Berlinale. The Bears.

So the Golden Bear goes to Tuya's Marriage. Quite a surprise! Presented by festival director Dieter Kosslick and International Jury President Paul Schrader.

I quite like this film, but I'm not sure it was even mentioned when Cinematical's Erik Davis, Andrew Grant (Filmbrain), Aaron Hillis (Cinephiliac) and myself got together just yesterday to talk about our favorites. Yes, that's an online viewing tip.

Back to the awards. The Argentine film El Otro scores two Silver Bears, one for Best Actor, Julio Chávez (presented by Hiam Abbass) and the second is the Grand Jury Prize (presented by Willem Defoe), accepted by director Ariel Rotter.

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Nina Hoss for Yella. Presented by Mario Adorf.

Silver Bear for Best Director: Joseph Cedar for Beaufort. Presented by Molly Marlene Stensgaard.

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement goes to the ensemble cast of The Good Shepherd. Presented by Gael Garcia Bernal and accepted by Martina Gedeck.

Silver Bear for Best Film Music: David Mackenzie for Hallam Foe. Presented by Nansun Shi.

Best First Feature Award: Vanaja.

The Alfred Bauer Award for a film that presents new perspectives: I Am a Cyborg, But That's OK. Presented by Javier Bardem and accepted by Park Chan-wook, who gave a pretty amusing speech.

Posted by dwhudson at February 17, 2007 11:03 AM