Today, the Berlinale Independent Juries prizes were awarded. There are several sections under this umbrella, and the awards were given out as follows:
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
These awards were handed out in three sections. The Competition prize went to O último azul (The Blue Trail). The Panorama Award went to The Heart Is a Muscle, while the Forum prize was given to Holding Liat.
PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
The FIPRESCI awards were given to four sections. The Competition prize went to Drømmer (Dreams). The Panorama prize was given to Bajo las banderas, el sol (Under the Flags, the Sun). The Forum award went to La memoria de las mariposas (The Memory of Butterflies). The last prize for the new section, Perspectives, was given to Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls).
TEDDY AWARDS
The prize for Best feature film went to Lesbian Space Princess. Best Documentary/Essay Film was awarded to Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow) by veteran Rosa von Praunheim. Best Short Film was given to Lloyd Wong, Unfinished. The Jury Award was given to Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
(If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile). That film also took the prize for the Title that roll of Your Tongue. Finally, a Special Teddy Award was handed out to Todd Hayes, the jury president of the main competition this year.
GUILD FILM PRIZE
Dag Johan Haugerud won his second award for Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) when he was given the Guild Film Prize. I’m slightly puzzled by these awards, but it might be seen as a soothing film in troubled times.
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
The Forum prize was yet another win for Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
(If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile). The Panorama Award went to Sorda (Deaf). The latter won the PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD for feature film as well. The Audience prize for best documentary was given to Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters).
Regarding other awards, Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay was given the LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS. Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters) scored another win with the AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD. The HEINER CAROW PRIZE was given to Palliativstation (Palliative Care Unit) by Philipp Döring.
Two German newspapers have their own READERS‘ JURY AWARD. The one from Berliner Morgenpost meant a third win for O último azul (The Blue Trail), while the prize from TAGESSPIEGEL went to The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov.
All of the awards from the independent juries and further information can be found here.