16/02/2019 - BERLIN 2019: Stitches received the Europa Cinemas Label, while 37 Seconds and Talking About Trees got the Audience Awards in the Panorama section

The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) has handed out its trophies ahead of the awards ceremony of the 69th Berlin Film Festival. For the competition, the International Critics' Prize was bestowed upon Synonyms [+see also:
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interview: Nadav Lapid
film profile] by Israeli director Nadav Lapid. For the Panorama selection, victory was claimed by Dafne [+see also:
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film profile] by Italian director Federico Bondi, and as for the Forum section, the awarded film was Austria’s The Children of the Dead [+see also:
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interview: Kelly Copper and Pavol Liška
film profile] by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska.

This year, the Audience Awards in the Panorama section went to Japanese film 37 Seconds, directed by HIKARI, and Sudanese director Suhaib Gasmelbari’s Talking About Trees [+see also:
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Lastly, the Europa Cinemas Label for Best European Film in the Panorama section, the award was given to Stitches [+see also:
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interview: Miroslav Terzić
film profile] by Serbian filmmaker Miroslav Terzić, while the CICAE Art Cinema Award went to HIKARI’s 37 Seconds and French director Jean-Gabriel Périot’s Our Defeats [+see also:
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Find the most relevant prizes of the independent juries here:

FIPRESCI Prize, Competition
Synonyms [+see also:
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interview: Nadav Lapid
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FIPRESCI Prize, Panorama
Dafne [+see also:
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film profile]– Federico Bondi (Italy)

FIPRESCI Prize, Forum
The Children of the Dead [+see also:
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interview: Kelly Copper and Pavol Liška
film profile] - Kelly Copper, Pavol Liska (Austria)

Audience Award, Panorama
37 Seconds – HIKARI (Japan)

Audience Award, Panorama Dokumente
Talking About Trees [+see also:
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Europa Cinemas Label
Stitches [+see also:
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interview: Miroslav Terzić
film profile] - Miroslav Terzić (Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)

CICAE Art Cinema Award, Panorama
37 Seconds – HIKARI

CICAE Art Cinema Award, Forum
Our Defeats [+see also:
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Ecumenical Jury Prize, Competition
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya [+see also:
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interview: Labina Mitevska
interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska
film profile] - Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Croatia/France)

Ecumenical Jury Prize, Panorama
Buoyancy - Rodd Rathjen (Australia)
Special Mention
Midnight Traveler [+see also:
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Ecumenical Jury Prize, Forum
Earth [+see also:
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interview: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
film profile] - Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Austria)

Teddy Award - Feature Film
Brief Story from the Green Planet [+see also:
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Teddy Award - Documentary Film
Lemebel - Joanna Reposi Garibaldi (Chile/Colombia)