Palme d'Or
ENTRE LES MURS by Laurent Cantet
Grand Prix
GOMORRA by Matteo Garrone
Prize of the 61st Festival by Cannes ex-aequo
Catherine Deneuve for UN CONTE by NOËL by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
Clint Eastwood pour / for L’ÉCHANGE (The Exchange)
Award for the Best Director
ÜÇ MAYMUN (Three Monkeys / Les Trois Singes) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Jury Prize
IL DIVO by Paolo Sorrentino
Prix d'interprétation masculine
Benicio Del Toro for CHE by Steven SODERBERGH
Best Performance for an Actress
Sandra Corveloni for LINHA by PASSE by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMAS
Award for the Best Screenplay
LE SILENCE by LORNA by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
IN COMPETTION - SHORT FILMS
Palme d'Or
MEGATRON by Marian Crisan
Jury Prize
JERRYCAN by Julius Avery
CAMERA D'OR
HUNGER by Steve McQueen (Un Certain Regard)
Mention Spéciale Caméra d'Or
VSE UMRUT A JA OSTANUS (Ils mourront tous sauf moi) by Valeria Gaï GUERMANIKA (Semaine Internationale by la Critique)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Un Certain Regard Prize
TULPAN by Sergey Dvortsevoy
Jury Prize
TOKYO SONATA by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Heart Throb Jury Prize
WOLKE 9 by Andreas Drese
The Knockout of Un Certain Regard
TYSON by James Toback
Prize of Hope
JOHNNY MAD DOG by Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
CINEFONDATION
First Cinéfondation Prize
HIMNON (Hymne) by Elad Keidan (The Sam Spiegel Film and TV School, Israël)
Second Cinéfondation Prize
FORBACH by Claire Burger (La fémis, France)
Third Cinéfondation Prize
STOP by Park Jae-ok (The Korean Academy of Film Arts, Corée du Sud)
KESTOMERKITSIJÄT (Signalisation des routes) by Juho Kuosmanen (University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finlande)
Cannes 2008
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Berlin Film Festival 2008 - main prizes
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix: "Standard Operating Procedure," directed by Errol Morris
Silver Bear - Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Silver Bear - Best Actress:: Sally Hawkins in "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Silver Bear - Best Actor: Reja Nazi for "Song of Sparrows"
Silver Bear - Best Screenplay: Wang Ziaoshuai for "In Love We Trust" (Zuo You)
Silver Bear - Artistic Contribution: Jonny Greenwood for the score from "There Will Be Blood"
Best First Feature Award: "Asyl -- Park and Love Hotel," directed by Kumasaka Izuru
Alfred Bauer Prize: "Lake Tahoe," directed by Fernando Eimbcke
If you want to know who won the other prize, please click here.
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BAFTA awards 2008
BEST FILM
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi
BEST BRITISH FILM
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster/Joe Wright/Christopher Hampton
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Frank Marshall/Patrick Crowley/Paul L Sandberg/Paul Greengrass/Tony Gilroy/Scott Z Burns/George Nolfi
CONTROL – Orian Williams/ Todd Eckert/Anton Corbijn/Matt Greenhalgh
EASTERN PROMISES – Paul Webster/Robert Lantos/David Cronenberg/Steve Knight
THIS IS ENGLAND – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
CHRIS ATKINS (Director/Writer) – Taking Liberties
MIA BAYS (Producer) – Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
SARAH GAVRON (Director) – Brick Lane
MATT GREENHALGH (Writer) – Control
ANDREW PIDDINGTON (Director/Writer) – The Killing of John Lennon
DIRECTOR
ATONEMENT – Joe Wright
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Paul Greengrass
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Steven Zaillian
JUNO – Diablo Cody
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
MICHAEL CLAYTON – Tony Gilroy
THIS IS ENGLAND – Shane Meadows
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ATONEMENT – Christopher Hampton
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Ronald Harwood
THE KITE RUNNER – David Benioff
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Paul Thomas Anderson
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
