Berlin 2006 Winners

There weren’t many surprises at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival awards. One of this year’s favorites, Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica, the story of a 12-year-old girl (Luna Mijovic, above, hugging Mirjana Karanovic) who discovers that she is the end result of a Bosnian war crime — namely, rape — was awarded the Golden Bear for best film.
Also on the political side, Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross took home the Silver Bear for best director for The Road to Guantanamo, which follows three British Muslims held at the notorious U.S. prison (located on the island of Cuba) where suspected terrorists — without having been formally charged and without access to legal representation — have been systematically tortured and abused.
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by Andre Soares | February 18, 2006   
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Berlin 2006: Golden Bear Film Line-Up

Berlin 2006: Golden Bear Film Line-Up

Opening film: Snow Cake, director Marc Evans

Candy, Neil Armfield

El Custodio / The Minder, Rodrigo Moreno

Elementarteilchen / The Elementary Particles, Oskar Roehler

Find Me Guilty, Sidney Lumet

Der Freie Wille / The Free Will, Matthias Glasner

Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic

Invisible Waves, Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Isabella, Pang Ho-cheung

L’Ivresse du pouvoir / Comedy of Power, Claude Chabrol

Offside, Jafar Panahi

A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman

Requiem, Hans-Christian Schmid

The Road to Guantanamo, Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross

Romanzo Criminale / Crime Novel, Michele Placido

Sehnsucht / Desire, Valeska Grisebach

Slumming, Michael Glawogger

En Soap / A Soap, Pernille Fischer Christensen

Zemestan, Rafi Pitts

by Andre Soares | February 3, 2006   
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