AWARDS FOR GERMAN FILMS AT BERLINALE 2023
Prizes of the International Jury
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
AFIRE (ROTER HIMMEL) by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film Koerner Weber Kaiser)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Thea Ehrein TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT (BIS ANS ENDE DER NACHT) by Christoph Hochhäusler (Heimatfilm)
SILVER BEAR FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY
MUSIC by Angela Schanelec (DE/FR, Faktura Film)
Prizes of the Encounters Jury
BEST DIRECTOR
THE ECHO (DAS ECHO) by Tatiana Huezo (MX/DE, Match Factory Productions)
Berlinale Documentary Award
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
THE ECHO (DAS ECHO) by Tatiana Huezo (MX/DE, Match Factory Productions)
Prizes of the Juries Generation
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
WAKING UP IN SILENCE (IM STILLEN ERWACHEN) by Mila Zhluktenko, Daniel Asadi Faezi (DE/UA, Lotas Film)
Generation 14plus International Jury
SPECIAL MENTION
INCROCI by Francesca de Fusco (US/IT/DE)
Prizes of the Independent Juries
CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD
THE TEACHER’S ROOM (DAS LEHRERZIMMER) by Ilker Çatak (if... Productions Film)
LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
THE TEACHER’S ROOM (DAS LEHRERZIMMER) by Ilker Çatak (if... Productions Film)
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
DE FACTO by Selma Doborac (AT/DE)
PEACE FILM PRIZE
SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN (SIEBEN WINTER IN TEHERAN) by Steffi Niederzoll (DE/FR, MADE IN GERMANY Filmproduktion)
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
Fabian Stumm (Script) for BONES AND NAMES (KNOCHEN UND NAMEN) by Fabian Stumm (Postofilm)
COMPASS-PERSPEKTIVE-AWARD
SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN (SIEBEN WINTER IN TEHERAN) by Steffi Niederzoll (DE/FR, MADE IN GERMANY Filmproduktion)
SPECIAL MENTION
THE KIDNAPPING OF THE BRIDE (DIE BRAUTENTFÜHRUNG) by Sophia Mocorrea (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf)
Further Prizes
AUDIENCE AWARD
SIRA by Apolline Traoré (BF/FR/DE/SN)
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PEELED SKIN by Leonie Krippendorff (kineo Filmproduktion)