Radu Jude won on Saturday, February 22, at the International Film Festival in Berlin, the silver bear for the best script, for the movie “Kontinental ’25”.
Radu Jude won the silver bear for best photo scenario: X
The film directed by Radu Jude was also in the competition for the Golden Bear. “Kontinental ’25” was one of the 19 films that competed for this year’s eldest prize.
Radu Jude won a new award, on the stage of the imposing Berlinale Palast, the host of the German festival, ten years after winning the silver bear for the best director for the movie “Aferim” and four years after winning the “Golden Bear for Babardeala with porn or porn hinges. “
The newest film of the Romanian director, “Kontinental ’25”, brought a new award to the silver bear, this time for the best scenario.
What it is about in “Kontinental ’25”
The film is based on a press article read by the county about a judicial executor who feels guilty after evacuating a person who later committed suicide.
Kontinental ’25 has the center of attention on Orsolya (Eszter Tompa), a judicial executor from Cluj, who, accompanied by the gendarmes, evacuates a homeless man from the basement of a building in the city center. Evacuation is necessary, because that building is to be demolished. However, a dramatic gesture of the evacuated one triggers a true existential crisis in the life of the protagonist.
Filmed in just 10 days with a smartphone, this feature was one of the favorites of the international critic jury made up by Screen magazine.
“S.butter a weak screenwriter so receiving this prize is very funny ‘joked the director Radu Jude on the Berlinale stage. Also, the Romanian filmmaker thanked his team and said that “This award shows that there is a lot of talent in Romania and, although we are now living terrible times I hope there will be more money for culture, because it is a lot of talent”.
The prizes won
The production “Dreams (Sex Love)”/”Drømmer”, directed by the Norwegian Dag Johan Haugerud, was rewarded on Saturday night with the Golden Bear for the best movie, according to Agerpres.
The big jury prize, was handed over by the Chinese actress Fan Bingbing to the Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro for the production “The Blue Trail” (“o último Azul”).
The jury prize was awarded to the film of the Venezuelan director IVán Fund “The Message” (“L Mensaje”).
The silver bear trophy for the director returned to the Chinese filmmaker Huo Meng for the production of “Living the Land” (“Sheng Xi Zhi Di”).
The silver bear for the best interpretation in the main role was given to the Australian actress Rose Byrne for her role in the production “IF I Had Legs i’d Kick You” directed by American actress and director Mary Brontein.
The silver bear for the best interpretation in the secondary role was given to the Irish actor Andrew Scott for the role of “Blue Moon”, directed by American filmmaker Richard Linkarer.
The distinction of the silver bear for special artistic achievements was handed by the president of the jury, Todd Haynes, the French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic for the movie “The Ice Tower” (“La Tour de Gace”).
At the Perspectives section, the Gwff Prize for the best debut was given to the production “The Devil Smokes (and Save the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)” (El Diablo Fuma (y Guarda Las Cabesas by Los Cerillos Quemados en La Misma Caja), by Ernesto Martínez Bucharest.
Special mention: “We Believe You”, by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Duppyys.
The production of “Holding Liat” by Brandon Kramer was designated the winner of the best documentary film.
The gold bear for the best short film was given to the movie “Lloyd Wong, Unfinished” by Lesley Loksi Chan. The silver bear for the best short film was awarded the production of “Ordary Life” (“Futsu No Seikatsu”), by Yoriko Mizushiri.
British actress Tilda Swinton, 64, was rewarded with an honorary gold bear, award for her entire career. The jury, chaired by the director, screenwriter and American producer Todd Haynes, was made up of the Ayouch director Nabile (Morocco/France), costume designer Bina Daigler (Germany), actress Fan Bingbing (China), director Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina), critic. by film and author Amy Nicholson (US) and The director, actress and screenwriter Maria Schrader (Germany).
At the 2024 edition of Berlinale, the production “Dahomey” (Benin, France, Senegal), directed by Franco-Seenegalese Mati Diop, a documentary on the restitution from November 2021, to Benin, of 26 royal treasures of Dahomey, robbed in 1892 By French colonial troops, he won the gold bear for best movie.
