The Decade List: Awards (2008)

I've likely spoken at some length on the majority of these awards, seeing as how most of them were given out this year... which means this will be the last installment of the Awards section of The Decade List, as I hope to will finish this all up by the end of the year. The "national film prizes" sounded really great in theory, but it's actually been more of a hassle than anything else. I'm not absolutely sure that the awards I've associated with the particular country are considered to be their top prize or not. And, like the European Film Awards, every country seems to have different cut-off periods for eligibility. Regardless, 2008 was the year where that damn crowd pleaser Slumdog Millionaire took home all the big prizes... and I'm still not sure why. For the Oscars, who always use peculiar logic, it may have been in their minds to follow up one of Oscar's bleakest Best Picture winners, No Country for Old Men, with one to get the crowds' cheering (although Slumdog is the only film I know of that can be both a crowd-pleaser and contain a scene where a child's eye gets scooped out with a spoon... there are probably other rousers that have featured their hero falling into a pool of excrement).

But, hey, at least it ended with a dance number! I wonder if I would hate Paul Haggis' Crash as much as I do if Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Matt Dillon, Thandie Newton and company broke out into a choreographed dance routine, or at least locked arms and swayed to "Lean on Me." Three of the other films that made repeat appearances, Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah, Steve McQueen's Hunger and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, made their first stop at Cannes, while James Marsh's Man on Wire, which seemed to monopolize the Documentary categories, debuted at Sundance. Enjoy the final round of the Decade List's Award round-up, as I doubt I'll go back and revamp the previous years; I have too much to catch up on.

Film Festival Awards

Cannes, held 14-25 May 2008

Palme d’Or: Entre les murs (The Class) [d. Laurent Cantet]
Grand Prix: Gomorra (Gomorrah) [d. Matteo Garrone]
Prix du jury: Il divo [d. Paolo Sorrentino]
Best Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Üç maymun (Three Monkeys)
Best Actor: Benicio del Toro – Che
Best Actress: Sandra Corveloni – Linha de Passe
Best Screenplay: Jean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne – Le silence de Lorna (Lorna’s Silence)

Caméra d’Or: Hunger [d. Steve McQueen]
- Special Mention: Everybody Dies But Me [d. Valeriya Gai Germanika]
Un Certain Regard Award: Tulpan [d. Sergei Dvortsevoy]
- Special Jury Prize: Tôkyô sonata [d. Kiyoshi Kuroawa]
Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique: Snijeg (Snow) [d. Aida Begić]
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Delta [d. Kornél Mundruczó]


Venice, held 27 August-6 September 2008

Golden Lion: The Wrestler [d. Darren Aronofsky]
Silver Lion
- for Best Director: Aleksei German MI. – Paper Soldier
Grand Special Jury Prize: Teza [d. Haile Gerima]
Volpi Cup
- Best Actor: Silvio Orlando – Il papa di Giovanna (Giovanna’s Father)
- Best Actress: Dominique Blanc – L’autre (The Other One)
Marcello Mastroianni Award (for Best Young Actor): Jennifer Lawrence – The Burning Plain
Golden Osella
- for Best Screenplay: Haile Gerima – Teza
- for Best Cinematography: Alisher Khamidkhodjaev, Maksim Drozdov – Paper Soldier
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Gabbla (Inland) [d. Tariq Teguia]
- Horizons and International Critics’ Week: Goodbye Solo [d. Ramin Bahrani]
Critics’ Week Award: L’apprenti (The Apprentice) [d. Samuel Collardey]
Queer Lion: Un altro pianeta (One Day in a Life) [d. Stefano Tummolini]


Toronto, held 4-13 September 2008

People’s Choice Award: Slumdog Millionaire [d. Danny Boyle]
Discovery Award: Hunger [d. Steve McQueen]
Best Canadian Feature: Lost Song [d. Rodrigue Jean]
- Special Jury Citation: Adoration [d. Ang Lee]
Best Canadian First Feature: Le jour avant le lendemain (Before Tomorrow) [d. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu]
- Special Jury Citation: Borderline [d. Lyne Charlebois]
FIPRESCI Award
- Special Presentations: Disgrace [d. Steve Jacobs]
- Discovery: Lymelife [d. Derick Martini]