nominations announced on Friday 4 January
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY – Kathleen Kennedy/Jon Kilik/Julian Schnabel
THE KITE RUNNER – William Horberg/Walter Parkes/Rebecca Yeldham/Marc Foster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
LUST, CAUTION – Bill Kong/James Schamus/Ang Lee
LA VIE EN ROSE – Alain Goldman/Olivier Dahan
ANIMATED FILM
RATATOUILLE – Brad Bird
SHREK THE THIRD – Chris Miller
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE – David Silverman
LEADING ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY – Michael Clayton
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – There Will Be Blood
JAMES McAVOY – Atonement
VIGGO MORTENSEN – Eastern Promises
ULRICH MÜHE – The Lives of Others
LEADING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
JULIE CHRISTIE – Away From Her
MARION COTILLARD – La Vie en Rose
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – Atonement
ELLEN PAGE – Juno
SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAVIER BARDEM – No Country for Old Men
PAUL DANO – There Will Be Blood
TOMMY LEE JONES – No Country for Old Men
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – Charlie Wilson’s War
TOM WILKINSON – Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT – I’m Not There
KELLY MACDONALD – No Country for Old Men
SAMANTHA MORTON – Control
SAOIRSE RONAN – Atonement
TILDA SWINTON – Michael Clayton
MUSIC
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Marc Streitenfeld
ATONEMENT – Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER – Alberto Iglesias
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jonny Greenwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Christopher Gunning
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Harris Savides
ATONEMENT – Seamus McGarvey
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Oliver Wood
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roger Deakins
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Robert Elswit
EDITING
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Pietro Scalia
ATONEMENT – Paul Tothill
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Christopher Rouse
MICHAEL CLAYTON – John Gilroy
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Roderick Jaynes
PRODUCTION DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Guy Hendrix Dyas/Richard Roberts
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Stuart Craig/Stephenie McMillan
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jack Fisk/Jim Erickson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Olivier Raoux/Stanislas Reydellet
COSTUME DESIGN
ATONEMENT – Jacqueline Durran
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Alexandra Byrne
LUST, CAUTION – Pan Lai
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Colleen Atwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Marit Allen
SOUND
ATONEMENT – Danny Hambrook/Paul Hamblin/Catherine Hodgson/Becki Ponting
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Kirk Francis/Scott Millan/David Parker/Karen Baker Landers/Per Hallberg
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Peter Kurland/Skip Lievsay/Craig Berkey/Greg Orloff
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Christopher Scarabosio/Matthew Wood/John Pritchett/Michael Semanick/Tom Johnson
LA VIE EN ROSE – Laurent Zeilig/Pascal Villard/Jean-Paul Hurier/Marc Doisne
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM – Peter Chiang/Charlie Noble/Mattias Lindahl/Joss Williams
THE GOLDEN COMPASS – Michael Fink/Bill Westenhofer/Ben Morris/Trevor Wood
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Tim Burke/John Richardson/Emma Norton/Chris Shaw
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END – John Knoll/Charles Gibson/Hal Hickel/John Frazier
SPIDER-MAN 3 – Scott Stokdyk/Peter Nofz/John Frazier/Spencer Cook
MAKE UP & HAIR
ATONEMENT – Ivana Primorac
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Jenny Shircore
HAIRSPRAY – Judi Cooper Sealy/Jordan Samuel
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET – Ivana Primorac/Peter Owen
LA VIE EN ROSE – Jan Archibald/Didier Lavergne
SHORT ANIMATION
