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24 August 2020The 2021 Berlin Film Festival will be held in attendance despite the covid-19 pandemic. This was announced today by the two managers, the Dutch Mariette Rissenbeek and the Italian Carlo Chatrian in a note. The Berlinale will be held from 11 to 21 February next with special security measures. Films will be registered for the festival on September 1st In 2020, the Berlinale was one of the last major events that could take place before the outbreak of the pandemic, which then blocked public life in Germany and elsewhere.The big news of next year, however, is that the award for best actor and best actress is abolished and the Silver Bear for the best leading performance and a Silver Bear for the best performance are established in its place. supporting characters, each assigned on a gender-neutral basis. "No longer separating awards by genre is a sign of greater gender awareness in the film industry," argue Rissenbeek and Chatrian.
Furthermore, the Alfred Bauer Prize, named after the founder of the festival and established in 1987, which had been suspended this year due to revelations about Bauer's connection with Nazism, is permanently canceled. In its place will be awarded the Jury Prize - Silver Bear.
These, therefore, are the 8 prizes to be awarded by the international Jury: Golden Bear for the best film (awarded to the producers of the film); Grand Prize of the Silver Bear Jury; Silver Bear for Best Director; Jury Prize Silver Bear; Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance; Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance; Silver Bear for Best Screenplay; Silver Bear for the best artistic contribution.
In 70 years, seven Italian actors have been awarded in Berlin: the Silver Bear as best actor went to Alberto Sordi for "Prisoner inmate" (1972), Michele Placido for "Ernesto" (1979), Gian Maria Volontè for "The Moro case" (1987) and Elio Germano for "I wanted to hide" (2020). Two Silver Bears for Best Actress: Elsa Martinelli for "Donatella" (1956) and Anna Magnani for "Wild is the Wind" (1958). Monica Vitti won the Silver Bear for "Best Single Contribution" for her performance in "Flirt" (1984).