International Film Awards Berlin

International Film Awards Berlin, often shortened to ifab, is an annual film festival held in the city of Berlin, Germany. The festival was established in 2012.

This is the official logo of the International Film Awards Berlin, ifab.

Ifab was founded to promote and support the creation and distribution of quality independent filmmaking, striving to recognize excellence and diversity in cinema and to promote expression for filmmakers at all stages of their artistic careers. Founded as a non-profit organization the ifab is dedicated to the preservation and support of independent cinema. Each year the Festival Board seeks diverse selection that will decorate unknown, talented filmmakers.

The first ifab took place in 2013 at the Sputnick Moviehouse in Kreuzberg. For the 2014 edition the ifab moved to the Filmkunst 66 Movie Theater in Berlin-Charlottenburg. It was held from September 3 to 7, 2014.

The International Film Awards Berlin culminates in the presentation of several awards, including the Grand Prize: the Brandenburg Gate Award.

2014 ifab nominations and winning films

Best Animated Film ifab Award:

Dick Figures: The Movie (directed by Ed Skudder & Zack Keller) (winner)

Best Animated Short ifab Award:

Abschied (directed by Dominik Schmitt) (winner)

Fortunes: An Experimental Comedy (directed by Gregory Barth)

The Arctic Fox (directed by Annlin Chao)

Best Narrative Ultra Short (5 Minutes or shorter):

Si (directed by Sara Glaoua)

Maybe Another Time (directed by Khris Burton) (winner)

Actually (directed by Konstantinos Fragkoulis)

Kapi (directed by Burak Cilsal)

Best Narrative Short ifab Award:

One Night Only (directed by Che Grant)

Concrete/Night (directed by Noe Weil)

Hsu Jii – Behind the Screen (directed by Thomas Rio)(winner)

Killer Friend (directed by Kurt Husemöller)

Best Documentary Feature ifab Award:

The Secret Ingredient (directed by Dror Shostak)

The Engineer (directed by Juan Luis Passarelli)

Momento (directed by Steffen Boseckert) (winner)

Water Time: Surf Travel Diary of a MadMan (directed by Allan Weisbecker)

With Love From Madagasgar (directed by Klara Harden, Karsten Pruehl)

Best Documentary Short ifab Award:

Pit Trading 101 (directed by Jonathan Hoenig)

To Kill A Sparrow (directed by Zohreh Soleimani) (winner)

The Journey (directed by Torqil Jones & Julien Bertin)

Best Actress ifab Award:

I Put A Hit On You (Sara Caning)

See You Next Tuesday (Eleanore Pienta) (winner)

Hi Wo Ochiro – When The Sun Falls (Yuka Takeshima)

Best Actor ifab Award:

I Put A Hit On You (Aaron Ashmore)

The Curse Of Edgar (Brian Cox)

The Hyperglot (Michael Levi Harris) (winner)

Best Cinematography ifab Award:

The Third Sister (Patrick McDevitt & Oliver Rush)

Gustav (Anders Brekke Jorgensen) (winner)

Mediation (Carlos Montaner)

The Journey (Giles Harvey, Niclas Löffler, Julia Matyschik, Alex Schmalz)

Best Comedy ifab Award:

Forget Me Not (directed by Michael Beddoes)

The Hyperglot (directed by Michael Urie) (winner)

I put A Hit On You directed by (directed by Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart)

Tokyo Halloween Night (directed by Mari Okada)

Best Screenplay ifab Award:

Hsu Jii – Behind the Screen (Thomas Rio)

See You Next Tuesday (Drew Tobia) (winner)

I Put A Hit On You (Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart)

The Curse of Edgar (Marc Dugain)

Best Director ifab Award:

See You Next Tuesday (Drew Tobia)

Hsu Jii – Behind the Screen (Thomas Rio)

I Put A Hit On You (Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart)

The Curse of Edgar (Marc Dugain) (winner)

Best Movie - ifab Brandenburg Gate Award:

The Curse of Edgar (directed by Marc Dugain)

See You Next Tuesday (directed by Drew Tobia) (winner)

The Engineer (directed by Juan Luis Passarelli)

Dick Figures (directed by Ed Skudder, Zack Keller)

2013 ifab nominations & winning films

Best Animated Film ifab Award:

Hamar Alawar – Daddy ABC

Adam Floeck – Legacy (Winner)

David Shute - Uncle Wormsley’s Christmas

Best Narrative Ultra Short (5 Minutes or shorter):

Devon Avery – Practice Makes Perfect

Fabrice Bracq - TIME 2 SPLIT

Hussain Al-Riffaei – Voices (Winner)

Best Narrative Short ifab Award:

Robert Fritz - AKT 2

Jonathan Langager - Josephine and the Roach (Winner)

Martin Werner - Øresund

Explosions – Christopher Frey

Best Documentary Feature ifab Award:

Jason DaSilva - When I Walk (Winner)

Faramarz Beheshti – Salam Rugby

Aleksey Igudesman & Sebastian Leitner - Noseland

Best Actress ifab Award:

Dana Mikhail – Sur Ton Sein (Winner)

Ashly Burch – Must Come Down

Mackenzie Wiglesworth – Mother's Milk

Kendall Lynch - The People You Know

Best Actor ifab Award:

Fele Martinez – Sal

Casey Chapman – Mother's Milk (Winner)

Erlend Nervold – Thale

Jon Sigve Skard – Thale

Best Cinematography ifab Award:

David Bravo - Sal (Winner)

Youssef Nassar – Sur Ton Sein

Aleksander Nordhaas – Thale

Bill Otto – Must Come Down

Best Screenplay ifab Award:

Michael Bartlett – House of Last Things

Edward Pionke - Mother’s Milk

Aleksander Nordhaas – Thale (Winner)

Diego Rougier – Sal

Elizabeth Spear – The People You Know

Best Director ifab Award:

Edward Pionke - Mother’s Milk (Winner)

Faraj Aoun – Sur Ton Sein

Diego Rougier – Sal

Best Movie - ifab Brandenburg Gate Award:

Edward Pionke - Mother's Milk

Faraj Aoun – Sur Ton Sein (Winner)

Javiera Contador & Diego Rougier – Sal

Aleksander Nordhaas & Bendig Heggen Strønstad – Thale

External links

• Festival website in English