Berlinale 2022: this is the list of the winners of the German festival

The jury of the 72nd edition of the Berlinalepresided over by the Indian-American director M. Night Shyamalan, presented its prizes among the 18 films included in the official section of the festival.

Alcarras, directed by Carla Simón, 35, won the Golden Beara film that portrays a family of Catalan peach trees, exponent of the struggle of every small farmer, the love of the land and the desolation before what will be their last harvest.

‘Alcarràs’, the film that won the Golden Bear, the highest prize at the Berlinale

Simón, who was returning to the festival after having won the award for best first film at the Berlinale in 2017 with Summer 1993, dedicated the highest award to all the small farmers who, like those in his film, fight for survival.

The jury valued in the film the tenderness that Simón imprinted on his characters, in a film performed by non-professional actors with whom the director created a real family.

The following is the list of winners, along with those corresponding to the Encounters section, the second most important of the festival. (I)

• Golden Bear for Best Film: “Alcarràs”, by Carla Simón (Spain)
• Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “The Novelist’s Film”, by Hong Sangsoo (South Korea)
• Silver Bear Jury Prize: Natalia López-Gallardo, for “Manto de Gemas” (Mexico-Argentina)
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Claire Denis, for “Avec amour et acharnement” (France)
• Silver Bear for Best Performance: Meltem Kaptan, for “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush”, by Andreas Dresen
• Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance to Laura Basuki, for “Nana” (Indonesia)
• Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush,” by Andreas Dresen
• Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution: “Everything Will Be Ok” (France, Cambodia), by Rithy Panh.
• Golden Bear for Best Short Film: “Trap”, Anastasia Veber (Russia)
• Silver Bear Jury Prize for Short Films: “Manha de Domingo”, by Bruno Ribeiro (Brazil)
• Best First Feature Award: “Sonne”, by Kurdwin Ayub (Austria)
• Best Documentary Award: “Myanmar Diaries” (Netherlands, Norway)
• Encounters section prize: “Mutzenbacher”, by Ruth Beckermann (Austria)
• Prize for the best direction of the Encounters section: “Unrest”, by Cyril Schäublin (Switzerland)
• Special Prize of the Encounters section jury: “À vendredi, Robinson”, by Mitra Farahani (France, Switzerland, Iran)
• Crystal Bear section Generation 14Plus “Alis”, Clare Weiskopf and Nicols van Hemelryck (Colombia)