European Film Awards Finalists

Sometime last month, the European Film Academy announced the 48 films included on their selection list for the 2009 Awards. The nominations, which are to be announced sometime in November, will be pulled from these 48, and the official ceremony will be held in Germany on 12 December. Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah [Gomorra] was the big winner last year, taking prizes for Best Film, Director, Actor, Screenwriter and Cinematographer. The list blogs will slow down soon, as my work doing writing for the Saint Louis International Film Festival is nearing the finish line... the schedule should be announced at the end of next week. More on that later. For now, the 48 "short" list for the European Film Awards. As for the overlapping years between 2008 and 2009, I'm not sure what the window of inclusion is.

- 33 sceny z życia [33 Scenes of Life], d. Małgośka Szumowska, Poland/Germany
- Los abrazos rotos [Broken Embraces], d. Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
- Alle Anderen [Everyone Else], d. Maren Ade, Germany
- Antichrist, d. Lars von Trier, Denmark
- Apaföld [Father's Acre], d. Viktor Nagy, Hungary
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex [The Baader-Meinhof Complex], d. Uli Edel, Germany
- Brothers, d. Igaal Niddam, Switzerland
- Camino, d. Javier Fesser, Spain
- Coco avant Chanel, d. Anne Fontaine, France

- Dogtooth, d. Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece
- Eastern Plays, d. Kamen Kalev, Bulgaria
- Fish Tank, d. Andrea Arnold, UK
- Frygtelig lykkelig [Terribly Happy], d. Henrik Ruben Genz, Denmark
- It All Begins at Sea, d. Eitan Green, Israel
- Jaffa, d. Keren Yedaya, France/Israel/Germany
- Jerichow, d. Christian Petzold, Germany
- Käsky [Tears of April], d. Aku Louhimies, Finland/Germany/Greece
- Kisses, d. Lance Daly, Ireland
- Der Knochenmann [The Bone Man], d. Wolfgang Murnberger, Austria

- Låt den rätte komma in [Let the Right One In], d. Tomas Alfredson, Sweden
- Lille soldat [Little Soldier], d. Annette K. Olesen, Denmark
- Loft, d. Erik Van Looy, Belgium
- Looking for Eric, d. Ken Loach, UK/France
- Män som hatar kvinnor [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo], d. Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden
- Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick [Everlasting Moments], d. Jan Troell, Sweden/Denmark
- Max Manus, d. Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg, Norway/Germany/Denmark
- Ničiji sin [No One's Son], d. Arsen Anton Ostojić, Croatia
- Nord [North], d. Rune Denstad Langlo, Norway
- Oorlogswinter [Winter in Wartime], d. Martin Koolhoven, Netherlands

- Pandora'nin kutusu [Pandora's Box], d. Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkey/France/Germany/Belgium
- Paper Soldier, d. Aleksei German MI., Russia
- Poliţist, adjectiv [Police, Adjective], d. Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
- Pranzo di ferragosto [Mid-August Lunch], d. Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy
- Questione di cuore [A Matter of Heart], d. Francesca Archibugi, Italy
- The Reader, d. Stephen Daldry, Germany [Huh?]
- Retorno a Hansala [Return to Hansala], d. Chus Gutiérrez, Spain
- Séraphine, d. Martin Provost, France
- Slumdog Millionaire, d. Danny Boyle, UK [Hmm]
- Strella [A Woman's Journey], d. Panos H. Koutras, Greece

- Tatarak [Sweet Rush], d. Andrzej Wajda, Poland
- The Time That Remains, d. Elia Suleiman, France
- Tobruk, d. Václav Marhoul, Czech Republic/Slovakia
- Turneja [The Tour], d. Goran Marković, Serbia/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Croatia/Slovenia
- Un prophète [A Prophet], d. Jacques Audiard, France
- Uzak ihtimal [Wrong Rosary], d. Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, Turkey
- Vincere, d. Marco Bellocchio, Italy
- Das weiße Band [The White Ribbon], d. Michael Haneke, Austria/Germany/France/Italy
- Welcome, d. Philippe Lioret, France

In addition to these 48, 5 films have been nominated in the category of European Discovery of the Year. Steve McQueen's Hunger was the recipient last year.

