Other Prizes of Independent Juries (ie not selected by Berlinale)
MADE IN GERMANY - PERSPEKTIVE FELLOWSHIP
In 2012, the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section’s eleventh year, the Berlinale launched the “Made in Germany - Perspektive Fellowship”, funded by Glashütte Original. The 15,000-euro fellowship is conceived to support emerging German directors in developing a film project, material and screenplay, and will be awarded to a talented new filmmaker from Perspektive Deutsches Kino. All of the directors who presented films in the Perspektive programme of the previous year can apply.
See also Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship
PRIZE WINNER 2015
Oskar Sulowski
for Rosebuds
Members of the Jury 2015
Angelina Maccarone
Jenny Schily
Jochen Laube
FGYO-AWARD DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE
Since 2004, the prize "FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective", has been awarded to a film entry in the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino. The French-German Youth Office (FGYO) is already for the twelfth time the sponsor of the “FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective”, endowed with 5,000 €. The prize is the result of an intercultural dialogue on film between young people from two different countries: France and Germany.
The prize is awarded to the film that equally impresses the young and critical jury members from the two nations. The prize jury is composed of seven members and is headed by a president. The jury members are selected by the prize donators by means of a public call for application. The president of the jury is a professional whose work enriches the cinematographic dialogue between France and Germany.This jury is the only one at the Berlin International Film Festival which is constituted after an open call for tender.
See also FGYO-Award Dialogue en perspective.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
Ein idealer Ort (A Perfect Place)
by Anatol Schuster
Special Mention:
Im Sommer wohnt er unten (Summers Downstairs)
by Tom Sommerlatte
Jury 2015
Marie Bäumer (Jury President)
Alexander Graeff
Marian Freistühler
Louise Cognard
Alice Wagret
Chloé Odstrcil
Pauline Robert
Hendrik Neuman
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
A five-person jury awards the Caligari Film Prize to a film in the Forum. The prize is sponsored by the "German Federal Association of Communal Film Work" and “filmdienst” magazine. The winning film is honoured with 4,000 Euros, half of which is given to the director, the other half is meant to fund distribution.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
by Kidlat Tahimik
Members of the Jury 2015
Michael Baute
Maximilian Becker
Barbara Fischer-Rittmeyer
Nils Daniel Peiler
Dr. Margarete Wach
PEACE FILM PRIZE
The jury comprises nine members who view films from all sections. The Peace Film Prize is awarded in the form of a bronze sculpture by Otmar Alt and includes prize money of 5,000 euros. It is awarded under the patronage of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and supported by the Zehlendorf Peace Intiative, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the International Auschwitz Committee and the IPPNW.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
The Look of Silence
by Joshua Oppenheimer
Members of the Jury 2015
Marianne Wündrich-Brosien
Helgard Gammert-Jakli
Claudia Gehre
Martin Zint
Andreas Altenhof
Michael Kotschi
Katrin Schlösser
Lena Müller
Anna Sofie Hartmann
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
The German branch of Amnesty International has awarded the Amnesty International Film Prize for the first time at the Berlinale 2005. The prize is worth 5,000 Euros. The jury will view films entered into theCompetition, Panorama, Forum and Generation sections, paying special attention to documentaries. The aim of the prize is to draw the attention of audiences and representatives of the film industry to the theme of human rights and encourage filmmakers to tackle this topic.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year
by Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy
Members of the Jury 2015
Sibel Kekilli
Markus Beeko
Marcus Vetter
HEINER CAROW PRIZE
A three-person jury awards the Heiner Carow Prize for the promotion of German cinematic arts to a documentary, feature or essay film in the Panorama section. The award is sponsored by the DEFA Foundation and is worth 5,000 euros. The prize honours films that address the social and political issues of today and in history with extraordinary aesthetic means.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin
by Jörg A. Hoppe, Klaus Maeck, Heiko Lange
Members of the Jury 2015
Andriy Khalpakhchi
Matthias Freihof
Konstanze Schiller
THINK:FILM AWARD
In cooperation with the Allianz Cultural Foundation, Forum Expanded will bestow the Think:Film Award. The three-person jury will select a film or artistic work from the Forum Expanded programme that creatively uses its own medium to artistically capture and reflect geopolitical contexts, and in doing so, expands the scope of aesthetic experience and stimulates a change of perspective.
The award includes trips to Berlin and Cairo with a public presentation of the selected work, as well as a travel budget of 1,000 Euro. The Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, and its partner institution, the Cimatheque - Alternative Film Center in Cairo will host the presentations.
The jury 2015: Karim Aïnouz, Mohamed Beshir and Ala Younis.
PRIZE WINNER 2015
Oskar Dawicki in The Performer by Maciej Sobieszczanski and Lukasz Ronduda
and
Untitled (Human Mask) by Pierre Huyghe
Special Mention:
Thamaniat wa ushrun laylan wa bayt min al-sheir (Twenty-Eight Nights and A Poem) by Akram Zaatari
