{"id":123435,"date":"2024-02-24T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/?p=123435"},"modified":"2024-08-07T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:56:49","slug":"blog-iffr-backed-titles-at-the-berlinale-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffr.com\/en\/blog-iffr-backed-titles-at-the-berlinale-2024","title":{"rendered":"IFFR-backed titles at the Berlinale 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A voice that claims to belong to a hippopotamus is that of Pepe, the entry point into a world full of stories in the film of the same name by Dominican filmmaker Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, who picked up the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlinale 2024. It\u2019s one of a number of IFFR-supported projects that screened and won prizes at the Berlinale this edition. Read about them all below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Film Still: Cu Li Never Cries<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cu Li Never Cries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

dir. Lan Pham Ngoc, Vietnam, Singapore, France, Philippines, Norway
World premiere in Panorama
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund for development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband, a woman clings to dwindling ties to her past while her niece prepares for her wedding and worries about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner of GWFF\u2019s Best First Feature Award <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Film Still: Cu Li Never Cries<\/strong>
Source: Berlinale 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\t
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