- Ajami, d. Yaron Shani, Scandar Copti, Germany/Israel
- Katalin Varga, d. Peter Strickland, Romania/UK/Hungary
- The Other Bank, d. George Ovashvili, Georgia/Kazakhstan
- Sois sage [Be Good], d. Juliette Garcias, France/Denmark
- Sonbahar [Autumn], d. Özcan Alper, Turkey/Germany

Foreign Oscar Submissions, Final Day, UPDATED

Today is the official cut-off period for countries to submit films to be considered for the 2010 Academy Awards in the Foreign Language category. A number of countries (Columbia, Egypt, Iraq, Cuba, Lebanon, Singapore, Puerto Rico) have yet to announce their submissions, though it just may not have been officially mentioned yet. As for the new editions, Greece made a (maybe?) surprising decision to submit Yorgos Lanthimos' controversial Dogtooth, which Kino picked up recently and which has been delighting critics, but it's likely not to connect with the usually tame Academy (the same deal happened when Chile submitted Tony Manero last year... though Götz Spielmann's challenging, but ultimately redemptive, Revanche did make the final five). Israel chose Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti's Ajami over Golden Lion winner Lebanon; China finally settled on Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled, with Zhang Ziyi; Serbia officially withdrew Here and There, which had over fifty percent of its dialogue in English, and chose Srđan Dragojević's St. George Shoots the Dragon instead; Spain picked former winner Fernando Trueba's El baile de la victoria [The Dancer and the Thief]; and Australia will be making a rare appearance in the running this year with Warwick Thornton's Warlpiri-language Samson and Delilah, winner of the Caméra d'Or at Cannes this year. The newly announced titles are all below. You can find the other updates here, here and here.

Update: Whether it wasn't listed on the site I was looking at or (more likely) I just overlooked it, Peru was left off the list. Their selection will be Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow [La teta asustada], which took home the Golden Bear at Berlin earlier this year. Just to make things easier, I've included all of the previously announced films with the new ones for a more complete list. Hope this helps.

