The winners of the 75th anniversary edition of the Berlin Film Festival have been announced by Todd Haynes’s jury with the Golden Bear going to “Dreams (Sex Love),” the third film in Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy which also includes “Sex” and “Love.” Here are this year’s winners….
COMPETITION
Golden Bear for Best Film: “Dreams (Sex Love)”
Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: “The Blue Trail”
Silver Bear Jury Prize: “The Message”
Silver Bear for Best Director: Huo Meng for “Living the Land”
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Rose Byrne for “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You”
Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Andrew Scott for “Blue Moon”
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Radu Jude for “Kontinental ’25”
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Lucile Hadžihalilović for “La Tour de Glace”
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Best Documentary: Brandon Kramer for “Holding Liat”
GWFF BEST FIRST FEATURE
Best First Feature: Ernesto Martínez Bucio for “The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)”
BERLINALE SHORTS
Golden Bear: Lesley Loksi Chan for “Lloyd Wong, Unfinished”
Silver Bear: Yoriko Mizushiri for “Ordinary Life”
Awards previously announced:
PANORAMA AWARDS
Panorama Audience Award: “Sorda” by Eva Libertad
Second Prize: “Lesbian Space Princess” by Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese
Third Prize: “Home Sweet Home” by Frelle Petersen
Panorama Documentary Audience Award: “Die Möllner Briefe” by Martina Priessner
Second Prize: “Yalla Parkour Sweden” by Areeb Zuaiter
Third Prize: “Khartoum” by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox
GENERATION AWARDS
Grand Prix for Best Film in Generation 14plus: “Christy” by Brendan Canty
Special Mention: “Têtes Brûlées” by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama
Special Prize for Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: “Don’t Wake the Sleeping Child” by Kevin Aubert
“A Bird Flew” by Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz
Special Mention: “Beneath Which Rivers Flow” by Ali Yahya
Grand Prix for Best Film in Generation Kplus: “The Botanist” by Jing Yi
Special Mention: “Seaside Serendipity” by Satoko Yokohama
Special Prize for Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: “Autokar” by Sylwia Szkiłądź
Special Mention: “Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment” by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí
Youth Jury Generation 14plus
Crystal Bear for Best Film: “Sunshine” by Antoinette Jadaone
Special Mention: ”Playtime” by Lucia Murat
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: “Wish You Were Ear” by Mirjana Balogh
Special Mention: “Sunset Over America” by Matías Rojas Valencia
Children’s Jury Generation Kplus
Crystal Bear for Best Film: “Maya, Give Me a Title” by Michel Gondry
Special Mention: “Circusboy” by Julia Lemke
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: “Little Rebels Cinema Club” by Khozy Rizal
Special Mention: “Down in the Dumps” by Vera van Wolferen
INDEPENDENT JURY PRIZES
Ecumenical Jury Prizes
Competition: “The Blue Trail” by Gabriel Mascaro
Panorama: “The Heart Is a Muscle” by Imran Hamdulay
Forum: “Holding Liat” by Brandon Kramer
FIPRESCI Jury Prizes
Competition: “Dreams (Sex Love)” by Dag Johan Haugerud
Encounters: “Little Trouble Girls” by Urška Djukić
Panorama: “Under the Flags, the Sun” by Juanjo Pereira
Forum: “The Memory of Butterflies” by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
Teddy Awards
Best Feature Film: “Lesbian Space Princess” by Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs
Best Documentary/Essay Film: “Satanic Sow” by Rosa von Praunheim
Best Short Film: “Lloyd Wong” by Lesley Loksi Chan
Jury Award: “If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile” by Marie Luise Lehner
Special Teddy Award: Todd Haynes
CICAE Art Cinema Award
Panorama: “Deaf” (Sorda) by Eva Libertad
Forum: “If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile” by Marie Luise Lehner
Guild Film Prize: “Dying” by Matthias Glasner
Label Europa Cinemas: “Hysteria by Mehmet” by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
Caligari Film Prize: “Fwends” by Sophie Somerville
Peace Film Prize: “Khartoum” by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox
Special Mention: “Queer as Punk” by Yihwen Chen
Amnesty International Film Award: “The Moelln Letters” b yMartina Priessner
Special Mention: “Khartoum” by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed, Phil Cox
Heiner Carow Prize: “Palliative Care Unit” by Philipp Döring
AG-Kino Gilde Cinema Vision 14Plus: “Paternal Leave” by Alissa Jung
Special Mention: “Têtes brûlées” by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama
OTHER PRIZES
Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury Award: “The Blue Trail” by Gabriel Mascaro
Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award: “The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov” by Yuri Semashko
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Artekino International Award: “Dreamgirl” by Kaan Müjdeci, produced by Tato Film & Asteros Film
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award: “Ibicaba – Visions of Paradise” by Andrea Štaka
VFF Talent Highlight Award: “March 14th” by Alberto Gross Molo
Gen Z Audience Award: “30 Days of Summer” by Anastasiia Solonevych
What do you think of the winners? Do you think either of these will factor into this year’s awards conversation? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our X account.
