Winners of 66th Berlin International Film Festival

Mavi Boncuk |

Winners of 66th Berlin International Film Festival
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
Members of the Jury: Meryl Streep (Jury President), Lars Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe, Clive
Owen, Alba Rohrwacher and Małgorzata Szumowska 

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM | Fire At Sea (It-Fr), dir. Gianfranco Rosi
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE | Death In Sarajevo (Fr-Bos), dir. Danis Tanovic
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE | A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery (Phil-Sing), dir. Lav Diaz 
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR | Mia Hansen-Love for Things To Come
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS | Trine Dyrholm in The Commune
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR | Majd Mastoura in Hedi
BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD (€50,000) | Hedi (Tun-Bel-Fr), Mohamed Ben Attia

Berlin Europa Cinemas Label Europa Cinemas, a network of 977 cinemas in 42 European countries, will now assist the film’s distribution with promotional support and through the offering of a financial incentive for cinemas that are part of the Europa network to screen the film. The First, The Last (Les Premiers Les Derniers) has been awarded the 2016 Berlin Europa Cinemas Label as best European film in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand. 

The jury also commended Zrinko Ogresta’s On The Other Side and Aslı Özge’s Euf Einmal | All Of A Sudden. Europa Cinemas is supported by the European Commission’s MEDIA programme, CNC and Eurimages. 

International Jury Generation Kplus
Members of the Jury: Anne Kodura, Nagesh Kukunoor and Kathy Loizou

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE GENERATION KPLUS INTERNATIONAL JURY
for the best feature-length film, endowed with € 7,500 by the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Genç Pehlivanlar | Young Wrestlers | Junge Ringer by Mete Gümürhan

OFFICIAL SITE 

Produced by: Kaliber Film, Filmaltı With the support of: Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s General Directorate of Cinema, Netherlands Film Fund

The 26 boys living at the sports academy in the Turkish province of Amasya will endure a lot to realize their wrestling dream. In Young Wrestlers (Genç Pehlivanlar) they face the usual challenges of adolescence in a male dominated environment and contradictory contemporary Turkey. The camera remains observational and discreet while still allowing us to experience their everyday life at close range – somewhere between camaraderie and competition. 


METE GÜMÜRHAN Biography:

Mete Gümürhan (1975) was born in Rotterdam. He graduated in 2009 from Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam Audiovisual Design & Art department. While studying at Willem de Kooning Academy he co-found Kaliber Film in 2007. In 2012 Mete established Kaliber Film in Istanbul. He is based in Rotterdam and Istanbul.

Genç Pehlivanlar/Young Wrestlers will mark his directorial debut. He is currently working on his fiction film-project MNK Boy, which has gained the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents, IDFAcademy, CineMart’s Rotterdam Lab and EAVE.