Albania: Gjallë [Alive!], d. Artan Minarolli
Argentina: El secreto de sus ojos [The Secret in Their Eyes], d. Juan José Campanella (previously nominated for El hijo de la novia)
Armenia: Autumn of the Magician, d. Ruben Gevorkyants, Vahe Gevorkyants
Australia: Samson and Delilah, d. Warwick Thornton
Austria: Ein Augenblick Freiheit [For a Moment, Freedom], d. Arash T. Riahi
Bangladesh: Britter Bairey [Beyond the Circle], d. Golam Rabbany Biplob
Belgium: De helaasheid der dingen [The Misfortunates], d. Felix van Groeningen
Bolivia: Zona Sur [Southern Zone], d. Juan Carlos Valdivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Guardians of the Night [Čuvari noći], d. Namik Kabil
Brazil: Salve Geral [Save General], d. Sérgio Rezende
Bulgaria: The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, d. Stephan Komandarev
Canada: J'ai tué ma mère [I Killed My Mother], d. Xavier Dolan, Here! Films
Chile: Dawson Isla 10 [Dawson Island 10], d. Miguel Littin
China: Forever Enthralled, d. Chen Kaige, Miramax (maybe) (previously nominated for Farewell My Concubine)
Croatia: Kenjac [Donkey], d. Antonio Nuić
Czech Republic: Protektor [Protector], d. Marek Najbrt
Denmark: Terribly Happy [Frygtelig lykkelig], d. Henrik Ruben Genz, Oscilloscope Pictures
Estonia: Detsembrikuumus [December Heat], d. Asko Kase
Finland: Postia pappi Jaakobille [Letters to Father Jacob], d. Klaus Härö
France: Un prophète [A Prophet], d. Jacques Audiard, Sony Pictures Classics
Georgia: The Other Bank, d. George Ovashvili
Germany: Das weiße Band [The White Ribbon], d. Michael Haneke, Sony Pictures Classics
Greece: Dogtooth, d. Yorgos Lanthimos, Kino
Hong Kong: Prince of Tears, d. Yonfan
Hungary: Kaméleon [Chameleon], d. Krisztina Goda
Iceland: Reykjavik-Rotterdam, d. Óskar Jónasson
India: Harishchandrachi Factory, d. Paresh Mokashi
Indonesia: Jamila dan sang presiden [Jamila and the President], d. Ratna Sarumpaet
Iran: About Elly, d. Asghar Farhadi, Here! Films
Israel: Ajami, d. Yaron Shani, Scandar Copti, Kino
Italy: Baarìa, d. Giuseppe Tornatore (former winner for Cinema Paradiso)
Japan: Nobody to Watch Over Me, d. Ryôichi Kimizuka
Kazakhstan: Kelin, d. Ermek Tursunov
Lithuania: Duburys [Waterhole], d. Gitis Luksas
Luxembourg: Réfractaire [Draft Dodgers], d. Nicolas Steil
Macedonia: Wingless, d. Ivo Trajkov
Mexico: El traspatio [Backyard], d. Carlos Carrera (previously nominated for El crimen del Padre Amaro)
Mongolia: By the Will of Genghis Khan, d. Andrei Borissov
Morocco: Casanegra, d. Nour Eddine Lakhmari
Norway: Max Manus, d. Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Peru: La teta asustada [The Milk of Sorrow], d. Claudia Llosa
Philippines: Ded na si Lolo, d. Soxy Topacio
Poland: Rewers [The Reverse], d. Borys Lankosz
Portugal: Um Amor de Perdição [Doomed Love], d. Mário Barroso
Romania: Poliţist, adj. [Police, Adjective], d. Corneliu Porumboiu, IFC Films
Russia: Ward No. 6, d. Aleksandr Gornovsky, Karen Shakhnazarov
Serbia: St. George Shoots the Dragon, d. Srđan Dragojević
Slovakia: Nedodržaný sľub [Broken Promise], directed by Jiří Chlumský, Picture This! Entertainment
Slovenia: Pokrajina Št.2 [Landscape No.2], d. Vinko Moderndorfer, Vanguard [released on DVD 25 August]
South Africa: White Wedding, d. Jann Turner
South Korea: Mother, d. Bong Joon-ho, Magnolia
Spain: El baile de la victoria [The Dancer and the Thief], d. Fernando Trueba (former winner for Belle époque)
Sri Lanka: Akasa Kusum [Flowers in the Sky], d. Prasanna Vithanage
Sweden: De ofrivilliga [Involuntary], d. Ruben Östlund
Switzerland: Home, d. Ursula Meier, Lorber Films
Taiwan: No puedo vivir sin ti, d. Leon Dai
Thailand: Best in Time, d. Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Turkey: Güneşi gördüm [I Saw the Sun], d. Mahsun Kirmizigül
Uruguay: Mal día para pescar [Bad Day to Go Fishing], d. Álvaro Brechner
Venezuela: Libertador Morales, el justiciero, d. Efterpi Charalambidis
Vietnam: Don’t Burn, d. Nhat Minh Dang

Making our streets Safer

When I was in Belgium, I was impressed by the variety of efforts to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities. Some of the steps taken included raised intersections, more clearly marked pedestrian crosswalks, warnings for motorcyclists, and separate bicycle lanes.

On returning home, I have become aware of other differences between traffic in Belgian cities and Vancouver. The following are three areas that I think warrant further consideration:

1. KEEP TO THE RIGHT, EXCEPT TO PASS
Drivers in Belgium are much more disciplined in terms of the lanes in which they drive. People rarely 'pass on the inside'. Instead, drivers tend to stay in the inside lane, except when passing. And then they return to the inside lane. I also noticed this level of driver discipline in Australia (albeit, there they keep to the left, except to pass). In fact, it's a CRIME to pass on the inside. I can't help but think this would reduce accidents since on our roads, people seem to be very impatient, passing on the inside, the outside....

2. SPEED CONTROL ZONES
Of course we have speed controls along our roads. However, although the applicable speed zone registered on my GPS navigator in Belgium and Luxembourg (see below, I was in a 70km zone), this does not appear to be the case here (unless I need to do some additional programming). I found it very helpful to be able to check the speed zone, and my actual speed on my navigator as I drove around Belgium, especially since I was also notified of fixed and mobile radar zones. Now, why don't we allow the applicable speed to register here?3. NO RIGHT TURN ON RED LIGHTS
Throughout Belgium, right turns on red lights are prohibited. NowI realize there may be merit in allowing right turns on red lights in certain situations. However, in most others I think they threaten pedestrian safety, and increase the likelihood of vehicle accidents. I wonder if studies have been done to compare traffic accidents in jurisdictions that restrict turns, and those that don't.

