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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Berlin 2008</title>
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		<title>THE ELITE SQUAD: The 2008 Berlin Film Festival&#8217;s Controversial Winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The second Brazilian production to win the Berlin Film Festival&#8217;s Golden Bear, José Padilha&#8217;s Tropa de Elite / The Elite Squad, a violent tale about Rio&#8217;s special police unit&#8217;s fight against slum-based druglords, was a controversial choice for the 2008 festival&#8217;s top award. Unlike the previous Brazilian winning entry, the considerably cozier Central Station back in 1998, The Elite Squad was greeted with strong reservations in certain quarters both in Brazil and elsewhere.
 &#34;The Elite Squad is a Hollywood movie spoken in Portuguese,&#34; wrote Plínio Fraga in the daily Folha de São Paulo. &#34;José Padilha&#8217;s effort is Hollywoodian when it comes to both its technical proficiency, and its social and esthetic conservatism. A quick-paced narrative, solid cinematography, impeccable sound, well-directed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin Film Festival Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reza Najie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Standard Operating Procedure]]></category>
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2008 Berlin Film Festival Awards
2008 Berlin Film Festival: February 7&#8211;17, 2008
2008 Berlin Film Festival &#8211; Competition Line-Up 
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Golden Bear: Tropa de Elite / The Elite Squad, directed by José Padilha
Silver Bear &#8211; The Jury Grand Prix: Standard Operating Procedure, directed by Errol Morris
Silver Bear &#8211; Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Silver Bear &#8211; Best Actor: Reza Najie for Song of Sparrows
Silver Bear &#8211; Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
Silver Bear &#8211; Best Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai for Zuo You / In Love We Trust
Silver Bear &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Francesco Rosi Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/francesco-rosi-retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Turturro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lino Ventura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvatore Giuliano]]></category>
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Francesco Rosi to Receive Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement

  Lino Ventura in Cadaveri eccellenti / Illustrious Corpses 

  Carmen

  Gian Maria Volonte in Il Caso Mattei / The Mattei Affair

  Gian Maria Volonte in  Cristo si è fermato à Eboli / Christ Stopped at Eboli

  James Belushi in Dimenticare Palermo / To Forget Palermo

  Gian Maria Volonte in Lucky Luciano

  Belinda Lee, Renato Salvatori in I Magliari / The Magliari

  Le mani sulla città / Hands Over the City

  Pedro Basauri Pedrucho, Miguel Mateo Miguelin in Il momento della verità / The Moment of Truth

  Salvatore Giuliano

  Charles Vanel in Tre fratelli / Three Brothers

  John Turturro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Francesco Rosi to Receive Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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This year&#8217;s  Berlin Film Festival will present the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement to the unabashedly political Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi, 85, on February 14, 2008. 
Rosi&#8217;s work includes Salvatore Giuliano (above), which earned him the best director Silver Bear in 1962; Cannes Palme d&#8217;Or winner The Mattei Affair (1972); and the Oscar nominated Three Brothers (1981). In conjunction with the homage, the Berlin Festival is screening 13 of the director&#8217;s films.
A former law student and journalist, Rosi began his film career as a screenwriter and assistant director, often collaborating with Luchino Visconti in the early 1950s. Later on, among Rosi&#8217;s most frequent sociopolitically conscious collaborators were screenwriters Suso Cecchi d&#8217;Amico and Tonino Guerra, and actor Gian Maria Volonté.
I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin 2008: Out of Competition Film Line-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Justin Chadwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katyn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Other Boleyn Girl]]></category>
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Out of Competition

Opening Film:
Shine a Light, USA 
by Martin Scorsese
with the Rolling Stones

 Fireflies in the Garden, USA (World Premiere) 
by Dennis Lee
with Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson

Katyn, Poland (International Premiere) 
by Andrzej Wajda
with Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski and Andrzej Chyra

The Other Boleyn Girl,  USA / Great Britain (World Premiere) 
by Justin Chadwick
with Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana

Closing Film:
Be Kind Rewind, USA (International Premiere) 
by Michel Gondry 
with Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz

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		<title>Berlin 2008: CHERRY BLOSSOMS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/berlin-2008-cherry-blossoms-there-will-be-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2008 Berlin Film Festival: Official Competition Line-Up Part II

Berlin 2008: Official Competition Line-Up &#8211; Part I

Kirschblüten &#8211; Hanami / Cherry Blossoms, Germany
by Doris Dörrie
with Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl

Lady Jane, France
by Robert Guédiguian
with Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Frédérique Bonnal

Lake Tahoe, Mexico / US (World Premiere) 
by Fernando Eimbcke
with Diego Cataño, Héctor Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara and Yemil Sefani

Musta Jaä / Black Ice, Finland / Germany (International Premiere)
by Petri Kotwica
with Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen

 Restless, Israel / Germany / Canada / France / Belgium
by Amos Kollek 
with Moshe Ivgy, Ran Danker, Karen Young, Phyllis Sommerville

S.O.P. Standard Operating Procedure, USA (World Premiere) 
by Errol Morris 

The Sparrow, Hong Kong
by Johnnie To 
with Simon Yam Tat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin 2008: Official Competition Line-Up</title>
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		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/berlin-film-festival-2008-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ballast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elegy]]></category>
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2008 Berlin Film Festival: Official Competition Line-Up
The Berlin Film Festival will be held between February 7&#8211;17, 2008.

Avaze Gonjeshk-ha / The Song of Sparrows,  Iran (World Premiere)
by Majid Majidi 
with Reza Najie, Maryam Akbari, Kamran Dehghan, Hossein Aghazi

Ballast, USA (International Premiere)
by Lance Hammer 
with Micheal J. Smith, Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs

Bam gua Nat / Night and Day, Republic of Korea (World Premiere)
by Hong Sangsoo 
with Kim Youngho, Park Eunhye, Hwang Soojung

Caos calmo / Quiet Chaos, Italy (International Premiere)
by Antonello Grimaldi 
with Nanni Moretti, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassman, Valeria Golino

Elegy, USA
by Isabel Coixet 
with Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper

Feuerherz / Heart of Fire, Germany / Austria 
by Luigi Falorni 
with Letekidan Micael

Gardens of the Night, Great Britain / USA [...]]]></description>
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