The final stages the latest films in competition can not overcome the champions: On Body and Soul di Ildikó Enyedi e The Other Side of Hope di AKI Kaurismaki

(from Berlin Luigi Noera – Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale)

It ended on Saturday the 67th Berlinale with the coronation of the award-winning film On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi.

In fact the last four films in competition have not added anything to this edition of the Berlinale which will be remembered for having drawn to a variety of film genres with the common denominator of intimate stories aimed at universal themes in a mix of emotions. In fact, only two of these last including the coreano Hong Sangsoo with Kamui haebyun OSEO-Sonja (On the Beach at Night Alone) It was awarded for the best Actress. The film crosses the desert of the soul of the protagonist Younghee looking for herself, and shows us what love is in the Asian modern society. E ', however, difficult for a Westerner to understand these moods in a dry film language where dialogues dominate the rest. As well as the Romanian Calin Peter Netzer with Ana, my love, that lays bare the fears caused by the negative experiences of the protagonist, addresses the social issues of the present-day Romania. The film received the Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution at Dana Bunescu (editor). In this connection there were other films that deserved the prize. Instead it is incomprehensible is the Brazilian Joaquim Marcelo Gomes. Work on the film reduced to the essential question of brutality perpetrated by the Portuguese conquerors to the detriment of African slaves and indigenous peoples. But also difficult to understand, to end the roundup of genres in this edition 2017, by China's Liu Jian Hao ji director who presented the(Have a Nice Day) an animation by the taste of gang story. Again a dry narration where, with a close dialogue the translation in subtitles with long turns of phrase does not allow to fully appreciate the story.

We must admit that in the films competing views the work of the JURY INTERNATIONAL chaired by Paul Verhoeven and composed by Dora Bouchoucha Fourati, Olafur Eliasson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julia Jentsch, Diego Luna e Wang Quan’an It was a tiring side and facilitated by the presence of two authors who outclassed other glia. So as it expected the Bear d'Or for best film (delivered to the producer of the film) è andata the body and soul (On Body and Soul) which he was also awarded by the jury and the ECUMENICAL JURY FIPRESCI, the latter chaired by Alin Öjeni Tasciyan and Compost that Dubravka Lakic, Denise Bucher, and it has also obtained the approval of readers of BERLINER MORGENPOST, thus putting the audience and jurors agreement.

The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize went inexplicably Felicity di Alain Gomis, rather than The Party of Sally Potter instead convinced the jury GUILD FILM AWARD consists of Adrian Kutter, Sybille Mollzahn, Edgar. Another film that could get consensus the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize Toivon tuolla puolen (The Other Side of Hope) Aki Kaurismäki which he is still gone the Silver Bear for best director. finally l’Orso d’Argento Alfred Bauer the film that opens new perspectives film went to Pokot of Agnieszka Holland. As for us was assigned to Mr Long del taiwanese Sabu which instead was excluded. instead the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay went to Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza for Una mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman) Always Sebastián Lelio who also went the Special Mention of the ECUMENICAL JURY composed of Dr. theology. Charles Martig (President of the Jury), Annette Fence Hansen, Rev. Dr. theol. Hermann Kocher, Dr. phil. Markus Leniger, Prof. S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Zsuzsanna Miner. The Silver Bear for Best Actor went to Georg Friedrich in Helle Nächte (Bright Nights) Thomas Arslan.La Jury of Jayro Bustamante, Clotilde Courau and Mahmoud Sabbagh have assigned PRIZE GWFF Best Debut estiu 1993 Carla Simón presented to the selection Generation Kplus. While Daniela Michel, Laura Poitras and Samir have awarded the AWARD DOCUMENTARY Glashütte Original in Istiyad Ashbah (Ghost Hunting) Raed Andoni di.

The PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD among the genre films went to Insyriated Philippe Van Leeuw well rewarded by the jury of LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS composta da Alice Black, Pierre-Alexandre Moreau, Monica Naldi, Feliks Wagner. While among the documentaries to Raoul Peck on racial issue in America (I Am Not Your Negro) He has got the greatest public acclaim at the Berlinale and the Special Mention Ecumenical jury, which has awarded the FORUM section Maman Colonel (Mama Colonel) of Dieudo Hamadi also preferred by the Tagesspiegel Readers. A Special Jury Mention went Ecunemica also El mar la mar di Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki, experimental film.

At this point, as always we offer a list of the top five films in competition and in the other sections that have excited and of which we will speak soon.

Competition

I hope the other side(The Other Side of Hope) di Aki Kaurismäki (Finland / Germany)

Body and soul(On Body and Soul) Ildikó Enyedi di (Hungary)

Mr. Long Sabu (Japan / Hong Kong, China / Taiwan / Germany)

The Party di Sally Potter (UK)

A fantastic woman (A Fantastic Woman)Sebastián Lelio (Chile / USA / Germany / Spain)

out of Competition

The bar (The Bar)di Alex de la Iglesia (Spain)

Final Portrait di Stanley Tucci (UK / France)

T2 Trainspotting di Danny Boyle (UK)

midwife (Midwife) Martin Provost (France / Belgium)

Logan di James Mangold (USA)

Berlinale Special

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov di Askold Kurov (Estonia / Poland / Czech Republic) – doc

Maudie di Aisling Walsh (Canada / Ireland)

Devil freedom(Devil’s Freedom) di Everardo González (Mexico) – Doc

Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (Eight Hours Don’t Make A Day) Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Federal Republic of Germany 1972) – TV series with 5 episodes

In times of diminishing light (In Times of Fading Light) Matti di Geschonneck (Germany)

Panorama

The Wound di John Trengove

Anxiety (Inflame) du Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik

Ebb di Daniela Thomas

1945 Ferenc Török di

Hello Hello Song Chuan

Panorama documents

In Intense Now (In the Intense Now) di João Moreira Salles

I Am Not Your Negro von Raoul Peck

Chavela by Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi

Erase and Forget von Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Belinda Marie Dumora

As regards the selection Forum, we saw only two : Barrage di Laura Schroeder e El mar la mar di Joshua Bonnetta, J. P. Sniadecki which he received a special mention of the Ecumenical Jury.