Saturday, February 18, 2006

Grbavica

Jasmila Zbanic's "Grbavica" won the top prize, the Golden Bear, at the 2006 Berlinale, awarded tonight at the festival's closing ceremony in Germany's capital city. The film is from Austria and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Zbanic described it as a "small film from a small country with a small budget" that tells the story of the fraught relationship between an assaulted woman and the rebellious daughter she raises alone in Sarajevo without knowing which of her rapists was the father.

Here are the winners of the main prizes awarded Saturday at the 56th Berlin Film Festival.
  • Golden Bear for best film: "Grbavica" by Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia-Herzogovina):
  • Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear: "A Soap" by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark) and "Offside" by Jafar Panahi (Iran)
  • Silver Bear for best actress: Sandra Hueller in "Requiem" (Germany)
  • Silver Bear for best actor: Moritz Bleibtreu in "The Elementary Particles" (Germany)
  • Silver Bear for best director: Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross for "The Road to Guantanamo" (Britain)
  • Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution: Juergen Vogel for "The Free Will" (Germany)
  • Silver Bear for best film music: Peter Kam for "Isabella" (China)
  • Alfred Bauer Prize for work of particular innovation: "The Minder" by Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina)
  • Best first feature film: "A Soap" by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Denmark)
  • Teddy for best film with gay or lesbian context: "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" by Auraeus Solito (Philippines)


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