Now, some will argue that turns on red lights are necessary to keep traffic moving. I understand this. However, another and perhaps better way to keep traffic moving would be to legislate against people who drive into intersections, and then get 'stuck'. In UK, you would never drive into the intersection 'box' unless you were absolutely certain you could proceed through before the light changes since you would receive a very substantial fine. Why don't we do the same?

Some things to think about.

The Decade List: Awards (2006)

Things are changing yet again. I've expanded a number of the awards per festival and even included a few others, though in lesser detail. Also, I had begun going through each year and discovering what each of the major film countries around the world had named their Best Film (as in award ceremonies, not their Oscar submissions). But just as I started, the Counting Down the Zeroes project at Film for the Soul took a hiatus. I think I may expand on the previous years' Award lists to include all the new additions, but let me tell you what a pain in the ass finding the Oscar equivalent of most countries has been. There will be plenty of discrepancies in terms of year, as not every country uses the January-to-December model to determine their film calendar (Germany, for one, does not). Also, a number of countries don't exactly have glitzy/annoying ceremonies like we do and often deliver their top national prize during the big film festival held there each year. So, please all of you out there, if I've aligned the incorrect prize as the country's top honor, let me know. And if there are any other countries you'd like to see listed (that give out such awards, of course... I couldn't find any information for Belgium), laisse-moi savoir. In the awards below, you'll find plenty of Helen Mirren, Volver, Little Miss fucking Sunshine and The Lives of Others, which allows me to link to the interview I conducted with Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck the week before he won the Academy Award. He's extremely tall, speaks flawless English and was as floored as anyone that neither Volver nor Black Book were nominated in his category.

Film Festival Awards

Cannes, held 17-28 May 2006

Palme d'Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley [d. Ken Loach]
Grand Prix: Flandres (Flanders) [d. Bruno Dumont]
Prix du jury: Red Road [d. Andrea Arnold]
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Best Actor: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan – Indigènes (Days of Glory)
Best Actress: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave - Volver
Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar - Volver
Technical Grand Prize: Stephen Mirrione, editor - Babel

Un Certain Regard Award: Luxury Car [d. Wang Chao]
- Special Jury Prize: Ten Canoes [d. Rolf de Heer]
- Best Actor: Ángel Tavira - El violin (The Violin)
- Best Actress: Dorotheea Petre - Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lumii (The Way I Spent the End of the World)
- Prize of the Jury President: Meurtrières [d. Patrick Grandperret]
Camera d'Or: A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest) [d. Corneliu Porumboiu]
Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique: Les amitiés maléfiques (Poison Friends) [d. Emmanuel Bourdieu]
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Iklimler (Climates) [d. Nuri Bilge Ceylan]
- Quinzaine des réalisateurs: Bug [d. William Friedkin]
- Un Certain Regard: Hamaca paraguaya (Paraguayan Hammock) [d. Paz Encina]


Venice, held 30 August-9 September 2006

Golden Lion: Still Life [d. Jia Zhang-ke]
Silver Lion
- for Best Director: Alain Resnais – Coeurs (Private Fears in Public Places)
- for Revelation: Emanuele Crialese – Nuovomondo (Golden Door)
Grand Special Jury Prize: Daratt [d. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun]
Volpi Cup
- Best Actor: Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Marcello Mastroianni Award (for Best Young Actor): Isild Le Besco – L’intouchable (The Untouchable)
Golden Osella
- for Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan – The Queen
- for Outstanding Technical Contribution: Emmanuel Lubezki, cinematographer – Children of Men
FIPRESCI Prize: The Queen [d. Stephen Frears]
Critics' Week Award: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints [d. Dito Montiel]


Toronto, held 7-16 September 2006

People's Choice Award: Bella [d. Alejandro Gomez Monteverde]
Discovery Award: Reprise [d. Joachim Trier]
Innovation Award: Takva (Takva: A Man’s Fear of God) [d. Özer Kiziltan]
Best Canadian Feature: Monkey Warfare [d. Reginald Harkema]
Best Canadian First Feature: Sur la trace d’Igor Rizzi (On the Trail of Igor Rizzi) [d. Noël Mitrani]
FIPRESCI Award: Death of a President [d. Gabriel Range]


