02.16.08

Awards: Berlin Film Fest ‘08

Posted in Film Awards, Film Festivals tagged at 11:52 pm by Nick Plowman

Berlin Film Festival

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

2 Comments »

  1. soundtrackgeek said,

    Finally! Jonny Greenwood get an award for his great work.

  2. Nick Plowman said,

    Yeah, isn’t it just the most fantastic news!!!I am so glad, if anyone deserved it, it was JONNY!!!


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