As every year, a multitalented international jury will decide who will take home the Golden and Silver Bears from the Berlinale. At the upcoming 75th edition (13-23 February), 19 films selected for the competition will be in the running for the awards, among them the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears. The winners will be announced at the Berlinale Palast on 22 February. Alongside director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes, who will head up the jury (see the news), the other professionals deciding on the prizes are Moroccan-French director Nabil Ayouch (Much Loved [+leggi anche:
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As for the Perspectives section, newly introduced for the 75th Berlinale, it will feature 14 films that will be vying for the inaugural GWFF Best First Feature Award, recognising an outstanding directorial debut across various sections. The three-person jury is composed of Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Meryam Joobeur (Who Do I Belong To [+leggi anche:
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Danish programmer and short-film expert Jing Haase, German film composer Dascha Dauenhauer (Golda [+leggi anche:
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The Berlinale Documentary Award will be granted to one of the 16 nominated documentaries across multiple sections. The three-member jury includes Brazilian director Petra Costa (The Edge of Democracy), Danish filmmaker Lea Glob (Apolonia, Apolonia [+leggi anche:
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Lastly, the Generation section, which awards the Crystal Bears and cash prizes, has also announced its jury members. The international jury consists of Dutch director Emma Branderhorst (Spotless), Canadian film curator and lead programmer of TIFF Next Wave Ikoro Sekai, and German filmmaker Aslı Özarslan (Elbow [+leggi anche:
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