The 70th edition of Berlin International Film Festival( Berlinale) 2020 was held in Berlin, Germany from 20 February–1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.The Opening film of the festival was ‘My Salinger Year’& the Closing film was ‘There Is No Evil’.
The member of the Jury panel include:
Jeremy Irons (Jury President),
British actor Bérénice Bejo, French-Argentine actress
Bettina Brokemper, German producer
Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker and poet
Kenneth Lonergan, American filmmaker
Luca Marinelli, Italian actor
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian filmmaker
Highlights:
i.Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘There Is No Evil’,a film about the death penalty in Iran, has clinched the Golden Bear prize 2020 for the best picture at the Festival.
ii.Earlier On February 20, 2020, the External affairs minister(EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar has inaugurated Indian Pavilion at the Festival.
Here are all the winners of the 70th edition of the Berlinale:
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| S.No | Award Name | Won by |
| 1 | Golden Bear for Best Film | There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof |
| 2 | Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize | Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman |
| 3 | Silver Bear for Best Director | Hong Sang Soo for The Woman Who Ran |
| 4 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Paula Beer for Undine |
| 5 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Elio Germano for “Hidden Away” |
| 6 | Silver Bear for Best Screenplay | Favolacce by Fabio D’Innocenzo and Damiano D’Innocenzo |
| 7 | Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution | Jürgen Jürges for cinematography on DAU. Natasha |
| 8 | Silver Bear Special Prize | Delete History by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern |
| 9 | Best Film in the Encounters Competition | The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) by C.W. Winter and Anders Edström |
| 10 | Special Jury Award in the Encounters Competition | The Trouble With Being Born by Sandra Wollner |
| 11 | Best Director in the Encounters Competition | Cristi Puiu for Malmkrog |
| 12 | Special Mention by the Encounters Jury | Isabella, Matías Piñeiro |
| 13 | Berlinale Documentary Award | Irradiés by Rithy Panh |
| 14 | Special Mention by the Jury for the Berlinale Documentary Award | Notes From the Underworld by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel |
| 15 | Special Mention by the GWFF Best First Feature Award Jury | Nackte Tiere, Melanie Waelde |
| 16 | GWFF Best First Feature Award | Los conductos by Camilo Restrepo |
| 17 | Golden Bear for Best Short Film | “T” by Keisha Rae Witherspoon |
| 18 | Audi Short Film Award | Genius Loci by Adrien Mérigeau |
| 19 | Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film) | Filipiñana by Rafael Manuel |
| 20 | Special Mention of the International Jury Generation Kplus | The Kites by Seyed Payam Hosseini |
| 21 | Special Prize of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Short Film | El nombre del hijo by Martina Matzkin |
| 22 | Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation Kplus for the Best Film | Los Lobos by Samuel Kishi Leopo |
| 23 | Special Mentions of the International Jury Generation Kplus | Mignonnes by Maïmouna Doucouré; Mamá, mamá, mama by Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière |
| 24 | Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary | Welcome to Chechnya by David France |
| 25 | Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film | Otac by Srdan Golubović |
| 26 | Compass-Perspektive-Award | Walchensee Forever by Janna Ji Wonders |
| 27 | Teddy Award for Best Feature Film | No Hard Feelings by Faraz Shariat |
| 28 | Teddy Award for Best Documentary/Essay Film | If It Were Love by Patric Chiha |
| 29 | Teddy Award for Best Short Film | Playback by Agustina Comedi |
| 30 | Teddy Award for Special Jury | Days by Tsai Ming-liang |
| 31 | FIPRESCI Prize for Competition | Undine by Christian Petzold |
| 32 | FIPRESCI Prize for Panorama | Mogul Mowgli by Bassam Tariq |
| 33 | FIPRESCI Prize for Forum | The Twentieth Century by Matthew Rankin |
| 34 | Special Mention in FIPRESCI Prize | Overtures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble |
| 35 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Competition | There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof |
| 36 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Panorama | Father by Srdan Golubović |
| 37 | Special Mention in Prize of the Ecumenical | Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures |
| 38 | Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14Plus | Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi |
| 39 | Special Mention Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14Plus | White Riot by Rubika Shah |
| 40 | Crystal Bear for the Best short Film in Generation 14Plus | Mutts by Halima Ouardiri |
| 41 | Special Mention Crystal Bear for the Best short Film in Generation 14Plus | Goodbye Golovin by Mathieu Grimard |
| 42 | Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film | My Name Is Baghdad by Caru Alves de Souza |
| 43 | Special Mention Grand Prix of the Generation 14Plus International Jury for the Best Film | Voices in the Wind by Nobuhiro Suwa |
| 44 | Special Prize of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film | Mutts by Halima Ouardiri |
| 45 | Special Mention of the Generation 14plus International Jury for the Best Short Film | White Winged Horse by Mahyar Mandegar |
| 46 | Caligari Film Prize | Victoria by Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer and Isabelle Tollenaere |
| 47 | Heiner Carow Prize | Garagenvolk by Natalija Yefimkina |
| 48 | Kompagnon-Fellowship for Perspektive Deutsches Kino | 111 by Hristiana Rykova |
| 49 | Kompagnon-Fellowship for Berlinale Talents | Arctic Link by Ian Purnell |
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Capital– Berlin
Currency– Euro
President– Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor– Angela Merkel
