The German competition entry "In the Aisles" by Thomas Stuber has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It is about the dreary world of a wholesale market in which the taciturn Christian (Franz Rogowski) is trained by an older colleague and falls in love with his colleague Marion (Sandra Hüller). The film also received the Gilde Film Award from the German Arthouse Cinemas. In the Panorama, the Ecumenical Jury awarded another German production, "Styx" by Wolfgang Fischer. The Forum Prize went to "Teatro de guerra" by Lola Arias from Argentina. In addition, the Swedish competition entry "Utøya - 22nd July" by Erik Poppe received a Commendation. The prizes in the Forum and the Panorama are each endowed with € 2,500.-. "Styx" was also awarded with the Label Europa Cinemas, "Teatro de guerra" with the CICAE Art Cinema Award.
The International Festival Jury headed by Jury President Tom Tykwer awarded the Golden Bear to "Touch Me Not" by Adina Pintilie from Romania. The Grand Prix of the Jury, a Silver Bear, went to "Twarc" (Mug) by Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska. Wes Anderson, director of the animated film "Isle of Dogs," which opened the 68th Berlinale on February 15, was honoured for Best Director.
19 films were screened in the International Competition, including the new works by Lav Diaz, Gus van Sant, Benoit Jacquot and Malgorzata Szumowska. Also four German films celebrated their world premiere in the competition: besides Thomas Stuber's film, Philip Groening's "My Brother's Name is Robert and He is an Idiot", "3 Days in Quiberon" by Emily Atef and "Transit" by Christian Petzold.
The actor Willem Dafoe was awarded a Golden Honorary Bear. The retrospective was dedicated to Weimar cinema. Among the films in the series "Berlinale Classics", which were shown in a new digital restoration, was the Israeli film "Life According to Agfa" by Assi Dayan, whose publication in Germany was promoted by the Protestant film work in the 90s. In the two competition sections for children's and youth films, Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus alone, 65 short and feature films were shown. In total, the festival presented about 350 films.
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