The Ecumenical Jury of the 70th Berlinale awarded its prize in the International Competition to "There Is No Evil" (Sheytan vojud nadarad, Iran 2020) by Mohammad Rasoulof, who also won the Golden Bear. In the Panorama, the jury awarded its prize to "Otac" (Father) by Srdan Golubović from Serbia and a Special Mention to "Saudi Runaway" by Susanne Regina Meures from Switzerland. The Forum Award went to the Japanese documentary "Seishin 0" (Zero) by Kazuhiro Soda.
Bear winners next to Rasoulof were "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" by Eliza Hittman (Grand Jury Prize), "The Woman Who Ran" (Domangchin yeoja) by Hong Sangsoo (Best Director), Paula Beer (Best Actress) for her role in "Undine" by Christian Petzold and Elio Germano (Best Actor) for "Volevo nascondermi" (Hidden Away) by Giorgio Diritti. Brothers Fabio and Daminao D'Innocenzo received a Silver Bear for Best Screenplay for their film "Favolacce" (Bad Tales), which they also directed.
The 70th Berlinale opened on February 20 with a gala and the film "My Salinger Year" by Philippe Falardeau. For the first time, the festival was headed by Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director and Mariette Rissenbeek as Managing Director. They have introduced the "Encounters" series as a new section and created the "Berlinale Specials & Berlinale Series" section for the earlier competition entries "out of competition". There were also special events to mark the 70th anniversary of the festival, including a special program "On Transmission" with former Berlinale participants who enter into dialogue with a guest of their choice. The retrospective was dedicated to the American director, producer and screenwriter King Vidor.
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