Mati Diop and Bruno Dumont awarded at the 2024 Berlinale

Mati Diop and Bruno Dumont awarded at the 2024 Berlinale

ByLeila

Several French filmmakers were rewarded this weekend.

The 74th Berlinale concluded this Sunday in the German capital. Chaired by actress Lupita Nyong’o, this edition rewarded several French films, notably Dahomeyby the Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop. She who won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 for Atlantice was honored with the Golden Bear for this documentary. A nice blow for its distributor, Les Films du Losange, which had already obtained this same price last year thanks to another noted documentary, On Adamant by Nicolas Philibert.

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Bruno Dumont received the Silver Bear for his sci-fi film The Empire. The director of Little Quinquin caused a sensation by making his smartphone speak for him on stage during his acceptance speech. The director is tied with the South Korean Hong Sangsoo For A Traveler’s Needs.

Among the other French works awarded, there are two documentaries: A family by Christine Angot and Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell. The animated short film Butterfly by Florence Miailhe was also honored, and we find other French co-productions among the long list. Here are the details, shared by The French Film.

The complete winners of the Berlinale 2024:

Official selection
Golden Bear
Dahomey by Mati Diop (documentary, France, Senegal, Benin), produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy and Mati Diop, photo – International sales and distribution: Les Films du Losange – Released September 25

Silver Bear, Grand Jury Prize
A Traveler’s Needs (Yeohaengjaui pilyo) by Hong Sangsoo (South Korea) – International sales: Finecut

Silver bear, jury prize
The Empire by Bruno Dumont (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal) – International sales: Memento International – Distribution: ARP Sélection – Released February 21

Silver Bear of Staging
Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias for Pepe (Namibia, Germany, Dominican Republic, France)

Silver Bear for Best Leading Role
Sebastian Stan for A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg (United States)

Silver Bear for Best Supporting Actor
Emily Watson for Small Things Like These by Tim Mielants (Ireland, Belgium, United States)

Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Matthias Glasner for Sterben (Germany) – International sales: The Match Factory

Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution
Martin Gschlacht for the photography of The Devil’s Bath (Des Teufels Bad) by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Austria, Germany) – International sales: Playtime

Encounters
Best film
Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell (France, Germany) – Distribution: Shellac

Best achievement
Juliana Rojas for City; Campo (Germany, France, Brazil) – International sales: Vitrine Filmes

Special jury prize
Some Rain Must Fall (Kong fang jian li de nv ren) by Qiu Yang (China, United States)
And
The Great Yawn of History (Khamyazeyz bozorg) by Aliyar Rasti (Iran) – International sales: Heretic

Panorama
Audience Award (fiction)
Memories of a Burning Body by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (Costa Rica, Spain)

Audience Award (documentary)
No Other Land from Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Palestine, Norway)

Ecumenical Jury Prize
Competition
My Favorite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man) by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha (France, Germany, Iran, Sweden) – International sales: Totem Films – Distribution: Arizona Distribution

Panorama
sex by Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway, Sweden) – International sales: Viaplay

Forum
Maria’s Silence (Marijas klusums) by Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. (Latvia, Lithuania)

Special mention
Intercepted (Мирні люди) by Oksana Karpovych (documentary, Canada, France, Ukraine)

International Critics Prize (Fipresci)
Competition
My Favorite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man) by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha (France, Germany, Iran, Sweden) – International sales: Totem Films – Distribution: Arizona Distribution

Met
Sleep with Your Eyes Open (Duermen los peces con los ojos abiertos?) by Nele Wohlatz (Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Taiwan) – International sales: Rediance

Panorama
Faruk by Aslı Özge (documentary, Türkiye, Germany, France)

Forum
The Human Hibernation by Anna Cornudella Castro (Spain)

International Critics Prize (Cicae)
Panorama
sex by Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway, Sweden) – International sales: Viaplay

Forum
Shahid by Narges Kalhor (Germany)

Generation Kplus
Children’s jury
Crystal Bear for Best Film
It’s Okay! by Kim Hye-young (South Korea)

Special mention
Young Hearts by Anthony Schatteman (Belgium, Netherlands)

Crystal Bear from the short film
Butterfly by Florence Miailhe (France)

Special mention
Amplified (Sukoun) by Dina Naser (Jordan, Egypt, Palestine)

