Lfor the life of one family of peach farmers won the jury of the Berlin Film Festival 2022: Alcarràs, choral film by Carla Simónwon theGolden Bear at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale)surpassing others 18 international works.
Golden Lion in Alcarràs (Instagram)
This is the first film in Catalan language to receive this award. As usual, the prize comes assigned to producersnamely María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera and Sergi Moreno (below).
Alcarràs producers celebrate the Golden Bear (Instagram)
At the head of the international jury there was M.Night Shyamalanin addition to Karim Aïnouz, Saïd Ben Saïd, Anne Zohra Berrached, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Connie Nielsen.
The Italian film Leonora Farewell by Paolo Taviani won the award instead Fipresci-Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographiquewhose jury was composed of René Marx (France), Anna Maria Pasetti (Italy) and Hsin Wang (Taiwan).
The film triumphed with the following motivation: “Led by the free spirit of the genius of Pirandello, the director mixes poetry, melancholy, but also irony, fantasy and happiness to tell us the mysteries of life, death and memory ».
The plot of Alcarràs
Set ad Alcarràsa village in Catalonia between Zaragoza and Barcelona, the film – also produced by the Italian Kino Produzioni – tells the history of the Solé family, which opposes the intention to install solar panels on an agricultural plot dedicated to the cultivation of peach trees. Economic worries lead to deep fractures in the family.
The director comes from Barcelona and was inspired by her personal storychoosing for his work non-professional actors who speak the Catalan dialect.
Berlin Film Festival 2022, the other winners
In addition to Alcarràs, there have been other award-winning films. Here they are below.
Isabelle Huppert (below) wins the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement
Grand Jury Prize, Silver Bear a The Novelist’s film by Hong Sangsoo
Silver Bear Jury Prize: Robe of gems by Natalia Lopez Gallardo
Silver Bear for Best Director: Claire Denis for Both sides of the blade (under)
Meltem Kaptan won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in Rabiye Kurnal vs George W. Bushwhile the one for the supporting role ended up with Laura Basuki for Nana (Before, Now & Then)
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Laila Stieler for Rabiye Kurnal vs George W. Bush
Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution: Rithy Panh for Everything will be okay
Trap by Anastasia Veber wins the Golden Bear for best film (short film)
Trap, Golden Bear for Best Short Film. (Instagram)
Silver Bear – Jury Prize (short film): Manhã de Domingo by Bruno Ribeiro
Best First Feature Film: Sonne by Kurdwin Ayub
Berlinale Shorts, special mention: Bird in the peninsula by Atsushi Wada
Myanmar Diaries is the Best Documentary
The Dating section
As for the Dating section, the award for the best film goes to Mutzenbacher by Ruth Beckermann, for best direction goes to Unrest by Cyril Schäublin, while the Special Jury Prize ends in See you FridayRobinson by Mitra Farahani
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