72nd Berlin International Film Festival
German film festival
The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival , usually called the Berlinale (German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ⓘ ), took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person.[ 1] [ 2] On 15 December 2021, the first film of the festival was announced.[ 3]
The festival opened with François Ozon 's drama film Peter von Kant .[ 4] [ 5] Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her new film by Laurent Larivière, About Joan was also screened.[ 6]
The awards were presented on 16 February 2022 truncating the festival by 4 days. Alcarràs by Carla Simón won the Golden Bear award and The Novelist's Film by Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize .[ 7] [ 8] The festival formally closed on 20 February 2022.[ 9]
Jury
Main Competition
M. Night Shyamalan, Jury President (competition)
The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[ 10] [ 11]
Encounters
The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:[ 12]
FIPRESCI Jury
The following people were on the jury for the FIPRESCI Awards:[ 13]
Lamia Fathy
Ron Fogel
Berke Göl
Bettina Hirsch
Pamela Jahn
Anders E. Larsson
René Marx
Anna Maria Pasetti
Hamed Soleimanzadeh
Andrei Vasilenko
Hsin Wang
Alexander Zwart
Official sections
Main Competition
The following films are selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[ 14] [ 15]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love
A E I O U - Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe
Nicolette Krebitz
Germany, France
Alcarràs
Carla Simón
Spain, Italy
Before, Now & Then
Nana
Kamila Andini
Indonesia
Both Sides of the Blade
Avec amour et acharnement
Claire Denis
France
Call Jane
Phyllis Nagy
United States
Everything Will Be Ok
Rithy Panh
France, Cambodia
Leonora addio
Paolo Taviani
Italy
The Line
La ligne
Ursula Meier
Switzerland, France, Belgium
The Novelist's Film
소설가의 영화
Hong Sang-soo
South Korea
One Year, One Night
Un año, una noche
Isaki Lacuesta
Spain, France
The Passengers of the Night
Les passagers de la nuit
Mikhaël Hers
France
Peter von Kant
François Ozon
France
A Piece of Sky
Drii Winter
Michael Koch
Switzerland, Germany
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush
Andreas Dresen
Germany, France
Return to Dust
隐入尘烟
Li Ruijun
China
Rimini
Ulrich Seidl
Austria, France, Germany
Robe of Gems
Manto de gemas
Natalia López Gallardo
Mexico, Argentina, United States
That Kind of Summer
Un été comme ça
Denis Côté
Canada
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected to receive special screenings:[ 16] [ 17]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Berlinale Special Gala
Against the Ice
Peter Flinth
Iceland, United States, Denmark
About Joan
À propos de Joan
Laurent Larivière
France, Germany, Ireland
Dark Glasses
Occhiali neri
Dario Argento
Italy, France
The Forger
Der Passfälscher
Maggie Peren
Germany, Luxembourg
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
India
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Sophie Hyde
United Kingdom
Incredible but True
Incroyable mais vrai
Quentin Dupieux
France, Belgium
The Outfit
Graham Moore
United States
Berlinale Special
1341 Frames of Love and War
1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am
Ran Tal
Israel, United Kingdom, United States
A German Party
Eine deutsche Partei
Simon Brückner
Germany
Heart of Oak
Le chêne
Laurent Charbonnier [fr ] , Michel Seydoux
France
Nest
Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark, Iceland
Nothing Lasts Forever
Jason Kohn
United States
North Terminal
Terminal norte
Lucrecia Martel
Argentina
This Much I Know to Be True
Andrew Dominik
United Kingdom
Short Films Competition
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Agrilogistics
Gerard Ortín Castellví
United Kingdom, Spain
Memories from the Eastern Front
Amintiri de pe Frontul de Est
Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă
Romania
It’s Raining Frogs Outside
Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol
Maria Estela Paiso
Philippines
Bird in the Peninsula
Atsushi Wada
France, Japan
By Flávio
Pedro Cabeleira
Portugal / France
Haulout
Выход
Evgenia Arbugaeva , Maxim Arbugaev
United Kingdom, Russian Federation
Sunday Morning
Manhã de Domingo
Bruno Ribeiro
Brazil
The Sower of Stars
El sembrador de estrellas
Lois Patiño
Spain
Trap
Anastasia Veber
Russian Federation, Lithuania
Will My Parents Come to See Me
Mo Harawe
Germany, Austria, Somalia
Encounters
