Berlinale 2022: Golden and Silver Bear winners

In this sun-filled drama about the clash between traditional agriculture and profit maximization, Catalan director Carla Simon portrays a tight-knit family of peach farmers who face eviction following the death of their large orchard's owner. The movie's amateur actors impress with exceptionally natural performances.

An author and a filmmaker meet, hoping to find new inspiration for their work: In "The Novelist's Film," South Korean director Hong Sangsoo celebrates the beauty of chance encounters. The jury was won over by the film, mostly shot in black-and-white, featuring the prolific auteur's trademark playful conversations on life, art and drinking.

Renowned for her editing work with directors such as Carlos Reygadas, Natalia Lopez Gallardo's filmmaking debut is a gritty Mexican crime mystery telling the story of a woman who gets caught in the search for a missing person. The anti-thriller's elliptical mood echoes the trauma caused by the country's criminal underbelly. It was awarded a Silver Bear.

German director Andreas Dresen tells the story of the fight to release Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz, a battle led by his Bremen-based Turkish mother Rabiye, portrayed by comedian Meltem Kaplan. Her outstanding performance was recognized with a Silver Bear, while another one went to Dresen's longtime collaborator, screenwriter Laila Stieler.

Director Kamila Andini explores the life of a woman called Nana (Happy Salma), who lands in a privileged situation after the Indonesian civil war in the mid-1960s. Her husband's lover, Ino, becomes her friend; the character is depicted by actor Laura Basuki (top), who won a Silver Bear for her performance.

Recognized with a Silver Bear for her sensitive filmmaking, Claire Denis' latest work stars Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon. The couple's relationship unravels when Binoche's ex reappears. The drama is one of the rare films in the competition set during the pandemic. At the award ceremony, Denis thanked the actors, as well as her longtime music collaborators, Tindersticks.

Cambodian director Rithy Panh depicts a dystopian world in which animals take over as leaders. Elaborate dioramas of clay figurines are set against videos of genocidal ideologies and disturbing images of experiments on animals.

A hard-working man settles in a remote Alpine village for work, and gets married to a local woman. Yet due to a brain tumor, his behavior gets increasingly erratic. For this homage to life in the mountains, director Michael Koch worked with local amateur actors. The arthouse film is accentuated by a choir singing traditional Swiss mourning songs.