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The 2025 Berlin International Film Festival declared the winners of its generation Kplus section, side strips of festival dedicated to children’s cinema, and are top honest Botanist From Jing Yi and animated features Michel Gondry Maya, give me a title.
A Jing Yi Error Removal feature Botanist (Zhi wu xue jia) took home Grand Prix international jury for Best Picture. Set up in a remote valley in Chinese Province of Xinjiang, the film follows a young man named Arsin, who lives with his grandmother and spends his days collecting herbal samples as they move on slow but inevitable changes in his lonely community. With a dream of atmosphere and striking natural images, Botanist He distinguished himself because of his immersed portrayal of the world intact modernity.
The international jury was also specifically mentioned by the Japanese director Satoko Yokohama Umba é ika michi (Sea serendipity), exploring the themes of friendship in childhood and self -disclosure along the coastal landscapes of Japan. In the short film category, Sylwia Szkiłądź’s Bus Won the best short film, while Colombian Filmš Itira Djura Landa Yagarí received a special memorial for Akababura: expression Anaring (Bakabubur: an expression of astonishment), visually expressive meditation about a miracle from childhood.
Chose a children’s jury of young filmmakers, went Crystal Bear for Best Picture Maya, give me a titlethe latest feature of a strange French filmmaker Michel Gondry (Sleep science,, The eternal sun of the flawless mind). Whimical Stop-Motion is a collaborative creation between Gondry and his daughter Maya. Starting when she was 4 years old and continued for six years, his girlfriend would be his person with ideas, invited to devise a title for a movie adventure in which she would star, and Daddy Gondry is in charge of using the title as a basis for stopping-Motion short for Maya.
Particularly mentioned is awarded Circus child (Circus) Julia Lemke and Anna Koch, a documentary feature that explores the unique world of a child who grows up in a traveling circus.
Children’s jury also appointed A small cinema club rebel Author Khozy Rizal as the best short film, recognizing his innovative approach to storytelling, while animated short short vera van wolvi Down in the deposits He received a special memory for his charming visual urt.
