The awards for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus sections of the 72^nd Berlin Film Festival have just been unveiled. Starting with Generation 14plus, the youth jury, comprising Luise Dahns, Christian Fock, Quintus Gramowski, Viola Weiser and Helene Zschaubitz, awarded the Crystal Bear for Best Film to the documentary Alis [+lee también:
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As for the international jury including Paolo Bertolin, Rubika Shah, and Dash Shaw, and its prizes sponsored by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Grand Prix for Best Film in the Generation 14plus section, endowed with €7,500, was awarded jointly to Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes’ documentary Kind Hearts [+lee también:
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As for the Generation Kplus section, the children’s jury, consisting of Tilda Aue, Maria Fock, Connar Beck Lowe, Henri Marioth, Leonardo Urrutia Schwarze, Kerstin Teichmann and Ida Lilli Zschaubitz, picked Comedy Queen [+lee también:
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The latter was also rewarded by the Generation Kplus international jury, sponsored by the Children’s Charity of Germany and including Daniela Cajías, Nicola Jones, Samuel Kishi Leopo, who bestowed their Grand Prix for Best Film, endowed with 7,500 Euros, upon Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl, a film with “a sensitive story full of details about childhood, grief, parenthood and rebuilding family.” Shabu [+lee también:
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The full list of award winners is as follows:

Generation 14plus

Feature films

Crystal Bear
Alis [+lee también:
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Special Mention
Stay Awake - Jamie Sisley (USA)

Generation 14plus International Jury Grand Prize (ex aequo)
Kind Hearts [+lee también:
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Skhema - Farkhat Sharipov (Kazakhstan)

Short films

Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
Born in Damascus - Laura Wadha (UK)
Special Mention
Nothing to See Here - Nicolas Bouchez (Portugal/Belgium/Hungary)

Generation 14plus International Jury Award for Best Short Film
Goodybye Jérôme! - Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr (France)
Special Mentions
Blue Noise - Simon Maria Kubiena (Germany/Austria)
Tinashé - Tig Terera (Australia)

Generation Kplus

Feature films

Crystal Bear
Comedy Queen [+lee también:
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Special Mention
The Quiet Girl [+lee también:
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Generation Kplus International Jury’s Grand Prize
The Quiet Girl - Colm Bairéad
Special Mention
Shabu [+lee también:
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Short films

Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
Spotless - Emma Branderhorst (Netherlands)
Special Mention
Luce and the Rock - Britt Raes (Belgium/France/Netherlands)

Generation Kplus International Jury Award for Best Short Film
Deer - Hadi Babaeifar (Iran)
Special Mention
Vancouver - Artemis Anastasiadou (Greece)