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58th Berlin International Film Festival

2008 film festival in Berlin, Germany

Field	Value
name	58th Berlin International Film Festival
image	58BIFFPoster.jpg
caption	Festival poster
opening	Shine a Light
closing	Be Kind Rewind
location	Berlin, Germany
founded	1951
awards	Golden Bear: Elite Squad
number	310 films
date	7–17 February 2008
website	Website
chronology	Berlin International Film Festival
preceded_by	57th
followed_by	59th

The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film Shine a Light. Be Kind Rewind by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President for the main competition.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Elite Squad directed by José Padilha. The retrospective dedicated to Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel was shown at the festival.

Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Main Competition

Costa-Gavras, Greek filmmaker and producer - Jury President
Uli Hanisch, German production designer
Diane Kruger, German actress
Walter Murch, American director and editor
Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress and model
Alexander Rodnyansky, Russian producer

Best First Feature Award Jury

Ben Barenholtz, American producer and distributor
Dominique Cabrera, French filmmaker
Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnian filmmaker and producer

Short Film Competition Jury

Marc Barbé, French actor and director
Ada Solomon, Romanian producer
Laura Tonke, German actress

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country
Ballast	Lance Hammer	United States
Cherry Blossoms	Kirschblüten – Hanami	Doris Dörrie	Germany
Sparrow	文雀	Johnnie To	Hong Kong
Black Ice	Musta jää	Petri Kotwica	Finland, Germany
Elegy	Isabel Coixet	United States
Elite Squad	Tropa de Elite	José Padilha	Brazil
Gardens of the Night	Damian Harris	United States, United Kingdom
Happy-Go-Lucky	Mike Leigh	United Kingdom
Heart of Fire	Feuerherz	Luigi Falorni	Eritrea, Germany, United Kingdom
In Love We Trust	左右	Wang Xiaoshuai	China
I've Loved You So Long	Il y a longtemps que je t'aime	Philippe Claudel		France, Germany
Julia	Erick Zonca	France, United States, Mexico, Belgium
Kabei: Our Mother	母べえ	Yoji Yamada	Japan
Lady Jane	Robert Guédiguian	France
Lake Tahoe	Fernando Eimbcke	Mexico
Night and Day	밤과 낮	Sang-soo Hong	South Korea
Quiet Chaos	Caos calmo	Antonello Grimaldi	Italy
Restless	Amos Kollek	Israel, Germany
Standard Operating Procedure	Errol Morris	United States
The Song of Sparrows	آواز گنجشک‌ها	Majid Majidi		Iran
There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	United States

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Main Competition

Golden Bear: Elite Squad by José Padilha
Silver Bear Grand Prize of the Jury: Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris
Silver Bear for Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Reza Naji for The Song of Sparrows
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai for In Love We Trust
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood (score)
Alfred Bauer Prize: Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe

Independent Awards

[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]

Fernando Eimbcke for Lake Tahoe

References

"58TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 7 – 17, 2008". berlinale.de.
(15 January 2008). "Scorsese's "Shine A Light" to Open the 58th Berlinale". indiewire.
"THE 58TH BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE: MUSIC, STARS AND GRAND EMOTIONS". berlinale.de.
"BERLINALE 2008: OSCAR WINNER COSTA-GAVRAS TO BE JURY PRESIDENT". berlinale.de.
"RETROSPECTIVE".
"JURIES 2008". berlinale.de.
"PROGRAMME 2008". berlinale.de.
"PRIZES & HONOURS 2008". berlinale.de.
"2008 Berlin Awards". berlinale.de.

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