Monday, February 21, 2011

Winners of Berlin Film Festival

The 2011 Berlin film festival ended with the prize ceremony on Saturday.
Following are the main award winners on the night:

BEST FILM (Golden Bear)
- "Nader and Simin: A Separation" directed by Asghar Farhadi

JURY GRAND PRIX runner-up prize (Silver Bear)
- "The Turin Horse" directed by Bela Tarr
BEST DIRECTOR (Silver Bear)
- Ulrich Koehler for "Sleeping Sickness"

BEST ACTRESS (Silver Bear)
- Female ensemble in "Nader and Simin: A Separation"

BEST ACTOR (Silver Bear)
- Male ensemble in "Nader and Simin: A Separation"

OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION (Silver Bear)
- "The Prize" cinematographer Wojciech Staron
- "The Prize" production designer Barbara Enriquez

BEST SCRIPT (Silver Bear)
- "The Forgiveness of Blood" written by Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj

ALFRED-BAUER PRIZE (for innovation)
- "If Not Us, Who" directed by Andres Veiel

BEST FIRST FEATURE
- "On the Ice" directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean