1905 Film Network News The 74th Berlin International Film Festival in 2024 announced the list of winners. "Dahomey" directed by Mati Diop won the Golden Bear Award. The Berlin Film Festival awarded the Golden Bear Award to documentaries for two consecutive years. "A Traveller's Need" directed by Hong Sang-soo won the Grand Jury Prize.
In addition, in the main competition unit, Nelson Arias won the Best Director for "Pepe", "Empire" directed by Bruno Dumont won the Jury Prize, and Sebastian Stan won the Jury Prize for "A Man Different" "Won the Best Protagonist Award. When receiving the award, Stan thanked all parties and said: I am very grateful and deeply honored. This is my first time attending a European film festival. For a little boy from Romania, that meant a lot to me.
Emily Watson won the best supporting actor award for "Little Things Like This." This year's Berlin Best Feature Film Award was awarded to Vietnamese director Pham Ngoc Lin's "Can You Put on Your Pajamas", which was shortlisted for the Panorama category. It is worth mentioning that the three major film festivals have awarded the Best First Feature Film Award to Asian films for three consecutive years.
In terms of Chinese films, "The Woman in the Empty Room" directed by Qiu Yang won the Special Jury Award in the Adventure Section. "From Now on" directed by Yang Yaokai won the Teddy Bear Award for Best Film and the third place in the Audience Choice Award in the Panorama category. "The First Gun" directed by Qu Youjia won the Crystal Bear Special Mention Award for Best Feature Film in the New Generation Youth Category. The short film "Hot Day Afternoon" directed by Zhang Wenqian won the Jury Award in the Short Film Competition. The short film "Summer's End" directed by Lan Canzhao won the Special Jury Award for Best Short Film in the New Generation Children's Category.
[ main competition unit ]
Best Film/Golden Bear Award: "Dahomey" ( director Mati Diop )
Jury Prize/Silver Bear Award: "Traveler's Needs" ( director Hong Changxiu )
Best Director/Silver Bear: Nelson Arias "Pepé"
Jury Prize/Silver Bear: "Empire" ( director Bruno Dumont)
Best Actor/Silver Bear: Sebastian Stan "A Different Man"
Best Supporting Actor/Silver Bear: Emily Watson "Little Things Like This"
Best Screenplay/Silver Bear: Matthias Glasner "Death Movement" 》
Outstanding Artistic Contribution/Silver Bear Award: "The Devil's Bath" Photography Martin Chalgi
[ Adventure Unit ]
Best Film: "Direct Action" ( director Guillaume Caillot, Ben Russell)
Best Director: Juliana Rochas "City, Field"
Special Jury Award: "The Woman in the Empty Room" ( director Qiu Yang), "The Big Yawn" ( director Arial Rusty) )
[Short Film Unit]
Best Short Film Golden Bear Award: "A Strange Turn" ( director Francisco Lezama )
Short Film Jury Prize/Silver Bear Award: "Hot Afternoon" ( director Zhang Wenqian )
Short Film Special Mention: "All About Me" ( director Eva Kneiman )
[Others]
Best Documentary: "The Only Land" ( director Basile Adela, Hamdan Bilal , Yuval Abraham, Rachel Searle )
Documentary Special Mention: "Direct Action" ( directed by Guillaume Caillot, Ben Russell )
Best First Feature Film: "Can You Put on Your Pajamas" 》( director Fan Yulin )
