Ildikó Enyedi’s Hungarian drama “On Body and Soul” won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday Set in a Budapest slaughterhouse, the delicate romantic tale takes after the blossoming sentiment between a timid young ladies and her comparably calm more seasoned supervisor as the two find that they have similar dreams during the evening. The international jury, headed by Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, handed out prizes far and wide, granting an expansive scope of universal works. Acting awards went to Georg Frederich for “Bright Nights” and Kim Minhee for “On the Beach at Night Alone,” while the prize for the festival’s best director went to Aki Kaurismaki for “The Other Side of Hope.” The awards were announced at a ceremony in Berlin on Saturday night, at the completion of a festival that began on February 9. The winners were chosen by a jury chaired by director Paul Verhoeven, and also involving actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julia Jentsch and Diego Luna, director Wang Quan’an, producer Dora Bouchoucha Fourati and artist Olafur Eliasson. The full list of awards: GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM: “On Body and Soul,” Ildikó Enyedi SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE: “Félicité,” Alain Gomis ALFRED BAUER PRIZE: “Pokot” (“Spoor”) by Agnieszka Holland BEST DIRECTOR: Aki Kaurismaki, “The Other Side of Hope” BEST ACTOR: Georg Friedrich, “Bright Nights” BEST ACTRESS: Kim Minhee, “On the Beach at Night Alone” BEST SCREENPLAY: Sebastian Lelio and Gonzalo Maza, “A Fantastic Woman” OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION: Dana Bunescu, editor, “Ana, Mon Amour” GLASHUTTE DOCUMENTARY AWARD: “Ghost Hunting,” Raed Andoni BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Summer 1993,” Carla Simon GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM: “Small Town,” Diogo Costa Amarante SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE FOR SHORT FILM: “Reverie in the Meadow,” Esteban Arrangoiz Julien AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD: “Street of Death,” Karam Ghossein SPECIAL MENTION: “Centaur,” Nicolas Suarez PANORAMA SECTION PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER FICTION FILM: “Insyriated,” Philipp VanLeeuw 2ND PLACE: “Karera ga Honki de Amu toki wa” (“Close-Knit”), Naoko Ogigami 3RD PLACE: “1945” PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER DOCUMENTARY: “I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck 2ND PLACE DOCUMENTARY: “Chavela,” Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi 3RD PLACE DOCUMENTARY: “Istiyad Ashbah” (“Ghost Hunting”), Raed Andoni GENERATION KPLUS CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST FILM: “Piata lod'” (“Little Harbour”), Iveta Grofova SPECIAL MENTION: “Amelie rennt” (“Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship”), Tobias Wiemann CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM: “Promise,” Xie Tian SPECIAL MENTION SHORT FILM: “Hedgehog’s Home,” Eva Cvijanovic GRAND PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY: TIE “Becoming Who I Was,” Chang-Yong Moon and Jim Jeon; and “Estiu 1993” (“Summer 1993”), Carla Simon SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR SHORT FILM: “Aaba” (“Grandfather”), Amar Kaushik SPECIAL MENTION: “Sabaku,” Marlies van der Wel GENERATION 14PLUS CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST FILM: “Butterfly Kisses,” Rafael Kapelinski SPECIAL MENTION: “Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n’ont fait que se creuser un tombeau” (“Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves”), Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM: “Wolfe,” Claire Randall SPECIAL MENTION SHORT FILM: “Snip,” Terril Calder GRAND PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR BEST FILM: “Shkola nomer 3” (“School Number 3”), Yelizaveta Smith and Georg Genoux SPECIAL MENTION: “Ben Niao” (“The Foolish Bird”), Huang Ji and Ruiji Otsuka SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION 14PLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR SHORT FILM: “The Jungle Knows You Better Than You Do,” Juanita Onzaga SPECIAL MENTION: “U Plavetnilo” (“Into the Blue”), Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY: COMPETITION FILM: “Testr?’l és lélekr?’l” (“On Body and Soul”), Ildikó Enyedi SPECIAL MENTION: “Una mujer fantástica” (“A Fantastic Woman”), Sebastián Lelio PANORAMA FILM: “Tahqiq fel djenna” (“Investigating Paradise”), Merzak Allouache SPECIAL MENTION: “I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck FORUM FILM: “Maman Colonelle” (“Mama Colonel”), Dieudo Hamadi SPECIAL MENTION: “El mar la mar,” Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY: COMPETITION: “Testr?’l és lélekr?’l” (“On Body and Soul”), Ildikó Enyedi PANORAMA: “Pendular Pendular,” Julia Murat FORUM: “Shu’our akbar min el hob” (“A Feeling Greater Than Love”), Mary Jirmanus Saba AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE: “La libertad del Diablo” (“Devil’s Freedom”), Everardo González GUILD FILM PRIZE: “The Party,” Sally Potter CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD: “Centaur,” Aktan Arym Kubat CICAE ART CINEMA AWARD FOR THE FORUM: “Newton,” Amit V Masurkar LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS: “Insyriated,” Philippe Van Leeuw BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ JURY AWARD: “Testr?’l és lélekr?’l” (“On Body and Soul”), Ildikó Enyedi TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ JURY AWARD: “Maman Colonelle” (“Mama Colonel”), Dieudo Hamadi PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY: “Os Humores Artificiais” (” The Artificial Humors”), Gabriel Abrantes
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