The following films were selected for the Encounters section:[ 18]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
American Journal
Journal d'Amérique
Arnaud des Pallières
France
Axiom
Jöns Jönsson
Germany
Brother in Every Inch
Brat vo vsyom
Alexander Zolotukhin
Russia
The City and the City
I Poli ke i Poli
Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas
Greece
Coma
Bertrand Bonello
France
The Death of My Mother
Zum Tod meiner Mutter
Jessica Krummacher
Germany
Father's Day
Kivu Ruhorahoza
Rwanda
Flux Gourmet
Peter Strickland
United Kingdom, United States, Hungary
A Little Love Package
Gastón Solnicki
Austria, Argentina
Mutzenbacher
Ruth Beckermann
Austria
Queens of the Qing Dynasty
Ashley McKenzie
Canada
See You Friday, Robinson
À vendredi, Robinson
Mitra Farahani
France, Switzerland, Iran, Lebanon
Small, Slow But Steady
ケイコ 目を澄ませて
Shô Miyake
Japan
Sonne
Kurdwin Ayub
Austria
Unrest
Unrueh
Cyril Schäublin
Switzerland
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[ 19] [ 20]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm
Cem Kaya
Germany
Talking About the Weather
Alle reden übers Wetter
Annika Pinske
Germany
Bettina
Lutz Pehnert
Germany
The Apartment with Two Women
같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자
Kim Se-in
South Korea
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Nina Menkes
United States
Happiness
Baqyt
Askar Uzabayev
Kazakhstan
Beautiful Beings
Berdreymi
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Swing Ride
Calcinculo
Chiara Bellosi
Italy, Switzerland
Dreaming Walls
Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier
Belgium, France, United States, Netherlands, Sweden
Northern Skies Over Empty Space
El norte sobre el vacío
Alejandra Márquez Abella
Mexico
Klondike
Maryna Er Gorbach
Ukraine, Turkey
A Love Song
Max Walker-Silverman
United States
Somewhere Over the Chemtrails
Kdyby radši hořelo
Adam Koloman Rybanský
Czech Republic
Lullaby
Cinco lobitos
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Spain
Myanmar Diaries
The Myanmar Film Collective
Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway
Into My Name
Nel Mio Nome
Nicolò Bassetti
Italy
Nelly & Nadine
Magnus Gertten
Sweden
No U-Turn
Ike Nnaebue
Nigeria, South Africa, France, Germany
Una Femmina: The Code of Silence
Una femmina
Francesco Costabile
Italy
We, Students!
Nous, Étudiants !
Rafiki Fariala
Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia
Working Class Heroes
Heroji radničke klase
Miloš Pušić
Serbia
Until Tomorrow
Ta Farda
Ali Asgari
Iran, France, Qatar
Taurus
Tim Sutton
United States
Nobody's Hero
Viens je t'emmène
Alain Guiraudie
France[ 21]
Perspektive Deutsches Kino
The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[ 22]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Echo
Mareike Wegener
Germany
Forces
Gewalten
Constantin Hatz
Ladies Only
Rebana Liz John
Germany, India
Forum
The following films were selected for the Forum section:[ 23] [ 24]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Afterwater
Dane Komljen
Germany, Spain, South Korea, Serbia
Beirut the Encounter
Beirut al lika
Borhane Alaouié
Lebanon, Tunisia, Belgium
Camouflage
Camuflaje
Jonathan Perel
Argentina
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Komm mit mir in das Cinema – Die Gregors
Alice Agneskirchner
Germany
Dry Ground Burning
Mato seco em chamas
Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta
Brazil, Portugal
Europe
Place de l'Europe
Philip Scheffner
Germany, France
A Fine Day [de ]
Der schöne Tag
Thomas Arslan
Germany
For the Many: The Vienna Chamber of Labour
Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien
Constantin Wulff
Austria
A Flower in the Mouth
Une Fleur à la bouche
Éric Baudelaire
France, Germany, South Korea
Geographies of Solitude
Jacquelyn Mills
Canada
Happer's Comet
Tyler Taormina
United States
Hot in Day, Cold at Night
Najeneun deopgo bameneun chupgo
Park Song-yeol
South Korea
Jet Lag
Zheng Lu Xinyuan
Switzerland, Austria
The Kegelstatt Trio
O trio em mi bemol
Rita Azevedo Gomes
Portugal, Spain
Memoryland
Miền ký ức
Kim Quy Bui
Vietnam, Germany
The Middle Ages
La edad media
Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña
Argentina
My Tongue Does Not Turn
Dilim dönmüyor (Meine Zunge dreht sich nicht)
Serpil Turhan
Germany
My Two Voices
Mis dos voces
Lina Rodriguez
Canada
Nuclear Family
Erin Wilkerson, Travis Wilkerson
United States, Singapore
Rewind & Play
Alain Gomis
France, Germany
Poet
Akyn
Darezhan Omirbaev
Kazakhstan
Scala
Ananta Thitanat
Thailand
Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day?
