Berlin Film Festival Awards 2008

Golden Bear: Tropa de Elite / The Elite Squad, 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

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 Johannesson

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 Felipe Sholl

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

Golden Bear Jury: Greek-born director Costa-Gavras (president), Taiwanese actress Shu Qi, US film editor Walter Murch, Russian TV and film producer Alexander Rodniansky, German production designer Uli Hanisch, and German actress Diane Kruger. At the last minute, Danish director Susanne Bier and French actress Sandrine Bonnaire had to cancel their participation at the festival.

Best First Feature Jury: Ben Barenholtz, Dominique Cabrera, Jasmila Zbanic

International Short Film Jury: Marc Barbé, Ada Solomon, Laura Tonke

Ecumenical Jury: Julia Helmke (jury president), Alina Birzache, Douglas P. Fahleson, Wolfgang Hussmann, Milan Šimacek, Magali Van Reeth

FIPRESCI Jury: Par Haddal (jury president), Jurica Pavicic, Barbara Hollender (Competition); Göran Bjelkendal, Hassouna Mansouri, Thomas Abeltshauser (Panorama); Elfriede Schmitt, Pablo Utin, Gulnara Abikejeva (Forum)

Guild of German Art House Cinemas Jury: Adrian Kutter, Hans-Werner Renneke, Rudolf Huber

C.I.C.A.E. Jury: Steffen Heinke, Francois Aymé, Tibor Biro (Panorama), Thorsten Kleinschmidt, Marta Krutel, Nikos Grigoriadis (Forum)

Label Europa Cinemas: Robert Kenny, Barbara Suhren, Marko Röhr, Wolfgang Steininger

Manfred Salzgeber Prize Jury: Bee Thiam, Mirsad Purivatra, Susanne Pfeffer

Teddy Awards Jury: Maria Cyber, Marcin Pietras, Yair Hochner, Vicci Ho, Meninapurtri Wismurti, Basil Tsiokos, Melissa Pritchard, Chirilov Mihai-Cristian

Caligari Film Prize Jury: Andreas Heidenreich, Dagmar Kamlah, Julia Teichmann

NETPAC Jury: Aditya Assarat, Garin Nugroho and Meenakshi Shedde

Dialogue in Perspective Jury: Suzanne Berjot, Hélène Courtel, Marie Klein, Ariane Kujawski, Markus Müller, Haddad Mehdi, Julian Radlmaier

Amnesty International Film Prize Jury: Heike Makatsch, Selina Nelte, Oliver Stoltz

Peace Film Prize Jury: Harriet Eder, Christoph Heubner, Oliver Passek, Wilma Pradetto, Monica Ch. Puginier, Michael Schorr, Christoph Wermke, Marianne Wündrich-Brosien, Christian Ziewer

Femina Film Prize Jury: Adriana Altara, Bettina Böhler, Ann Kristin Reyels

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