London 2009: Dominic Cooper, Matthew Beard, Kerry Fox

Actor Dominic Cooper attends An Education press conference during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Mayfair Hotel on October 20. An Education is a potential Oscar 2010 best picture contender. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Director Hans-Christian Schmid, Kerry Fox arrive for the premiere of Storm, winner of the Amnesty International Film Prize at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 20. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Matthew Beard at the premiere of An Education during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 20. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

by Joan Lister | October 26, 2009   
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German Film Critics Awards 2007 Winners

Sandra Hüller in Requiem (top); Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (bottom)

Surprisingly, the Association of German Film Critics did not pick Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s internationally acclaimed Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others as the best German film of 2006. Instead, their choice was Hans-Christian Schmid’s Requiem, based on the real-life story of a woman who believed herself possessed by the devil. (That same story also inspired the undemonic The Exorcism of Emily Rose.) Henckel von Donnersmarck had to content himself with winning the best first film prize.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, The Lives of Others has had the biggest opening for a German-language film ever in the United States. (I’m assuming [...]

by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007   
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German Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 German Film Critics Association Awards
2007 German Film Critics Association Award winners: Berlinale on Feb. 13, 2007
 

Sandra Hüller in Requiem
 

Best Film: Requiem directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
Best First Film: Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Best Documentary (tie): Behind the Couch directed by Viet Helmer and Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen / Germany: A Summer Fairytale by Sonke Wortmann
Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, Requiem
Best Screenplay: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Sommer vorm Balkon / Summer in Berlin
Best Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski, The Lives of Others
Best Editing: Patricia Rommel, The Lives of Others
Best Score: Bert Wrede, Knallhart
 
German Film Critics Association site
German Film Critics Awards: 2006 2007 2008
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by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007   
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