72nd Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmPeter von Kant by François Ozon
Closing filmAlcarràs by Carla Simón
LocationBerlin, Germany
Founded1951
Awards
DirectorsMariette Rissenbeek
Artistic directorCarlo Chatrian
No. of films229
Festival dateOpening: 10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
Closing: 20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)
Websitewww.berlinale.de Edit this at Wikidata
Berlin International Film Festival

The 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale (German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ⓘ), took place from 10 to 20 February 2022 in person.[1][2] On 15 December 2021 the first film of the festival was announced.[3] The festival opened with François Ozon's drama film Peter von Kant.[4][5] Isabelle Huppert was awarded Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on 15 February 2022 at the Berlinale Palast award ceremony. Her film by Laurent Larivière, À propos de Joan was also screened.[6]

The awards were presented on 16 February 2022 truncating the festival by 4 days. Alcarràs by Carla Simón won the Golden Bear award and The Novelist's Film by Hong Sang-soo won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.[7][8] The festival formally closed on 20 February 2022.[9]

Jury

Main Competition

M. Night Shyamalan, Jury President (competition)

The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:[10][11]

Encounters

The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:[12]

FIPRESCI Jury

The following people were on the jury for the FIPRESCI Awards:[13]

Main Competition

The following films are selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[14][15]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
A E I O U - A Quick Alphabet of Love A E I O U - Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe Nicolette Krebitz Germany, France
Alcarràs Carla Simón Spain, Italy
Before, Now & Then Nana Kamila Andini Indonesia
Both Sides of the Blade Avec amour et acharnement Claire Denis France
Call Jane Phyllis Nagy United States
Everything Will Be Ok Rithy Panh France, Cambodia
Leonora addio Paolo Taviani Italy
The Line La ligne Ursula Meier Switzerland, France, Belgium
The Novelist's Film 소설가의 영화 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
One Year, One Night Un año, una noche Isaki Lacuesta Spain, France
The Passengers of the Night Les passagers de la nuit Mikhaël Hers France
Peter von Kant François Ozon France
A Piece of Sky Drii Winter Michael Koch Switzerland, Germany
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush Andreas Dresen Germany, France
Return to Dust 隐入尘烟 Li Ruijun China
Rimini Ulrich Seidl Austria, France, Germany
Robe of Gems Manto de gemas Natalia López Gallardo Mexico, Argentina, United States
That Kind of Summer Un été comme ça Denis Côté Canada

Berlinale Special

The following films were selected to receive special screenings:[16][17]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Berlinale Special Gala
Against the Ice Peter Flinth Iceland, United States, Denmark
About Joan À propos de Joan Laurent Larivière France, Germany, Ireland
Dark Glasses Occhiali neri Dario Argento Italy, France
The Forger Der Passfälscher Maggie Peren Germany, Luxembourg
Gangubai Kathiawadi Sanjay Leela Bhansali India
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Sophie Hyde United Kingdom
Incredible But True Incroyable mais vrai Quentin Dupieux France, Belgium
The Outfit Graham Moore United States
Berlinale Special
1341 Frames of Love and War 1341 Framim Mehamatzlema Shel Micha Bar-Am Ran Tal Israel, United Kingdom, United States
A German Party Eine deutsche Partei Simon Brückner Germany
Heart of Oak Le chêne Laurent Charbonnier [fr], Michel Seydoux France
Nest Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland
Nothing Lasts Forever Jason Kohn United States
North Terminal Terminal norte Lucrecia Martel Argentina
This Much I Know to Be True Andrew Dominik United Kingdom

