Opening film | The Kindness of Strangers |
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Closing film | Synonyms |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Synonyms |
Festival date | 7–17 February 2019 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. [1] French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President.
Lone Scherfig's drama film The Kindness of Strangers opened the festival. [2] The Golden Bear was won by Israeli-French drama Synonyms directed by Nadav Lapid, which also served as the closing film of the festival. [3]
The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: [8] [9] [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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By the Grace of God | Grâce à dieu | François Ozon | France |
Elisa & Marcela | Elisa y Marcela | Isabel Coixet | Spain |
Ghost Town Anthology | Répertoire des villes disparues | Denis Côté | Canada |
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija | Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Belgium, Croatia, France, Macedonia, Slovenia |
The Golden Glove | Der Goldene Handschuh | Fatih Akin | France, Germany |
The Ground Beneath My Feet | Der Boden unter den Füßen | Marie Kreutzer | Austria |
The Kindness of Strangers (opening film) | Lone Scherfig | Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States | |
I Was at Home, But | Ich war zuhause, aber | Angela Schanelec | Germany, Serbia |
Mr Jones | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom | |
Öndög | Wang Quan'an | China | |
Out Stealing Horses | Ut og stjæle hester | Hans Petter Moland | Denmark, Norway, Sweden |
Piranhas | La paranza dei bambini | Claudio Giovannesi | Italy |
So Long, My Son | 地久天長 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
Synonyms | Synonymes | Nadav Lapid | France, Germany, Israel |
System Crasher | Systemsprenger | Nora Fingscheidt | Germany |
A Tale of Three Sisters | Kız Kardeşler | Emin Alper | Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Turkey |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Amazing Grace | Alan Elliott | United States | |
Farewell to the Night | L'adieu à la nuit | André Téchiné | France, Germany |
Marighella | Wagner Moura | Brazil | |
The Operative | Yuval Adler | France, Germany, Israel, United States | |
Varda by Agnès | Varda par Agnès | Agnès Varda | France |
Vice | Adam McKay | United States |
The following films were selected for the Panorama section: [11] [12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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37 Seconds | 37秒 | Hikari | Japan |
Acid | Кислота | Alexander Gorchilin | Russia |
All My Loving | Geschwister | Edward Berger | Germany |
The Breath | Der Atem | Uli M Schueppel | Germany |
Brief Story from the Green Planet | Breve historia del planeta verde | Santiago Loza | Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain |
Buoyancy | Rodd Rathjen | Australia | |
Chained | עינויים שלי | Yaron Shani | Israel, Germany |
Dafne | Federico Bondi | Italy | |
The Day After I'm Gone | היום שאחרי לאחת | Nimrod Eldar | Israel |
Divine Love | Divino Amor | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Uruguay |
A Dog Barking at the Moon | 再见南屏晚钟 | Xiang Zi | China, Spain |
Family Members | Los miembros de la familia | Mateo Bendesky | Argentina |
Flatland | Jenna Bass | South Africa, Germany, Luxembourg | |
Flesh Out | Michela Occhipinti | Italy | |
Greta * | Armando Praça | Brazil | |
Hellhole | Bas Devos | Belgium, Netherlands | |
Holy Beasts | La fiera y la fiesta | Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas | Dominican Republic, Argentina, Mexico |
Idol | 우상 | Lee Su-jin | South Korea |
Jessica Forever | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France | |
Light of My Life | Casey Affleck | United States | |
Mid90s | Jonah Hill | United States | |
Midnight Traveler | Hassan Fazili | Canada, Qatar, United Kingdom, United States | |
The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea * | To thávma tis thálassas ton Sargassón | Syllas Tzoumerkas | Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden |
Monos | Alejandro Landes | Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Uruguay | |
O Beautiful Night | Doch wir lächeln zurück | Xaver Xylophon | Germany |
