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MUTZENBACHER and FOR THE MANY nominated for Berlinale Documentary Award

MUTZENBACHER and FOR THE MANY nominated for Berlinale Documentary Award
The two Austrian documentary entries at the 72nd Berlinale – MUTZENBACHER by Ruth Beckermann (Encounters) and FOR THE MANY – THE VIENNA CHAMBER OF LABOUR by Constantin Wulff (Forum) are among the 18 documentaries selected across all sections for the prestigious documentary award. With her prior documentary WALDHEIM’S WALTZ Ruth Beckermann won the Berlinale Documentary Award already in 2018.
 
The following 18 films are nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award, sponsored by public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb):

Berlinale Special

Eine deutsche Partei (A German Party)
Germany
by Simon Brückner
World premiere / documentary form

Encounters

À vendredi, Robinson (See You Friday, Robinson)
France / Switzerland / Iran
by Mitra Farahani
World premiere /documentary form

Journal d'Amérique (American Journal)
France
by Arnaud des Pallières
World premiere / documentary form

Mutzenbacher
Austria
by Ruth Beckermann
World premiere / documentary form

Panorama

Dreaming Walls
Belgium / France / USA / Netherlands / Sweden
by Amélie van Elmbt, Maya Duverdier
World premiere / documentary form

Myanmar Diaries
Netherlands / Myanmar / Norway
by The Myanmar Film Collective
World premiere / documentary form

Nelly & Nadine
Sweden / Belgium / Norway
by Magnus Gertten
World premiere / documentary form

Nel mio nome (Into My Name)
Italy
by Nicolò Bassetti
World premiere / documentary form

No U-Turn (
Nigeria / South Africa / France / Germany
by Ike Nnaebue
World premiere / documentary form

Forum

Für die Vielen – Die Arbeiterkammer Wien (For the Many – The Vienna Chamber of Labour)
Austria
by Constantin Wulff
World premiere / documentary form

Geographies of Solitude
Canada
by Jacquelyn Mills
World premiere / documentary form

Mis dos voces (My Two Voices)
Canada
by Lina Rodriguez
World premiere / documentary form

Scala
Thailand
by Ananta Thitanat
World premiere / documentary form

Terra que marca (Striking Land)
Portugal
by Raul Domingues
World premiere / documentary form

The United States of America
USA
by James Benning
World premiere / documentary form

Generation Kplus

Terykony (Boney Piles)
Ukraine
by Taras Tomenko
World premiere / documentary form

Generation 14plus

Alis
Colombia / Chile / Romania
by Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas van Hemelryck
World premiere / documentary form

Kind Hearts
Belgium
by Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes
World premiere / documentary form