Berlin, February 25 The Mexican film “Adolfo”, by Sofía Auza, won the Crystal Bear in the Generation 14Plus section of the Berlinale, dedicated to young audiences, while “Orlando, my political biography”, by the Spaniard Paul B. Preciado, won the award for best documentary from the Teddys, from the LGTBI collective.
The story of the boy who loses his father and must find a new home for a cactus named Adolfo captivated the Generation Prize jury ‘for its sense of humour’ and ‘philosophical poetic’ dialogue, according to the awards pitch .
Auza (Mexico, 1993) skillfully describes in his film “the inspiring search” of the protagonist and his way of overcoming the past and looking towards the future, continues the jury.
Preciado, a Spanish-born, Paris-based philosopher and art critic, won the award among Teddy documentaries, the most consolidated among European awards geared towards the LGTBI collective.
His film, which was screened in the “Encounters” section, includes the voices of 26 characters aged 8 to 70 and begins with them a “complex and at the same time homogeneous” philosophical and literary journey, notes the jury for this. award.
The announcement of the two prizes preceded this Saturday’s gala in which the official Berlinale prizes will be awarded among the 19 films in its official section, including the Spanish “20,000 species of bees” and the Mexican “Totem”. .
The jury chaired by American actress Kristen Stewart and with Spanish director Carla Simón among its members will award the prizes in their various categories, up to the maximum prize, during a ceremony which will begin at 6:00 p.m. GMT at the Berlinale Palast.
Simón attends the festival after winning Gold in 2022 with “Alcarràs”.
Last night was awarded the prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), which was won by the Australian “The Survival of Kindness”, a film directed by Rolf de Heer, which begins with the image of aboriginal woman abandoned in a cage, in the middle of the desert, by a group of white men.
“20,000 species of bees”, directed by Estíbaliz Urresola, and “Tótem”, by Lila Avilés, are centered on two girls over eight years old: in that of Mexico, Naima Senties is the daughter of a young man in terminal phase that your loved ones are preparing for their last birthday.
In the Spanish film, Sofía Otero plays a child who neither recognizes himself by his gender nor by the name he has been given, Aitor, but instead feels Lucía’s identity arising within himself.
As for German cinema, which competes with five representatives in the official section, “Roter Himmel” -“A fire”-, by Christian Petzold, is among the favorites for the sixth time in the Berlinale competition.
Las preferencias de la revista de la Berlinale, “Screen”, se inclinaban estos días por “Past Lives”, de la surcoreana-canadiense Celine Song y alrededor de una historie de amor interruptida, pero nunca abandonada, entre Corea del Sur, Canada y New York.
Among the favorites for the prize is also the Japanese “Suzume”, by Makoto Shinkai, the first Japanese animated film in competition at the Berlinale after “Spirited Away” by Hayao Miyazaki, gold medalist in 2002 – tied with “Bloody Sunday “. ECE
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