Bashtaalak sa'at
Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Egypt, Lebanon, Germany
The State and Me
L'État et moi
Max Linz
Germany
Striking Land
Terra que marca
Raul Domingues
Portugal
Super Natural
Jorge Jácome
Portugal
This House
Cette maison
Miryam Charles
Canada
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
Três Tigres Tristes
Gustavo Vinagre
Brazil
The United States of America
James Benning
United States
The Veteran
El veterano
Jerónimo Rodríguez
Chile
We Haven't Lost Our Way
Nie zgubiliśmy drogi
Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
Poland
West Indies
West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la Liberté
Med Hondo
France, Algeria, Mauritania
Generation
The following films were chosen for the Generation section:[ 25] [ 26]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Feature films
Rookies
Allons Enfants
Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
France
Beba
Rebeca Huntt
United States, Mexico
The Quiet Girl
An Cailín Ciúin
Colm Bairéad
Ireland
Comedy Queen
Sanna Lenken
Sweden
Kind Hearts
Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes
Belgium
Knor
Oink
Mascha Halberstad
Netherlands
Millie Lies Low
Michelle Savill
New Zealand
My Father’s Truck
Mascha Mauricio Osaki
Vietnam, United States
Sublime
Mariano Biasin
Argentina
Girl Picture
Tytöt tytöt tytöt
Alli Haapasalo
Finland
Short films
An Invisible Apprentice
Una Aprendiz Invisible
Emilia Herbst
Argentina
Goodbye Jerome!
Au revoir Jérôme
Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
France
Blue Noise
Blaues Rauschen
Simon Maria Kubiena
Germany, Austria
Deer
Gavazn
Hadi Babaeifar
Iran
I’m Not Afraid!
Ich habe keine Angst!
