2017 Berlin Festival to launch documentary film prize September 6, 2016 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2017 Berlin Film Festival will feature a new award, honoring documentary films, The Hollywood Reporter said. The Glashutte Original Documentary Award, endowed with a $56,000 (€50,000) cash bursary, will go to the best non-fiction film from across all Berlin's festival sections, including the competition, Panorama, Forum, Generation, Berlinale Special, Culinary Cinema and the Perspektive Deutsches Kino. A three-member jury will pick the winner, with the cash split between the film's director and producer. The award will be presented during Berlin's official award ceremony at the close of the festival. “The award is an important signal for the field of documentary film, and at the same time a sign of respect and appreciation for the filmmakers who often have to realize their projects at great personal risk,” said Berlin festival director Dieter Kosslick in a statement. Documentaries, particularly on politically-controversial subjects, have long been a cornerstone of programming in Berlin. Fire at Sea, Gianfanco Rosi's doc exploring Europe's ongoing refugee crisis, won the Golden Bear at this year's festival. Ceaser Must Die, a mix of documentary and fiction set in an Italian prison from filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, took Berlin's top honor in 2012.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
