Berlin International Film Festival Best Film

Berlin International Film Festival 2023

Seven Winters in Tehran Sieben Winter in Teheran

Steffi Niederzoll

Winner

All nominees

The Kidnapping of the Bride The Kidnapping of the Bride

Sophia Mocorrea

Long Long Kiss Langer Langer Kuss

Lukas Röder

6.8

Nuclear Nomads Nomades du nucléaire

Kilian Armando Friedrich, Tizian Stromp Zargari

On Mothers and Daughters Geranien

Tanja Egen

Lonely Oaks Vergiss Meyn Nicht

Jens Mühlhoff, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Fabiana Fragale

Ararat Ararat

Engin Kundag

Ash Wednesday Quarta-Feira

Bárbara Santos, João Pedro Prado

Bones and Names Knochen und Namen

Fabian Stumm

6.8

Elaha

Milena Aboyan

Berlin International Film Festival 2022

Ladies Only Ladies Only

Rebana Liz John The Compass-Perspektive-Award goes to "Ladies Only", a raw, honest film that concentrates on the essentials, truly standing out with its decisiveness and clarity of form. A crowd of people push their way through the narrow door of a train compartment, and for 80 minutes a transitional location becomes intimate theatre, in which we get to know various women. Filmmaker Rebana Liz John asks questions about existential issues such as freedom, family and career, and we obtain personal insights into the lives of the protagonists. She has different generations read a poem out loud and comment on it, interrelating their differing points of view. Interview moments alternate with quietly observed situations. The montage creates visible emphasis and contrasts, and takes a firm standpoint. As a result, the public space of the train compartment becomes an intimate space. Numerous situations and times of day are interwoven, and the finely crafted sound design generates continuity and tension. It takes courage to tell such a reduced story, to take a close look and to produce a socially relevant film from everyday life.

Winner

All nominees

Rondo Rondo

Katharina Rivilis