Berlin Film Festival Awards 2007
February 18th, 2007 by Andre Soares
2007 Berlin Film Festival Awards
2007 Berlin Film Festival: February 8–18, 2007
Berlin Film Festival 2007 Winners - Article
2007 Berlinale: Films in Competition
International Competition
Golden Bear for the Best Film: Tu ya de hun shi / Tuya’s Marriage by Wang Quan’an
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix: El Otro / The Other by Ariel Rotter
Silver Bear - Best Director: Joseph Cedar for Beaufort
Silver Bear - Best Actor: Julio Chávez in El Otro / The Other by Ariel Rotter
Silver Bear - Best Actress: Nina Hoss in Yella by Christian Petzold
Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution: To the ensemble cast of The Good Shepherd by Robert De Niro
Silver Bear - Best Film Music: David Mackenzie for Hallam Foe
Alfred Bauer Prize: (for innovative work) Sai bo gu ji man gwen chan a / I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Ok by Park Chan-wook
Honorary Golden Bear: Arthur Penn
Berlinale Camera: Gianni Miná, Màrta Mészáros, Ron Holloway und Dorothea Moritz
Best First Feature Award: Vanaja by Rajnesh Domalpalli
International Short Film Competition
Golden Bear: Raak by Hanro Smitsman (The Netherlands)
Silver Bear (ex aequo): Decroche by Manuel Schapira (France) and Mei by Arvin Chen (USA-Taiwan, China)
Prix UIP: Rotten Apple by Ralitza Petrova (UK)
The DAAD Short Film Award: Annem Sinema Ögreniyor by Nesimi Yetik (Turkey)
Generation Awards
Generation Kplus Children’s Jury Awards
Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film: Dek Hor / Dorm by Songyos Sugmakanan
Special Mention: Mukhsin by Yasmin Ahmad
The Crystal Bear for Best Short Film: Menged by Daniel Taye Workou
Special Mention: Land gewinnen / Gaining Ground by Marc Brummund
Generation 14plus Youth Jury Awards
The Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: Adama Meshuga’at / Sweet Mud by Dror Shaul
Special Mention: The Fall by Tarsem Singh
International Jury of Generation Kplus
Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for Best Feature Film: Mukhsin by Yasmin Ahmad
Special Mention: Dek Hor / Dorm by Songyos Sugmakanan
Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for Best Short Film: Land gewinnen / Gaining Ground by Marc Brummund
Special Mention: Drengen i kufferten / Having a Brother by Esben Toft Jacobsen
Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury
Competition: Tu ya de hun shi / Tuya’s Marriage by Wang Quan’an
Panorama: Luo Ye Gui Gen / Getting Home by Zhang Yang
Forum: Chrigu by Jan Gassmann and Christian Ziörjen
Prizes of the FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) Juries
Competition: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále / I Served the King of England by Jirí Menzel
Panorama: Takva / Takva - A Man’s Fear of God by Özer Kiziltan
Forum: Jagdhunde / Hounds by Ann-Kristin Reyels
Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas: Hallam Foe
by David Mackenzie
C.I.C.A.E. (International Confederation of Art House Cinemas) Awards
Panorama: The Bubble by Eytan Fox
Forum: Heimatklänge / Echoes of Home by Stefan Schwietert
Label Europa Cinemas Award: El Camino de los Ingleses / Summer Rain by Antonio Banderas
Manfred Salzgeber Prize: (to a film "that broadens the boundaries of cinema today") The Tracey Fragments by Bruce McDonald
Special Mention: Boldog új élet / Happy New Life by Árpád Bogdán
Teddy Awards (for films with gay content)
Best Feature Film: Ci-Qing / Spider Lillies by Zero Chou
Special Mention for cinematography: La León by Santiago Otheguy
Best Documentary Film: A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory by Esther B. Robinson
Spcial Teddy: Helmut Berger, for his body of work
Teddy Audience Award: Notes on a Scandal by Richard Eyre
Dialogue en perspective Award: (for films screened in the German Cinema Perspective sidebar) Prinzessinnenbad / Pool of Princesses by Bettina Blümner
Special Mention: Hotel Very Welcome by Sonja Heiss
Caligari Film Prize: (for a film screened in the Forum) Kurz davor ist es passiert / It Happened Just Before by Anja Salomonowitz
Special Mention: Wolfsbergen by Nanouk Leopold
NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Prize (ex aequo): Tuli by Auraeus Solito and Ichijiku no kao / Faces of a Fig Tree by Momoi Kaori
Peace Film Prize: Goodbye Bafana by Bille August
Amnesty International Film Prize: När Mörkret Faller / When Darkness Falls by Anders Nilsson
Femina Film Prize: (for "outstanding artistic contribution of a female technician") Editor Bettina Böhler for Yella by Christian Petzold
Readers Juries and Audience Awards
Panorama Audience Award: Blindsight by Lucy Walker
The Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Jury Award: (for a film in the Competition section) Irina Palm by Sam Garbarski
The Siegessäule Readers’ Jury Award: (for a film with gay content) The Bubble by Eytan Fox
The Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury: (for a film in the Forum) Heimatklänge by Stefan Schwietert
Prizes of the Berlinale Talent Campus
Volkswagen Score Competition Award: (for sound designers and composers) Ilja Coric
Berlin Today Award: (for a short film about Berlin) Kasia Klimkiewicz (Poland) and Andrew Friedman (USA) for Wasserschlacht – The Great Border Battle
International Competition Jury: American director-screenwriter Paul Schrader (president), Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, German actor Mario Adorf, American actor Willem Dafoe, Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, and Danish film editor Molly Malene.
