2009 (59th) Berlin International Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Awards 3 East Asian Feature Films @ 59th Berlin International Film Festival 3.1 Competition 2009 3.2 Berlinale Special 3.3 Eat, Drink, See Movies 3.4 Panorama 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) Page Discussion View View source History
