The 63rd Berlin Film Festival drew to a close last night with its prestigious annual awards ceremony, rewarding the cream of this year’s crop with the International Jury’s highest accolades. Headed up by The Grandmaster director Wong Kar-wai, and featuring American actor Tim Robbins and acclaimed Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier, the Jury presented the coveted Golden Bear (the festival’s top honour) to Calin Peter Netzer’s Romanian drama Child’s Pose. The Silver Bear runner-up award went to Danis Tanovic’s An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, whilst Paulina Garcia picked up the Best Actress prize for her role in Chilean romance Gloria. A full list of all of Berlinale 2013’s award winners can be found below.
Best Film (Golden Bear)
Child’s Pose – directed by Calin Peter Netzer, Romania
Jury Grand Prix (Silver Bear)
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, directed by Danis Tanovic, Bosnia
Best Director (Silver Bear)
American director David Gordon Green for Prince Avalanche
Best Actress (Silver Bear)
Paulina Garcia for Chilean film Gloria
Best Actor (Silver Bear)
Nazif Mujic for Bosnian film An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Best screenplay (Silver Bear)
Jafar Panahi and Kamboziya Partovi for Iranian film Closed Curtain
Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Silver Bear)
Kazakh cameraman Aziz Zhambakiyev for Emire Baigazin’s Harmony Lessons
Alfred Bauer Prize (honouring innovation)
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear, directed by Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté
The 2013 Berlin Film Festival runs from 7-17 February. For more of our Berlinale coverage, simply follow this link.
Daniel Green