BERLIN Nominations 2025

Best Unproduced Script

The Second Son

The War on Peace

The Tree With No Heart

GOLD MINE

Connected – Deborah Hadfield

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Best Producer

Piengrutai Komaratat, Gun Osathanugrah & Chaval Eugene Hickey
Mahout

Marco Dominik Graf
Raindrop – The Journey of Water

Rutanya Alda
Land of the Mustaches

Gregory T Simmons, Jordan K Yospe, Henry Eshelman, Jason Spiewack & Gary Garver
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert:

Mandana Flodsson
PIZZICATO

Takuji Uehara
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Gregory T Simmons, Jordan K Yospe, Henry Eshelman, Jason Spiewack & Gary Garver SHORT
Mission Peace 2

Meg Poveromo
The Box Trap

Menna Laura Meijer
Gentle Justice

Marion H von Loewenstern
NEXT UP

Michaele Archer
Si tu

Steve Schmidt, Gabe Taylor, Noah Taylor
The Lake

Chinese Whispers – Rich Barker, Jessica Brooks, Deborah Hadfield,  John Beaumont-Kerridge, Suzanne Robinson, Edward O Forka, Simon Peat, Katie Peat

Loving Lovis –

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Best English Language Feature Film

Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert

The Box Trap

Loving Lovis

CHINESE WHISPERS

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Best Director

Gregory T Simmons
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert

Wei Tan

Meg Poveromo
The Box Trap

Chinese Whispers – Deborah Hadfield

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Best Actor

Kyle Knight
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert

Michel Hans Emmermacher
Loving Lovis

ARLO WHITE
Chinese whispers

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Best Actress

Meg Poveromo
The Box Trap

Priyanka Arya
Chinese whispers – Rose Muirhead

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Best Foreign Language Film

Faust- This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

Day Eight

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The Natural Born Actor

The Summer That Snowed

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Best Director of a Foreign Language Film

Sabina Shiari, Peyma
MajidiFaust- This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

Jose Gomez & Angela Medina
Day Eight

Mohammad Ravandi
PIZZICATO

Masahiro Ota
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Diako Ravandi
The Natural Born Actor

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Outstanding Actor in a Foreign Language Film

Amin Tabatabai
Faust- This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

Day Eight
Juan Angel

Eoin O’Brien
Mahout

Reza Ahadi
PIZZICATO

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Tatsuma Gotou

Diako Ravandi

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Outstanding Actress in a Foreign Language Film

Angeline Monegro
Day Eight

Piengrutai Komaratat
Mahout

Yumi Mukai
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Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film

Mahout

PIZZICATO

The Summer That Snowed

THE PAINTED VILLAGE

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Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film

THE PAINTED VILLAGE

Day Eight

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The Box Trap

The Natural Born Actor

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Best Short Film

FOREST 779

Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert: Short Film

LEFT UNSAID

NEXT UP

The Lake

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Best Director of a Short Film

Steve Barnett
FOREST 779

Gregory T Simmons
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert: Short Film

Ivanna – Drik
LEFT UNSAID

Marion H von Loewenstern
NEXT UP

Steve Schmidt
The Lake

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Outstanding Actor in a Short Film

Sidney Man
FOREST 779

Gregory T Simmons
Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert: Short Film

Alexander – Hristov
LEFT UNSAID

Logan Taylor
The Lake

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Outstanding Actress in a Short Film

Moya – Noctor
LEFT UNSAID

Hervine De Bood
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Best Visual Storytelling

LEFT UNSAID

NEXT UP

The Lake

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Best Documentary

Zeppelin oben rechts

Raindrop – The Journey of Water

Land of the Mustaches

reEarth …Rights of Nature

Memory for burial

Mission Peace 2

Gentle Justice

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Best Director of a Documentary

Olli Duerr
Zeppelin oben rechts

Marco Dominik Graf
Raindrop – The Journey of Water

Leon Joosen
Land of the Mustaches

Dharma Pundarika
reEarth …Rights of Nature

Memory for burial
Charlotte Jarrix & Maud Guillaumin

Gregory T Simmons
Mission Peace 2

Anneloor van Heemstra
Gentle Justice

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Best Short Documentary

Eating the Future

Freestyle Finale: Erlend Fagerli’s last season

Not In My Country!

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Best Director of a Short Documentary

Stijn van Baarle
Not In My Country!

Eating the Future
Katy Jenkyns

Morgan Mescal
Freestyle Finale: Erlend Fagerli’s last season

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Best Cinematography in a Documentary

Raindrop – The Journey of Water

Land of the Mustaches

Memory for burial

Eating the Future

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Best Editing of a Documentary

Zeppelin oben rechts

Not In My Country!

reEarth …Rights of Nature

Freestyle Finale: Erlend Fagerli’s last season

Gentle Justice

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Best Animation

FANTASIA

a Record of Mischief

Not a Rookie Sandpipper

Rossi Boomer

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Exceptional Showcase of the Arts Award

FANTASIA

Zeppelin oben rechts

The Tasty Kings with Blondie Chaplin “Maybe I’m a Queen”

a Record of Mischief

Not a Rookie Sandpiper

Rossi Boomer

Si tu

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Historical Interest Award

Land of the Mustaches

Memory for burial

UGLY DUCKLING

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Science & Education Award

Raindrop – The Journey of Water

Not In My Country!

reEarth …Rights of Nature

Eating the Future

Freestyle Finale: Erlend Fagerli’s last season

Mission Peace 2

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Best Originally Recorded Song

The Tasty Kings with Blondie Chaplin “Maybe I’m a Queen”

FANTASIA

Chinese Whispers – Natasha Hardy

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Best Sound Design

Gentle Justice

the summer that snowed

FANTASIA

The Tasty Kings with Blondie Chaplin “Maybe I’m a Queen”

a Record of Mischief

Not a Rookie Sandpipper

Rossi Boomer

Gentle Justice

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Best Hair & Makeup

FOREST 779

Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert: Short Film

Loving Lovis

CHINESE WHISPERS

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Best Set Design

Faust- This Had Never Happened OR Resurrection of Angels with Broken Wings

Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert

PIZZICATO

The Natural Born Actor

NEXT UP

The Lake

the summer that snowed

CHINESE WHISPERS

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Best Costume

FOREST 779

Staunch Moderates Experience Live, Virtual Concert

The Box Trap

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Best Picture of the Festival

Day Eight

Mahout

Loving Lovis

PIZZICATO

CHINESE WHISPERS