The awards of the 76th Berlinale were handed out February 21, with documentaries winning across all categories. The doc winners were:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
- Winner: Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird) by Anna Fitch, Banker White
- Members of the Jury: Wim Wenders (Jury President), Min Bahadur Bham, Bae Doona, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Reinaldo Marcus Green, HIKARI, Ewa Puszczyńska
BERLINALE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
- Winner: If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki, produced by Klára Mamojková, Wanda Kaprálová
- Special mention: TUTU by Sam Pollard
- Special mention: Was an Empfindsamkeit bleibt (Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party) by Daniela Magnani Hüller
- Members of the Jury: Lemohang Mosese, B Ruby Rich, Shaunak Sen
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
- Panorama winner endowed with €2,500: Bucks Harbor by Pete Muller
- Forum winner endowed with €2,500: River Dreams by Kristina Mikhailova
- Members of the Jury (Panorama): Jean-Jacques Cunnac, Douglas P. Fahleson, Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Members of the Jury (Forum): Stephen Brown, Ingrid Stapf, Lea Wohl von Haselberg
TEDDY AWARDS Best Documentary/Essay Film
- Winner: Barbara Forever by Brydie O’Connor
- Members of the Jury: Saagar Gupta, Skadi Loist, Daniela Vega, Sigal Yehuda, Ray Yeung
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE endowed with €4,000
- Winner: If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki
- Members of the Jury: Jonas Helmerichs, Marlene Hofmann, Moritz Mutter
PEACE FILM PRIZE endowed with €5,000
- Winner: TUTU by Sam Pollard
- Members of the Jury: Mahdiye Agahi, Jasmina Barckhausen, Therese Berg, Jakobine Motz, Christiane Mudra
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD endowed with €5,000
- Winner: What Will I Become? by Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos
- Members of the Jury: Gizem Emre, Sheri Hagen, Ines Wildhage
Additionally, Atlas of the Universe by Paul Negoescu received a Special Mention from the International Jury of Berlinale Generation Kplus.
