2009 Santa Barbara Film Festival Awards
2009 Santa Barbara Film Festival: Jan. 22-Feb. 1, 2009
In Max Färberböck's A Woman in Berlin, a nameless woman (Nina Hoss) tries to survive in Berlin in the aftermath of the Soviet occupation of that city. Written by Färberböck and Catharina Schuchmann, A Woman in Berlin is based on a (anonymous) journalist's diary first published in Switzerland in 1959, in which the author discussed the mass rapes of German women perpetrated by Soviet forces. Färberböck is no stranger to the plight of women during World War II, as can be attested by his 1999 romantic drama Aimée & Jaguar.
Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema: Poppy Shakespeare, directed by Benjamin Ross
Best International Film Award: A Woman in Berlin, directed by Max Farberbock
Nueva Vision Award for best Spanish-language film: Amar a morir, directed by Fernando Lebrija
Best Eastern Bloc Cinema Award: Tulpan, directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy
Best Documentary Film Award: Yes Madam, Sir, directed by Megan Doneman
Bruce Corwin Award for Best Live Action Short Film Under 30 Minutes: Love You More, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood
Bruce Corwin Award for Best Animation Short Film: This Way Up, directed by Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith
The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award: Yes Madam, Sir
Audience Award: Skin, directed by Anthony Fabian
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A Woman in Berlin sounds like a must-see. Will it be released in the US?
Isn't "Tulpan" from Kazakhstan? is that consiered Eastern Block?