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Italian prison drama wins best film in Berlin
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Slideshow Directors Vittorio (L) and Paolo Taviani hold the Golden Bear award for the best film 'Caesare Deve Morire' ('Caesar Must Die') during the awards ceremony of the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 18, 2012. BERLIN...
Italy's 'Caesar Must Die' takes top honors at Berlinale
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Congolese teenager Rachel Mwanza won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance as a child soldier in "War Witch." As I wrote in my most recent Berlin Film Festival dispatch -- and will explain further tomorrow, when I review my...
Leigh, Farhadi, Jake & Jury Name Berlinale Winners
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I can't say that I approve of their top prize but then maybe it was slim pickings in that category? I saw Keep The Lights On recently here in New York and though I was very pleased to see my girl Paprika Steen in a cameo as the protagonist's sister,...
A Jolie time in Berlin… with some darker tones
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In that sense, Angelina Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey is exemplary – what could be more Berlin than a directorial debut by a major movie star with the Bosnian war on its mind? Suffice to say here that Jolie's gauche portrayal of a Night...
Local filmmaker Trevor Anderson wins award
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The Man That Got Away, a 25-minute musical documentary, received the DADD Short Film Prize at the festival, also called Berlinale. About 30 international short films competed for four prizes in the Berlinale Shorts section. The award comes with a...
Local director wins in Berlin
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The Man That Got Away, a 25-minute musical documentary, received the DADD Short Film Prize at the festival, also called Berlinale. About 30 international short films competed for four prizes in the Berlinale Shorts section. The award comes with a...
Italian prison drama takes top prize at Berlinale
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Vittorio and Paolo Taviani receive the Golden Bear prize for their film "Caesar Must Die" at Germany's acclaimed Berlinale Film Festival. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) An Italian film showing inmates staging "Romeo and Juliet" at a high-security Rome...
Italy's 'Caesar Must Die' wins Berlin film fest
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Farhadi, the Iranian director of last year's Golden Bear-winning film, "A Separation." Farhadi's film won best foreign language film honors at the Golden Globes last month and is competing for the same award at this year's Oscars. Outside the main...
Berlinale’S Golden Bear Goes To Caesar Must Die
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Caesar Must Die, a gritty film about a group of Italian prisoners who stage Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear award Saturday. The black-and-white “semi-documentary,” produced with actual prisoners serving time at...
Berlinale 2012: On couronne César doit mourir
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Paolo et Vittorio Taviani, 162 ans à eux deux, ont toujours travaillé en duo et refusé de distinguer la part de l'un de celle de l'autre. Ils l'ont emporté à Berlin devant dix-sept autres films en compétition depuis le 9 février. Le jury, présidé par le...
Italian documentary drama triumphs at Berlinale
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Rachel Mwanza from DR Congo won best actress for her debut performance as a child soldier in the harrowing Canadian film "War Witch". "A Royal Affair", based on a real-life 18th century royal scandal in Denmark, scooped two prizes - best actor for...
Charlotte Gainsbourg's Shoes Are Punky, Funky [Snap Judgment]
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Please enter a valid email address. Please check your inbox for a confirmation email. An error occured, please try again later. At the Closing Ceremony during day ten of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 18,...
Berlinale 2012. Golden Bear for the Tavianis' "Caesar Must Die"
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Special mentions go to Silvina Landsmann's Soldier/Citizen, Celina Murga's Normal School and to "the most challenging film in this year's Forum program," Vincent Dieutre's Jaurès. "The independent juries of the Berlinale have awarded prizes to three...
‘Caesar Must Die’ Wins Golden Bear: Berlin
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The Silver Bear for Best Script went to Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg for En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair) by Nikolaj Arcel. A couple of Sundance titles also took prizes at the Berlinale. Matthew Akers’ Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present...
'Caesar Must Die' wins Golden Bear
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The semi-documentary pic centers on inmates of the Rebibbia maximum security prison in Rome who stage Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The Taviani brothers said the film was neither a documentary film nor a feature film, but rather something new, and a...
Italy's 'Cesar Must Die' wins Berlin film festival
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The movie by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani's showing prison inmates staging Shakespeare's Julius Cesar received this year's Golden Bear award Saturday. The international jury who picked the winner was led by British director Mike Leigh. The...
Contenders at 62nd Berlin film festival
8 hours ago

BERLIN--The 62nd Berlinale, the first major European film festival of the year, will present its Golden Bear top prize Saturday to one of 18 contenders from around the world. A jury led by British director Mike Leigh will present the awards at a gala...
Celebrity Fashion: CHRISTINA RICCI Sparkles In Jenny Packham At “Bel Ami” Premiere
8 hours ago

RICCI sparkled in a gorgeous Jenny Packham gown at the “Bel Ami” premiere, which was held in Germany for the 62nd Annual Berlinale International Film Festival. Christina, who plays one of the women who gets seduced by Robert Pattinson‘s gold-digging...
Berlin festival to award Golden Bear for best film
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18 contenders Saturday. The eight-member jury also includes actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian director of last year's Golden Bear-winning film, "A Separation." Farhadi's film won best foreign language film honors at the Golden Globes...
Berlinale 2012. Rankings
11 hours ago

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The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With 230,000 tickets sold and over 430,000 admissions it is considered the largest... Full Article

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