Ildikó Enyedi's "On Body and Soul" is the winner of the Berlinale 2017. The film not only carried off the Golden Bear but also the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, in addition to the Prize of the International Film Critics Association Fipresci. In the Forum, the Ecumenical Jury gave its Prize to "Madame Colonnel" by Dieudo Hamadi, in the Panorama it awarded "Investigating Paradise" by Merzak Allouache. Commendations went to "A Fantastic Woman" by Sebastián Lelio (Competition), to "I Am Not Your Negro" by Raoul Peck (Panorama), and to "El mar la mar" by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki (Forum).
The International Jury headed by Paul Verhoeven awarded Silver Bears to "Felicité" by Alain Gomis (Grand Jury Prize), to "Pokot" by Agnieszka Holland (Alfred Bauer Prize), and to "The Other Side of Hope" by Aki Kaurismäki (Best Director). Another Silver Bear for Best Screenplay went to Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza for "A Fantastic Woman".
"Django", directed by Etienne Comar, a debut film about the French jazz legend Django Reinhardt, opened the 67th Berlinale on January 9. In the international competition 18 films rivaled for the awards. The International Competition screened three German entries: "Return to Montauk" by Volker Schloendorff, "Beuys" by Andres Veiel, and "Bright Nights" by Thomas Arslan whose leading actor won a Silver Bear. As Berlinale Special Gala the festival programmed another Raoul Peck film, his biopic "The Young Karl Marx".
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