The Shadow Play | 风中有朵雨做的云 | Lou Ye | China |
Skin | Guy Nattiv | United States | |
The Souvenir | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom, United States | |
Staff Only | Neus Ballús | France, Spain | |
Stitches | Šavovi | Miroslav Terzić | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia |
Tremors | Temblores | Jayro Bustamante | France, Guatemala, Luxembourg |
Panorama Dokumente | |||
Beauty and Decay | Schönheit & Vergänglichkeit | Annekatrin Hendel | Germany |
A Dog Called Money | Seamus Murphy | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
Lemebel | Joanna Reposi Garibaldi | Chile, Colombia | |
Normal | Adele Tulli | Italy, Sweden | |
On the Starting Line | La Arrancada | Aldemar Matias | Brazil, Cuba, France |
Searching Eva | Pia Hellenthal | Germany | |
Selfie | Agostino Ferrente | France, Italy | |
Serendipity | Prune Nourry | United States | |
Shooting the Mafia | Kim Longinotto | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
System K | Système K | Renaud Barret | France |
Talking About Trees | Suhaib Gasmelbari | Chad, France, Germany, Qatar, Sudan | |
Waiting for the Carnival | Estou Me Guardando Para Quando O Carnaval Chegar | Marcelo Gomes | Brazil |
Western Arabs | Omar Shargawi | Denmark, Netherlands | |
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Rob Garver | United States |
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Special section: [8] [9] [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch | Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky | Canada | |
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Chiwetel Ejiofor | United Kingdom | |
Brecht | Heinrich Breloer | Austria, Germany, Czech Republic | |
The North | El Norte | Gregory Nava | United Kingdom, United States |
Gully Boy | Zoya Akhtar | India | |
It Could Have Been Worse – Mario Adorf | Es hätte schlimmer kommen können – Mario Adorf | Dominik Wessely | Germany |
Kids in the Spotlight | Lampenfieber | Alice Agneskirchner | Germany |
Peter Lindbergh – Women Stories | Jean Michel Vecchiet | Germany | |
Photograph | Ritesh Batra | Germany, India, United States | |
Watergate | Charles Ferguson | United States | |
Who You Think I Am | Celle que vous croyez | Safy Nebbou | France |
You Only Live Once – Die Toten Hosen on Tour | Weil du nur einmal lebst – Die Toten Hosen auf Tour | Cordula Kablitz-Post | Germany |
The following films were selected for the Berlinale Shorts section: [13]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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All on a Mardi Gras Day | Michal Pietrzyk | United States | |
The Station (out of competition) | Al Mahatta | Eltayeb Mahdi | Sudan |
Blue Boy | Manuel Abramovich | Argentina/Germany | |
Can't You See Them? - Repeat. | Clarissa Thieme | Germany/Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Red Rubber Boots (out of competition) | Crvene gumene čizme | Jasmila Žbanić | Bosnia/Herzegovina |
Entropia | Flóra Anna Buda | Hungary | |
Flexible Bodies | Louis Fried | Germany | |
Héctor | Victoria Giesen Carvajal | Chile | |
How to Breathe in Kern County | Chris Filippone | United States | |
It has to be lived once and dreamed twice | Rainer Kohlberger | Germany/Austria | |
Kingdom | Tan Wei Keong | Singapore | |
The Golden Legend | Leyenda dorada | Chema García Ibarra, Ion de Sosa | Spain |
Mr. Mare | Lidérc úr | Luca Tóth | Hungary/France |
Blessed Land | Mot Khu Dat Tot | Pham Ngoc Lan | Vietnam |
In Between | Në Mes | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo |
Omarska | Varun Sasindran | France | |
Past Perfect | Jorge Jácome | Portugal | |
Catching Fire | Prendre feu | Michaël Soyez | France |
Palace of Colours | Rang Mahal | Prantik Basu | India |
Rise | Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca | Brazil/Canada/USA | |
Shakti | Martín Rejtman | Argentina/Chile | |
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta'ay | Yen-Chao Lin | Canada | |
Splash | Shen Jie | China | |
Watermelon Juice | Suc de síndria | Irene Moray | Spain |
Umbra | Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell | Germany | |
World on Board | Welt an Bord | Eva Könnemann | Germany |
The following prizes were awarded: [14] [15] [16]
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