2006 Marrakech Film Festival Awards Winners
The 2006 Marrakech Film Festival came to a close last night, Dec. 9.
Dominik Graf’s German drama Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo, a love story set in 1961 Dresden, starring Max Riemelt and Jessica Schwarz (above), won the Étoile d’Or for best film. Riemelt, for his part, received the best actor award.
The Grand Jury Prize went to Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean’s political drama Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue, about a soldier who changes sides during Romania’s bloody 1989 revolution.
French-Senegalese actress Fatou N’Diaye won the best actress award for her performance as a Rwandan waitress falling in love right the time of the Hutu genocide in Robert Favreau’s Canadian drama Un dimanche à [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Daniel Auteuil, Dominik Graf, Fatou N'Diaye, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Julie Gayet, Marrakech Film Festival, Max Riemelt, Susan Sarandon, The Paper Will Be Blue, The Red Cockatoo
Marrakech Film Festival Awards 2006
2006 Marrakech Film Festival Awards
2006 Marrakech Film Festival was held between December 1-9, 2006.
2006 Marrakech Film Festival award winners: Palais des Congrès on December 9, 2006
L’ETOILE D’OR / THE GOLDEN STAR: Der Rote Kakadu / The Red Cockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany)
JURY PRIZE: Hirtia va fi albastra / The Paper Will Be Blue by Radu Muntean (Romania)
BEST ACTOR: Max Riemelt for The Red Cockatoo by Dominik Graf (Germany)
BEST ACTRESS: Fatou N’diaye for Un dimanche à Kigali / A Sunday in Kigali by Robert Favreau (Canada)
TRIBUTES
Indian actress Kajol Mukherjee-Devgan
Indian actor Ajay Devgan
Moroccan actor Mohamed Majd
Egyptian filmmaker Tewfik Salah
American actress Susan Sarandon
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke
Jury: Filmmaker Roman Polanski (president, France / Poland); actress Sandrine Bonnaire (France); actress Maria de Medeiros [...]
by Andre Soares | December 9, 2006
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Tags: Ajay Devgan, Dominik Graf, Fatou N'Diaye, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Marrakech Film Festival, Max Riemelt, Radu Muntean, Susan Sarandon, The Paper Will Be Blue, The Red Cockatoo
Bavarian Film Awards 2006
2006 Bavarian Film Awards
2006 Bavarian Film Awards: Prinzregententheater in Munich on January 13, 2006
Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Best Production: Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, produced by Sven Burgemeister, Christoph Müller, Marc Rothemund, and Fred Breinersdorfer (directed by Marc Rothemund)
Best Director: Andreas Dresen, Sommer vorm Balkon
Best Young Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others
Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Best Actress: Nina Hoss, Die Weiße Massai
Best Young Actor: Max Riemelt, Der Rote Kakadu
Best Young Actress: Sandra Hüller, Requiem
Best Screenplay: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others
Best Cinematography: Hans-Günther Bücking, Schneeland
Best Documentary: Die Große Stille / Into [...]
by Andre Soares | January 14, 2006
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Tags: Andreas Dresen, Film Awards, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Julia Jentsch, Max Riemelt, Maximilian Schell, Nina Hoss, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days, Ulrich Mühe