Best First Feature Jury: Judy Counihan, Niki Karimi, and Gerhard Meixner
International Short Film Jury: Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima (Nigeria), Riina Sildos (Estonia), Ning Ying (China)
Generation Children’s Jury: Can Deniz Binici, Sandra Botzet, Liliann Fischer, Maïmouna Guirassy, Maxim Michaelis, Anita Oberlin, Mara Ohlhoff, Sammy Steward, Paul Trabhardt, Ngoc Diep Lila Tran, and Moritz Wagner
Generation Youth Jury: Lena-Lotte Agger, Silvia Dudek, Elif Erönder, Till Gerber, Adam Heise, Jean-Marc Philippe Montag and Ruby Reimann
International Jury of the Generation Kplus Competition: Andreas Steinhöfel, Sitora Alieva, Justin Johnson, Leontine Petit, and Reza Bagher
Ecumenical Jury: Charles Martig (jury president). Angelika Obert, Théo Peporte, Anita Uzulniece, Marjorie Suchocki, Katharina Zeckau
FIPRESCI Juries: Phillip Bergson, Heike Hurst, Jerzy Plazewski (Competition); José Carlos Avellar, Jürgen Kiontke, Dinko Tucakovic (Panorama); Salome Kikaleishvili, Dana Linssen, Rüdiger Suchsland (Forum)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas Jury: Adrian Kutter, Werner Renneke, Burkhard Hofmann
C.I.C.A.E. Jury: Stephanie Flauger, Nikos Grigoriadis, Marianne Piquet in the Panorama; Katri Laiho, Ursula Philipp Schürmann, Davide Zanza in the Forum
Label Europa Cinemas Jury: Georgette Ranucci, Michal Drobny, Christian Schmalz, Staš Ravter
Manfred Salzgeber Prize Jury: Udi Aloni, Kanako Hayashi, and Jost Hering
Teddy Jury: Charlie Boudreau (jury president), Ailton Franco Jr., Frédéric Arends, Kam Wai Kui, Michaela Pnacekova, Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Jason Plourde, Fanney Tsimong
Dialogue en perspective Jury: Mathilde Bonnefoy (president), Anja Göbel, Michael Hack, Anton Ludwig, Stéphane Demoustier, Aurore Giraudon, Thomas Hochmann, Elisabeth Scherrer
Caligari Film Jury: Rolf-Rüdiger Hamacher, Peter Link, Beate Preisler
NETPAC Jury: Budi Irawanto (president), Intishal al Timimi and Yang Yong-hi
Peace Film Prize Jury: Harriet Eder, Christoph Heubner, Wilma Pradetto, Monica Chana Puginier, Simone Schmollack, Michael Schorr, Marianne Wündrich-Brosien
Amnesty International Film Prize Jury: Christiane Paul, Ayfer Ergün, and Dietmar Kammerer
Femina Jury: Sophie Maintigneux, Katharina Sykora, and Monika Treut
Volkswagen Score Competition Jury: Martin Steyer, Martin Todsharow and Jan Kaczmarek
Berlin Film Festival 2007 Winners - Article
2007 Berlin Film Festival: Films in Competition
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Miami Film Festival Awards 2007
Nordic Film Festival Awards 2007
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SXSW Film Festival Awards 2007
Tiburon Film Festival Awards 2007
Tokyo Film Festival Awards 2007
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
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