Berlin, held 7-17 February 2008

Golden Bear: Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad) [d. José Padilha]
Silver Bear
- for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
- for Best Actor: Mohammad Amir Naji – The Song of Sparrows
- for Best Actress: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
- for Best Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai – In Love We Trust
- Jury Grand Prix: Standard Operating Procedure [d. Errol Morris]
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement: Jonny Greenwood, composer – There Will Be Blood
Panorama Audience Award: Lemon Tree [d. Eran Riklis]
Teddy
- Feature: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela [d. Olaf de Fleur Jóhannesson]
- Documentary: Football Under Cover [d. David Assmann, Ayat Najafi]
- Jury Award: Be Like Others [d. Tanaz Eshaghian]
- Audience Award: Football Under Cover
- Special Teddy: Kevin Collins, Simon Fisher-Turner, Isaac Julien, James Mackay, Tilda Swinton (To those who as a ‘family,’ as combatants and allies of British filmmaker Derek Jarman have looked after his heritage); Hans Stempel, Martin Ripkens (for their activities and achievements as film critics, film scouts and filmmakers)
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Lake Tahoe [d. Fernando Eimbcke]
- Forum of New Cinema: Shahida [d. Natalie Assouline]
- Panorama: Mermaid [d. Anna Melikyan]


Sundance, held 17-27 January 2008

Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Frozen River [d. Courtney Hunt]
- Director: Lance Hammer – Ballast
- Special Jury Prize: (tie) Chusy Haney-Jardine – Anywhere, USA; Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Brad William Henke, ensemble cast – Choke
- Cinematography: Lol Crawley – Ballast
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Alex Rivera, David Riker – Sleep Dealer
- Audience Award: The Wackness [d. Jonathan Levine]

Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Trouble the Water [d. Tia Lessin, Carl Deal]
- Director: Nanette Burstein – American Teen
- Special Jury Prize: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo [d. Lisa F. Jackson]
- Cinematography: Phillip Hunt, Steven Sebring – Patti Smith: Dream of Life
- Documentary Film Editing Award: Joe Bini – Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
- Audience Award: Fields of Fuel [d. Joshua Tickell]

World Cinema, Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Ping-pongkingen (King of Ping Pong) [d. Jens Jonsson]
- Director: Ana Melikyan – Mermaid
- Special Jury Prize: Párpados azules (Blue Eyelids) [d. Ernesto Contreras]
- Cinematography: Askild Edvardsen – Ping-pongkingen
- Screenwriting Award: Samuel Benchetrit – J’ai toujours rêvé d’être un gangster (I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster)
- Audience Award: Captain Abu Raed [d. Amin Matalqa]

World Cinema, Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Man on Wire [d. James Marsh]
- Director: Nino Kirtadze – Durakovo: Le village des fous (Durakovo: Village of Fools)
- Cinematography: Mahmoud al Massad – Recycle
- Documentary Film Editing Award: Irena Dol – The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
- Audience Award: Man on Wire

Other Festivals of Note

Locarno International Film Festival, held 6-16 August 2008
- Golden Leopard: Parque vía [d. Enrique Rivero]

San Sebastián International Film Festival, held 18-27 September 2008
- Golden Seashell: Pandora’nin kutusu (Pandra’s Box) [d. Yeşim Ustaoğlu]

Tokyo International Film Festival, held 18-26 October 2008
- Tokyo Grand Prix: Tulpan [d. Sergei Dvortsevoy]

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, held 4-12 July 2008
- Crystal Globe: Frygtelig lykkelig (Terribly Happy) [d. Henrik Ruben Genz]

Montréal World Film Festival, held 21 August-1 September 2008
- Grand Prix des Amériques: Departures [d. Yôjirô Takita]

SXSW Film Festival, held 7-15 March 2008
- Best Film: Wellness [d. Jake Mahaffy]
- Best Documentary: They Killed Sister Dorothy [d. Daniel Junge]

Industry Awards

Academy Awards, held 22 February 2009

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire [d. Danny Boyle]
Best Director: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actress: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film: Departures [d. Yôjirô Takita], Japan
Best Documentary: Man on Wire [d. James Marsh]
Best Animated Feature: WALL·E [d. Andrew Stanton]


