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2006 Berlinale Award Winners

Bosnian Film Wins Golden Bear

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Feb 19 2006
The Golden Bear, the top prize awarded at the Berlin Film Festival, went to the low budget Bosnian film "Grbavica." Director Jasmila Zbanic's debut film about a single mother and her twelve-year-old daughter is set in post-war Sarajevo; the intimate story is also political, bringing to international attention the rape of 20,000 women during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. "I am dreaming this, so I will wake in five minutes in Sarajevo," said a stunned Zbanic, 31, said after receiving the award, presented by this year's jury president Charlotte Rampling.

The two runner-ups were "Offside," an Iranian comedy that uses soccer mania to highlight the struggle for women's rights, and the Danish film "A Soap." The Silver Bear for Best Director went to Michael Winterbottom and Matt Whitecross for "The Road to Guantanamo," a film that recreates the true story of three British muslims held captive for two years at the U.S. detention facility.

The complete list of jury prize winners:

Golden Bear:

"Grbavica" by Jasmila Zbanic

Silver Bear:

"En Soap" (A Soap), by Pernille Fischer Christensen and "Offside," by Jafar Panahi

Silver Bear for Best Director:

Michael Winterbottom and Matt Whitecross, "The Road To Guantanamo"

Silver Bear for Best Actress:

Sandra Hueller in "Requiem"

Silver Bear for Best Actor:

Moritz Bleibtreu in "Elementarteilchen"

Silver Bear for Artistic Contribution:

Jurgen Vogel as actor, co-writer and co-producer of the film, "Der freie Wille" (The Free Will)

Silver Bear for Best Film Music:

Peter Kam for "Isabella"

The Alfred Bauer Prize (for innovation in filmmaking)

Rodrigo Moreno's "El Custoido

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