Short Films Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Agrilogistics Gerard Ortín Castellví United Kingdom, Spain
Memories from the Eastern Front Amintiri de pe Frontul de Est Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă Romania
It’s Raining Frogs Outside Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol Maria Estela Paiso Philippines
Bird in the Peninsula Atsushi Wada France, Japan
By Flávio Pedro Cabeleira Portugal / France
Haulout Выход Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev United Kingdom, Russian Federation
Sunday Morning Manhã de Domingo Bruno Ribeiro Brazil
The Sower of Stars El sembrador de estrellas Lois Patiño Spain
Trap Anastasia Veber Russian Federation, Lithuania
Will My Parents Come to See Me Mo Harawe Germany, Austria, Somalia

Encounters

The following films are selected for the Encounters section:[18]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
American Journal Journal d'Amérique Arnaud des Pallières France
Axiom Jöns Jönsson Germany
Brother in Every Inch Brat vo vsyom Alexander Zolotukhin Russia
The City and the City I Poli ke i Poli Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas Greece
Coma Bertrand Bonello France
The Death of My Mother Zum Tod meiner Mutter Jessica Krummacher Germany
Father's Day Kivu Ruhorahoza Rwanda
Flux Gourmet Peter Strickland United Kingdom, United States, Hungary
A Little Love Package Gastón Solnicki Austria, Argentina
Mutzenbacher Ruth Beckermann Austria
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada
See You Friday, Robinson À vendredi, Robinson Mitra Farahani France, Switzerland, Iran, Lebanon
Small, Slow But Steady ケイコ 目を澄ませて Shô Miyake Japan
Sonne Kurdwin Ayub Austria
Unrest Unrueh Cyril Schäublin Switzerland

Panorama

The following films are selected for the Panorama section:[19][20]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Love, Deutschmarks and Death Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm Cem Kaya Germany
Talking About the Weather Alle reden übers Wetter Annika Pinske Germany
Bettina Lutz Pehnert Germany
The Apartment with Two Women 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 Kim Se-in South Korea
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Nina Menkes United States
Happiness Baqyt Askar Uzabayev Kazakhstan
Beautiful Beings Berdreymi Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Swing Ride Calcinculo Chiara Bellosi Italy, Switzerland
Dreaming Walls Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier Belgium, France, United States, Netherlands, Sweden
Northern Skies Over Empty Space El norte sobre el vacío Alejandra Márquez Abella Mexico
Klondike Maryna Er Gorbach Ukraine, Turkey
A Love Song Max Walker-Silverman United States
Somewhere Over the Chemtrails Kdyby radši hořelo Adam Koloman Rybanský Czech Republic
Lullaby Cinco lobitos Alauda Ruiz de Azúa Spain
Myanmar Diaries The Myanmar Film Collective Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway
Into My Name Nel Mio Nome Nicolò Bassetti Italy
Nelly & Nadine Magnus Gertten Sweden
No U-Turn Ike Nnaebue

Nigeria, South Africa, France, Germany

Una Femmina: The Code of Silence Una femmina Francesco Costabile Italy
We, Students! Nous, Étudiants ! Rafiki Fariala Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia
Working Class Heroes Heroji radničke klase Miloš Pušić Serbia
Until Tomorrow Ta Farda Ali Asgari Iran, France, Qatar
Taurus Tim Sutton United States
Nobody's Hero Viens je t'emmène Alain Guiraudie France[21]

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

The following films are selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:[22]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Echo Mareike Wegener Germany
Forces Gewalten Constantin Hatz
Ladies Only Rebana Liz John Germany, India

