Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof

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February 29, 2020The film "There Is No Evil", directed by the Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof, won the Golden Bear at the 70th Berlin Film Festival.

This is the verdict of the international jury, chaired by British actor Jeremy Irons.

These are the other official prizes:

Silver bear Jury Grand Prix at "Never Rarely Sometimes Always", directed by Eliza Hittman (United States of America)

Silver bear for best South Korean director Hong Sang-soo for Domangchin yeoja ("The Woman Who Ran")

Silver bear for the best German actress Paula Beer for Christian Petzold's "Undine"

Silver bear for the best actor to Elio Germano for "I wanted to hide" by Giorgio Rights

Silver Bear for the script to the brothers Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo for "Favolacce", directed by them.

Silver bear for best artistic contribution to Jürgen Jürges for DAU photography. Nataša, directed by Il'ja Chržanovskij and Jekaterina Oertel (Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia)

Special silver bear for the 70th anniversary of the Berlinale in Effacer l'historique ("Delete History"), directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern (France, Belgium)

The main prizes of the independent juries go to the Iranian "There is no evil", by Mohammad Rasoulof (Ecumenical Jury and Guild Film Prize), and to "Undine", directed by the German Christian Petzold (Fipresci).

THE AWARDS OF THE OTHER SECTIONS

Encounters
Best flim is The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), directed by CW Winter and Anders Edström (United States of America, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, China, United Kingdom)
Special Jury Prize to The Trouble with Being Born, directed by Sandra Wollner ( Austria , Germany)
Directed in Malmkrog, directed by Cristi Puiu (Romania , Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia)
Mention to Isabella, directed by Matías Piñeiro (Argentina , France)

documentaries
Irradiés, directed by Rithy Panh (France, Cambodia), in the main section
Aufzeichnungen aus der Unterwelt, directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel (Austria), in Panorama

First work
To Colombian Los conductos, directed by Camilo Restrepo (France, Colombia, Brazil)
Mention to Nackte Tiere, directed by Melanie Waelde (Germany), section "Encounters"

Short Films
Golden Bear T, directed by Keisha Rae Witherspoon (United States of America)
Silver bear in Filipiñana, directed by Rafael Manuel (Philippines, United Kingdom)
Short in animation Genius Loci, directed by Adrien Mérigeau (France)