Berlin Film Festival Winners

Richard Linklater

GOLDEN BEAR
Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai Ri Yan Huo)- directed by Diao Yinan (China)

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIX (runner-up)
The Grand Budapest Hotel- directed by Wes Anderson (US)

SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE
Aimer, Boire et Chanter (Life of Riley)- directed by Alain Resnais (France)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater, Boyhood (US)


SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan, Black Coal, Thin Ice

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Haru Kuroki, The Little House (Chiisai Ouchi)- Japan

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg)-Germany- Anna Brüggemann & Dietrich Brüggermann

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBITION
Zeng Jian (cinematography), Blind Massage (Tui Na)- China
 

Berlin Film Festival Winners

• GOLDEN BEAR (Best Picture): Bal (Honey)- From Turkey
• SILVER BEAR (2nd Place): If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle- From Romania
• BEST DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer-- opened in NY & LA Friday, film stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan; Polanski couldn't accept his prize because he still under house arrest for his 70s action.
• BEST ACTOR: (tie) Grigoriy Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis, How I Ended This Summer- From Russia
• BEST ACTRESS: Shinobu Terajima, Caterpillar- From Japan
• BEST SCREENPLAY: Apart Together- From China
• TEDDY AWARD: The Kids Are All Alright- stars Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple; to be released this summer by Focus Features.