68th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival

68th Berlin International Film Festival

68th Berlin International Film Festival

Film festival

The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018.[1] German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President.[2]

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American film director Wes Anderson's animated film Isle of Dogs opened the festival, becoming first animated film to open the fest.[3] Romanian film Touch Me Not written and directed by Adina Pintilie won the Golden Bear, which also served as the closing night film.[4]

Juries

Main Competition

Best First Feature Award

Documentary Award

  • Cíntia Gil, Portuguese curator of international festivals and events[7]
  • Ulrike Ottinger, German filmmaker and photographer
  • Eric Schlosser, American journalist and writer (United States)

Short Film Competition

  • Diogo Costa Amarante, Portuguese director and director of photography[7]
  • Jyoti Mistry, South-African director and teacher at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg
  • Mark Toscano, American curator of international festivals and events

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[8][9][10][11][12]

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Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12]

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Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:[13][14]

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Official Awards

Tom Tykwer, Jury President
Romanian director with the Golden Bear at the 2018 Berlinale

The following prizes were awarded:[6][15]

Main Competition

Golden Bear for Best Short Film

  • The Men Behind the Wall by Ines Moldavsky

GWFF Best First Feature Award

Generation KPlus

Independent Awards

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

References

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    "Romanian film about fear of sexual intimacy wins Golden Bear at Berlin film festival". The Guardian. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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    "Competition and Berlinale Special Are Complete". 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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    "Panorama 2018: Disobedience – "Body Politics", Resistance to Machismo, and a Strong Showing from Latin America". Berlinale. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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    "Programme for Berlinale Panorama 2018 Complete: What's Your Poison?". Berlinale. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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    "Berlinale.Archive. Prize winners 2018". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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    "68th Berlinale: Awards of the Ecumenical Jury". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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