special awards 2008

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Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2007 Best Latin American Film Discovery of the Year Grand Prix — Best Film of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award European Film Award of the Critics

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Best Foreign Language Film of 2007

From almost all national submissions to the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, a jury of FIPRESCI selected — at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA, January 3-14, 2008) — its first special award of the year, the Best Foreign Language Film of 2007: Armin by Ognjen Svilicic (Croatia 2007)(photo, left side). The jury decided also prizes for best actor/actress. Best Actress: ex equo Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile, Cristian Mungiu, Romania 2007). Best Actor: Song Kang-ho in "Secret Sunshine" (Milyang, Chang-dong Lee, Korea 2007). Jury members were Ronald Bergan, UK ("The Guardian"), Isabelle Danel, France ("Télérama', "L'Evènement", "Les Echos", "Première"), Adam Nayman, Canada ("Eye Weekly", "Cinema Scope"). Print source. "Armin": mdc international, Schillerstr. 7a, D 10625 Berlin, Germany, T +49 (30) 264 979 00, F +49 30) 264 979 20, info@mdc-int.de. Reports on Palm Springs and the winners

Best Latin American Film of 2007

Mexican director Carlos Reygadas received the FIPRESCI Award for the "Best Latin American Film of the Year 2007" for his film Silent Light (Stellet Licht). The prize was presented by FIPRESCI vice-president Diego Lerer at the Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI). The jury had been composed of Carlos Brandao (Brazil), Mario Naito (Cuba), Jorge Morales (Chile), Jorge Jellinek (Uruguay) and Diego Lerer (Argentina). Reygadas had received the same award already in 2002 for his first film, Japon.

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