Forum

The following films are selected for the Forum section:[23][24]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Afterwater Dane Komljen Germany, Spain, South Korea, Serbia
Beirut the Encounter Beirut al lika Borhane Alaouié Lebanon, Tunisia, Belgium
Camouflage Camuflaje Jonathan Perel Argentina
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Komm mit mir in das Cinema – Die Gregors Alice Agneskirchner Germany
Dry Ground Burning Mato seco em chamas Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta Brazil, Portugal
Europe Place de l'Europe Philip Scheffner Germany, France
A Fine Day [de] Der schöne Tag Thomas Arslan Germany
For the Many: The Vienna Chamber of Labour Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien Constantin Wulff Austria
A Flower in the Mouth Une Fleur à la bouche Éric Baudelaire France, Germany, South Korea
Geographies of Solitude Jacquelyn Mills Canada
Happer's Comet Tyler Taormina United States
Hot in Day, Cold at Night Najeneun deopgo bameneun chupgo Park Song-yeol South Korea
Jet Lag Zheng Lu Xinyuan Switzerland, Austria
The Kegelstatt Trio O trio em mi bemol Rita Azevedo Gomes Portugal, Spain
Memoryland Miền ký ức Kim Quy Bui Vietnam, Germany
The Middle Ages La edad media Alejo Moguillansky, Luciana Acuña Argentina
My Tongue Does Not Turn Dilim dönmüyor (Meine Zunge dreht sich nicht) Serpil Turhan Germany
My Two Voices Mis dos voces Lina Rodriguez Canada
Nuclear Family Erin Wilkerson, Travis Wilkerson United States, Singapore
Rewind & Play Alain Gomis France, Germany
Poet Akyn Darezhan Omirbaev Kazakhstan
Scala Ananta Thitanat Thailand
Shall I Compare You to a Summer's Day? Bashtaalak sa'at Mohammad Shawky Hassan Egypt, Lebanon, Germany
The State and Me L'État et moi Max Linz Germany
Striking Land Terra que marca Raul Domingues Portugal
Super Natural Jorge Jácome Portugal
This House Cette maison Miryam Charles Canada
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter Três Tigres Tristes Gustavo Vinagre Brazil
The United States of America James Benning United States
The Veteran El veterano Jerónimo Rodríguez Chile
We Haven't Lost Our Way Nie zgubiliśmy drogi Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal Poland
West Indies West Indies ou les nègres marrons de la Liberté Med Hondo France, Algeria, Mauritania

Generation

Long films

The following films are chosen for the Generation section:[25][26]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Rookies Allons Enfants Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai France
Beba Rebeca Huntt United States, Mexico
The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin Colm Bairéad Ireland
Comedy Queen Sanna Lenken Sweden
Kind Hearts Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes Belgium
Knor Oink Mascha Halberstad Netherlands
Millie Lies Low Michelle Savill New Zealand
My Father’s Truck Mascha Mauricio Osaki Vietnam, United States
Sublime Mariano Biasin Argentina
Girl Picture Tytöt tytöt tytöt Alli Haapasalo Finland

Short films

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
An Invisible Apprentice Una Aprendiz Invisible Emilia Herbst Argentina
Goodbye Jerome! Au revoir Jérôme Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr France
Blue Noise Blaues Rauschen Simon Maria Kubiena Germany, Austria
Deer Gavazn Hadi Babaeifar Iran
I’m Not Afraid! Ich habe keine Angst! Marita Mayer Germany, Norway
Nothing to See Here Nada para ver aqui Nicolas Bouchez Portugal, Belgium, Hungary
Spotless Vlekkeloos Emma Branderhorst Netherlands

Generation Kplus

Source:[27][28]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Feature Films
The Hill of Secrets Bimileui eondeok Lee Ji-eun South Korea
Waters of Pastaza Juunt Pastaza entsari Inês T. Alves Portugal
Moja Vesna Sara Kern Slovenia, Australia
My Small Land Emma Kawawada Japan
Shabu Shamira Raphaëla Netherlands
The Realm of God El reino de dios Claudia Sainte-Luce Mexico
The Apple Day Rooz-e sib Mahmoud Ghaffari Iran
Short Films
Alma and Paz Alma y Paz Cris Gris Mexico, United States
Luce and the Rock Luce und der Felsen Britt Raes Belgium, France, Netherlands
To Vancouver Vancouver Artemis Anastasiadou Greece