THE PEARCE SISTERS – Jo Allen/Luis Cook
HEAD OVER HEELS – Osbert Parker/Fiona Pitkin/Ian Gouldstone
THE CRUMBLEGIANT – Pearse Moore/John McCloskey
SHORT FILM
DOG ALTOGETHER – Diarmid Scrimshaw/Paddy Considine
HESITATION – Julien Berlan/Michelle Eastwood/Virginia Gilbert
THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND – Charlie Henderson/James Griffiths/Tim Key/Tom Basden
SOFT – Jane Hooks/Simon Ellis
THE STRONGER – Dan McCulloch/Lia Williams/Frank McGuinness
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
(voted for by the public) – nominees announced on Tuesday 8 January
SHIA LABEOUF
SIENNA MILLER
ELLEN PAGE
SAM RILEY
TANG WEI
Goya Awards
El Orfanato / The Orphanage by Juan Antonio Bayona
La Soledad by Jaime Rosales
Las 13 rosas by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro
Siete mesas de billar francés by Gracia Querejeta
BEST SPANISH-LANGUAGE FOREIGN FILM / MEJOR PELÍCULA EXTRANJERA DE HABLA HISPANA
La edad de la peseta by Pavel Giroud de Cuba
Mariposa negra by Francisco J. Lombardi de Perú
Padre nuestro by Rodrigo Sepúlveda de Chile
XXY by Lucía Puenzo de Argentina
BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEJOR PELÍCULA DOCUMENTAL
El productor by Fernando Méndez-Leite
Fados by Carlos Saura
Invisibles by Isabel Coixet, Win Wenders, Fernando León de Aranoa, Mariano Barroso and Javier Corcuera
Lucio by Aitor Arregui and José Mª Goenaga
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE / MEJOR PELÍCULA DE ANIMACIÓN
Azur y Asmar by Michel Ocelot
Betizu eta urrezko zintzarria by Egoitz Rodríguez Olea
En busca de la piedra mágica by Lenard F. Krawinkel and Holger Tappe
Nocturna, una aventura mágica by Víctor Maldonado and Adriá García
BEST DIRECTOR / MEJOR DIRECCIÓN
Icíar Bollaín for Mataharis
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro for Las 13 rosas
Gracia Querejeta for Siete mesas de billar francés
Jaime Rosales for La Soledad
BEST NEW DIRECTOR / MEJOR DIRECCIÓN NOVEL
Juan Antonio Bayona, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Tom Fernández, for La Torre de Suso
David and Tristán Ulloa, for Pudor
Félix Viscarret, for Bajo las estrellas
BEST ACTOR / MEJOR INTERPRETACIÓN MASCULINA PROTAGONISTA
Alfredo Landa, for Luz de domingo
Álvaro de Luna, for El prado de las estrellas
Alberto San Juan, for Bajo las estrellas
Tristán Ulloa, for Mataharis
BEST ACTRESS / MEJOR INTERPRETACIÓN FEMENINA PROTAGONISTA
Blanca Portillo, for Siete mesas de billar francés
Belén Rueda, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Emma Suárez, for Bajo las estrellas
Maribel Verdú, for Siete mesas de billar francés
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR / MEJOR INTERPRETACIÓN MASCULINA DE REPARTO
Raúl Arévalo, for Siete mesas de billar francés
José Manuel Cervino, for Las 13 rosas
Julián Villagrán, for Bajo las estrellas
Emilio Gutiérrez Cava, for La Torre de Suso
Carlos Larrañaga, for Luz de domingo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS / MEJOR INTERPRETACIÓN FEMENINA DE REPARTO
Amparo Baró, for Siete mesas de billar francés
Geraldine Chaplin, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Nuria González, for Mataharis
María Vázquez, for Mataharis
BEST NEW ACTOR / MEJOR ACTOR REVELACIÓN
Óscar Abad, for El prado de las estrellas
Gonzalo de Castro, for La Torre de Suso
Roger Princep, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
José Luis Torrijo, for La Soledad
BEST NEW ACTRESS / MEJOR ACTRIZ REVELACIÓN
Gala Évora, for Lola, la película
Bárbara Goenaga, for Oviedo Express
Nadia de Santiago, for Las 13 rosas
Manuela Velasco, for Rec
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY / MEJOR GUIÓN ORIGINAL
Icíar Bollaín and Tatiana Rodríguez, for Mataharis
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, for Las 13 rosas
Gonzalo Suárez, for Oviedo Express
Gracia Querejeta and David Planell, for Siete mesas de billar francés
Sergio G. Sánchez, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY / MEJOR GUIÓN ADAPTADO
Ventura Pons, for Barcelona, (un mapa)
Laura Santullo, for La Zona
Félix Viscarret, for Bajo las estrellas
Tristán Ulloa, for Pudor
Imanol Uribe, for La carta esférica
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY / MEJOR FOTOGRAFÍA