Marita Mayer
Germany, Norway
Nothing to See Here
Nada para ver aqui
Nicolas Bouchez
Portugal, Belgium, Hungary
Spotless
Vlekkeloos
Emma Branderhorst
Netherlands
Generation Kplus
Source: [ 27] [ 28]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Feature Films
The Hill of Secrets
Bimileui eondeok
Lee Ji-eun
South Korea
Waters of Pastaza
Juunt Pastaza entsari
Inês T. Alves
Portugal
Moja Vesna
Sara Kern
Slovenia, Australia
My Small Land
Emma Kawawada
Japan
Shabu
Shamira Raphaëla
Netherlands
The Realm of God
El reino de dios
Claudia Sainte-Luce
Mexico
The Apple Day
Rooz-e sib
Mahmoud Ghaffari
Iran
Short Films
Alma and Paz
Alma y Paz
Cris Gris
Mexico, United States
Luce and the Rock
Luce und der Felsen
Britt Raes
Belgium, France, Netherlands
To Vancouver
Vancouver
Artemis Anastasiadou
Greece
Generation 14plus
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
Feature Films
Alis
Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck
Colombia, Chile, Romania
Bubble
Baburu
Tetsurō Araki
Japan
The Land of Sasha
Strana Sasha
Yulia Trofimova
Russia
Kind Hearts
Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes
Belgium
Kalle Kosmonaut
Günther Kurth, Tine Kugler
Germany
Scheme
Skhema
Farkhat Sharipov
Kazakhstan
Stay Awake
Jamie Sisley
United States
Short Films
At Sixteen
Aos dezasseis
Carlos Lobo
Portugal
Born in Damascus
Laura Wadha
United Kingdom
Fever
La fièvre
Matias Carlier
Switzerland
Funkele
Nicole Jachmann
Netherlands
Lay Me by the Shore
David Findlay
Canada
Memoir of a Veering Storm
Sofia Georgovassili
Greece
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics
Terril Calder
Canada
Nothing to See Here
Nada para ver aqui
Nicolas Bouchez
Portugal, Belgium
Tinashé
Tig Terera
Australia
West by God
Scott Lazer
United States
The Homage films
This section in 72nd edition is dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert , who will also be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.[ 29] [ 30]
Year
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production country
1977
The Lacemaker
La Dentellière
Claude Goretta
France, FRG, Switzerland
1980
Every Man for Himself
Sauve qui peut (la vie)
Jean-Luc Godard
France, FRG, Switzerland, Austria
1995
La Cérémonie
Claude Chabrol
France, Germany
2001
The Piano Teacher
La Pianiste
Michael Haneke
France, Germany, Austria
2002
8 Women
8 Femmes
François Ozon
France, Italy
2016
Things to Come
L’Avenir
Mia Hansen-Løve
France, Italy
2016
Elle
Paul Verhoeven
France, Germany, Belgium
The Retrospective
This section opened on 11 February 2022, with screening in 4K of the 1936 film My Man Godfrey by Gregory La Cava .[ 31]
The Classics
The restored silent 1929 classic film Brüder (Brothers ) by Werner Hochbaum , screened on 13 February 2022.[ 32]
Official Awards
Carla Simón, winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlinale 2022
Main Competition
Encounters
Best Film : Mutzenbacher by Ruth Beckermann [ 34]
Best Director : Cyril Schäublin for Unrest
Special Jury Award : See You Friday, Robinson by Mitra Farahani
Short Films Competition
Generation
Youth Jury Awards
Crystal Bear for the Best Film : Alis by Clare Weiskopf[ 36]
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film : Born in Damascus by Laura Wadha
Special Mention : Nothing to See Here by Nicolas Bouchez
Generation 14plus
Grand Prix :
Kind Hearts by Olivia Rochette
Scheme by Farkhat Sharipov
Special Prize for the Best Short Film : Goodbye Jérôme! by Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Special Mention : Blue Noise by Simon Maria Kubiena and Tinashé by Tig Terera
Generation Kplus
Children’s Jury awards
Crystal Bear for the Best Film : Comedy Queen by Sanna Lenken
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film :
Spotless by Emma Branderhorst
Luce and the Rock by Britt Raes
International Jury
Grand Prix for the Best Film : The Quiet Girl by Colm Bairéad
Special Mention : Shabu by Shamira Raphaëla
Special Prize for the Best Short Film : Gavazn by Hadi Babaeifar
Special Mention : To Vancouver by Artemis Anastasiadou
GWFF Best First Feature Award
Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub[ 37]
Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom winner of Berlinale Documentary Award for Myanmar Diaries
Berlinale Documentary Award
Panorama Audience Award Winner
Panorama Documentary Audience Award Winner
1st Place : Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) by Cem Kaya
2nd Place : Nel mio nome (Into My Name) by Nicolò Bassetti
3rd Place : Myanmar Diaries by The Myanmar Film Collective
Teddy Award
Best Feature Film : Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter by Gustavo Vinagre[ 40]
Best Documentary Film : Ali's by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás van Hemelryck
Jury Award : Nelly & Nadine by Magnus Gertten
Best Short Film : Exalted Mars by Jean-Sébastien Chauvin
Independent Awards
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