The Perspectives jury consists of Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui, German director Frédéric Hambalek, and Polish-Canadian programmer Dorota Lech. They will select a winner from the debut fiction features premiering in Berlin’s new-ish Perspectives sidebar. The award comes with €50,000 ($60,000) in prize money funded by German collection society Gwff, split between the director and producer.
Alaoui previously won the Sundance Special Jury Prize for her 2023 sci-fi thriller debut Animalia. Hambalek’s second feature, Was Marielle weiß, was in competition in Berlin last year. Lech serves as the Festival Director of the New Horizons International Film Festival and is a programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival.
Judging the Berlinale Documentary Award this year are directors Lemohang Mosese and Shaunak Sen , and film scholar and critic B Ruby Rich. Mosese,…
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