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Cannes 2008

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)

Berlin Film Festival 2008 - main prizes

The Golden Bear: "Tropa de Elite," directed by Jose Padilha

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.

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

BEST FILM / MEJOR PELÍCULA
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.

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

The jury was made up of: MicroCineFest director Skizz Cyzyk, IFP managing director Amy Dotson, Sidewalk fest co-founder Erik Jambor, Film Arts associate editor Laurie Koh, filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff, YouTube manager of film and animation Sara Pollack, director Todd Rohal, director Michael Skolnik, and True/False Festival co-founder David Wilson.


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

Sundance Film Festival 2008

Here is the list of the other awards from 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


You might be interested in Alfred P. Sloan Prize and in Sundance Filmakers Awards.

Alfred P. Sloan Prize

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival has announced that the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize is Alex Rivera's "Sleep Dealer" . The prize carries a $20,000 cash award for the filmmakers and is presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character.

Sundance Filmmakers Awards

The Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced the winners of the 2008 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards: Alejandro Fernandez for "Huacho," Braden King for "Here," Aiko Nagastu for "Apoptosis" and Radu Jude for "The Happiest Girl in the World." The winning director from each region will receive a $10,000 award and a guarantee from NHK to purchase the Japanese television broadcast rights upon completion of their project.
The jury was made up of Gregg Araki, Jeremy Pikser, Erin Cressida Wilson, Martin Rejtman, Andrucha Waddington, Shekhar Kapur and Anand Tucker.

Wim Wenders visits Palermo to promote new film (and eat Italian ices)

On Monday January 21st, in front of an assembly of nearly 300 afficionados, Wim Wenders delighted Palermo's Golden Theater audience with jokes and anecdotes about Shooting Palermo, his new film which will be ready in about four months' time. The brilliant German director, playwright and photographer who is already renowned for such films as Don't Come Knocking (Viva Butte, Montana!), Paris, Texas and Buena Vista Social Club, just to mention a few of his masterpieces, has fallen in love with Palermo's gourmet Italian ices and has decided to shoot a film in Sicily's capital city in order to stock up on lemon sorbets.
The Palermo Shooting stars Andreas Frege, "Campino", the lead singer of the German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen ( The Dead Trousers) [a photograph by Andreas Gursky of one of their concerts is on display at The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.] in the role of a German photographer who comes to Palermo in order to make a break with his past and finds... Sorry you'll have to see the movie for yourself when it comes out, spoilers verboten!!!
The cast, for now, subject to change without notice, includes the following: Campino, Dennis Hopper, Patti Smith, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Jana Pallaske, Lou Reed, Inga Busch, Udo Samel, Sebastian Blomberg, Melika Foroutan, Alessandro Dieli, Francesco Guzzo, Giovanni Sollima, Wolfgang Michael, Harry Blain, Axel Sichrovsky, Irina Gerdt and Gerhard Gutberlet.

(Lorraine Eda Rolla)

Tromsø International Film Festival - '08 award

The '08 award winners at Tromsø International Film Festival are now official. Five films have received awards, two have gotten received mentions. The festival's main prize, the AURORA, was given to the French film WATER LILIES directed by Cèline Sciamma. The prize money guarantees the film full cinema distribution in Norway. This year's opening film, THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION, won the FICC jury's Don Quijote prize.

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).

65th Golden Globe Award Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Atonement

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

Ratatouille

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

Extras

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

Longford

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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

JEREMY PIVEN

Entourage

Online film critics' society award 2007

On December 24, 2007 the Online film critics' society announced the 2007 nominees. The final ballots of OFCS awards go out on January 1-7, 2008. The winners should be anoounced on January 8, 2008, instead the ceremony was held on January 11, 2008:

Best Film: No Country for Old Men

Best foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon

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, The Savages

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 by Alexandra Lipsitz

Critics' choice awards 2007

On December 11, 2007 the BFCA members announced the Critics’ Choice Awards nominees. The final ballots go out to the BFCA members on January 3, 2008. The 13th annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony was held on January 7, 2008, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium:

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 Best Animated Feature
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