José Luis Alcaine, for Las 13 rosas
Álvaro Gutiérrez, for Bajo las estrellas
Ángel Iguacel, for Siete mesas de billar francés
Carlos Suárez, for Oviedo Express
BEST EDITING / MEJOR MONTAJE
David Gallart for Rec
Fernando Pardo for Las 13 rosas
Elena Ruiz for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Nacho Ruiz Capillas for Siete mesas de billar francés
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / MEJOR MÚSICA ORIGINAL
Roque Baños, for Las 13 rosas
Carles Cases, for Oviedo Express
Míkel Salas, for Bajo las estrellas
Fernando Velázquez, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST ORIGINAL SONG / MEJOR CANCIÓN ORIGINAL
"Esa luz," by Luis Tosar, Piti Sanz, Santiago García de Leániz for Mataharis
"Fado da saudade," by Fernando Pinto Do Amaral, Carlos Do Carmo for Fados
"Glommy Sunday," by Lucía Jiménez for La caja Kovak
"Happy happy Chueca," by Diossa and Malyzzia for Chuecatown
BEST EXECUTIVE/LINE PRODUCER / MEJOR DIRECCIÓN DE PRODUCCIÓN
Juan Carmona and Salvador Gómez Cuenca, for Luz de domingo
Martín Cabañas, for Las 13 rosas
Teresa Cepeda, for Oviedo Express
Sandra Hermida, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST ART DIRECTION / MEJOR DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA
Wolfgang Burmann, for Oviedo Express
Edou Hydallgo, for Las 13 rosas
Gil Parrondo, for Luz de domingo
Josep Rosell, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST COSTUME DESIGN / MEJOR DISEÑO DE VESTUARIO
Sonia Grande for Lola, la película
Lena Mossum for Las 13 rosas
Lourdes de Orduña for Luz de domingo
María Reyes for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS / MEJORES EFECTOS ESPECIALES
Reyes Abades and Álex G. Ortoll, for El corazón de la tierra
David Ambid, Enric Masip and Álex Villagrasa, for Rec
Pau Costa, Raúl Ramanillos, and Carlos Lozano, for Las 13 rosas
David Martí, Montse Ribé, Pau Costa, Enric Masip, Lluis Castells and Jordi San Agustín, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST SOUND / MEJOR SONIDO
Carlos Bonmati, Alfonso Pino and Carlos Faruolo, for Las 13 rosas
Licio Marcos de Oliveira and Bernat Aragonés, for Tuya siempre
Iván Marín, José Antonio Bermúdez and Leopoldo Aledo, for Siete mesas…
Xavi Mas, Marc Orts, Oriol Tarragó, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR / MEJOR MAQUILLAJE and PELUQUERÍA
Lourdes Briones and Fermín Galán, for Oviedo Express
Lola López and Itziar Arrieta, for El Orfanato / The Orphanage
Mariló Osuna, Almudena Fonseca and José Juez for Las 13 rosas
José Quetglas and Blanca Sánchez, for El corazón de la tierra
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT / MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DE FICCIÓN
El pan nuestro by Aitor Merino Unzueta
Padam… by José Manuel Carrasco Fuentes
Paseo by Arturo Rúiz Serrano
Proverbio chino by Javier San Román
Salvador - Historia de un milagro cotidiano by Abdelatif Abdeselam Hamed
BEST ANIMATED SHORT / MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DE ANIMACIÓN
Atención al cliente by Marcos Valin and David Alonso
El Bufón y la infanta by Juan Ramón Galiñanes García
La Flor más grande del mundo by Juan Pablo Etcheverry
Perpetuum mobile by Raquel García-Ajofrin Virtus and Enrique García Rodríguez
Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito by Enrique Gato Borregán
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT / MEJOR CORTOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL
Caranbanchel, un barrio de cine by Juan Carlos Zambrana
El anónimo Caronte by Toni Bestard
El hombre felíz by Isabel Lucina Gil Márquez
Valkirias by Eduardo Soler
Honorary Goya / Goya de Honor
Alfred Landa
Rotterdam Film Festival 2008
VPRO Tiger Awards
Wonderful Town van Aditya Assarat (Thailand, 2007)
Flower in the Pocket van Liew Seng Tat (Maleisië, 2007)
Go with Peace Jamil van Omar Shargawi (Denemarken, 2008)
Dioraphte Award
Mutum van Sandra Kogut (Brazilië/Frankrijk, 2007)
NETPAC Award
What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! by Niu Chen-zer (Taiwan, 2007)
FIPRESCI Award
El cielo, la terra y la lluvia by José Luis Torres Leiva
KNF Award
Cargo 200 by Alexei Balabanov.
