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58th Berlin International Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Shine a Light

Location
  
Berlin, Germany

No. of films
  
310 films

Closing film
  
Be Kind Rewind

Founded
  
1951


Awards
  
Golden Bear (Tropa de Elite)

The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film Shine a Light. Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President at the festival.

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The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian film Tropa de Elite directed by José Padilha. The retrospective dedicated to Spanish film-maker Luis Buñuel was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

  • Costa Gavras – President of the Jury
  • Uli Hanisch
  • Diane Kruger
  • Walter Murch
  • Shu Qi
  • Aleksandr Rodnyansky
  • Marc Barbe
  • Ada Solomon
  • Laura Tonke

    • In competition

    The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

    Awards

    The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

    Golden Bear

  • Golden Bear for Best Film – Tropa de Elite by José Padilha

    • Silver Bears

  • Jury Grand Prix (Grand Prize of the Jury): Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris
  • Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
  • Best Actor: Reza Naji for Avaze gonjeshk-ha
  • Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Best Script: Wang Xiaoshuai for In Love We Trust
  • Outstanding Artistic Contribution: For the Music of There Will Be Blood by Jonny Greenwood
  • Alfred Bauer Prize: Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe
  • FIPRESCI Award: Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe

    • References

    58th Berlin International Film Festival Wikipedia
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