Generation 14plus
Youth jury

Crystal Bear from the feature film
Last Swim by Sasha Nathwani (Great Britain) – International sales: Indie Sales

Special mention
She Sat There, Like All Ordinary Ones (Kai Shi De Qiang) by Qu Youjia (China)

Crystal Bear from the short film
Cura sana by Lucía G. Romero (Spain)

Special mention
Lapso by Caroline Cavalcanti (Brazil)

Grand prize of the international jury
Like fire by Philippe Lesage (Canada, France) – International sales: Be For Films – Distribution: Shellac

Special mention
Maydegol by Sarvnaz Alambeigi (documentary, France, Germany, Iran)

Short film grand prize
A pájaro voló by Leinad Pájaro de La Hoz (Cuba, Colombia)

Special mention
Songs of Love and Hate by Saurav Ghimire (Nepal)

AG Kino Cinema Guild Award
Last Swim by Sasha Nathwani (Great Britain) – International sales: Indie Sales

Special mention
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story by Luck Razanajaona (France, Madagascar, Germany, Mauritius, South Africa, Qatar)

Teddy Awards
Best fiction film
All Shall Be Well by Ray Yeung (Hong Kong, China) – International sales: Films Boutique

Best Documentary
Teaches of Peaches by Philipp Fussenegger and Judy Landkammer (Germany)

Best Short Film
Grandmamauntsistercat by Zuza Banasińska

Jury Prize
Crossing by Levan Akin (France, Sweden, Georgia, Turkey, Denmark) – International sales: Totem Films

Special price
Lothar Lambert

Europa Cinemas label
sex by Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway, Sweden) – International sales: Viaplay

Caligari Prize
Shahid by Narges Kalhor (Germany)

Arthouse Cinema Guild Prize (competition)
Sterben by Matthias Glasner (Germany) – International sales: The Match Factory

Prize of the “Berliner Morgenpost” readers’ jury
Sterben by Matthias Glasner (Germany) – International sales: The Match Factory

“Tagesspiegel” Readers’ Jury Prize
A family by Christine Angot (documentary, France) – International sales: The Bureau Sales – Distribution: Nour Films – Released March 20

Documentary Prize
No Other Land from Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Palestine, Norway)

Special mention
Direct Action by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell (France, Germany) – Distribution: Shellac

Peace Film Prize
Favoriten by Ruth Beckermann (documentary, Austria)

Amnesty International Prize
The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen (Jordan)

GWFF Award for Best First Film
Cu Li Never Cries (Cu Li Không Bao Giờ Khóc) by Phạm Ngọc Lân (Vietnam, Philippines, France, Singapore, Norway) – International sales: Square Eyes

Heiner Carow Prize
Ivo by Eva Trobisch (Germany) – International sales: Loco Films

Short films
Golden Bear
An Extraño Movement by Francisco Lezama (Argentina, France)

Silver bear, jury prize
Remains of the Hot Day (Re tian wu hou) by Wenqian Zhang (China)

Special mention and candidate for the European Film Awards
That’s All from Me by Eva Könnemann (Germany)

Berlinale Camera
Edgar Reitz

Honorary Golden Bear
Martin Scorsese

Development prize
Kompagnon Fellowship
The Shore by Vladimir Beck (Berlinale Talents 2024, screenplay section)
And
Crossing by Tizian Stromp Zargari (winner of German Cinema Perspectives 2023)

ArteKino International Prize
Ich bin Marika by Hajni Kis, produced by Proton Cinema (Hungary)

Eurimages Co-production and Development Award
Screaming Girl by Antonio Lukich, produced by ForeFilms (Ukraine)

Honorable mentions
Astana Internet Stars by Assel Aushakimova (Risk Pictures, Kazakhstan)
And
More Than A Hug by Liselotte Persson (Snowcloud and Graklippan, Sweden)

VFF Talent Highlight Award
Silence Sometimes by lvaro Robles, produced by Mireia Vilanova (Cartuna, United States)

Talent Footprints
Radioxity Stop Motion Animation Academy by Esther Kemi Gbadamosi (Nigeria)
And
Return to the Source: Film Workshop & Residency Program by Perivi John Katjavivi (Namibia)

Alumni Projects
UnderCurrent by Shuchi Talati (India)
And
Sunshine Cinema by Sydelle Willow Smith (South Africa)

The Empire of Bruno Dumont seen by Anamaria Vartolomei

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