Berlin, Germany — Recently coming to a close this last saturday the 14th, the 59th Belinale International Film Festival announced the winners of this years film competition. To find out more information about this year’s juries and awards, check out the offical Berlinale website. Congratulations to all the winners and we hope to see more of you on the US festival circuit as well!

Below is the listing of the awarding winners.

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

GOLDEN BEAR FOR THE BEST FILM
La teta asustada
The Milk Of Sorrow
by Claudia Llosa

THE JURY GRAND PRIX - SILVER BEAR 
Alle Anderen
Everyone else
by Maren Ade

ex aequo
Gigante
by Adrián Biniez

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Asghar Farhadi for
Darbareye Elly (About Elly)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Birgit Minichmayr in
Alle Anderen (Everyone else)
by Maren Ade

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Sotigui Kouyate in
London River
by Rachid Bouchareb

SILVER BEAR FOR AN OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound-Design of
Katalin Varga
by Peter Strickland

SILVER BEAR FOR THE BEST SCRIPT
Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for
The Messenger
by Oren Moverman

ALFRED BAUER PRIZE, awarded in memory of the Festival founder, for a work of particular innovation

Gigante
by Adrián Biniez

ex aequo
Tatarak
Sweet Rush
by Andrzej Wajda

BEST FIRST FEATURE JURY

BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD, endowed with 50.000 Euros founded by GWFF
Gigante
by Adrián Biniez

SPECIAL MENTION
Flickan
The Girl
by Fredrik Edfeldt

PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM JURY

GOLDEN BEAR
Please Say Something
von David OReilly

THE JURY PRIZE - SILVER BEAR
Jade
by Daniel Elliott

BERLINALE SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2009
Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf. Der Geburtstag (The Suffering of Mr. Karpf. The Birthday)
by Lola Randl

DAAD SHORT FILM AWARD
The Illusion
by Susana Barriga

SPECIAL MENTION
VU
by Leila Albayaty

SPECIAL MENTION
contre - jour
by Christoph Girardet und Matthias Müller

PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION

Children’s Jury Generation Kplus

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
C’est pas moi, je le jure!
It’s Not Me, I Swear!
by Philippe Falardeau

SPECIAL MENTION
Max Pinlig
Max Embarrassing
by Lotte Svendsen

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Ulybka Buddy
Buddha’s smile
by Bair Dyshenov

SPECIAL MENTION
Oh, My God!
by Anne Sewitsky

Youth Jury Generation 14plus

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
My Suicide
by David Lee Miller

SPECIAL MENTION
Mary and Max
by Adam Elliot

CRYSTAL BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Aphrodite’s Farm
by Adam Strange

SPECIAL MENTION
Slavar
Slaves
by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn

International Jury Generation Kplus

THE GRAND PRIX OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
C’est pas moi, je le jure!
It’s Not Me, I Swear!
by Philippe Falardeau

SPECIAL MENTION
Flickan
The Girl
by Fredrik Edfeldt

THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Oh, My God!
by Anne Sewitsky

SPECIAL MENTION
Jerrycan
by Julius Avery
INDEPENDENT JURIES

PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Competition — Lille Soldat (Little Soldier), by  Annette K. Olesen
Special Mention — London River, by  Rachid Bouchareb
Special Mention — My One And Only, by  Richard Loncraine
Panorama — Welcome, by Philippe Lioret
Forum — Treeless Mountain, by So Yong Kim

FIPRESCI PRIZES
Competition — La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow), by Claudia Llosa
Panorama — Nord (North), by Rune Denstad Langlo
Forum — Ai no mukidashi (Love Exposure), by Sono Sion

PRIZE OF THE GUILD OF GERMAN ART HOUSE CINEMAS
Storm, by Hans-Christian Schmid

C.I.C.A.E. PRIZE
Panorama — Ander, by Roberto Castón
Forum — Cea mai fericita fata din lume (The Happiest Girl in the World),
by Radu Jude

LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
Nord (North), by Rune Denstad Langlo

ex aequo
Welcome, by Philippe Lioret

TEDDY AWARDS
Feature film — Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky),
by Julián Hernández
Best Essay — Fig Trees, by John Greyson
Short film — A Horse Is Not A Metaphor, by Barbara Hammer

DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE, endowed by TV5MONDE
Gitti, by Anna Deutsch

SPECIAL MENTION
Polar, by Michael Koch

ACTORS AWARD
Franziska Petri
in Für Miriam (For Miriam) by Lars-Gunnar Lotz

Jacob Matschenz
In Fliegen (Fly ) by Piotr J. Lewandowski

CALIGARI FILM PRIZE
Ai no mukidashi (Love Exposure), by Sono Sion

NETPAC-PRIZE
Ma dai fu de zhen suo
Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic, by Cong Feng

ex aequo

Eoddeon gaien nal
The Day After
by Lee Suk-Gyung

PEACE FILM AWARD
The Messenger, by Oren Moverman

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE
Storm, by Hans-Christian Schmid

FEMINA FILM PRIZE
Silke Fischer
for the production design in Alle Anderen (Everyone else), by Maren Ade

READERS’ JURIES AND AUDIENCE AWARD

PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD
The Yes Men Fix The World, by Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr

TAGESSPIEGEL READERS’ PRIZE
Hayat var (My Only Sunshine), by Reha Erdem

BERLINER MORGENPOST READERS’ PRIZE
Storm, by Hans-Christian Schmid

SIEGESSÄULE READERS’ AWARD
City Of Borders, by Yun Suh

PRIZE OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS

VOLKSWAGEN SCORE COMPETITION
Atanas Valkov (Poland)

BERLIN TODAY AWARD
Supriyo Sen (India) for
Wagah

SPECIAL MENTION
Gina Abatemarco (USA) for
My Super Sea Wall