56th Berlin International Film Festival - Awards

Awards

• Golden Berlin Bear:
  • Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams by Jasmila Zbanic
  • Best Short Film - Never Like the First Time! by Jonas Odell
• Silver Berlin Bear:
  • Best Film Music - Isabella by Peter Kam
  • Best Actor - Moritz Bleibtreu for The Elementary Particles
  • Best Actress - Sandra Hüller for Requiem
  • Best Director - Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for The Road to Guantanamo
  • Best Short Film - Penpusher by Guillaume Martinez
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement - Jürgen Vogel for The Free Will
  • Jury Grand Prix - En soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen
• Honorable Mention:
  • Short Film - Maryam Keshavarz for El día que morí
• Honorary Golden Berlin Bear:
  • Andrzej Wajda
  • Ian McKellen
• Berlinale Camera:
  • Michael Ballhaus
  • Jürgen Böttcher
  • Laurence Kardish
  • Peter B. Schumann
  • Hans Helmut Prinzler
• Best Debut Film:
  • En soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen (director) & Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
• Panorama Audience Award:
  • Tomer Heymann for Paper Dolls
  • Short Film - Talya Lavie for The Substitute
• Crystal Bear:
  • Best Short Film - Cameron B. Alyasin for Never an Absolution
  • Best Feature Film - Niels Arden Oplev for We Shall Overcome
  • 14Plus: Best Feature Film - Henry Meyer for Four Weeks in June
• Crystal Bear - Special Mention:
  • Best Short Film: Irina Boiko for The Thief
  • Best Feature Film: Auraeus Solito for The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
  • 14Plus: Best Feature Film: Claude Gagnon for Kamataki
• Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix:
  • The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros by Auraeus Solito
• Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Award:
  • A Fish with a Smile by C. Jay Shih
• Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk - Special Mention:
  • Best Short Film - Vika by Tsivia Barkai
  • Best Feature Film - I Am by Dorota Kedzierzawska
• Teddy:
  • Best Short Film - El día que morí by Maryam Keshavarz
  • Best Documentary Film - Beyond Hatred by Olivier Meyrou
  • Best Feature Film - The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros by Auraeus Solito
• Teddy Jury Award:
  • Patrick Carpentier for Combat
• FIPRSECI Prize:
  • Competition - Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmid
  • Forum of New Cinema - So Yong Kim for In Between Days
  • Panorama - Knallhart for Detlev Buck
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • Competition - Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams by Jasmila Zbanic
  • Forum of New Cinema - Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon by Khalo Matabane
  • Panorama - The Collector by Feliks Falk
• C.I.C.A.E. Award:
  • Forum of New Cinema - Close to Home by Dalia Hager
  • Panorama - Yuan Zhang for Little Red Flowers
• Netpac Award:
  • Dear Pyongyang by Yong-hi Yang
• Prix UIP Berlin:
  • The Fence by Ricardo Íscar
• Alfred Bauer Award:
  • Rodrigo Moreno for El custodio
• Label Europa Cinemas:
  • Detlev Buck for Knallhart
• Caligari Film Award:
  • Ben Hopkins for 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep
• DIALOGUE en Perspective:
  • Bülent Akinci for Running on Empty
• DIALOGUE en Perspective - Special Mention:
  • Florian Gaag for Wholetrain
• Talent Movie of the Week:
  • Phillip Van for High Maintenance
• Berlin Today Award:
  • Anna Azevedo for BerlinBall
• Score Competition:
  • Alasdair Reid
• Manfred Salzgeber Award:
  • Tomer Heymann for Paper Dolls
• Panorama Short Film Award:
  • Tala Hadid for Your Dark Hair Ihsan
• DAAD Short Film Award:
  • Rony Sasson for Swanettes
• Peace Film Award:
  • Jasmila Zbanic for Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
• Amnesty International Film Prize:
  • Masoud Arif Salih for Narcissus Blossom
• Wolfgang Staudte Award:
  • Tizza Covi for Babooska
• Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas:
  • Matthias Glasner for The Free Will
• Femina-Film-Prize:
  • Yasmin Khalifa for Bye Bye Berlusconi!
• Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost":
  • Robert Altman for A Prairie Home Companion
• Reader Jury of the "Berliner Zeitung":
  • Shion Sono for Strange Circus
• Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule":
  • Tomer Heymann for Paper Dolls