‘Survival of Kindness,‘ ‘Here’ win Critics’ Fipresci Awards
Rolf de Heer’s dystopian fable on racism and colonialism, Survival of Kindness, took the top Fipresci prize from Berlinale’s competition line up.
Bas Devos’ Still picked as best film from the Encounters section, and Malene Choi’s ‘The Quiet Migration’ winning best Panorama title.
Bas Devos’ Here, a quietly romantic drama about a construction worker and a scientist who cross paths and start to help one another, took the Fipresci prize for best film screening in Berlin’s Encounters section. The feature, produced by Belgian firm Quetzalcoatl, is being sold worldwide by China’s Rediance
The Quiet Migration, the feature debut of director Malene Choi (The Return), won the Fipresci best film prize for the Panorama section.
Won Riedel-Clausen stars in the film as the 19-year-old Carl, born in South Korea, who lives a quiet life in the Danish countryside with his Danish adoptive parents. His parents expect him to take over the family farm and continue with their traditions. But Carl also feels drawn to his native homeland and is caught between two worlds.
Choi co-wrote the film’s script together with Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen. Maria Møller Kjeldgaard produced for Manna Film. Paradis is handling distribution for The Quiet Migration in Denmark, and Mer Film in Norway. TrustNordisk is selling the film worldwide.
Vlad Petri’s Between Revolutions, a documentary composed entirely from archive material, that looks at life under the Romanian and Iranian dictatorship in the 1980s, through the lens of two female students and friends — one Iranian, one Romanian — was the Fipresci pick for best film in the 2023 Forum section. Produced by Activ Docs, it is being sold worldwide by CAT&Docs.
