Berlin Film Festival to Adopt Gender-Neutral Performance Awards
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variety.comLeo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Intl. Film Festival has decided that its performance awards will be gender-neutral for next year’s edition, which will be a physical event, although a hybrid model is intended for the European Film Market.Instead of awards for the best actor and actress, Silver Bears will be awarded for best leading performance and best supporting performance, the festival announced Monday.“We believe that not separating the awards in the acting field according to gender comprises a signal for a more gender-sensitive awareness in the film industry,” festival directors, Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, said in a statement.The event also said that the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, which.
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