Generation 14plus

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Feature Films
Alis Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck Colombia, Chile, Romania
Bubble Baburu Tetsurō Araki Japan
The Land of Sasha Strana Sasha Yulia Trofimova Russia
Kind Hearts Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes Belgium
Kalle Kosmonaut Günther Kurth, Tine Kugler Germany
Scheme Skhema Farkhat Sharipov Kazakhstan
Stay Awake Jamie Sisley United States
Short Films
At Sixteen Aos dezasseis Carlos Lobo Portugal
Born in Damascus Laura Wadha United Kingdom
Fever La fièvre Matias Carlier Switzerland
Funkele Nicole Jachmann Netherlands
Lay Me by the Shore David Findlay Canada
Memoir of a Veering Storm Sofia Georgovassili Greece
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder Canada
Nothing to See Here Nada para ver aqui Nicolas Bouchez Portugal, Belgium
Tinashé Tig Terera Australia
West by God Scott Lazer United States

The Homage films

This section in 72nd edition is dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert, who will also be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.[29][30]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1977 The Lacemaker La Dentellière Claude Goretta France, FRG, Switzerland
1980 Every Man for Himself Sauve qui peut (la vie) Jean-Luc Godard France, FRG, Switzerland, Austria
1995 La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol France, Germany
2001 The Piano Teacher La Pianiste Michael Haneke France, Germany, Austria
2002 8 Women 8 Femmes François Ozon France, Italy
2016 Things to Come L’Avenir Mia Hansen-Løve France, Italy
2016 Elle Paul Verhoeven France, Germany, Belgium

The Retrospective

This section opened on 11 February 2022, with screening in 4K of the 1936 film My Man Godfrey by Gregory La Cava.[31]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1934 Belle of the Nineties Leo McCarey United States
1941 Design for Scandal Norman Taurog
1938 Every Day’s a Holiday A. Edward Sutherland
1938 Four's a Crowd Michael Curtiz
1935 Goin' to Town Alexander Hall
1936 Go West, Young Man Henry Hathaway
1935 Hands Across the Table Mitchell Leisen
1940 Hired Wife William A. Seiter
1940 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
1933 I'm No Angel Wesley Ruggles
1936 Klondike Annie Raoul Walsh
1934 Lady by Choice David Burton
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Alfred Hitchcock
1940 My Little Chickadee Edward F. Cline
1936 My Man Godfrey Gregory La Cava
1942 My Sister Eileen Alexander Hall
1932 Night After Night Archie Mayo
1932 No Man of Her Own Wesley Ruggles
1937 Nothing Sacred William A. Wellman
1933 She Done Him Wrong Lowell Sherman
1942 Take a Letter, Darling Mitchell Leisen
1941 This Thing Called Love Alexander Hall
1942 To Be or Not to Be Ernst Lubitsch
1937 True Confession Wesley Ruggles
1934 Twentieth Century Howard Hawks
1943 What a Woman! Irving Cummings
1939 The Women George Cukor

The Classics

The restored silent 1929 classic film Brüder (Brothers) by Werner Hochbaum, screened on 13 February 2022.[32]

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1929 Brothers Brüder Werner Hochbaum Germany
1962 Mamma Roma Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy
1964 Pale Flower Kawaita hana Masahiro Shinoda Japan
1969/1990 Larks on a String Skřivánci na niti Jiří Menzel Czechoslovakia
1975 Tommy Ken Russell United Kingdom
2000 Suzhou River 苏州河 Lou Ye China, Germany
2004 Our Music Notre musique Jean-Luc Godard Switzerland, France

Official Awards

Carla Simón, winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlinale 2022

Main Competition

Honorary Golden Bear

Encounters

Short Films Competition

Generation

Youth Jury Awards

Source:[36]

Generation 14plus

Generation Kplus

Children’s Jury awards
International Jury
Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom winner of Berlinale Documentary Award for Myanmar Diaries

Independent Awards

GWFF Best First Feature Award

Berlinale Documentary Award

FIPRESCI Critics Award

Panorama Audience Award Winner

Panorama Documentary Audience Award Winner

Teddy Award

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