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Slamdance Film Festival 2008
GRAND JURY AWARDS
The New Year Parade - Tom Quinn
Best Narrative Feature: The New Year Parade directed by Tom Quinn
How To Be - Oliver Irving
Special Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature: How To Be directed by Oliver Irving
Song Sung Blue - Greg Kohs
Best Documentary Feature: Song Sung Blue directed by Greg Kohs
Special Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature: My Mother’s Garden directed by Cynthia Lester
Best Animated Short: Blood Will Tell directed by Andrew McPhillips
Best Documentary Short: The Ladies directed by C.A. Voros
Best Experimental Short: Doxology directed by Michael Langan
Best Narrative Short: Son directed by Daniel Mulloy
Special Honorable Mention for Narrative Short: 4960 directed by Wing-Yee Wu
AUDIENCE AWARDS
The Project - Ryan Piotrowicz
Best Narrative Feature: The Project directed by Ryan Piotrowicz
Best Documentary Feature: Song Sung Blue directed by Greg Kohs
Rock Garden: A Love Story - Gloria Kim
Global Audience Award for Best Anarchy Film: Rock Garden: A Love Story directed by Gloria U.Y. Kim
Woman in Burka - Jonathan Lisecki
Spirit of Slamdance Award: ("for exhibiting passion and talent as a filmmaker, commitment to the independent community, and enthusiastically embracing all Slamdance has to offer") Woman in Burka directed by Jonathan Lisecki
Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography: Crooked Lake / Portage, cinematography by Sascha Drews & Ezra Krybus
WRITER AWARDS Best Feature Length Screenplay: "The Wonder Girls" by Anthony Meindl
Best Short Screenplay: "Easy Pickins’" by Will Hartman
Best Teleplay: "Stage Six Pandemic" by Barbara Marshall
Best Horror Competition Screenplay: "The Punished" by Tony Mosher
Creative Excellence Award for the Horror Screenplay Competition: "Child in the Dark" by Damian Lahey & Ian Ogden
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Sundance Film Festival 2008
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
"Trouble The Water"; directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
"Frozen River"; directed by Courtney Hunt
World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary
"Man on Wire"; directed by James Marsh
World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
"King of Ping Pong" ("Ping Pongkingen"); directed by Jens Jonsson
Audience Award: Documentary
Fields of Fuel"; directed by Josh Tickell
Audience Award: Dramatic
"The Wackness"; directed by Jonathan Levine
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
"Man on Wire"; directed by James Marsh
World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic
"Captain Abu Raed"; directed by Amin Matalqa
Directing Award: Documentary
Nanette Burstein for "American Teen"
Directing Award: Dramatic
Lance Hammer for "Ballast"
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary
Nino Kirtadze for "Durakovo: Village of Fools" ("Durakovo: Le Village Des Fous")
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic
Anna Melikyan for "Mermaid" (Rusalka)
World Cinema Screenwriting Award
Samuel Benchetrit for "I Always Wanted To Be A Gangster" ("J'ai Toujours Reve D'Etre Un Gangster")
World Cinema Documentary Editing Award
Irena Dol for "The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins"
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary
Phillip Hunt and Steven Sebring for "Patti Smith: Dream of Life"
Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic
Lol Crawley for "Ballast"
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary
al Massad for "Recycle"
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic
Askild Vik Edvardsen for "King of King Pong" ("Ping Pongkingen")
Documentary Editing Award
Joe Bini for "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Alex Rivera and David Riker for "Sleep Dealer"
Special Jury Prizes
World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic
"Blue Eyelids ("Parpados Azules"), directed by Ernesto Contreas
Special Jury Prize: Documentary
"Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo," directed by Lisa F. Jackson
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, The Spirit of Independence
"Anywhere, U.S.A.," directed by Chusy Haney-Jardine
Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, Work by an Ensemble Cast
Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald and Brad Henke for "Choke"
Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking
"My Olympic Summer," directed by Daniel Robin
"Sikumi" ("On the Ice"), directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking
"Soft," directed by Simon Ellis
Shorts Jury Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking
"Aquarium" directed by Rob Meyer
"August 15th," directed by Xuan Jiang
"La Corona," ("The Crown"), directed by Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Oiran Lyrics," directed by Ryosuke Ogawa
"Spider" directed by Nash Edgerton
"Suspension," directed by Nicolas Provost
"W.," directed by The Vikings
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Alfred P. Sloan Prize
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Sundance Filmmakers Awards
The jury was made up of Gregg Araki, Jeremy Pikser, Erin Cressida Wilson, Martin Rejtman, Andrucha Waddington, Shekhar Kapur and Anand Tucker.
