19 films, 10 days, 8 bears. The German director Tom Tykwer presides over the six-member jury that will decide who will be awarded the Golden and Silver Bears at this year's Berlinale.
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The Berlinale's international jury deciding 2018's best films
Six critical minds are to decide the winners of this year's Golden and Silver Bears. Oscar winners, a composer and a critic are represented in the jury headed by German director Tom Tykwer.
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Tom Tykwer
The president of this year's jury achieved his breakthrough 20 years ago with " Run Lola Run." The Cate Blanchett thriller "Heaven" followed in 2002, while "The International" opened the Berlinale in 2009, one of six Tykwer films to show in Berlin. After the success of "Cloud Atlas" (2012), Tykwer shifted his focus to television with the hit series "Babylon Berlin" debuting on US Netflix in 2018.
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Cécile de France
French actress Cécile de France made her breakthrough with "L’auberge Espagnole" ('Pot Luck' or 'The Spanish Department') in 2002, and then starred opposite Jackie Chan in "Around the World in 80 Days." The actress was twice awarded a César, and was the European Shooting Star at the 2003 Berlinale. In 2017 she starred in "Django," which opened the Berlin film festival that year.
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Adele Romanski
2017 was a breakout year for the American producer Adele Romanski, whose film "Moonlight" won the Oscar and Golden Globe for best film — among numerous other international awards. Having already won plaudits for early indie films like director David Robert Mitchell's "The Myth of the American Sleepover" (2010), Romanski comes to the Berlinale at a time when her career is reaching new heights.
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Chema Prado
Director of the Spanish Cinemathèque for almost three decades until 2016, Prado is a highly experienced jury member, having sat on juries in Cannes, Locarno, Rotterdam, Venice, and also at the Sundance Film Festival. Prado is also well-known for his work preserving Spanish cinema and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Film Archives.
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Ryūichi Sakamoto
Born in Tokyo in 1952, Sakamoto has composed more than 30 soundtracks for renowned directors including Bertolucci, Almodóvar, De Palma and Iñárritu — for whom he composed music for the "The Revenant." His soundtrack for "The Last Emperor" received an Oscar and a Golden Globe in addition to a Grammy. Sakamoto has also created numerous solo albums and art installations.
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Stephanie Zacharek
The renowned film critic has worked for "Time" magazine since 2015 following stints with "The Village Voice" and "Salon.com." Her career started in the 1980s when she wrote for the "New York Times", the "New Yorker" and "Rolling Stone". A member of the New York Film Critics Circle, she is a regular on international film festival juries at Tribeca, Mumbai, Busan, and SXSW in Austin.
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The Golden and Silver Bears can create stars and or validate one's status as a renowned artist, so the results of the Berlinale award ceremony are highly anticipated every year all around the world.
This year, 19 films will compete for the top prize in the festival's main competition, including "Transit," a refugee drama by German director Christian Petzold, "Dovlatov," a 1970s Russian thriller by Alexey German Jr., "Daughter of Mine," an Italian family film directed by Laura Bispuri and the Polish work "Mug" by Malgorzata Szumowska.
"On Body and Soul" won the Golden Bear last yearImage: I. Enyedi
The six-member jury presided over by the German director Tom Tykwer will decide on the winners. Belgian actress Cécile de France or American producer Adele Romanski, who helped develop the 2016 hit "Moonlight," are among those who will judge the qualities of the competing titles.
Get to know the complete jury in the gallery above.
