2009 (59th) Berlin International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Berlin International Film Festival
• Period: February 5th-15th
• Location: Berlin, Germany

Awards

• Golden Bear: "The Milk of Sorrow" (Spain/Peru)
• Jury Grand Prix - Silver Bear: "Everyone Else" (Germany) / "Gigante" (Uruguay/Germany/Argentina)
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Asghar Farhadi ("About Elly")
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Birgit Minichmayr ("Everyone Else")
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sotigui Kouyate ("London River")
• Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Sound Design): "Katalin Varga" (Romania/UK)
• Silver Bear for Best Script: Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon "The Messenger" (USA)
• Alfred-Bauer Prize: "Gigante" (Uruguay/Germany/Argentina) / "Sweet Rush" (Poland)
• Best First Feature Award: "Gigante" (Uruguay/Germany/Argentina)
• Special Mention (Best First Feature): "The Girl" (Sweden)
• Golden Bear (Short Film): "Please Say Something" (Ireland)
• Silver Bear (Short Film): "Jade" (UK)
• Prix EFA: "The Suffering of Mr. Karpf. The Birthday" (Germany)
• DAAD Short Film Prize: "The Illusion" (Cuba)
• Honourable Mention (Short Film): "contre - jour" (Germany) / "VU" (Belguim)
• Honorary Golden Bear: Maurice Jarre
• Berlinale Camera: Claude Chabrol/Günter Rohrbach/Manoel de Oliveira
• Crystal Bear (Kplus): "It's Not Me, I Swear!" (Canada)
• Crystal Bear (Kplus Short Film): "Buddha's smile" (Russia)
• Special Mention (Kplus): "Max Embarrassing" (Denmark)
• Special Mention (Kplus Short Film): "Oh, My God!" (Norway)
• Crystal Bear (14plus): "My Suicide" (USA)
• Crystal Bear (14plus Short Film): "Aphrodite's Farm" (New Zealand)
• Special Mention (14plus): "Mary and Max" (Australia)
• Special Mention (14plus Short Film): "Slaves" (Sweden/Norway/Denmark)

East Asian Feature Films @ 59th Berlin International Film Festival

Competition 2009

• "Forever Enthralled" - Kaige Chen (China)

Berlinale Special

• "All Around Us" - Ryosuke Hashiguchi (Japan)
• "The Casuarina Cove" - Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
• "Empire of Silver" - Shuhua Yao (Taiwan/China)
• "Ghosted" - Monika Treut (Germany/Taiwan)
• "John Rabe" - Florian Gallenberger (Germany/France/China)
• "Claustrophobia" - Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
• "End Of Love" - Simon Chung (China)
• "A North Chinese Girl" - Zou Peng (China)
• "Yang Yang" - Yu-Chieh Cheng (Taiwan)

Eat, Drink, See Movies

• "Antique" - Kyu-dong Min (South Korea)

Panorama

• "The Rainbow Troops" - Riri Riza (Indonesia)