Berlin 2025: The Awards

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(C) Richard Hubner / Berlinale 2025

VERDICT: Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s trilogy closer ‘Dreams (Sex, Love)’ grabbed the Golden Bear for its portrait of a 15-year-old girl’s first crush and the intimacy of desire.

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM
Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))
Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
Produced by Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
O último azul (The Blue Trail)
Directed by Gabriel Mascaro

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE
El mensaje (The Message)
Directed by Iván Fund

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Huo Meng
for Sheng xi zhi di (Living the Land)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE
Rose Byrne
in If I Had Legs I‘d Kick You
Directed by Mary Bronstein

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Andrew Scott
in Blue Moon directed by Richard Linklater

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Radu Jude
for Kontinental ’25 directed by Radu Jude

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
The creative ensemble of La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)
Directed by Lucile Hadžihalilovic

 

PRIZES OF THE PERSPECTIVES JURY

BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD
El Diablo Fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)
Directed by Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Produced by Carlos Hernández Vázquez, Gabriela Gavica Marrufo, Alejandro

SPECIAL MENTION
On vous croit (We Believe You) by Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys

BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Holding Liat
Directed by Brandon Kramer
Produced by Darren Aronofsky, Lance Kramer, Yoni Brook, Ari Handel, Justin A. Gonçalves

SPECIAL MENTION
La memoria de las mariposas (The Memory of Butterflies)
Directed by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

SPECIAL MENTION
Canone effimero
Directed by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio

 

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
Directed by Lesley Loksi Chan

SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
Futsu no seikatsu (Ordinary Life)
Directed by Yoriko Mizushiri

BERLINALE SHORTS CUPRA FILMMAKER AWARD
Quenton Miller
for Koki, Ciao

BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Comment ça va? (How Are You?)
Directed by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

 

GENERATION KPLUS COMPETITION

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST FILM
Zhi Wu Xue Jia (The Botanist)
Directed by Jing Yi

SPECIAL MENTION
Umibe é Iku Michi (Seaside Serendipity)
Directed by Satoko Yokohama

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Autokar
Directed by Sylwia Szki??d?

SPECIAL MENTION
Akababuru: Expresión de asombro (Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment)
Directed by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí

 

PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY

COMPETITION
O último azul (The Blue Trail)
by Gabriel Mascaro

PANORAMA
The Heart Is a Muscle
by Imran Hamdulay

FORUM
Holding Liat
by Brandon Kramer

PRIZES OF THE FIPRESCI JURY
COMPETITION
Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love))
by Dag Johan Haugerud

PERSPECTIVES
Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls)
by Urška Djuki?

PANORAMA
Bajo las banderas, el sol (Under the Flags, the Sun)
by Juanjo Pereira

FORUM
La memoria de las mariposas (The Memory of Butterflies)
by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

TEDDY AWARDS
Best Feature Film
Lesbian Space Princess
by Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese

Best Documentary/Essay Film
Satanische Sau (Satanic Sow)
by Rosa von Praunheim

Best Short Film
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished
by Lesley Loksi Chan

Jury Award
Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
(If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile)
by Marie Luise Lehner

Special Teddy Award
to Todd Haynes