# 71st Berlin International Film Festival

The 71st annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 1 to 5 March 2021 as a virtual festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Romanian film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn directed by Radu Jude won the Golden Bear. It was the third victory of Romania in the last nine years.

## Juries
### Competition

The following were on the jury for the Berlinale Competition section:
* Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian filmmaker
* Nadav Lapid, Israeli filmmaker
* Adina Pintilie, Romanian filmmaker
* Mohammad Rasoulof, Iranian filmmaker
* Gianfranco Rosi, Italian filmmaker
* Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnian filmmaker

### Encounters

The following people were on the jury for the Encounters Awards:
* Florence Almozini, French programmer
* Cecilia Barrionuevo, Argentinian artistic director
* Diedrich Diederichsen, German editor and publisher

### International Short Film

The following people were on the jury for the Berlinale Shorts section:
* Basim Magdy, Egyptian artist
* Christine A. Maier, Austrian cinematographer
* Sebastian Urzendowsky, German actor

## Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Ballad of a White Cow | قصیده گاو سفید | Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moqadam | Iran, France |
| A Cop Movie | Una película de policías | Alonso Ruizpalacios | Mexico |
| Drift Away | Albatros | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| Fabian – Going to the Dogs | Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde | Dominik Graf | Germany |
| Forest - I See You Everywhere | Rengeteg - mindenhol látlak | Bence Fliegauf | Hungary |
| I'm Your Man | Ich bin dein Mensch | Maria Schrader | Germany |
| Introduction | 인트로덕션 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Memory Box | الدفاتر | Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige | France, Lebanon, Canada, Qatar |
| Mr. Bachmann and His Class | Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse | Maria Speth | Germany |
| Natural Light | Természetes fény | Dénes Nagy | Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany |
| Next Door | Nebenan | Daniel Brühl | Germany |
| Petite Maman | Petite Maman | Céline Sciamma | France |
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? | რას ვხედავთ როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ? | Alexandre Koberidze | Germany, Georgia |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 偶然と想像 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |

### Berlinale Special

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Best Sellers | Best Sellers | Lina Roessler | Canada, United States |
| Courage | Courage | Aliaksei Paluyan | Germany |
| For Lucio | Per Lucio | Pietro Marcello | Italy |
| French Exit | French Exit | Azazel Jacobs | Canada, Ireland |
| Je suis Karl | Je suis Karl | Christian Schwochow | Germany, Czech Republic |
| Language Lessons | Language Lessons | Natalie Morales | United States |
| Limbo | Limbo | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
| The Mauritanian | The Mauritanian | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom |
| Tides | Tides | Tim Fehlbaum | Germany, Switzerland |
| Tina | Tina | Daniel Lindsay, T. J. Martin | United States |
| Who We Were | Wer wir waren | Marc Bauder | Germany |

### Encounters

The following films were selected for the Encounters section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| As I Want | As I Want | Samaher Alqadi | Egypt, France, Norway, Palestine |
| Azor | Azor | Andreas Fontana | Switzerland, France, Argentina |
| The Beta Test | The Beta Test | Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe | United States, United Kingdom |
| Bloodsuckers | Blutsauger | Julian Radlmaier | Germany |
| District Terminal | Mantagheye payani | Bardia Yadegari, Ehsan Mirhosseini | Iran, Germany |
| The Girl and the Spider | Das Mädchen und die Spinne | Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Switzerland |
| Moon, 66 Questions | Selini, 66 erotiseis | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece, France |
| Rock Bottom Riser | Rock Bottom Riser | Fern Silva | United States |
| The Scary of Sixty-First | The Scary of Sixty-First | Dasha Nekrasova | United States |
| Social Hygiene | Hygiène sociale | Denis Côté | Canada |
| Taste | Vị | Le Bao | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan |
| We | Nous | Alice Diop | France |

### Panorama

The following films were selected for the Panorama section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All Eyes Off Me | Mishehu Yohav Mishehu | Hadas Ben Aroya | Israel |
| A Balance | Yuko No Tenbin | Yujiro Harumoto | Japan |
| Bliss | Glück | Henrika Kull | Germany |
| Brother's Keeper | Okul Tıraşı | Ferit Karahan | Turkey, Romania |
| Celts | Kelti | Milica Tomovic | Serbia |
| Censor | Censor | Prano Bailey-Bond | United Kingdom |
| Copilot | Die Welt wird eine andere sein | Anne Zohra Berrached | Germany, France |
| Death of a Virgin, and the Sin of Not Living | Death of a Virgin, and the Sin of Not Living | George Peter Barbari | Lebanon |
| Dirty Feathers | Dirty Feathers | Carlos Alfonso Corral | United States, Mexico |
| Genderation | Genderation | Monika Treut | Germany |
| Human Factors | Der menschliche Faktor | Ronny Trocker | Germany, Italy, Denmark |
| The Last Forest | A Última Floresta | Luiz Bolognesi | Brazil |
| Miguel's War | Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Lebanon, Germany, Spain |
| Night Raiders | Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | Canada, New Zealand |
| North By Current | North By Current | Angelo Madsen Minax | United States |
| Souad | Souad | Ayten Amin | Egypt, Tunisia, Germany |
| Ted K | Ted K | Tony Stone | United States |
| Theo and the Metamorphosis | Théo et les métamorphoses | Damien Odoul | France |
| The World After Us | Le monde après nous | Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas | France |

### Perspektive Deutsches Kino

The following films were selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| Instructions for Survival | Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze |
| Jesus Egon Christ | Jesus Egon Christus | David Vajda, Saša Vajda |
| Keep Moving | In Bewegung bleiben | Salar Ghazi |
| The Seed | Die Saat | Mia Maariel Meyer |
| When a Farm Goes Aflame | When a Farm Goes Aflame | Jide Tom Akinleminu |
| Wood and Water | Wood and Water | Jonas Bak |

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Bear: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn by Radu Jude
* Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
* Silver Bear Jury Prize: Mr. Bachmann and His Class by Maria Speth
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Dénes Nagy for Natural Light
* Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance: Maren Eggert for I'm Your Man
* Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance: Lilla Kizlinger for Forest - I See You Everywhere
* Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Hong Sang-soo for Introduction
* Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Yibrán Asuad for A Cop Movie (editing)

### Encounters

* Best Film: We by Alice Diop
* Special Jury Award: Taste by Lê Bảo
* Best Director: (ex-aequo)
** Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher for The Girl and the Spider
** Denis Côté for Social Hygiene
** Special Mention: Rock Bottom Riser by Fern Silva

### International Short Film

* Golden Bear for Best Short Film: My Uncle Tudor by Olga Lucovnicova
* Silver Bear Jury Prize: Day Is Gone by Zhang Dalei
* Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards: Easter Eggs by Nicolas Keppens

### Generation
#### Kplus competition

* Grand Prix: Summer Blur by Han Shuai
** Special Mention: A School in Cerro Hueso by Betania Cappato

#### 14plus competition

* Grand Prix: The Fam by Fred Baillif
** Special Mention: Cryptozoo by Dash Shaw