Adina Pintilie's "Touch Me Not" won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2018, causing a mixed reaction from critics.
The 24th Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale, Germany) closed with the win of Touch Me Not, which is set to spark controversy over the sex scenes and expose bold body. The film is Adina Pintilie's first feature film, the Romanian director. In the film, she observes and records a group of people of all ages, gender - from normal to mentally retarded or restricted mobility - to share and conduct sexual activity in a variety of styles and forms. In teh afternoon, many spectators rushed out of the movie theater because the film was flooded with sensitive images.
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| Adina won the Golden Bear. |
Sharing about her child of spirit, director Adina Pintilie said she tried to create a dialogue with the audience about the relationship, the privacy, the beauty of the body, the physical boundaries that people go through. . "I know many viewers find it uncomfortable to watch a movie, but I want to challenge the viewer, to have a conversation with us, as a mirror, especially in the context of the present. The modern society is increasingly afraid of contact with each other, "she said after receiving the award.
The film is highly experimental, mixed in the form of documentary and a show game with opaque white frames. The camera lens is always maximized to characterize the face as well as the body parts of the character, bringing a dreamy, illusory feel to the viewer. The once many award-winning Romanian director, whose works stand at the boundary between novels, documents and works of art, have impressive visual styles, experimental bravery with visual language and delicate exploration of human psychology.
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| A scene in "Touch Me Not". |
The Golden Bear award for Touch Me Not caused mixed opinions from international film journalists and critics present at the awards night. Share with VnExpress, film critic Mahari Seghid from Africa said that Touch Me Not has a different way of expressing but not the most prominent and not representative of the spirit of the Berlin Film Festival.
Both journalists Guiherme Genestreti (Brazil) and Jana Trnkova (Czech) shared views and expressed some scenes in the film that made them really uncomfortable. In contrast, Christine Huysmans, the CineFemme writer, completely agrees with the judge's decision: "To me, this is a bold, new-to-me film." A number of European and American news agencies such as the Guardian, Hollywood Reporter and AFP have confirmed that the film's success was unexpected.
Prior to the announcement of the award, when asked whether the highest title would cause surprising and satisfying film lover, chief judge, director Tom Tykwer, said: "50-50. This year's Golden Bear Awards are extremely different stories, diverse in content and form, and we've been discussing a lot, and sometimes our debate is longer than the film. It will be a showcase of what cinema is doing and will do in the future. "
Touch Me Not was also honored simultaneously at the independent category (in addition to the main contest category) with the GWFF Award for "Excellence Film" by the Association for the Protection of Film and Television Licenses.
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| Małgorzata Szumowska at the awards night. |
Grand Jury Prize belongs to Małgorzata Szumowska's Mug - Polish director. The film tells the sad story of Jacek - a young man, full of enthusiasm got unexpected accident at the site causing the handsome face destroyed. Over the course of several surgeries, Jacek is still abandoned by his biological mother and abandoned by his future wife, who treats him as the embodiment of the devil. The work conquers the audience by way of humorous narrative with deep sarcasm. Many writers praise the film for criticizing deeply humorous social issues. Delicate music and creative footage of the film are also highly regarded.
"I am extremely happy that this award is very important because the story in the film is a contemporary issue that not only aches in my country but in Europe as well," said director Małgorzata Szumowska. Thanks to the collaborators, I am extremely proud and happy because I am a female director. " This is not the first time that Małgorzata - the born 1973 director - win the Berlin Prize. In 2015, the Polish filmmaker also won the "Best Director" for Body.
Berlinale 2018 takes place from February 15th to 25th, bringing together hundreds of films of all genres in which 19 films competing for Golden Bear award. The event has attracted more than 140 news agencies and media outlets with nearly 4,000 journalists from around the world. Many topical topics have been portrayed on the screen, such as the refugee crisis and political tensions (The Waldheim Waltz, Isle of Dogs, Transit Dovlatov, Utoya, Aga, The Silent Revolution) Gender equality and feminism (The Heiresses, Eva, The Real Estate ...), contemporary issues such as the influence of social networking (Knook).
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| Casts of "Touch Me Not". |
This year, many Asian names appear at the festival as Hong Sang Soo (Grass), Lav Diaz (Season of Devils) and Hu Bo (An Elephant Sitting Still). A representative of a film distribution company in Lisbon (Portugal) said Hong Sang Soo's 66-minute film impressed him the most, prompting him to negotiate for a license in Portugal. Season of Devils - Philippines Movie - appreciated highly by critics with content around killing civilians in a wooded village in 1970s.
List of major awards at Berlinale 2018
Golden Bear for "Excellent film": Touch Me Not
Silver Bear Alfred Bauer for "The Movie opens up new vision": The Heiresses
Silver Bear for "Grand Prize of the judges": Twarz
Bronze for "Best Director": Wes Anderson (Isle of Dogs)
Silver Bear for "Best Actor": Antony (The Prayer)
Silver Bear for "Best Actress": Ana Brun (The Heiresses)
Silver Bear for "Best Screenplay": Museum
Silver Bear for "Outstanding Artistic Contribution": Elena Okopnaya (Dovlatov)
Golden Bear for short film: The Men Behind The Wall
Silver Bear for short film: Imfura
GWFF Award for Best Feature Film: Touch Me Not
Best Documentary film: The Waldheim Waltz
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