Documentary on Mental Illness Care Facility Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival

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The documentary "Sur l'Adamant," which depicts a day care center for psychiatric patients docked on the Seine River in Paris, France, won the Golden Bear, the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.

On the 25th (local time), the jury of the competition section of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival held an awards ceremony at the Berlinale Palast in Berlin, Germany, and announced the Golden Bear for Best Film to "Sur l'Adamant," directed by Nicolas Philibert from France.

Jury president Kristen Stewart said the reason for the selection was that the film "constantly made us ponder what makes a film a film."

Director Nicolas filmed the documentary by observing the patients on the boat every day. It captured the divisions and boundaries between caregivers and patients, and how they open new possibilities by participating in treatment or art workshops. In his acceptance speech, he explained that it was "an attempt to overturn the image of 'crazy people.'"

The Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance was awarded to child actress Sofia Otero, who portrayed the transgender identity of an 8-year-old girl in the Spanish film "20,000 Species of Bees," directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren.

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