2009 Berlin International Film Festival (59th)

AWARD WINNERS

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  Golden Bear for Best Film: La teta asustada / The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) by Claudia Llosa
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  Grand Jury Prize (tie): Alle Anderen / Everyone Else (Germany) by Maren Ade and Gigante (Uruguay / Argentina) by Adrián Biniez
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  Best Director: Asghar Farhadi for About Elly (Iran)
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  Best Actor: Sotigui Kouyate for London River by Rachid Bouchareb
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  Best Actress: Birgit Minichmayr for Everyone Else
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  Silver Bear - Best Screenplay: Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger by Oren Moverman
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  Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound Design of Katalin Varga by Peter Strickland
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  Alfred Bauer Prize: Gigante (Argentina) by Adrián Biniez and Tatarak (Sweet Rush) by Andrzej Wajda
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  Honorary Golden Bear: Maurice Jarre
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  Berlinale Camera: Claude Chabrol, Günter Rohrbach, Manoel de Oliveira
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  Best First Feature Award: Gigante by Adrián Biniez
• Special Mention: Flickan (The Girl) by Fredrik Edfeldt
• Short Films
  
  
• Golden Bear: Please Say Something by David O’Reilly (Ireland)
  
• Silver Bear: Jade by Daniel Elliott (Great Britain)
  
• DAAD Short Film Prize: The Illusion by Susana Barriga (Cuba)
  
• Berlinale Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2009: Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf. Der Geburtstag by Lola Randl (Germany)
  
• Special Mentions: VU by Leila Albayaty and contre-jour by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller
  
  
• Generation Kplus Children
  
• Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) by Philippe Falardeau
  
• Special Mention for a Feature Film: Max Pinlig (Max Embarrassing) by Lotte Svendsen
  
• Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Ulybka Buddy (Buddha’s smile) by Bair Dyshenov
  
• Special Mention for a Short Film: Oh, My God! by Anne Sewitsky
  
  
• Generation 14plus Youth
  
• Crystal Bear for the best feature: My Suicide by David Lee Miller
  
• Special Mention: Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
  
• Crystal Bear for the best short film: Aphrodite’s Farm by Adam Strange
  
• Special Mention: Slavar by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn
  
  
• Generation Kplus
  
• Grand Prix for the best feature: C’est pas moi, je le jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!) by Philippe Falardeau
  
• Special Mention: Flickan (The Girl) by Fredrik Edfeldt
  
• Special Prize for Best Short Film: Oh, My God! by Anne Sewitsky
  
• Special Mention: Jerrycan by Julius Avery
  
  
• Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury
  
• Competition: Lille Soldat by Annette K. Ohleson
  
• Special Mention: London River by Rachid Bouchareb and My One And Only by Richard Loncraine
  
• Panorama: Welcome by Philippe Lioret
  
• Forum: Treeless Mountain by So Yong Kim
  
  
• FIPRESCI Prizes
  
• Competition: La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa
  
• Panorama: Nord (North) by Rune Denstad Langlo
  
• Forum: Ai no mukidashi (Love Exposure) by Sono Sion
  
• Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas: Storm by Hans-Christian Schmid
  
  
• C.I.C.A.E Prizes
  
• Panorama: Ander by Roberto Castón
  
• Forum: Cea mai fericita fata din lume (The Happiest Girl in the World) by Radu Jude
  
  
• Teddy Awards
  
• Feature: Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky) by Julián Hernández
  
• Documentary: Fig Trees by John Greyson
  
• Short: A Horse Is Not A Metaphor by Barbara Hammer
  
• Dialogue en perspective: Gitti by Anna Deutsch
  
• Special Mention: Polar by Michael Koch
  
• Actor’s Award: Franziska Petri in Für Miriam (For Miriam) by Lars-Gunnar Lotz and Jacob Matschenz in Fliegen (Fly) by Piotr J. Lewandowski
  
• Caligari Film Prize: Ai no mukidashi (Love Exposure) by Sono Sion
  
• NETPAC Prize (tie): Ma dai fu de zhen suo (Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic) by Cong Feng and Eoddeon gaien nal (The Day After) by Lee Suk-Gyung
  
• Peace Film Award: The Messenger by Oren Moverman
  
• Amnesty International Film Prize: Storm by Hans-Christian Schmid
  
• Femina Film Prize: Silke Fischer for production design in Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade
  
• Label Europa Cinemas Prizes (tie): Nord (North) by Rune Denstad Langlo and Welcome by Philippe Lioret
  
  
• READERS JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARDS
  
• Panorama Audience Award: The Yes Men Fix The World by Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr
  
• Berliner Morgenpost Readers’ Prize: Storm by Hans-Christian Schmid
  
• ELSE Siegessäule Reader’s Choice Award: City Of Borders by Yun Suh
  
• Tagesspiegel Readers’ Prize: Hayat var (My Only Sunshine) by Reha Erdem
  
• Volkswagen Score Competition Award: Atanas Valkov
  
• Berlin Today Award: Supriyo Sen for Wagah