66 Festival del Cinema di Berlino (11-21 Febbraio 2016) - Berlin Film Festival Winners 2016: Updating List

20/02/2016 - The Berlin Film Festival’s international jury, headed by Meryl Streep, will hand out awards to its top competition films on Saturday. Among the 18 films vying for the 66th Berlinale’s Golden Bear are Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary “Fire at Sea”; Michael Grandage’s “Genius,” starring Colin Firth and Jude Law; Mia Hansen-Love’s “Things to Come,” with Isabelle Huppert; Vincent Perez’s World War II tale “Alone in Berlin,” starring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson; and Jeff Nichols’ “Midnight Special,” with Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton. The seven-member jury also includes British actor Clive Owen, German thesp Lars Eidinger, British film critic Nick James; French photographer Brigitte Lacombe; Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher; and Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska.

A list of winners follows:

Silver Bear for Best Director

Mia Hansen-Love, “Things To Come” (France/Germany)

Silver Bear for Best Actress

Trine Dyrholm, “The Commune” (Denmark/Sweden/Netherlands)

Silver Bear for Best Actor

Majd Mastoura, “Inhebbek Hedi” (Tunisia/Belgium/France)

Silver Bear for Best Script

Tomasz Wasilewski, “United States Of Love” (Poland)

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution

Mark Lee Ping-Bing, Cinematographer, “Crosscurrent” (China)

Best First Feature

“Inhebbek Hedi”
Tunisia/Belgium/France
Dir: Mohamed Ben Attia

Golden Bear for Best Short Film

“Balada De Um Batráquio”
Portugal
Dir: Leonor Teles

Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)

“A Man Returned”
UK/Denmark/Netherlands
Dir: Mahdi Fleifel Audi Short Film Award

“Jin Zhi Xia Mao”
Taiwan
Dir: Chiang Wei Liang Films in competition: “24 Wochen” (24 Weeks) by Anne Zohra Berrached (Germany)

“Alone in Berlin” by Vincent Perez (Germany / France / United Kingdom)
“Boris sans Béatrice” (Boris without Béatrice) by Denis Côté (Canada)
“Cartas da guerra” (Letters from War) by Ivo M. Ferreira (Portugal)
“Chang Jiang Tu” (Crosscurrent) by Yang Chao (People’s Republic of China)
“Ejhdeha Vared Mishavad!” (A Dragon Arrives!) by Mani Haghighi (Iran)
“Fuocoammare” (Fire at Sea) by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy / France) – documentary
“Genius” by Michael Grandage (United Kingdom / USA) – First feature
“Hail, Caesar!” by Joel and Ethan Coen (USA / United Kingdom) – Out of competition
“Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis” (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery) by Lav Diaz (Philippines / Singapore)
“Inhebbek Hedi” (Hedi) by Mohamed Ben Attia (Tunisia / Belgium / France)
“Kollektivet” (The Commune) by Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands)
“L’avenir” (Things to Come) by Mia Hansen-Løve (France / Germany)
“Midnight Special” by Jeff Nichols (USA)
“Quand on a 17 ans” (Being 17) by André Téchiné (France)
“Smrt u Sarajevu / Mort à Sarajevo” (Death in Sarajevo) by Danis Tanovi