Drømmer (dreams) Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugera on adolescence won the Golden Bear on Saturday, the main prize for the best film 75th year of the Berlinale Film Festival in the German metropolis. TASR reports this based on DPA and Reuters reports.
The winning film is the story of a young woman who falls in love with her teacher, but her feelings are not repeated. Teenage Johanne, at the initiative of her mother and grandmother, will translate her ideas into a novel. Drømmer is the third part of the Hauugeda film trilogy about love and sexuality. He was one of the 19 films in the main competition.
The Jury Grand Prix went to Brazil this year. The jury awarded a dystopic film about ÚLTIMO AZUL (The Blue Trail) Director Gabriel Mascar, in which a 77-year-old woman refuses to go to a remote residential colony for seniors and instead set out on a journey to Amazon.
The silver bear for the best acting performance in the lead role was received by Australian Rose Byrne For the role of an exhausted mother, which life is out of control, in the IF and Had Legs, I’d Kick You (if I had my feet, I would kick you). Chuo Meng from China has been awarded the best director For the film Living the Land (Šeng Si č ‘Ti), a social drama about four generations of peasants.
Another silver bear, for the best performance in the supporting role, received the Irish actor Andrew Scott For a role in Blue Moon, American director Richard Linklater. The award -winning ones also include the filmmakers of La Tour de Glace (Ice Tower) French director Lucile Hadjihalilovičová, for an exceptional artistic performance, or Jude from Romania to the best screenplay for the film Kontinental ’25. The Jury Award also received the El Mensaje (Message) Argentine director Iván Fund.
The winners in individual categories were announced by the jury during the gala evening, led by American screenwriter and director Todd Haynes. Berlinale, together with international film festivals in Cannes, France and Italian Venice, is one of the most prestigious events of its kind. This year, it was released over 240 new films from all over the world over ten days. This year, the honorary gold bear for the lifelong contribution was awarded by British actress Tilda Swinton.
