Kristofer Purnell - Philstar.com
February 22, 2025 | 11:11am
MANILA, Philippines — Antoinette Jadaone's "Sunshine," starring Maris Racal, won the Crystal Bear at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).
The Crystal Bear is awarded to the Best Film of both the Generation Kplus and the Generation 14plus competition, the latter where "Sunshine" competed in.
Jadaone and one of the movie's actors, EJ Canlas, attended the European premiere of "Sunshine" in Berlinale.
Maris was also at the Berlinale for the opening ceremony and even hit the red carpet, but she left Germany before her movie's premiere.
Dutch filmmaker Emma Branderhorst, German filmmaker Asli Özarslan, and Toronto International Film Festival curator Ikoro Sekai were part of the Generation Jury.
Producer Bianca Balbuena noted that "Sunshine" marked the third time a project she produced won at Berlinale.
The previous two were Lav Diaz's "Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis" winning the Silver Bear in 2016 and Pham Ngoc Lan's "Cu Li Never Cries" winning the Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film-und Fernsehrechten Best First Feature Award last year.
