toppen av ingenting | Måns Månsson | Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Season of the Devil | Ang panahon ng halimaw | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Touch Me Not | Nu mă atinge-mă | Adina Pintilie | Romania, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France |
| Transit | Christian Petzold | Germany, France | |
| U – 22 July | Utøya 22. juli | Erik Poppe | Norway |
Out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Days in Entebbe | José Padilha | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Ága | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, France | |
| Black 47 | Lance Daly | Ireland, Luxembourg | |
| Eldorado | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland, Germany | |
| Unsane | Steven Soderbergh | United States | |
Panorama
[edit]The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[13][14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Animale | Katharina Mückstein | Austria | |
| Boys Cry | La terra dell'abbastanza | Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo | Italy |
| Foreboding | 予兆 散歩する侵略者 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Garbage | Qaushiq Mukherjee | India | |
| Genesis | Genezis | Árpád Bogdán | Hungary |
| Girls Always Happy | 柔情史 | Yang Mingming | China |
| Hard Paint | Tinta bruta | Marcio Reolon, Filipe Matzembacher | Brazil |
| Horizon | Horizonti | Tinatin Kajrishvili | Georgia, Sweden |
| Human, Space, Time and Human | 인간, 공간, 시간 그리고 인간 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| Invasion | هجوم | Shahram Mokri | Iran |
| Jibril | Henrika Kull | Germany | |
| Land | Babak Jalali | Italy, France, Netherlands, Mexico, Qatar | |
| Lemonade | Luna de miere | Ioana Uricaru | Romania |
| Malambo, the Good Man | Malambo, el hombre bueno | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
| Marilyn | Martín Rodríguez Redondo | Argentina, Chile | |
| The Omission | La omisión | Sebastián Schjaer | Argentina, Netherlands, Switzerland |
| A Paris Education | Mes provinciales | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | France |
| Profile | Timur Bekmambetov | United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Russia | |
| River's Edge | Isao Yukisada | Japan | |
| Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind | Ondes de choc – Journal de ma tête | Ursula Meier | Switzerland |
| Shock Waves – First Name: Mathieu | Ondes de choc – Prénom: Mathieu | Lionel Baier | |
| Styx | Wolfgang Fischer | Germany, Austria | |
| Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo | Ramón Salazar | Spain |
| Thirty Souls | Trinta Lumes | Diana Toucedo | Spain |
| When the Trees Fall | Koly padayut dereva | Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine, Poland, Republic of Macedonia |
| Xiao Mei | Maren Hwang | Taiwan | |
| Yardie | Idris Elba | United Kingdom | |
| Panorama Dokumente | |||
| Central Airport THF | Zentralflughafen THF | Karim Aïnouz | Germany, Brazil, France |
| Ex Shaman | Ex Pajé | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
| Family Life | Familienleben | Rosa Hannah Ziegler | Germany |
| Game Girls | Alina Skrzeszewska | France, Germany | |
| Generation Wealth | Lauren Greenfield | United States | |
| Hotel Jugoslavija | Nicolas Wagnières | Switzerland | |
| I See Red People | Je vois rouge | Claudia Priscilla, Bojina Panayotova | France, Bulgaria |
| Kinshasa Makambo | Dieudo Hamadi | Congo, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar, Norway | |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Steve Loveridge | United States, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka | |
| Obscuro Barroco | Evangelia Kranioti | France, Greece | |
| Partisan | Lutz Pehnert, Matthias Ehlert, Adama Ulrich | Germany | |
| Shakedown | Leilah Weinraub | United States | |
| Shut Up and Play the Piano | Philipp Jedicke | Germany, France, United Kingdom | |
| The Silence of Others | Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar | United States, Spain | |
| The Silk and the Flame | Jordan Schiele | United States | |
| That Summer | Göran Hugo Olsson | Sweden, Denmark, United States | |
| Tranny Fag | Bixa Travesty | Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman | Brazil |
| The Trial | O processo | Maria Ramos | Brazil, Germany, Netherlands |
| What Comes Around | Al Gami'ya | Reem Saleh | Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Qatar, Slovenia |
| When the War Comes | Až přijde válka | Jan Gebert | Czech Republic, Croatia |
Official Awards
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The following prizes were awarded:[6][15]
Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Bear: Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Mug by Małgorzata Szumowska
- Alfred Bauer Prize: The Heiresses by Marcelo Martinessi
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Wes Anderson for Isle of Dogs
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Ana Brun for The Heiresses
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Anthony Bajon for The Prayer
- Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Alonso Ruizpalacios and Manuel Alcalá for Museum
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Elena Okopnaya for Dovlatov (costume and production design)
- The Men Behind the Wall by Ines Moldavsky
GWFF Best First Feature Award
[edit]Generation KPlus
[edit]- Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl by Tilda Cobham-Hervey[16]
Independent Awards
[edit]- In the Aisles by Thomas Stuber[17]
References
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- ^ "Romanian film about fear of sexual intimacy wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival". The Guardian. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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- ^ "Panorama 2018: Disobedience – "Body Politics", Resistance to Machismo, and a Strong Showing from Latin America". Berlinale. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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