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Berlinale Shorts: Award Winners of the International Short Film Competition of Berlinale 2020

Left: Adrien Mérigeau - winner Audi Short Film Award
In the middle: Rafael Manuel - winner Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film)
Right: Keisha Rae Witherspoon - winner Golden Bear for Best Short Film

In the course of the International Short Film Competition of the 70th International Film Festival Berlin on Saturday, February 29 2020 four prizes were awarded: the Golden Bear for Best Short Film, the Silver Bear Jury Prize (Short Film), the Audi Short Film Award and the Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards.
The prizes were awarded by this year's International Short Film Jury: Hungarian animation filmmaker Réka Bucsi, Turkish curator Fatma Çolakoğlu and filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese from Lesotho.

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM

T
by Keisha Rae Witherspoon
USA

Jury statement:
“Cinema holds the possibility to reach beyond the physical human experience. This film is a chapel of remembrance in a politically troubled country. This fluid mosaic of images is both heartbreaking and full of hope. We fell in love with this peaceful balance.”

Find out more about T here.
Short interview with the director.

AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD endowed with € 20,000, enabled by Audi.

Genius Loci
by Adrien Mérigeau
France

Jury statement:
“That other night her thoughts merged with the flickering street lights, the skyline and the trash on the sidewalks. This beautifully crafted film effortlessly coordinates the chaos of being human.”

Find out more about Genius Loci here.

Director Mili Pecherer. Her short film It Wasn't The Right Mountain, Mohammad is the 2020 Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards. Copyright: Dorothea Tuch

Another film of the Berlinale Shorts competition was awarded by the jury of the 34th Teddy Awards, the queer film prize of Berlinale. The ceremony took place on Friday, Feb 28 at Volksbühne Berlin.

Teddy Award for Best Short Film

Playback. Ensayo de una despedida
by Agustina Comedi
Argentina

Find out more about Playback. Ensayo de una despedida here.
Short interview with the director.