The Decade List: Awards (2007)

As usual, note that each of the award ceremonies tend to have their own regulations for what can be included and when, so there are plenty of discrepancies in regard to official release year, etc. Also, I had some difficulty finding the recipients of many of the national industry awards, so forgive me for leaving out some of the countries that were listed for 2006. Notice that this was one of the rare years where the Academy Awards seemed to have gotten everything (but the foreign language category) right.

Film Festival Awards

Cannes, held 16-27 May 2007

Palme d’Or: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) [d. Cristian Mungiu]
Grand Prix: The Mourning Forest [d. Naomi Kawase]
Prix du jury: (tie) Persepolis [d. Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi]; Stellet licht (Silent Light) [d. Carlos Reygadas]
Best Director: Julian Schnabel – Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Best Actor: Konstantin Lavronenko – The Banishment
Best Actress: Jeon Do-yeon – Secret Sunshine
Best Screenplay: Faith Akin – Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)
Technical Grand Prize: Janusz Kaminski, cinematographer – Le scaphandre et le papillon
60th Anniversary Prize: Paranoid Park [d. Gus Van Sant]

Un Certain Regard Award: California Dreamin’ (Nesfârşit) [d. Cristian Nemescu]
- Special Jury Prize: Actrices (Actresses) [d. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi]
- Jury Coup de Coeur: The Band’s Visit [d. Eran Kolirin]
Caméra d’Or: Jellyfish [d. Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen]
- Special Mention: Control [d. Anton Corbijn]
Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique: XXY [d. Lucía Puenzo]
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile
- Un Certain Regard: The Band’s Visit


Venice, held 29 August-8 September 2007

Golden Lion: Lust, Caution [d. Ang Lee]
Silver Lion
- for Best Director: Brian De Palma – Redacted
Grand Special Jury Prize: (tie) I’m Not There. [d. Todd Haynes]; La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) [d. Abdel Kechiche]
Volpi Cup
- Best Actor: Brad Pitt – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There.
Marcello Mastroianni Award (for Best Young Actor): Hafsia Herzi – La graine et le mulet
Golden Osella
- for Best Screenplay: Paul Laverty – It’s a Free World…
- for Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto – Lust, Caution
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: La graine et le mulet
- Horizons and International Critics’ Week: Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains [d. Jonathan Demme]
Critics’ Week Award: The Most Distant Course [d. Lin Jing-Jie]


Toronto, held 6-15 September 2007

People’s Choice Award: Eastern Promises [d. David Cronenberg]
Discovery Award: Cochochi [d. Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán]
Innovation Award: Encarnación [d. Anahí Berneri]
Best Canadian Feature: My Winnipeg [d. Guy Maddin]
Best Canadian First Feature: Continental, un film sans fusil (Continental, a Film Without Guns) [d. Stéphane Lafleur]
FIPRESCI Award: La zona [d. Rodrigo Plá]


Berlin, held 8-18 February 2007

Golden Bear: Tuya’s Marriage [d. Wang Quanan]
Silver Bear
- for Best Director: Joseph Cedar – Beaufort
- for Best Actor: Julio Chávez – El otro
- for Best Actress: Nina Hoss – Yella
- Jury Grand Prix: El otro [d. Ariel Rotter]
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement: The Good Shepherd, to the ensemble cast
Best Debut Film: Vanaja [d. Rajnesh Domalpalli]
Panorama Audience Award: Blindsight [d. Lucy Walker]
Teddy
- Feature: Spider Lilies [d. Chou Zero]
- Documentary: A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory [d. Esther Robinson]
- Special Mention: La léon – d. Santiago Otheguy
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I Served the King of England) [d. Jiří Menzel]
- Forum of New Cinema: Jagdhunde (Hounds) [d. Ann-Kristin Reyels]
- Panorama: Takva (Takva: A Man’s Fear of God) [d. Özer Kiziltan]


Sundance, held 18-28 January 2007

Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Padre Nuestro (Sangre de mi sangre) [d. Christopher Zalla]
- Director: Jeffrey Blitz – Rocket Science
- Special Jury Prize: (tie) Tamara Podemski, actress – Four Sheets to the Wind; Jess Weixler, actress – Teeth; Chris Smith, director – The Pool
- Cinematography: Benoît Debie – Joshua
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: James C. Strouse – Grace Is Gone
- Audience Award: Grace Is Gone [d. James C. Strouse]

Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) [d. Jason Kohn]
- Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix – War Dance
- Special Jury Prize: No End in Sight [d. Charles Ferguson]
- Cinematography: Heloísa Passos – Manda Bala
- Documentary Film Editing Award: Hibah Sherif Frisina, Charlton McMillan, Michael Schweitzer – Nanking
- Audience Award: Hear and Now [d. Irene Taylor Brodsky]

World Cinema, Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Sweet Mud [d. Dror Shaul]
- Special Jury Prize: L’héritage (The Legacy) [d. Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani]
- Audience Award: Once [d. John Carney]

