A host of stars on the red carpet and around four hundred films nineteen of them were vying for those cover to silver and gold. Welcome to quito and our berlin all around up now choosing between these very diverse films was a tough task faced by the international jory headed up by german director tom take for style im not to say which films and acting performances they favorite. For gordon for best. Theyre going to mean theyre for been misinformed goes to touch mean not consume the blood fiction and reality the surprise of the evening including for its director i do not concede yet we were not expecting that all criticism centers on laura who wants to have a calm have a fear of intimacy. It through faith. Touch me not has shocked many with its frankness as thought provoking as it is sexually charged where the heart if. This cat feet. Touch me not pushes limits in many respects. For the next door to west for i took the box its the first animated film ever to open the belly now early in it gangs of dogs exiled to a japanese island fight for their territory a quirky fable about intolerance rancid i mean banana peels. Pickled in a sardine bones about broken egg shells an old smashed up with maggots all over it ok its worth it. To. Get out of here and dont come back. See the bear for best actor goes to Anthony Benson in the french productions a prayer twenty three year old partial plays thomas whos trying to kick drug addiction in a religious Halfway House and grappling with face. To face. But you know i dont. You see. To tell the level john tobin the first thought is pretty good youre into the culture. You cant fuck up for the most of us because the. Best actress. Of us. From part of why plays always drawn gay woman cheetah when her partner is put in jail she suddenly on her own its a tale of a months supply. Build up on the lead one to give life. The message. To live with. The woman. In her screen debut bruce plays with captivating vulnerability. This i dedicate this award to the fighting women of my country. Have already asked in year of the me to movements strong women have swept the board post and off camera at the ballerina certainly no coincidence. And here we are at the german film stand at the european film market its been a good year for the local Film Industry as witnessed by four german films in competition one of our favorites was three days in kiev own in which mary boleyn make its quite remarkable performance as germanys tragic film diva romy schneider. She always knew how to make an entrance in one thousand nine hundred one granted an interview to a german reporter from the magazine stand and celebrity photographer for bad live back a friend of hers live go up a. Little. Play here. The real mission remembers those three days and keep their home as though they were yesterday katie is then with. In the film directed by emily artifice played by whole bad good stick you exist taken aback by how cynical he seems becomes a hitch. Humble. Magazine reporters werent exactly the cuddly type was a real snake pit for everyone wanted to get ahead and who have a snack the biggest free got ahead. Night it was easy prey. To fall memorable dependent on booze and pills broke struggling to gain recognition in germany for more than had time is the future empress elizabeth of austria cissy when she was a teenager. Found that. Emily had this because her family are tough was inspired by this interview which really took place to create a Chamber Piece that has extraordinary psychological intensity and shooting it in black and white was a brilliant idea because it suggests intimacy but suggestion it also delivers on board. Director emily are also opted for black and white in order to reproduce the atmosphere of whole badly back photographs. The pictures of unfiltered so honest they dont show whole the schneid of the star the legend they show her without makeup in all her sadness bunch of the zest for life to. Stream to that is how it was i dont remember there being any color in people. By that he means that home each night his depression was all pervasive and hes also referring to the black and white way in which he interviewed her looking back he says those days in key back all helped him realize something. Of that even when you think youre decent you often arms and when you realize this then you can learn how to behave better in future. And from the its a pen name. Three d. Haul is a glimpse not just into the troubled soul live from each mind that of others to the film is a reenactment of a celebrity interview but its also far more than that. And here i am now with my german colleague katz just off on book and it is our great pleasure to welcome the three time oscar nominee a us actor willem dafoe you. Were in concord relations her on receiving your gold bearer for Lifetime Achievement here what does it mean to you to get this prize from the police not only say its a great honor i have a long history with the other nominees also i have a long history with women so all i feel very at home here its a place special to me so to be recognized for. You know were contributing something. Be it makes me feel useful youve played a wide variety of roles lead to all supporting roles here cameos on song how do you choose your roles and how do you choose the projects that you get involved in its intuitive. It has a lot to do with the director and the situation i look at the whole project because i maintain that you dont really know what a role is until you do it. And look very much to the people understand that you were a little skeptical about playing jesus christ i would then feel so skeptical it was more about the process would be very particular because we have so many ideas of who jesus is that i had to convince myself of those and try to. Start from zero one feel which really blow me away and its one of my favorite Favorite Movie of us was platoon you play the Sergeant Elias and it has one of the. Most important dying scenes in in movie history so was it fully improvised store im not at all it was but it was a very simple action i mean run for your life you know i knew where the explosions were i had no clue you know me i was in the middle of the jungle with many extras behind me i had to make my own explosions on my body and i knew where the explosions were so it was really a very simple action but its an action that we can all relate to running for your life being chased by five hundred people shooting you know you now picked up by. Escorting act oscar nomination for your role as poppy the Motel Manager in the projects what was the appeal of this project i knew we would be filmed. In the actual location where the story takes place so wed also be. The story that were telling is about a world that exists of basically hidden Homeless People living long term temporarily in this budget motel in the shadow of disneyland ive seen just the picture there with all the paired and you know where the period is that for your next growth for my next story. So what do you write i play a light housekeeper i want to look is all this i can and its eighty ninety so i want to be artists propre for the period yes all the things that you still want to achieve. Do you still have some ambition im still ambitious im still curious i still love you know you chase these moments where youre clear and when you sort of mouth in the material to have that kind of presence work ok thank you very much for joining us disappear. Disappear into something bigger. Thanks thank you that was. A roller coaster of emotions with some films that shook us to the core and all those that were for the soul for more of the winners take a look at our full festival coverage online and join us next time. By from berlin. I. Think it was all right. Thank you so much. Barry who. My god my god my. God. Oh my god oh my gosh. A museum. She. Says. Todays times. By. People who put big dreams on the big story. In the magazine on the dummy in