Father Geek here in Texas at Geek Headquarters with the winners of the 2003 BERLIN Film Festival...
The Golden Berlin Bear for Best Film
IN THIS WORLD
by Michael Winterbottom
The Jury Grand Prix - Silver Berlin Bear
ADAPTATION
by Spike Jonze
The Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director to
PATRICE CHÉREAU
for his film
SON FRÈRE
(His brother)
The Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress to the female ensemble
MERYL STREEP, NICOLE KIDMAN, JULIANNE MOORE
in the film
THE HOURS
by Stephen Daldry
The Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actor
SAM ROCKWELL
for his role in the film
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
by George Clooney
The Silver Berlin Bear for an artistic contribution
LI YANG
as screenwriter and director in his film
MANG JING
(Blind Shaft)
The Silver Berlin Bear for the best film music
MAJOLY, SERGE FIORI, MAMADOU DIABATÉ
for their music in the film
MADAME BROUETTE
by Moussa Sene Absa
The AGICOA’s award Blue Angel for the best European film
GOOD BYE, LENIN!
by Wolfgang Becker
The Alfred Bauer Prize – awarded in memory of the Berlinale’s founder – for a
work of particular innovation
YING XIONG for work in
Hero
by Zhang Yimou
Golden Berlin Bear for Best Short Film
(A)TORZIJA aka
(A)Torsion
by Stefan Arsenijevic
Jury Prize, Silver Berlin Bear, ex aequo to the short films
EN AUSENCIA
(In Absentia)
by LucÃa Cedrón;
and
ISCHOV TRAMWAI N° 9
(The Tram N° 9 goes)
by Stepan Koval
The International Short Film Jury awards the Prix UIP
(A)TORZIJA aka
(A)Torsion
by Stefan Arsenijevic
PANORAMA SHORT FILM AWARD
MISDEMEANOR
by Jonathan LeMond
The New York Film Academy Scholarship to
MOGLEM BYC CZLOWIEKIEM for
I could have been human
by Barbara Medajska...
And a Special Mention to: UNDERDOG
by Eran Merav
PRIZE OF THE CHURCHES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
IN THIS WORLD
by Michael Winterbottom
The Ecumenical Jury also awards a prize the
films shown in the Panorama...
KNAFAYIM SHVUROT
Broken Wings
by Nir Bergman
And
EDI
by Piotr Trzaskalski
FIPRESCI PRIZES
The Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique
The prize for a film screened in the Competition goes to LICHTER (Distant Lights) Hans-Christian Schmid
The prize for a film screened in the Panorama goes to WOLFSBURG Christian Petzold
The prize for a film screened in the Forum goes to
EDI
by Piotr Trzaskalski
PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
MY LIFE WITHOUT ME
by Isabel Coixet
READERS’ PRIZE OF THE BERLINER MORGENPOST
THE HOURS
by Stephen Daldry
C.I.C.A.E. PRIZES
The Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et Essai (the International
Confederation of Art Cinemas)
The prize for a film from the Panorama goes to KNAFAYIM SHVUROT (Broken Wings) by Nir Bergman And A Special Mention POLIGONO SUR (Seville, South Side) by Dominique Abel
The prize for a film from the Forum goes to: AMARELO MANGA (Mango Yellow) by Cláudio Assis...
And a
Special Mention
POWER TRIP
by Paul Devlin
LVT – MANFRED SALZGEBER PRIZE
PURE by Gillies MacKinnon...
And
A special mention goes to the young actor
HARRY EDEN
for his role in the film
PURE
by Gillies MacKinnon
PANORAMA AUDIENCE PRIZE
KNAFAYIM SHVUROT
(Broken Wings)
by Nir Bergman
PRIZE OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK
KALD MIG BARE AKSEL (Wallah Be) by Pia Bovin...
And A Special Mention goes to ELINA – SOM OM JAG INTE FANNS (Elina) by Klaus Härö...
And A Special Mention also goes to DRENGEN DER VILLE GØRE DET UMULIGE (The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear) by Jannik Hastrup...
This is a masterpiece of animation, a simply beautiful film with a wonderful music score. The story is powerful and unique to animation.
The Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Special Prize for Best Short Film
LE TROP PETIT PRINCE (Pipsqueak Prince) by Zoia Trofimova...
And
A Special Mention goes to
HOUDINIS HUND
(Houndini´s Hound )
by Sara Johnsen
The Crystal Bear for Best Feature Film
ELINA SOM OM JAG INTE FANNS (Elina) by Klaus Härö...
And A Special Mention goes to MISS ENTEBBE by Omri Levy...
And
A Special Mention also goes to
EL VIAJE DE CAROL
(Carol´s Journey)
by Imanol Uribe
The Crystal Bear for Best Short Film
LE TROP PETIT PRINCE (Pipsqueak Prince) by Zoia Trofimova...
And
A Special Mention goes to
BIRJU
by Heeraz Marfatia
PEACE FILM PRIZE
IN THIS WORLD
by Michael Winterbottom
The TEDDY 2003
The TEDDY for Best Feature Film goes to MIL NUBES DE PAZ CERCAN EL CIELO, AMOR, JAMÃS ACABARÃS DE SER AMOR (A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky, Love, You Will Never Stop Being Love ) by Julián Hernández
The TEDDY for Best Documentary goes to ICH KENN KEINEN – ALLEIN UNTER HETEROS (Talk Straight – The World of Rural Queers) by Jochen Hick
The Special TEDDY 2003 Award goes to...
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
1888-1931...
In Memoriam
READERS’ PRIZE OF THE SIEGESSÄULE
THE EVENT
by Thom Fitzgerald
WOLFGANG STAUDTE AWARD 2003
RENGETEG
(Forest)
by Benedek Fliegauf
CALIGARI FILM PRIZE 2003
SALT
by Bradley Rust
NETPAC PRIZE
KOUFUKU NO KANE (The Blessing Bell) by Sabu...
And a Special Mention goes to AKU INGIN MENCIUMMU SEKALI SAJA (Bird-Man Tale) by Garin Nugroho
For its balanced approach to sociopolitical aspirations among the peoples of Indonesian Papua.
DON QUIXOTE PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES
EDI
by Piotr Trzaskalski
READERS’ PRIZE OF THE BERLINER ZEITUNG
The winner of this prize will be announced on Sunday, February 16th. You can read about it, and get more details on the above prizes and films at: www.berlinale.de
