February 17, 2022 (DeeD) – Berlinale Shorts, short films competition at Berlin International Film Festival, has announced the 2022 award winners.
The 72 Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival, has announced the 2022 awards in different competition sections of the festival, according to the official announcement on the festival’s website.
The short films competition of the Berlin International Film Festival, which is known as ‘Berlinale Shorts,’ has announced the 2022 award winners and the Berlinale Short Film candidate for the European Film Awards. Berlinale Shorts has honored two short films with the main awards of the 2022 festival and one short film won an special mention.
The 2022 international jury of the Berlinale were Rosa Barba from Italy, Payal Kapadia from India, and Reinhard W. Wolf from Germany.
‘Trap,’ by Anastasia Veber, from Russian Federation / Lithuania, won the Golden Bear for best short film at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale.
The short drama ‘Trap,’ captures the lives of young adults in Russia caught between drill and ecstasy, police checks and the desire to be there for each other.
The jury of the 2022 Berlinale Shorts awarded Anastasia Veber’s ‘Trap’ with the prestigious Golden Bear award for the following reason: “Through a masterfully crafted montage, fragments of the lives of young people, seemingly stuck in a controlling and oppressive society emerge. The carefully and minimally constructed narrative is used to draw us cinematically into a feeling of both ecstasy, resistance and hopelessness all at once. The forceful last scene puts us in a vortex of energy, leaving us no choice but to become a part of this world, by transporting us to an empowering communal feeling through the camera’s eye – produced by desires to imagine, trust and resist together.”
The Brazilian short drama, ‘Manhã de Domingo (Sunday Morning,’ by Bruno Ribeiro, won the Silver Bear jury prize for short film at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale.
In ‘Manhã de Domingo (Sunday Morning,’ by Bruno Ribeiro, a concert is coming up. Gabriela is sitting at the piano and playing – for herself, for him and for her mother. The piece of music changes each time and yet always remains the same. Memories surface, the present intertwines with the past. The deeper she goes, the closer she comes to finding inner peace and reconciliation.
The jury of the 2022 Berlinale Shorts awarded the Silver Bear award (Jury Prize for short film) to the short film ‘Manhã de Domingo (Sunday Morning,’ directed by Bruno Ribeiro, for the following reason: “In seemingly unrelated vignettes, the film moves from the anxiety of a musical performance to the experience of coming to terms with loss. Drama comes from subtle moments experienced by the protagonist, both in reality and in her imaginary reminiscences. With an extraordinary control over the cinematic image, Bruno Ribeiro paints a portrait of an artist who faces loss while struggling between fear and the desire to succeed.”
“Bird in the Peninsula” directed by Atsushi Wada, from Japan / France, won the special mention award of the 2022 Berlinale Shorts.
In “Bird in the Peninsula,” the boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.
‘El sembrador de estrellas (The Sower of Stars),’ directed by Lois Patiño, from Spain, was introduced as the Berlinale Short Film candidate for the European Film Awards.
In ‘El sembrador de estrellas (The Sower of Stars)’ by Lois Patiño, distant lights reveal the outline of a city. Illuminated ships cross the water with sleeping people on board and the night appears to become liquid. The sower of stars wakes them and travels with them through the city. They talk about this and that – and say goodbye to everything.