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'''Boddinale''' is an international film festival for Berlin-based directors that takes place every year starting on the second Thursday of February.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Berlin|first1=Official Website|title=Boddinale Filmfestival|url=http://www.berlin.de/kultur-und-tickets/tipps/film/festivals/2930878-2020379-boddinale-filmfestival.html|website=berlin.de|publisher=Berlin|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
The Festival is eleven days long, with the last day dedicated to an awards ceremony and re-screening of the winning films. Defined as a community festival,<ref>{{cite web|last1=d|first1=d|title=Von der Community für Neukölln|url=http://berliner-filmfestivals.de/2013/02/interview-zur-ersten-boddinale-2013|website=berliner-filmfestivals.de|date=9 February 2013|accessdate=20 May 2016|language=German}}</ref> Boddinale has no admission fees and take place in three art bars with several screens presenting the program simultaneously in Boddinstrasse, a street in Neukolln, Berlin, Germany.
Since its first edition in 2013 Boddinale has been defined by local media as "the unofficial little sister of the Berlinale"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flux|first1=FM|title=Patrick Richardt, die Boddinale & eine 7"-Ausstellung|url=http://archiv.fluxfm.de/feature/patrick-richardt-die-boddinale-eine-7-ausstellung/|website=Flux FM|accessdate=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611190133/http://archiv.fluxfm.de/feature/patrick-richardt-die-boddinale-eine-7-ausstellung/|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> or "the other Berlinale", in reference to the Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name=MEWES2016>{{cite web|last1=Mewes|first1=Sarah|title=The Other Berlinale|url=https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/117/ressort/european-lifestyles/article/the-other-berlinale|website=handelsblatt.com|publisher=Handelsblatt|accessdate=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624182444/https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/117/ressort/european-lifestyles/article/the-other-berlinale|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Festival was established by the art director Gianluca Baccanico as part of the program of Loophole ArtSpace, a venue for independent artists where the Festival. Since 2019 Boddinale moved its location at the historic building of the Flutgraben e.V.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krone|first1=Tobias|title=Filme aus Boddiwood|url=http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=ku&dig=2015%2F02%2F05%2Fa0221|website=taz.de|accessdate=21 May 2016}}</ref>
== Awards ==
Boddinale presents works from artists that are living in Berlin in five different categories: Feature, Documentary, Short, Animation, Music Video. All the directors are present for a question and answer session after their screening.<ref name=MEWES2016 />
A permanent jury board selects a winner for each category that is announced on the last Sunday of the Festival, after the ceremony the awarded movies are screened for a second time to close the Festival. Since the first edition the Winners are hosted for a night in April at Moviemento, the oldest active cinema in Germany.
== Jury ==
The Jury of Boddinale is permanent and is composed of Nele Fritzsche, Michael Lederer, Sven Loose, Carla Molino, Lorenzo Musiu, Magnus Reed, Franziska Rummel
== Winners == <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boddinale.com|title=archive|website=Boddinale|accessdate=23 May 2016}}</ref> ===2013=== * Best Feature - ''Anna Pavlova Lives in Berlin'' by Theo Solnik * Best Short - ''Vermin'' by Adi Gelbart * Loophole Award - ''Poor, Dumb, Young and White'' by R. K. Fielden * Special Mention of the Jury - ''So Glad I did'' by Helena Giuffrid
===2014=== * Best Feature - ''For a lot of euros more'' by Alberto Nikakis * Best Short - ''Das Meer im Fernseher'' by Dimitri Tsvetkov * Best Animation - ''DonPlusUltra, Im Bann des Doktor Fiese'' by Marcus Grysczok * Special Mention of the Jury - ''Santoor'' by Deborah Philips * Community Award - ''Hinterm Ostbahhof'' by Lenka Ritschny * Loophole Award - ''Thanks God Is Friday'' by Jan Beddegenoodts
===2015=== * Best Feature - ''Jerusalem for Cowards'' by Dalia Castel and Orit Nahmias * Best Short - ''Kathedralen'' by Konrad Kästner * Community Award - ''Kaptn Oskar'' by Tom Lass * Loophole Award - ''Pawnshop Santa'' by Mary Ocher * Special Mention of the Jury - ''Tiger der Series'' by Murat Ünal * Special Mention of the Loophole - ''Berlin Spricht Wände'' by Markus Muthig * Independent Life Award to Barbara Rosenthal
===2016=== * Best Feature - ''Buschow'' by Rosa Friedrich * Best Documentary - ''I spy with my little eye'' by Vivien Hartmann * Best Short - ''Murmel'' by Niels Kurvin, Anton Hempel * Best Animation - ''Lucky Strikes back'' by André Kirchner * Loophole Award - ''Berlin way of love'' by Salama Marine, Matthieu Do * Community Award - ''Jargo'' by Maria Solrun
===2017=== * Best Feature - "Zwei soldaten" by Paul Hoffmann * Best Documentary - "Valentina" by Maximilian Feldmann * Best Short - "The wind" by Johan Planefeldt * Best Music/Animation - "Hainbach - Miasmatic" by Nani Gutierrez * Best Music/Animation - "Gelbart - The big sleep" by Adi Gelbart * Loophole Award - "Keiner findet sich Orangensaft" by Hannah Schopf * Community Award - "Yalla Khartoum" by Andreas Lamoth & Frederic Leitzke
===2018=== * Best Feature - "Nur ein tag in Berlin" by Malte Wirtz * Best Documentary - "Of huge and small" by Artem Funk * Best Short - "Hostel" by Daniel Popat * Best Music Video - "ANDHIM - Mond" by Niklas Coskan * Best Animation - "Compartments" by Daniella Koffler and Uli Seis * Urban Spree Award - "Dust" by Deepak Tolange * Community Award - "Hollywoodturke" by Murat Ünal
===2019=== * Best Feature Tie - "Deckname Jenny" by Samira Fansa * Best Feature Tie - "Reise nach Jerusalem" by Lucia Chiarla * Best Documentary - "Anderswo" by Adrian Figueroa * Best Short - "Sulla soglia" by Riccardo Festa * Best Music Video - "Lila von Grau" by Julia Grauberger * Flutgraben Award - "Le Viol du Router" by Juliette Chenais De Busscher
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|www.boddinale.com}}
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