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The Berlin Film Festival has come to a close, with the coveted Golden Bear going to Mati Diop‘s documentary. Dahomey. Sebastian Stan won the Silver Bear for his performance in A Different Man, while Emily Watson won for Small Things Like These. The rest of the prizes can be seen below.
Here now are the Berlinale winners for 2024:
Winners of the 74th Berlinale
Golden Bear for Best Film
Dahomey dir. Mati Diop
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize
A Traveler’s Needs dir. Hong Sangsoo
Silver Bear Jury Prize
L’ Empire dir. Bruno Dumont
Silver Bear for Best Director
Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias for Pepe
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
Sebastian Stan for A Different Man
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance
Emily Watson for Small Things Like These
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay
Matthias Glasner for Sterben (Dying)
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution
Martin Gschlacht for the cinematography for The Devil’s Bath
Encounters Awards
Best Film
Direct Action dirs. Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell
Best Director
Cidade; Campo dir. Juliana Rojas
Special Jury Award (ex aequo)
The Great Yawn of History dir. Aliyar Rasti, Some Rain Must Fall dir. Qiu Yang
GWFF Best First Feature Award
Cu Li Never Cries dir. Pham Ngoc Lan
Berlinale Documentary Award
No Other Land dirs. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Berlinale Short Film Awards
Golden Bear Best Short Film
An Odd Turn dir. Francisco Lezama
Silver Bear Jury Prize
Remains of the Hot Day dir. Zhang Wenqian
Whoa, another documentary winning the Golden Bear for the second consecutive year? Has that ever happened at one of the major international film festivals?
I can’t recall, off the top of my head, at least.