75th Berlin International Film Festival

Juries

Main Competition

• Todd Haynes, American filmmaker – Jury President
• Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
• Maria Schrader, German actress and filmmaker
• Rodrigo Moreno, Argentinian filmmaker
• Nabil Ayouch, Franco-Moroccan filmmaker
• Bina Daigeler, German costume designer
• Amy Nicholson, American film critic and author

  Perspectives Jury (GWFF Best First Feature Award)

• Meryam Joobeur, Tunisian filmmaker
• Aïssa Maïga, French actress
• María Zamora, Spanish producer

  Short Film Competition

• Dascha Dauenhauer, German composer
• Jing Haase, Danish producer
• Phạm Ngọc Lân, Vietnamese filmmaker and producer

  Generation Jury

• Emma Branderhorst, Dutch filmmaker
• Ikoro Sekai, Canadian film curator at the Toronto International Film Festival
• Aslı Özarslan, German filmmaker

  Berlinale Documentary Award Jury

• Petra Costa, Brazilian filmmaker
• Lea Glob, Danish filmmaker
• Kazuhiro Soda, Japanese filmmaker

  Official Sections

Main Competition

Berlinale Special

Perspectives

Berlinale Short Film Competition

Panorama

Forum

Generation

Berlinale Classics

Retrospective

Berlinale EFM

• 100 Liters of Gold, directed by Teemu Nikki
• Abode of Down, directed by Kristina Shtubert
• About Woman, directed by Maurice Trouwborst
• Forbidden City, directed by Gabriele Mainetti
• Loss of Balance, directed by Korek Bojanowski
• Luisa, directed by Julia Roesler
• The Last Beautiful Thing, directed by Luca Luongo
• Muganga, directed by Marie-Hélène Roux
• Mr. Burton, directed by Marc Evans
• Silent Storms, directed by Dania Reymond-Boughenou
• That Summer in Paris, directed by Valentine Cadic
• The Art Whisperer, directed by Flemming Fynsk
• The Perfect Gamble, directed by Danny Abeckaser
• The Things You Kill, directed by Alireza Khatami
• The Rule of Jenny Pen, directed by James Ashcroft
• Vena, directed by Chiara Fleischhacker
• Vindicta, directed by Dominik Sedlar

  Official Awards

Main Competition

• Golden Bear: Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud
• Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro
• Silver Bear Jury Prize: The Message by Iván Fund
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Huo Meng for Living the Land
• Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Andrew Scott for Blue Moon
• Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Radu Jude for Kontinental '25
• Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Lucile Hadžihalilović and the creative ensemble of ''The Ice Tower''

  [Honorary Golden Bear]

• Tilda Swinton

  Berlinale Camera

• Rainer Rother

  GWFF Best First Feature Award

• The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) by Ernesto Martínez Bucio
• * Special Mention: We Believe You by Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers

  Berlinale Documentary Award

• Holding Liat by Brandon Kramer
• * Special Mention:
• ** The Memory of Butterflies by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski
• ** Canone effimero by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio

  Berlinale Short Films Competition

• Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Lloyd Wong, Unfinished by Lesley Loksi Chan
• Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Ordinary Life by Yoriko Mizushiri
• CUPRA Special Award: Koki, Ciao by Quenton Miller

  Generation

Generation Kplus – Children's Jury

• Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Maya, Give Me a Title by Michel Gondry
• * Special Mention: Circusboy by Julia Lemke and Anna Koch
• Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Little Rebels Cinema Club by Khozy Rizal
• * Special Mention: Down in the Dumps by Vera van Wolferen

  Generation 14plus – Youth Jury Awards

• Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Sunshine by Antoinette Jadaone
• * Special Mention: Playtime by Lúcia Murat
• Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Wish You Were Ear by Mirjana Balogh
• * Special Mention: Sunset over America by Matías Rojas Valencia

  Generation Kplus – International Jury

• Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation Kplus: The Botanist by Jing Yi
• * Special Mention: Seaside Serendipity by Satoko Yokohama
• Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus: Autokar by Sylwia Szkiłądź
• * Special Mention: Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí

  Generation 14plus – International Jury

• Grand Prix for the Best Film in Generation 14plus: Christy by Brendan Canty
• * Special Mention: Têtes Brûlées by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama
• Special Prize for the Best Short Film in Generation 14plus: Don’t Wake the Sleeping Child by Kevin Aubert
• * Special Mention: Beneath Which Rivers Flow by Ali Yahya

  Independent Awards

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

• The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro
• The [Heart Is a Muscle (film)|The Heart Is a Muscle] by Imran Hamdulay
• Holding Liat by Brandon Kramer

  FIPRESCI Prizes

• Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud
• Little Trouble Girls by Urška Djukić
• Under the Flags, the Sun by Juanjo Pereira
• The Memory of Butterflies by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski

  Panorama Audience Award

• Deaf by Eva Libertad
• 2nd Place: Lesbian Space Princess by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese
• 3rd Place: Home Sweet Home by Frelle Petersen

  Panorama Audience Award – Documentary

• The Moelln Letters by Martina Priessner
• 2nd Place: Yalla Parkour by Areeb Zuaiter
• 3rd Place: Khartoum by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed and Phil Cox

  [Teddy Award]

• Best Feature Film: Lesbian Space Princess by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese
• Best Documentary: Satanic Sow by Rosa von Praunheim
• Best Short Film: Lloyd Wong, Unfinished by Lesley Loksi Chan
• Jury Award: If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile by Marie Luise Lehner
• Special Award: Todd Haynes

  Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse cinemas

• Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud
• * Special Mention: What Marielle Knows by Frédéric Hambalek

  C.I.C.A.E. Art Cinema Award

• Deaf by Eva Libertad
• If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile by Marie Luise Lehner

  Label Europa Cinemas

• Hysteria by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

  Caligari Film Prize

• Fwends by Sophie Somerville

  Peace Film Prize

• Khartoum by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed and Phil Cox
• * Special Mention: Queer as Punk by Yihwen Chen

  Amnesty International Film Award

• The Moelln Letters by Martina Priessner

  Heiner Carow Prize

• Palliative Care Unit by Philipp Döring

  Prize AG Kino – Gilde – Cinema Vision 14plus

• Paternal Leave by Alissa Jung
• * Special Mention: Têtes brûlées by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama

  Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Award

• The Blue Trail by Gabriel Mascaro

  Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award

• The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov by Yuri Semashko