Drama by director Semih Kaplanoglu wasn’t in the favorites list this year but it was worth it. As the “Alt Film Guide” describes, set in a mountainous forest, “Honey” tells the story of a six-year-old boy who ventures into the woods after his wild honey-collecting father has gone missing. “The central performance is touching, truthful and overpoweringly charming,” wrote Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times. “One of those classic screen turns by a child, up there with “The Kid and The Red Balloon”.” By the way, “Honey” is the final part of an autobiographical trilogy about a young poet named Yusuf, that began with “Egg” (2007) and “Milk” (2008).
„Silver Bear“, the Jury Grand Prix, went to „Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier“ (If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle“) by Florin Serban.
Other prizes:
Silver Bear – Best Director
Roman Polanski for „The Ghost Writer“
Silver Bear – Best Actress
Shinobu Terajima in „Caterpillar“ by Koji Wakamatsu
Silver Bear – Best Actor
Grigori Dobrygin for „Kak ya provel etim letom“ („How I Ended This Summer“) by Alexei Popogrebsky. Ex aequo Sergei Puskepalis for the same film.
Silver Bear – Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera
Pavel Kostomarov for the camera in „Kak ya provel etim letom“
Silver Bear – Best Script
Wang Quan’an and Na Jin for „Tuan Yuan“ („Apart Together“) by Wang Quan’an
Alfred Bauer Prize (in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation)
„Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier“ by Florin Serban
The Berlin 2010, the 60th festival, jury was composed of German filmmaker Werner Herzog, the jury president; Chinese actress Yu Nan; Italian writer-director Francesca Comencini; Spanish producer Jose Maria Morales; Somali-born writer Nuruddin Farah; American Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger; and German actress Cornelia Froboess. Photos from the event are here.
„Silver Bear“, the Jury Grand Prix went to „Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier“ (
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle“) by Florin Serban.
Other prizes:
Silver Bear – Best Director
Roman Polanski for „The Ghost Writer“
Silver Bear – Best Actress
Shinobu Terajima in „Caterpillar“ by Koji Wakamatsu
Silver Bear – Best Actor
Grigori Dobrygin for „Kak ya provel etim letom“ („How I Ended This Summer“) by Alexei Popogrebsky. Ex aequo Sergei Puskepalis for the same film.
Silver Bear – Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera
Pavel Kostomarov for the camera in „Kak ya provel etim letom“
Silver Bear – Best Script
Wang Quan’an and Na Jin for „Tuan Yuan“ („Apart Together“) by Wang Quan’an
Alfred Bauer Prize (Awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation)
„Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier“ by Florin Serban
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