Earlier on this evening, the 62nd Berlin Film Festival announced its final award winners following yet another hugely successful festival programme, which now reaches its finale. This year’s handpicked Special Jury consisted of British director Mike Leigh (President), filmmaker and photographer Anton Corbijn, Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, actress Charlotte Gainsbourg and actor Jake Gyllenhaal (plus François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa), who awarded the following prizes, including the coveted Golden Bear award to Paolo & Vittorio Taviani’s Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die): and the Silver Bear to German director Christian Petzold, who picked up the honour for his tense drama Barbara.

Golden Bear
Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die) by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani

The Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear
Csak a szél (Just The Wind) by Bence Fliegauf

Silver Bear – Best Director
Christian Petzold for Barbara

Silver Bear – Best Actress
Rachel Mwanza in Rebelle (War Witch) by Kim Nguyen 

Silver Bear – Best Actor

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard in En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) 

Silver Bear – Outstanding Artistic Achievement
Lutz Reitemeier for the cinematography in Bai lu yuan (White Deer Plain) by Wang Quan’an

Silver Bear – Best Script
Jiri Hanzl, Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg for En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) by Nikolaj Arcel

Alfred Bauer Prize
Tabu by Miguel Gomes

Special Award – Silver Bear
Roger Arpajou, L’enfant d’en haut (Sister) by Ursula Meier

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