World Cinema, Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Vores lykkes fjender (Enemies of Happiness) [d. Eva Mulvad]
- Special Jury Prize: Hot House [d. Shimon Dotan]
- Audience Award: In the Shadow of the Moon [d. David Sington]

Other Festivals of Note

Locarno International Film Festival, held 1-11 August 2007
- Golden Leopard: The Rebirth [d. Masahiro Kobayashi]

San Sebastián International Film Festival, held 20-29 September 2007
- Golden Seashell: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers [d. Wayne Wang]

Tokyo International Film Festival, held 20-28 October 2007
- Tokyo Grand Prix: The Band’s Visit [d. Eran Kolirin]
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, held 29 June-7 July 2007
- Crystal Globe: Mýrin (Jar City) [d. Baltasar Kormákur]

Montréal World Film Festival, held 23 August-3 September 2007
- Grand Prix des Amériques: (tie) Ben X [d. Nic Balthazar]; Un secret (A Secret) [d. Claude Miller]

SXSW Film Festival, held 9-17 March 2007
- Best Film: Itty Bitty Titty Committee [d. Jamie Babbit]
- Best Documentary: Billy the Kid [d. Jennifer Venditti]

Industry Awards

Academy Awards, held 24 February 2008

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men [d. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen]
Best Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard – La môme (La vie en rose)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody – Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit – There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Film: Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) [d. Stefan Ruzowitzky], Austria
Best Documentary: Taxi to the Dark Side [d. Alex Gibney]
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille [d. Brad Bird]


BAFTAS, held 10 February 2008

Best Film: Atonement [d. Joe Wright]
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard – La môme (La vie en rose)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody – Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ronald Harwood – Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins – No Country for Old Men
Best Film Not in the English Language: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille [d. Brad Bird]
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film: This Is England [d. Shane Meadows]
David Lean Award for Direction: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer: Matt Greenhalgh, screenwriter – Control
Rising Star Award: Shia LaBeouf


European Film Awards, held 1 December 2007

Best Film: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) [d. Cristian Mungiu]
Best Director: Cristian Mungiu – 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile
Best Actor: Sasson Gabai – The Band’s Visit
Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Best Cinematography: Frank Griebe – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Best Screenplay: Fatih Akin – Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)
Best Artistic Contribution: Uli Hannisch, production designer – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Best Documentary: Le papier ne peut pas enveloper la braise (Paper Cannot Wrap Ember) [d. Rithy Panh]
Discovery: The Band’s Visit [d. Eran Kolirin]
FIPRESCI Prize: Coeurs (Private Fears in Public Places) [d. Alain Resnais]
Audience Award (Film): La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman) [d. Giuseppe Tornatore]


Independent Spirit Awards, held 23 February 2008

Best Feature: Juno [d. Jason Reitman]
Best First Feature: The Lookout [d. Scott Frank]
Best Director: Julian Schnabel – Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Best Male Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages
Best Female Lead: Ellen Page – Juno
Best Supporting Male: Chiwetel Ejiofor – Talk to Me
Best Supporting Female: Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There.
Best Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
Best First Screenplay: Diablo Cody – Juno
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski – Le scaphandre et le papillon
Best Documentary: Crazy Love [d. Dan Klores]
Best Foreign Film: Once [d. John Carney], Ireland

John Cassavetes Award (for features made for under $500,000): August Evening [d. Chris Eska]
Truer Than Fiction Award: The Unforeseen [d. Laura Dunn]
Someone to Watch Award: Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop
Producers Award: Neil Kopp – Paranoid Park, Old Joy


Golden Globes, held 13 January 2008

Drama
- Picture: Atonement [d. Joe Wright]
- Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
- Actress: Julie Christie – Away from Her
Musical or Comedy
- Picture: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [d. Tim Burton]
- Actor: Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Actress: Marion Cotillard – La môme (La vie en rose)
Director: Julian Schnabel – Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There.
Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Foreign Film: Le scaphandre et le papillon [d. Julian Schnabel], France
Animated Film: Ratatouille [d. Brad Bird]


César Awards, held 22 February 2008

Best Film (Meilleur film): La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) [d. Abdel Kechiche]
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): Abdel Kechiche – La graine et le mulet
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur): Mathieu Amalric – Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): Marion Cotillard – La môme (La vie en rose)
Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle): Sami Bouajila – Les témoins (The Witnesses)
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): Julie Depardieu – Un secret (A Secret)
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin): Laurent Stocker – Ensemble, c’est tout (Hunting and Gathering)
Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin): Hafsia Herzi – La graine et le mulet
Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): Abdel Kechiche – La graine et le mulet
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleur scénario adaptation): Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie): Tetsuo Nagata – La môme
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Best Documentary (Meilleur film documentaire): L’avocat de la terreur (Terror’s Advocate) [d. Barbet Schroeder]
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): Persepolis [d. Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud]


