Bavarian Film Awards 2008

2008 Bavarian Film Awards
 

 

Best Producer
Olga Film – Molly von Fürstenberg and Harald Kügler for Kirschblüten – Hanami / Cherry Blossoms
Best Direction
Fatih Akin for Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven
Best New Director and Screenwriter
Ralf Westhoff for Shoppen
Best Actor
Elmar Wepper for Cherry Blossoms
Best Actress
Martina Gedeck for Meine schöne Bescherung / Messy Christmas
Best New Performers
Elinor Lüdde for Meer is nich and Petra Schmidt-Schaller for Ein fliehendes Pferd
Best Documentary
Pepe Danquart for Am Limit
Best Cinematography
Benedict Neuenfels for Liebesleben
Best New Producers
Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller for Am Ende kommen Touristen / And Along Come Tourists
Best Youth Film
Detlev Buck for Hände weg von Mississippi
Best Score
Niki Reiser for Liebesleben
Special Award
Veit Helmer for Absurdistan
Honorary Award
Michael Ballhaus
Audience Award
Lissi und [...]

Best Films – 2002

A man is dead. Who among the greedy, ruthless, amoral singing-and-dancing suspects stuck in the snowbound countryside mansion has done it? 8 women is an acquired taste, bien sûr. What seems silly the first time around becomes increasingly wittier and funnier — though no less bizarre — with each repeated viewing. Beautifully shot by Jeanne Lapoirie and chock-full of bitingly sardonic lines and situations (adapted by director François Ozon and Marina de Van, from Robert Thomas’ play), this murder musical is dotted with 8 of the brightest stars of the French cinema of the last 7 (!) decades.
More than seventy years after her film début, Danielle Darrieux, in full form both as an actress and as a singer, joins [...]