02.16.08
Awards: Berlin Film Fest ‘08

Awards given out at the Berlin Film Festival:
Golden Bear: The Elite Squad / Tropa de Elite, directed by José Padilha
Silver Bear – The Jury Grand Prix: Standard Operating Procedure, directed by Errol Morris
Silver Bear – Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Silver Bear – Best Actor: Reza Najie for Song of Sparrows
Silver Bear – Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
Silver Bear – Best Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai for Zuo You / In Love We Trust
Silver Bear – Artistic Contribution: Jonny Greenwood for the score from There Will Be Blood
Alfred Bauer Prize: Lake Tahoe, directed by Fernando Eimbcke
Honorary Golden Bear: Francesco Rosi
Berlinale Camera: Karlheinz Böhm (aka Karl Boehm) and Otto Sander
Best First Feature Award: Asyl — Park and Love Hotel, directed by Kumasaka Izuru
Full List of winners, including jury prizes so it is very long, after the cut.
Short Film Award
Golden Bear: O zi buna de plaja by Bogdan Mustata
Silver Bear: Udedh bun by Siddharth Sinha
Prix UIP: Frankie by Darren Thornton
DAAD Short Film Prize: B teme by Olga Popova
Special Mentions: Superfície by Rui Xavier and RGB XYZ by David OReilly
FIPRESCI Prizes
Competition: Lake Tahoe by Fernando Eimbcke
Panorama: Rusalka / Mermaid by Anna Melikian
Forum: Shahida – Brides of Allah / Brides of Allah by Natalie Assouline
Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury
Competition: Il y a longtemps que je t’aime… / I’ve Loved You So Long… by Philippe Claudel
Special Mention: Zuo You / In Love We Trust by Wang Xiaoshuai
Panorama: Boy A by John Crowley
Forum: Corridor #8 by Boris Despodov
Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas: Restless by Amos Kollek
C.I.C.A.E Prizes
Panorama: Revanche by Götz Spielmann
Forum: United Red Army by Wakamatsu Koji
“Label Europa Cinemas”: Revanche by Götz Spielmann
Manfred Salzgeber Prize: Megane / Glasses by Naoko Ogigami
Special Mention: Improvvisamente l’inverno scorso / Suddenly, Last Winter by Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi
Teddy Awards
Best Feature Film: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela by Olaf de Fleur
Jury Prize: Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Best Documentary Film: Football Under Cover by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi
Best Short Film: Tá by FelipeSholl
Dialogue en perspective: Drifter by Sebastian Heidinger
Special Mention: Lostage / Star-Crossed by Bettina Eberhard
Caligari Film Prize: Tirador / Slingshot by Brillante Ma. Mendoza
NETPAC Prize: United Red Army by Wakamatsu Koji
Special Mention: Paruthiveeran by Ameer Sulthan
Peace Film Award: Buda Az Sharm Foru Rikht / Buddha collapsed out of shame by Hana Makhmalbaf
Amnesty International Film Prize: Sleep Dealer by Alex Rivera
Special Mention: Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian
Femina Film Prize: Maria Gruber for set design, Revanche by Götz Spielmann
Special Mention: Isabelle Baumgartner for costume design, Teenage Angst by Thomas Stuber
Readers Juries and Audience Awards
Panorama Audience Award: Lemon Tree by Eran Riklis
2nd place: Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story by Julian Shaw
3rd place: Erika Rabau — Puck of Berlin by Samson Vicent
The “Berliner Morgenpost” Readers’ Jury: Il y a longtemps que je t’aime… / I’ve Loved You So Long… by Philippe Claudel
The ELSE Siegessäule Reader’s Choice Award: Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshagian
The “Tagesspiegel” Readers’ Jury: God Man Dog by Singing Chen
Volkswagen Audience Award: Conrad Oleak
Berlin Today Award: Maheen Zia for Match Factor
Prizes of the Generation Kplus Children’s Jury
Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film: Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame by Hana Makmalbaf
Special Mention: The Ten Lives of Titanic the Cat by Grethe Bøe
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: Nana by Warwick Thornton:
Special Mention: New Boy by Steph Green
Prizes of the Generation 14plus Youth Jury
Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film: The Black Balloon by Elissa Down
Special Mention: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley
Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: Café com Leite by Daniel Ribeiro
Special Mention: Take 3 by Roseanne Liang
Generation Kplus International Jury’s Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix for Best Feature Film: GO WEST! A Lucky Luke Adventure by Olivier Jean-Marie
Special Mention: Mutum by Sandra Kogut
Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Special Prize: My Uncle Loved the Colour Yellow by Mats Olof Olsson
Special Mention: POST! by Christian Asmussen and Matthias Bruhn
soundtrackgeek said,
February 17, 2008 at 8:17 am
Finally! Jonny Greenwood get an award for his great work.
Nick Plowman said,
February 17, 2008 at 8:21 am
Yeah, isn’t it just the most fantastic news!!!I am so glad, if anyone deserved it, it was JONNY!!!