Awards

Brazil

"The jury is happy to announce its unanimous decision to award CICAE Panorama Prize of the Berlin Film Festival to Brazilian filmmaker Anna Muylaert for her film Que Horas Ela Volta? With loving view, the director accompanies her main characters' life with gentle tones and subtle humour covering heavy conflicts and social issues of modern Brazil. It's a story about two women, of two different generations shown by an outstanding performance of two actresses: Regina Casé and Camila Márdila. Muylaert easily overcomes the distance between audience and screen simply throughout their huge empathy for the struggle between work and worries about their family."

"We gave the award to Anna Muylaert's film for its huge heart and emotionally captivating underdog story of a woman who courageously battles for her children and her own destiny in the face of domestic abuse and a lack of opportunity. Gal (played by Shirley Cruz) is a timeless cinematic heroine who is the engine of a film full of craft and soul, in a powerful journey of liberation. We were impressed by all of the films in the Spirit of Freedom category; in their brave commentary on people and societies living under oppression - whether political, social or religious. We find ourselves in a time when civilians are once again paying with their lives for the failures of the of governments and regimes they live under. We hope the artistry and vision in these films will inspire, engage and give hope to audiences, wherever they are. Finally, in the spirit of freedom (the name of this award category), we call for an end to the war in Gaza and the immediate release of the hostages."

For the wisdom used in the dramatic articulation, fot its careful construction of a realistic atmosphere, for its unexpected resolutions.