Directors Guild of America, given 26 January 2008

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Asger Leth – Ghosts of Cité Soleil


Screen Actors Guild of America, given 27 January 2008

Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role: Julie Christie – Away from Her
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Ruby Dee – American Gangster
Outstanding Performance by the Case of a Theatrical Motion Picture: No Country for Old Men, awarded to Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald


Razzies, given 23 February 2008

Worst Film: I Know Who Killed Me [d. Chris Sivertson]
Worst Director: Chris Sivertson – I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Actor: Eddie Murphy – Norbit
Worst Actress: Lindsay Lohan – I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy – Norbit
Worst Supporting Actress: Eddie Murphy – Norbit
Worst Screenplay: Jeff Hammond – I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Prequel/Sequel: Daddy Day Camp [d. Fred Savage]

National Industry Awards

Argentina, Clarín Awards
- Film: XXY [d. Lucía Puenzo]
Australia, Australian Film Awards
- Film: Romulus, My Father [d. Richard Roxburgh]
Austria, Diagnole Grand Prize
- Film: Heile Welt (All the Invisible Things) [d. Jakob M. Erwa]
Brazil, Cinema Brazil Awards
- Film: O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (The Year My Parents Went on Vacation) [d. Cam Hamburger]
- Foreign Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Canada, Genie Awards
- Film: Away from Her [d. Sarah Polley]
Canada (Québec), Jutra Awards
- Film: Continental, un film sans fusil (Continental, a Film Without Guns) [d. Stéphane Lafleur]


Czech Republic, Czech Lions
- Film: Tajnosti (Little Blue Girl) [d. Alice Nellis]
- Foreign-Language Film: Kunsten å tenke negativt (The Art of Negative Thinking) [d. Bård Breien], Norway
Denmark, Robert Awards
- Film: Kunsten at græde i kor (The Art of Crying) [d. Peter Schønau Fog]
Finland, Jussi Awards
- Film: Musta jää (Black Ice) [d. Petri Kotwica]
Germany, Lolas
- Film: Vier Minuten (Four Minutes) [d. Chris Kraus]
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Awards
- Film: Warlords [d. Peter Chan, Yip Wai Man]
- Best Asian Film: Lust, Caution [d. Ang Lee], Taiwan


Hungary, Hungarian Film Week Grand Prize
- Film: Iszka utazása (Iszka’s Journey) [d. Csaba Bollók]
Iceland, Edda Awards
- Film: Foreldrar (Parents) [d. Ragnar Bragason]
Iran, Crystal Simorgh
- Film: The Day Third [d. Mohammad Hossein Latifi]
Ireland, Irish Film & Television Awards
- Film: Garage [d. Leonard Abrahamson]
- Best International Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Israel, Ophir Awards
- Film: The Band’s Visit [d. Eran Kolirin]


Italy, David di Donatello Awards
- Film: La ragazza del lago (The Girl by the Lake) [d. Andrea Molaioli]
- Best Foreign Film: No Country for Old Men [d. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen], USA
- Best European Film: Irina Palm [d. Sam Garbarski], Belgium/Luxembourg/UK/Germany/France
Japan, Japanese Academy Awards
- Film: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad [d. Joji Matsuoka]
- Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima [d. Clint Eastwood], USA
Mexico, Ariel Awards
- Film: Stellet licht (Silent Light) [d. Carlos Reygadas]
- Best Latin-American Film: XXY [d. Lucía Puenzo], Argentina
Netherlands, Golden Calf
- Film: Kruistocht in spijkerbroek (Crusade in Jeans) [d. Ben Sombogaart]
Norway, Amanda Awards
- Film: Reprise [d. Joachim Trier]


Philippines, FAMAS
- Film: Katas ng Saudi [d. Jose Javier Reyes]
Poland, Polish Film Awards
- Film: Katyn [d. Andrzej Wajda]
- Best European Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Portugal, Coimbra Caminhos
- Film: (tie) Atrás das Nuvens (Behind the Clouds) [d. Jorge Queiroga]; Transe [d. Teresa Villaverde]
Romania, Gopo Awards
- Film: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) [d. Cristian Mungiu]
- Best European Film: 13 Tzameti [d. Géla Babluani], Georgia
Russia, Nika Awards
- Film: Mongol [d. Sergei Bodrov]


Spain, Goya Awards
- Film: La soledad [d. Jaime Rosales]
- Spanish-Language Foreign Film: XXY [d. Lucía Puenzo], Argentina
Sweden, Guldbagge Awards
- Film: Du levande (You, the Living) [d. Roy Andersson]
Switzerland, Swiss Film Awards
- Film: Der Freund (The Friend) [d. Micha Lewinsky]
Taiwan, Golden Horse
- Film: Lust, Caution [d. Ang Lee]
Thailand, Thai National Film Association Awards
- Film: Love of Siam [d. Chukiat Sakveerakul]
Turkey, Golden Orange
- Film: Yumurta (Egg) [d. Semih Kaplanoglu]