The curtain fell last Sunday Berlinale, which in its 73rd issue returned permanently to pre-pandemic normality. The numbers bear out the truth of the words: more than 320,000 moviegoers and 20,000 accredited professionals have filled theaters in the last ten days, enjoying an admittedly eclectic program. Of the latter, for the second time in a row since the last Venice Film Festival, a documentary was the winner: in particular, “Sur l’Adamant” by the Frenchman Nicolas Philibert, who himself seemed completely surprised to win the award. golden bear.

Committee President Kristen Stewart, 32, the youngest in the festival’s history, justified the choice of the film, which has a mental health theme, as follows: “You understand art when you see it; Or rather, you feel it.” This. And we in the committee felt this film with our bones.” Of course, more questions about what… they thought of Silver Bear, a Select Committee award that ended up being João Caniso’s The Bad Life, an admittedly indulgently mediocre film. On the contrary, Philippe Garrel’s direction in The Great Chariot was duly appreciated and accordingly awarded, as was the screenplay by Angela Sanelek in The Music, which was also partly filmed in Greece. However, the impressions at the awards ceremony were definitely stolen by the incredible little Sofia Otera from 20,000 Species of Bees, who walked away with the award for the first role.

But we’ve also had awards on the other side of the Atlantic, where Dan Quan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything” seems to greatly increase its Oscar chances. Over the past four days, a unique film with 11 nominations for gold figurines received the corresponding Producers Guild Award for the first time, and also won the Screen Actors Guild Award.

But let’s go in order. Simply put, the producers’ award is what usually points the way to the Best Picture Oscar. This particular Oscar is the only one for which all members of the Academy voted, however, those who receive it on stage are the producers themselves, so their opinion is taken into account. But the actors’ union, by far the biggest in Hollywood, plays an important role in the Oscar race. Of its own awards, “Everything, Everything” won a total of four: Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress and Best Actor for Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Hui Quan respectively, and most importantly, for the entire cast of the film.