01 · 26 · 17 Daniela Michel To Serve on the Jury at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard For FICM it is a great honor to announce that Daniela Michel, founder and director of the Morelia International Film Festival, will serve on the jury that will award the Glashütte Original Documentary Prize at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The Glashütte Original Documentary Prize is a new award, announced specially for the 67th edition of the Berlinale, which will take place from the 9th - 19th February, 2017. A total of 16 documentaries, taken from different competitive sections of the festival, are nominated for a cash prize of €50,000 and a Glashütte Original trophy. The winning film will be announced during the festival´s prize ceremony on the 18th of February. For a number of years, the Berlinale has been dedicated to showcasing and supporting documentary filmmaking. Last year Gianfranco Rosi´s Fuocoammare was the first documentary to ever win the festival´s main prize, the Golden Bear. The film was recently nominated for the Best Documentary prize at the 2017 Oscars. Daniela Michel, together with filmmaker Laura Poitras - who won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2014 for her film Citizenfour - along with renowned director, screenwriter and producer Samir, are the three jury members who will select the first winner of this prestigious prize. Michel has also participated as a juror for both the Un Certain Regard and Semaine de la Critique sections of the Cannes Film Festival; the Venice International Film Festival; Sundance Film Festival; the Locarno International Film Festival; San Sebastián Film Festival; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and the Sarajevo Film Festival, among others. She has also played key roles in Rockefeller Foundation Arts Fellowships and the Rolex “Mentor and Disciple” Art Initiative.
