The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020.[1][2] It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival board: business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.[3]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[12][13]
Encounters
The following films were selected for the new Encounters section:[14]
Panorama
The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[15][16][17][18]
Berlinale Special
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section:
Berlinale Shorts
The following films were selected for the Berlinale shorts section:[19]
Other sections
The Berlinale retrospective included more than 30 films by Hollywood filmmaker King Vidor.[20] The homage was dedicated to Helen Mirren, with Mirren awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear.[21] The Berlinale Camera was awarded to Ulrike Ottinger followed by the world premiere of Ottinger's documentary Paris Calligrammes.[22]
The Series section, introduced in 2015,[23] is devoted to longform television series. In 2020, there were two Australian entries: Stateless and Mystery Road Series 2.[24][25]
Mohammad Rasoulof, video chatted at the award winners' press conference of the Berlinale
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded:[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Perspektive Deutsches Kino: 111 by Hristiana Rykova
Berlinale Talents: Arctic Link by Ian Purnell
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^Zhou, Debbie (27 February 2020). "'People are starting to wake up': Berlin film festival spotlights Australia's 'unfinished business'". the Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^"World premieres for Stateless and Mystery Road at Berlin International Film Festival". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^"Prizes of the Youth Jury in the competition Generation 14plus". Berlinale. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"FIPRESCI Prize for "The Twentieth Century"". 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"Prize Winners in the Section Perspektive Deutsches Kino". Berlinale. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"Caligari Prize for "Victoria"". 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"Live Stream of the Teddy Award Ceremony 2020". Teddy Award. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"The Panorama Audience Awards go to Otac (Father) and Welcome to Chechnya". Berlinale. 29 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^"Crystal Bears and The Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Awards in Generation Kplus". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^Serfontein, Anli (29 February 2020). "Berlinale Ecumenical Jury Prize goes to Iranian dissident film". Medium. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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