“Dreams (Sex Love)” from Oslo wins the golden bear

The seven juror drew with the great prize of the jury: Inside Gabriel Mascaro’s Brazilian contribution “O último Azul” about an old woman who escapes into freedom before the state custody institution for the old people. For the prize of the jury to Iván Funds Argentinian road movie “El Mensaje”, the director’s speech flowed plenty of tears with the actors: inside.

At the rapid award ceremony in the Berlinale Palace, the actor prices Rose Byrne in Mary Bronstein’s “If I had legs I’d Kick You” and Andrew Scott were awarded for the best supporting role in Richard Linklaters Broadway-Hommage “Blue Moon”. The Chinese Huo Meng received the directing price for its village drama “Living the Land”.

The Bären Gala of the 75th Berlinale, the first year under director Tricia Tuttle, went on stage, unlike in the previous year, without a variety of political statements. It is clear that the Enfant Terrible under Europe’s directors, the Romanian Radu Jude, once again spoke clear words, reminded of Luis Buñuel Just’s 125th birthday this Saturday and dedicated the award to him.

For Buñuel’s “legacy of disrespect” and for the fact that he resisted the logic of “greater, increasingly expensive”. Radu Jude hopes that the International Court of Justice will put the craft for all murderers and, with a view to tomorrow’s Bundestag elections and the chances of elections for the AfD, that the Berlinale 2026 is not opened with riefen steel “Triumph of will”.

Yehuda Beinin, father of Hamas-Geisel Liat Atzili and protagonist from Brandon Kramer’s “Holding Liat”, provided one of the serious moments in the gala, who received the documentary award ended with 40,000 euros. “We are governed by crazy people,” says Beinin in the film excerpt shown on the gala, “be it on the Israeli or on the Palestinian side. The result is the dead. It brings me to despair. “

The Dutchman Quenton Miller, winner of the Cupra awards, ensured the funniest moment in the short films. “Koki, Ciao” was actually realized by the speaking Kakadu Koki, the price goes to him. Which is why Millerdie “Bravo, Koki” calls of the audience also filmed with the cell phone to play them at home to the feathered award winner. He will post Koki’s reaction immediately.

When asked about the highlights of her first Berlinale year, Tricia Tuttle called the encounters with the very adventurous audience.

The director also gives a new number, after the record number at half -time: 330,000 tickets have already been sold by the previous day. After the audience day on Sunday there will be a few more. Huge applause for Tricia Tuttle, she has arrived in this city.

After the Berlinale is before the next: How did moderator Désirée Nosbusch say at the beginning? A Berlinale does not end with the last performance, not even with the award ceremony. The films stay in the head, and in the heart. Tuttle has not yet revealed the date of the 2026 festival.