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Wim Wenders visits Palermo to promote new film (and eat Italian ices)
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Tromsø International Film Festival - '08 award
The AURORA prize is given by the Tromsø International Film Festival committee. The prize is 100.000 NOK sponsored by FILM&KINO, and ensures the film's distribution at Norwegian cinemas.
The prize goes to: WATER LILIES. Directed by: Cèline Sciamma, France 2007.
The jury: Vigdis Lian (leader of the Norwegian Film Institute), Bent Hamer (Film director), Petter Benestad (cinema director at Kristiansand Cinema og leader in The Norwegian Association of Cinema Directors).
The Don Quijote award is given out by the FICC jury – the international federation of film societies and non-profit cinemas.
The prize goes to: THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION. Directed by: Nils Gaup, Norway 2008.
The jury: Hege Kristin Widnes (Tromsø Film Society), Ada Guilà Puig (Fed. Catalana de Cineclubs, Barcelona), David Miller (British Federation of Film Societies).
The FIPRESCI award is the international film critic award.
The prize goes to: THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN. Directed by: Abdellatif Kechiche, France 2007.
The jury: Katharina Dockhorn (Filmwoche, Welt, Blickpunkt. Germany), Eero Tammi (Filmihullu, Finland), Øyvor Dalan Vik (Dagens Næringsliv, Norway).
The Norwegian Peace Film Award is given out by Tromsø International Film Festival, Center for Peace Studies at the University of Tromsø and the Student Peace Network.
The prize goes to: LITTLE MOTH. Directed by: Peng Tao, China 2007.
Honourable mentions: WHAT REMAINS OF US. Directed by: Hugo Latulippe, Francoise Prèvost, France 2004 and THE BAND’s VISIT. Directed by: Eran Kolirin, Israel, France, USA 2007.
The jury: Efrat Ben-Ze (Ruppin Academic Center and Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem), Unni A.B. Sørensen (Student Network for Peace, Tromsø), Hisham Zaman (film director, Oslo).
THE TROMSØ PALM is given to the best short or documentary from the “Films from the North’ program.
The prize goes to: KESÄN LAPSI (Summerchild). Directed by: Iris Olsson, Finland 2007.
The jury: Mika Ronkainen (filmregissør og produsent, Klaffi Productions, Finland), Endre Lund Eriksen (director and director, Tromsø), Torunn Nyen (Festival Director of the Norwegian Short Film Festival).
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65th Golden Globe Award Winners
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JULIE CHRISTIE
Away from Her
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
There Will be Blood
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
MARION COTILLARD
La Vie en Rose
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
JOHNNY DEPP
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
– FRANCE AND USA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CATE BLANCHETT
I'm Not There
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
JAVIER BARDEM
No Country for Old Men
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
JULIAN SCHNABEL
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN
No Country for Old Men
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
DARIO MARIANELLI
Atonement
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“GUARANTEED” — Into The Wild
Music & Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
MAD MEN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
GLENN CLOSE
Damages: The Complete First Season
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JON HAMM
Mad Men
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
TINA FEY
30 Rock
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
DAVID DUCHOVNY
Californication
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
QUEEN LATIFAH
Life Support
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
JIM BROADBENT
Longford
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
SAMANTHA MORTON
Longford
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JEREMY PIVEN
Entourage
Labels: Cinema news
Online film critics' society award 2007
Best Film: No Country for Old Men
Best foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men
Actor of the Year: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Charlie Wilson's War
Breakthrough Film Artist: Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Best Screenplay - Original: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Screenplay - Adapted: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Cinematography: Óscar Faura, The Orphanage
Best Score: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Once
Best Overlooked film: Air Guitar Nation
Labels: Cinema news
Critics' choice awards 2007
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
Best Actress
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Ratatouille
Best Young Actor
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Best Comedy Movie
Juno
Best Family Film
Enchanted
Best Picture Made for Television
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Best Documentary
Sicko