BAFTAS, held 8 February 2009

Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire [d. Danny Boyle]
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Actress: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film Not in the English Language: Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long) [d. Philippe Claudel], France
Best Animated Feature: WALL·E [d. Andrew Stanton]

Outstanding British Film: Man on Wire [d. James Marsh]
David Lean Award for Direction: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer: Steve McQueen, writer/director – Hunger
Rising Star Award: Noel Clarke


European Film Awards, held 6 December 2008

Best Film: Gomorra (Gomorrah) [d. Matteo Garrone]
Best Director: Matteo Garrone - Gomorra
Best Actor: Toni Servillo – Il divo; Gomorra
Best Actress: Kristin Scott Thomas – Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Best Cinematography: Marco Onorato – Gomorra
Best Screenplay: Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Roberto Saviano – Gomorra
Prix d’excellence: Magdalena Biedrzycka, costume designer – Katyń
Best Documentary: René [d. Helena Trestikova]
Discovery: Hunger [d. Steve McQueen]
FIPRESCI Prize: La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain) [d. Abdel Kechiche]
Audience Award (Film): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [d. David Yates]


Independent Spirit Awards, held 21 February 2009

Best Feature: The Wrestler [d. Darren Aronofsky]
Best First Feature: Synecdoche, New York [d. Charlie Kaufman]
Best Director: Thomas McCarthy – The Visitor
Best Male Lead: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Female Lead: Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Best Supporting Male: James Franco – Milk
Best Supporting Female: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay: Woody Allen – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best First Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Best Cinematography: Maryse Alberti – The Wrestler
Best Documentary: Man on Wire [d. James Marsh]
Best Foreign Film: Entre les murs (The Class) [d. Laurent Cantet]

John Cassavetes Award (for features made for under $500,000): In Search of a Midnight Kiss [d. Alex Holdridge]
Truer Than Fiction Award: The Order of Myths [d. Margaret Brown]
Someone to Watch Award: Lynne Shelton – My Effortless Brilliance
Producers Award: Heather Rae – Frozen River; Ibid


Golden Globes, held 11 January 2009

Drama
- Picture: Slumdog Millionaire [d. Danny Boyle]
- Actor: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
- Actress: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Musical or Comedy
- Picture: Vicky Cristina Barcelona [d. Woody Allen]
- Actor: Colin Farrell – In Bruges
- Actress: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Director: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir [d. Ari Folman], Israel
Animated Film: WALL·E [d. Andrew Stanton]


César Awards, held 27 February 2009

Best Film (Meilleur film): Séraphine [d. Martin Provost]
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): Jean-François Richet – Mesrine
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur): Vincent Cassel – Mesrine
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle): Jean-Paul Roussillon – Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): Elsa Zylberstein – Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin): Marc-André Grondin – Le premier jour du reste de ta vie (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life)
Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin): Déborah François – Le premier jour du reste de ta vie
Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost – Séraphine
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleur scénario adaptation): François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet – Entre les murs (The Class)
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie): Laurent Brunet – Séraphine
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Waltz with Bashir [d. Ari Folman], Israel
Best Documentary (Meilleur film documentaire): Les plages d’Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès) – d. Agnès Varda
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): Il y a longtemps que je t’aime [d. Philippe Claudel]


Directors Guild of America, given 31 January 2009

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir


Screen Actors Guild of America, held 25 January 2009

Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn – Milk
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep – Doubt
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Outstanding Performance by the Case of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire, awarded to Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto


Razzies, given 21 February 2009

Worst Film: The Love Guru [d. Marco Schnabel]
Worst Director: Uwe Boll – Tunnel Rats; In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale; Postal
Worst Actor: Mike Myers – The Love Guru
Worst Actress: Paris Hilton – The Hottie & the Nottie
Worst Supporting Actor: Pierce Brosnan – Mamma Mia!
Worst Supporting Actress: Paris Hilton – Repo! The Genetic Opera
Worst Screenplay: Mike Myers, Graham Gordy – The Love Guru
Worst Remake/Sequel: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [d. Steven Spielberg]

National Industry Awards

Argentina, Clarín Awards
- Film: Aniceto [d. Leonardo Favio]
Australia, Australian Film Awards
- Film: The Black Balloon [d. Tristram Miall]
Austria, Diagnole Grand Prize
- Film: Revanche [d. Götz Spielmann]
Brazil, Cinema Brazil Awards
- Film: Estômago [d. Marcos Jorge]
- Foreign Film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona [d. Woody Allen], Spain/USA
Canada, Genie Awards
- Film: Passchendaele [d. Paul Gross]

