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Shadows @ Berlinale Europe's premiere winter film festival Runs alongside the European Film Market in Berlin Rich Cline was on the Fipresci jury at Berlinale 2009
66th Berlin International Film Festival 11-21 FEBRUARY 2016 in Berlin, Germany	2 0 1 6   A W A R D S
	Golden Bear: FIRE AT SEA Silver Bear: DEATH IN SARAJEVO Director: Mia Hansen-Love ( THINGS TO COME) Actress: Trine Dyrholm (THE COMMUNE) Actor: Majd Mastoura (HEDI) Script: Tomasz Wasilewski (UNITED STATES OF LOVE) First Feature: Mohamed Ben Attia (HEDI) Bauer Prize: A LULLABY TO THE SORROWFUL MYSTERY Artistic Contribution: Mark Lee Ping-Bing (CROSSCURRENT) Teddy Bear: TOMCAT Teddy - doc: KIKI Audience Award - Panorama: JUNCTION 48 Audience Award - Doc: WHO'S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? Honorary Golden Bear: Michael Ballhaus Berlinale Camera: Ben Barenholtz, Tim Robbins and Marlies Kirchner Crystal Bear - Kplus: THE TRAP Crystal Bear - 14plus: MELLOW MUD Grand Prix - Kplus: RARA Grand Prix - 14plus: PLANTS	Fipresci - Competition: DEATH IN SARAJEVO Fipresci - Panorama: ALOYS Fipresci - Forum: THE REVOLUTION WON'T BE TELEVISED Ecumenical - Competition: FIRE AT SEA Ecumenical - Panorama: THE FIRST, THE LAST Ecumenical - Forum: BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH and THOSE WHO JUMP Cicae - Panorama: FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR Cicae - Forum: ILLEGITIMATE German Art House Cinemas: 24 WEEKS Label Europa: THE FIRST, THE LAST Perspektive: Janna Ji Wonders (WALCHENSEE FOREVER) Caligari: IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY Peace Film: A MAID FOR EACH Amnesty: FIRE AT SEA and ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH Arte International: Alvaro Brechner (MEMORIES FROM THE CELL) Heiner Carow: FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR Berliner Morganpost Readers: FIRE AT SEA Tagesspiefel Readers: WE ARE NEVER ALONE
	S E L E C T   2 0 1 6   F I L M S
	BEING 17 (Techine, Fr) COLONIA (Gallenberger, Ger) THE COMMUNE (Vinterberg, Den) DEATH IN SARAJEVO (Tanovic, Bos) FIRE AT SEA (Rosi, It) FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR (Dorrie, Ger) GENIUS (Grandage, UK) * GOAT (Neel, US) HAIL, CAESAR! (Coen/Coen, US) HEDI (Attia, Tun) INDIGNATION (Schamus, US) * INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET (Luvara, Ned) LIEBMANN (Herrmann, Ger) LITTLE MEN (Sachs, US) MAGGIE'S PLAN (Miller, US) MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES (Bailey/Barbato, US)	MILES AHEAD (Cheadle, US) MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Nichols, US) THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS (Neville, US) NEWS FROM PLANET MARS (Moll, Fr) THE ONES BELOW (Farr, UK) THE PATRIARCH (Tamahori, NZ) A QUIET PASSION (Davies, UK) REMAINDER (Fast, UK) SAND STORM (Zexer, Isr) A SERIOUS GAME (August, Swe) THEO AND HUGO (Martineau/Ducastel, Fr) THINGS TO COME (Hansen-Love, Fr) TOMCAT (Klaus, Aut) UNCLE HOWARD (Brookner, US) WAR ON EVERYONE (McDonagh, UK) WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (Moore, US) ZERO DAYS (Gibney, US)
65th Berlin International Film Festival 5-15 FEBRUARY 2015 in Berlin, Germany	2 0 1 5   A W A R D S
	Golden Bear: TAXI TEHRAN Silver Bear: THE CLUB Director: Radu Jude (AFERIM) and Malgorzata Szumowska (BODY) Actress: Charlotte Rampling (45 YEARS) Actor: Tom Courtenay (45 YEARS) Script: Patricio Guzman (EL BOTON DE NACAR) Bauer Prize: IXCANUL Cinematography: Sturia Brandth Grovien (VICTORIA) and Privin/Mikhaichuk (POD ELECTRICHESKIMI OBLAKAMI) First Feature: Gabriel Ripstein (600 MILES) Teddy Bear: NASTY BABY Teddy - doc: THE NEW MAN Teddy Jury Award: STORIES OF OUR LIVES Special Teddy Award: Udo Kier Audience Award - Panorama: THE SECOND MOTHER Audience Award - Doc: TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR Crystal Bear - Kplus: MY SKINNY SISTER Crystal Bear - 14plus: FLOCKEN Grand Prix - Kplus: RAINBOW Grand Prix - 14plus: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL	Fipresci - Competition: TAXI TEHRAN Fipresci - Panorama: A MINOR LEAP DOWN Fipresci - Forum: HAND GESTURES Ecumenical - Competition: EL BOTON DE NACAR Ecumenical - Panorama: NED RIFLE Ecumenical - Forum: HISTOIRE DE JUDAS Cicae - Panorama: THE SECOND MOTHER Cicae - Forum: ZURICH German Art House Cinemas: VICTORIA Label Europa: MOT NATUREN Perspektive: Oskar Sulowski (ROSEBUDS) Dialogue in Perspective: A PERFECT PLACE Caligari: BALIKBAYAN #1 Peace Film: THE LOOK OF SILENCE Amnesty: TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR Heiner Carow: B-MOVIE Think:Film: OSKAR DAWICKI IN THE PERFORMER and UNTITLED (HUMAN MASK) Berliner Morganpost Readers: VICTORIA Tagesspiefel Readers: FLOTEL EUROPA Siegessaule Readers: ZUI SHENG WENG SI
	R E V I E W E D   2 0 1 5   F I L M S
	13 MINUTES (Hirshbiegel, Ger) 45 YEARS (Haigh, UK) 54: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (Christopher, US) DANIEL'S WORLD (Wallner, Cz) CINDERELLA (Branagh, UK) CITIZENFOUR (Poitras, Ger) THE CLUB (Larrain, Chl) THE CUT (Akin, Ger) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (Taylor-Johnson, US) THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Maddin/Johnson, Can) HOLIDAY (Araujo, Ec) I AM MICHAEL (Kelly, US) IRAQI ODYSSEY (Samir, Irq)	KNIGHT OF CUPS (Malick, US) LIFE (Corbijn, Can) THE LOOK OF SILENCE (Oppenheimer, Den) LOVE & MERCY (Pohlad, US) MR HOLMES (Condon, UK) NASTY BABY (Silva, US) QUEEN OF EARTH (Perry, US) THE SECOND MOTHER (Br) SELMA (DuVernay, US) STORIES OF OUR LIVES (Chuchu, Ken) TAXI TEHRAN (Panahi, Irn) VICTORIA (Schipper, Ger) WOMAN IN GOLD (Curtis, UK)
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