2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Berlin International Film Festival
• Period: February 11th-21th, 2010
• Location: Berlin, Germany

Awards

• Golden Bear for the Best Film: "Honey" - Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey)
• Jury Grand Prix - Silver Bear: "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" - Florin Serban (Romania/Sweden)
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Roman Polanski ("The Ghost Writer")
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima ("Caterpillar")
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Grigoriy Dobrygin / Sergei Puskepalis ("How I Ended This Summer")
• Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution in the Category Camera: "Pavel Kostomarov" ("How I Ended This Summer")
• Silver Bear for Best Script: Quanan Wang / Na Jin "Apart Together" (China)
• Alfred-Bauer Prize: "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" (Romania/Sweden)
• Best First Feature Award: "Sebbe" - Babak Najafi (Sweden)
• Special Mention (Best First Feature): "The Girl" (Sweden)
• Golden Bear (Short Film): "Incident by a Bank" - Ruben Ostlund
• Silver Bear (Short Film): "The Descent" - Shai Miedzinski
• Berlinale Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2010: "Venus vs. Me" - Nathalie Teirlinck
• DAAD Short Film Prize: "The Cage" - Adrian Sitaru

Prizes of the Juries Generation

• Crystal Bear for the Best Film: "Echoes of the Rainbow" - Alex Law (Hong Kong)
• Special Mention: "This Way of Life" - Thomas Burstyn
• Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: "Franswa Sharl" - Hannah Hilliard
• Special Mention: "Indigo" - Jack Price
• Crystal Bear for the Best Film (14plus): "Neukolln Unlimited" - Agostino Imondi / Dietmar Ratsch
• Special Mention: Dooman River - Lu Zhang
• Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film (14plus): "Ask the Wind" - Batin Ghobadi
• Special Mention: "Out of Love" - Birgitte Staermose
• The Grand Prix of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for the Best Film: "Boy" - Taika Waititi
• Special Mention: "A Brand New Life" - Ounie Lecomte (South Korea)
• The Special Prize of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk for the Best Short Film: "Apollo" - Felix Gonnert
• Special Mention: "The Six Dollar Fifty Man" - Mark Albiston / Louis Sutherland

Independent Juries

• Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • (Competition): "Honey" - Semih Kaplanoglu
  • (Panorama): "Kawasaki's Rose" - Jan Hrebejk
  • (Forum): "Still Alive in Gaza" - Nicolas Wadimoff
• Fipresci Prizes:
  • (Competition): "A Family" - Pernille Fischer Christensen
  • (Panorama): "Parade" - Isao Yukisada (Japan)
  • (Forum): "Crab Trap" - Oscar Ruiz Navia
• Netpac Prize: "Au Revoir Taipei" - Arvin Chen (Taiwan/USA/Germany)

East Asian Feature Films @ 60th Berlin International Film Festival

Competition

• "About Her Brother" - Yoji Yamada (Japan)
• "Apart Together" - Quanan Wang (China)
• "Caterpillar" - Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
• "The First Gun" - Yimou Zhang (China)

Berlinale Special

• "Little Big Soldier" - Sheng Ding (China)

Panorama

• "Amphetamine" - Scud (Hong Kong/China)
• "Golden Slumber" - Yoshihiro Nakamura (Japan)
• "Monga" - Doze Niu (Taiwan)
• "Parade" - Isao Yukisada (Japan)
• "The Actresses" - Lee Je-Yong (South Korea)

Forum

• "Au Revoir Taipei" - Arvin Chen (Taiwan/USA/Germany)
• "Crossing the Mountain" - Rui Yang (China)
• "A Crowd of Three" - Tatsushi Omori (Japan)
• "I'm in Trouble!" - So Sang-Min (South Korea)
• "One Day" - Chi-Jan Hou (Taiwan)
• "Our Fantastic 21st Century" - Ryu Heyong-Ki (South Korea)
• "Kanikosen" - Hiroyuki Tanaka (Japan)
• "Kyoto Story" - Yoji Yamada, Tsutomu Abe (Japan)
• "Sawako Decides" - Yuya Ishii (Japan)
• "Sona, the Other Myself" - Yang Yong-Hi (South Korea/Japan)

Culinary Cinema

• "The Naked Kitchen" - Hong Ji-Yeong (South Korea)

Generation

• "Dooman River" - Lu Zhang (South Korea/France)
• "Masala Mama" - Michael Kam (Taiwan)
• "Echoes of the Rainbow" - Alex Law (Hong Kong/China)
• "Summer Wars" - Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
• "Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW" - Koji Masunari (Japan)
• "A Brand New Life" - Ounie Lecomte (South Korea)
• "Yuki & Nina" - Hippolyte Girardot, Nobuhiro Suwa (Japan)