Canada (Québec), Jutra Awards
- Film: Borderline [d. Lyne Charlebois]
China, Golden Rooster
- Film: (tie) Assembly [d. Feng Xiaogang]; Forever Enthralled [d. Chen Kaige]
Czech Republic, Czech Lions
- Film: Karamazovi (The Karamazovs) [d. Petr Zelenka]
- Foreign-Language Film: Katyń [d. Andrzej Wajda], Poland
Denmark, Robert Awards
- Film: Frygtelig lykkelig (Terribly Happy) [d. Henrik Ruben Genz]
- Best American Film: No Country for Old Men [d. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen]
- Best Non-American Film: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) [d. Jan Troell], Sweden
Finland, Jussi Awards
- Film: Niko – Lentäjän poika (Niko and the Way to the Stars) [d. Michael Henger, Kari Juusonen]

Germany, Lolas
- Film: Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) [d. Fatih Akin]
Greece, Greek Competition Awards via the Thessaloniki Film Festival
- Film: Exile Island [d. Elias Giannakakis, Evi Karabatsou]
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Awards
- Film: Ip Man [d. Wilson Yip]
Hungary, Hungarian Film Week Grand Prize
- Film: Delta [d. Kornél Mundruczó]
Iceland, Edda Awards
- Film: Brúðguminn (White Night Wedding) [d. Baltasar Kormákur]

Iran, Crystal Simorgh
- Film: As Simple As That [d. Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi]
Ireland, Irish Film & Television Awards
- Film: Hunger [d. Steve McQueen]
- Best International Film: In Bruges [d. Martin McDonagh], UK
Israel, Ophir Awards
- Film: Waltz with Bashir [d. Ari Folman]
Italy, David di Donatello Awards
- Film: Gomorra (Gomorrah) [d. Matteo Garrone]
- Best Foreign Film: Gran Torino [d. Clint Eastwood], USA
- Best European Film: Slumdog Millionaire [d. Danny Boyle], UK
Japan, Japanese Academy Awards
- Film: Departures [d. Yôjirô Takita]
- Foreign Language Film: The Dark Knight [d. Christopher Nolan], USA
Mexico, Ariel Awards
- Film: Lake Tahoe [d. Fernando Eimbcke]
- Best Latin-American Film: Leonera (Lion’s Den) [d. Pablo Trapero], Argentina

Netherlands, Golden Calf
- Film: Alles is liefde (Love Is All) [d. Joram Lürsen]
Norway, Amanda Awards
- Film: Mannen som elsket Yngve (The Man Who Loved Yngve) [d. Stian Kristiansen]
- Best Foreign Feature Film: There Will Be Blood [d. Paul Thomas Anderson], USA
Philippines, FAMAS
- Film: Baler [d. Mark Meily]
Portugal, Coimbra Caminhos
- Film: Deus Não Quis (It Wasn’t God’s Will) [d. António Ferreira]
Romania, Gopo Awards
- Film: Restul e tăcere (The Rest Is Silence) [d. Nae Caranfil]
- Best European Film: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I Served the King of England) [d. Jiří Menzel], Czech Republic
Russia, Nika Awards
- Film: Hipsters [d. Valeriy Todorovskiy]

South Korea, Grand Bell Awards
- Film: The Chaser [d. Na Hong-jin]
Spain, Goya Awards
- Film: Camino [d. Javier Fesser]
- Spanish-Language Foreign Film: La buena vida (The Good Life) [d. Andrés Wood], Chile
- European Film: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) [d. Cristian Mungiu]
Sweden, Guldbagge Awards
- Film: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) [d. Jan Troell]
- Foreign Film: Lust, Caution [d. Ang Lee], Taiwan
Switzerland, Swiss Film Awards
- Film: Home [d. Ursula Meier]
Taiwan, Golden Horse
- Film: Warlords [d. Peter Chan, Yip Wai Man]
Turkey, Golden Orange
- Film: Pazar - Bir ticaret masali (The Market: A Tale of Trade) [d. Ben Hopkins]

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]