Encounters is a section of the Berlin International Film Festival's official selection. It was established in 2020 when the new leadership inaugurated, and the competitive section was aimed to introduce both narrative films and documentaries with innovative and independent perspective.[1]

Award winners

Best film

YearEnglish / International titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
2020The Works and Days
(of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
Anders Edström
C.W. Winter
Japan, Sweden,
UK, USA
2021WeNousAlice DiopFrance
2022MutzenbacherRuth BeckermannAustria
2023HereBas DevosBelgium

Other awards

YearAwardRecipientEnglish / Int. titleOriginal titleCountry
2020Special Jury AwardSandra WollnerThe Trouble with Being BornAustria
Best DirectorCristi PuiuMalmkrogRomania
Special MentionMatías PiñeiroIsabellaArgentina
2021Special Jury AwardLê BảoTasteVịVietnam
Best DirectorRamon Zürcher
Silvan Zürcher
The Girl and the SpiderDas Mädchen und die SpinneSwitzerland
Denis CôtéSocial HygieneHygiène socialeCanada
Special MentionFern SilvaRock Bottom RiserUSA
2022Special Jury AwardMitra FarahaniSee You Friday, RobinsonÀ vendredi, RobinsonFrance
Best DirectorCyril SchäublinUnrestUnruhSwitzerland
2023Special Jury AwardPaul B. PreciadoOrlando, My Political BiographyOrlando, ma biographie politiqueFrance
Lois PatiñoSamsaraSpain
Best DirectorTatiana HuezoThe EchoEl ecoMexico

References

  1. "Berlin Film Festival Launches New Competitive Section 'Encounters'". Variety. 7 May 2019.
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