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Winners of the Berlinale 2015

Congratulations to Mexican filmmaker Gabriel Ripstein whose film 600 millas won the Award for Best First Feature at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

This is the second consecutive year in which a Mexican filmmaker has won this Award - in 2013 it was awarded to Alonso Ruizpalacios for Güeros. That film also received prizes at the 12th edition of FICM last year, including Best Actor in a Mexican Feature for Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre and Leonardo Ortizgris; Best First or Second Mexican Feature; the Audience Award and the Press Prize.

Michel Franco, Gabriel Ripstein and Moisés Zonana with the Award for Best First Feature. Image from the Berlinale.

Below we list the main prizes awarded by the 2015 Berlinale:

- Golden Bear for Best Film: Taxi, by Jafar Panahi – Iran
- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: El club, by Pablo Larraín – Chile
- Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize: Ixcanul Volcano, by Jayro Bustamente – Guatemala and France
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Radu Jade for Aferim! – Romania, Bulgaria & the Czech Republic
- Silver Bear for Best Director (ex aequo): Malgorzata Szumowska for Body – Poland
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh – United Kingdom
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tom Courtenay for 45 Years, directed by Andre Haigh – United Kingdom
- Silver Bear for Best Script: Patricio Guzmán for El bóton de nacár – France, Chile & Spain
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for the camera in Victoria, directed by Sebastian Schipper – Germany
- Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (ex aequo): Evgenly Privin and Sergey Mikhalchuk for the camera in Pod electricheskimi oblakami, directed by Alexey German Jr. – Russia, Ukraine & Poland
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film: Hosanna, by Na Young-Kil – South Korea
- Silver Bear for Best Short Film: Bad at Dancing, by Joanna Arnow – United States

To see the full list of winners click here.