Berlin, held 9-19 February 2006

Golden Bear: Grbavica (Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams) [d. Jasmila Žbanić]
Silver Bear
- for Best Director: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross – The Road to Guantanamo
- for Best Actor: Moritz Bleibtreu – Elementarteilchen (Elementary Particles)
- for Best Actress: Sandra Hüller – Requiem
- Jury Grand Prix: (tie) En soap (Soap) [d. Pernille Fischer Christensen]; Offside [d. Jafar Panahi]
- Outstanding Artistic Achievment: Jürgen Vogel, actor, co-screenwriter – Der freie Wille (The Free Will)
Best Debut Film: En soap
Panorama Audience Award: Paper Dolls [d. Tomer Heymann]
Teddy
- Feature: The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros [d. Auraeus Solito]
- Documentary: Au delà de la haine (Beyond Hatred) [d. Olivier Meyrou]
- Jury Award: Combat [d. Patrick Carpentier]
FIPRESCI Prize
- Competition: Requiem [d. Hans-Christian Schmid]
- Forum of New Cinema: In Between Days [d. Kim So Yong]
- Panorama: Knallhart (Tough Enough) [d. Detlev Buck]


Sundance, held 19-29 January 2006

Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: Quinceañera [d. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland]
- Director: Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Special Jury Prize: (tie) Robert Downey Jr., Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest, Channing Tatum, for the ensemble performance – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints; Kim So Yong, Bradley Rust Gray, for independent vision – In Between Days
- Cinematography: Tom Richmond – Right at Your Door
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Hilary Brougher – Stephanie Daley
- Audience Award: Quinceañera

Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan [d. Christopher Dillon Quinn, Tommy Walker]
- Director: James Longley – Iraq in Fragments
- Special Jury Prize: (tie) Ian Inaba – American Blackout; Michael Cain, Matt Radecki – TV Junkie
- Cinematography: James Longley – Iraq in Fragments
- Documentary Film Editing Award: Billy McMillin, Fiona Otway, James Longley – Iraq in Fragments
- Audience Award: God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

World Cinema, Dramatic Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: 13 Tzameti [d. Géla Babluani]
- Special Jury Prize: Julia Kwan – Eve and the Fire Horse
- Audience Award: No. 2 [d. Toa Fraser]

World Cinema, Documentary Competition
- Grand Jury Prize: En el hoyo (In the Pit) [d. Juan Carlos Rulfo]
- Special Jury Prize: (tie) Yang Yong-hi – Dear Pyongyang; Philip Gröning – Die große Stille (Into Great Silence)
- Audience Award: De nadie [d. Tin Dirdamal]

Other Festivals of Note

Locarno International Film Festival, held 2-13 August 2006
- Golden Leopard: Das Fräulein [d. Andrea Staka]

San Sebastián International Film Festival, held 21-30 September 2006
- Golden Seashell: (tie) Mon fils à moi [d. Martial Fougeron]; Half Moon [d. Bahman Ghobadi]

Tokyo International Film Festival, held 21-29 October 2006
- Tokyo Grand Prix: OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies) [d. Michel Hazanavicius]

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, held 30 June-8 July 2006
- Crystal Globe: Sherrybaby [d. Laurie Collyer]

Montréal World Film Festival, held 24 August-4 September
- Grand Prix des Amériques: (tie) A Long Walk [d. Eiji Okuda]; O Maior Amor do Mundo (The Greatest Love of All) [d. Carlos Diegues]

SXSW Film Festival, held 10-18 March 2006
- Best Film: Live Free or Die [d. Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin]
- Best Documentary: Jam [d. Mark Woollen]

Industry Awards

Academy Awards, held 25 February 2007

Best Picture: The Departed [d. Martin Scorsese]
Best Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan – The Departed
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro – El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth)
Best Foreign Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth [d. Davis Guggenheim]
Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet [d. George Miller]


BAFTAs, held 11 February 2007

Best Film: The Queen [d. Stephen Frears]
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock – The Last King of Scotland
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
Best Film Not in the English Language: El labertino del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) [d. Guillermo del Toro]
Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet [d. George Miller]

Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film: The Last King of Scotland [d. Kevin Macdonald]
David Lean Award for Direction: Paul Greengrass – United 93
Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer: Andrea Arnold, director - Red Road
Rising Star Award: Eva Green


European Film Awards, held 2 December 2006

Best Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]
Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar – Volver
Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe – Das Leben der Anderen
Best Actress: Penélope Cruz – Volver
Best Cinematography: (tie) Barry Ackroyd – The Wind That Shakes the Barley; José Luis Alcaine – Volver
Best Screenplay: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – Das Leben der Anderen
Best Artistic Contribution: Pierre Pell, Stéphane Rosenbaum, for the production design – La science des rêves (The Science of Sleep)
Best Documentary: Die große Stille (Into Great Silence) – d. Philip Gröning
Discovery: 13 Tzameti [d. Géla Babluani]
FIPRESCI Prize: Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers) [d. Philippe Garrel]
Audience Award (Film): Volver [d. Pedro Almodóvar]


Independent Spirit, held 24 February 2007

Best Feature: Little Miss Sunshine [d. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris]
Best First Feature: Sweet Land [d. Ali Selim]
Best Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Male Lead: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Best Female Lead: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
Best Supporting Male: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Female: Frances McDormand – Friends with Money
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking
Best First Screenplay: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro – El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth)
Best Documentary: The Road to Guantanamo [d. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross]
Best Foreign Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]

John Cassavetes Award (for features made for under $500,000): Quinceañera [d. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland]
Truer Than Fiction Award: The Tailenders [d. Adele Horne]
Someone to Watch Award: Julia Loktev – Day Night Day Night
Producers Award: Howard Gertler, Tim Perell – Shortbus; Pizza
Special Distinction Award: David Lynch, Laura Dern, for their collaborative work


Golden Globes, held 15 January 2007

Drama
- Picture: Babel [d. Alejandro González Iñárritu]
- Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
- Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Musical or Comedy
- Picture: Dreamgirls [d. Bill Condon]
- Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Actress: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Screenplay: Peter Morgan – The Queen
Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima [d. Clint Eastwood]
Animated Film: Cars [d. Joe Lasseter, Joe Ranft]


Césars Awards, held 24 February 2007

Best Film (Meilleur film): Lady Chatterley [d. Pascale Ferran]
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): Guillaume Canet – Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One)
Best Actor (Meilleur acteur): François Cluzet – Ne le dis à personne
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice): Marina Hands – Lady Chatterley
Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle): Kad Merad – Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas (Don’t Worry I’m Fine)
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle): Valérie Lemercier – Fauteuils d’orchestre (Avenue Montaigne)
Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin): Malik Zidi – Les amitiés maléfiques (Poison Friends)
Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin): Mélanie Laurent – Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas
Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb – Indigènes (Days of Glory)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Meilleur scénario adaptation): Pascale Ferran, Roger Bohbot, Pierre Trividic – Lady Chatterley
Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie): Julien Hirsch – Lady Chatterley
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): Little Miss Sunshine [d. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris]
Best Documentary (Meilleur film documentaire): Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac [d. Michel Royer, Karl Zero]
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): Je vous trouve très beau (You Are So Beautiful) [d. Isabelle Mergault]


Directors Guild of America, given 3 February 2007

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: Arunas Matelis – Before Flying Back to Earth


Screen Actors Guild of America, given 28 January 2007

Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren – The Queen
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: Little Miss Sunshine, awarded to Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear


Razzies, given 24 February 2007

Worst Film: Basic Instinct 2 [d. Michael Caton-Jones]
Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan – Lady in the Water
Worst Actor: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans – Little Man
Worst Actress: Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct 2
Worst Supporting Actor: M. Night Shyamalan – Lady in the Water
Worst Supporting Actress: Carmen Electra – Date Movie; Scary Movie 4
Worst Screenplay: Leora Barish, Henry Bean – Basic Instinct 2
Worst Remake/Sequel: Basic Instinct 2

National Industry Awards

Argentina, Clarín Awards
- Film: Crónica de una fuga (Chronicle of an Escape) [d. Adrián Caetano]
Australia, Australian Film Awards
- Film: Ten Canoes [d. Rolf de Heer]
Austria, Diagnole Grand Prize
- Film: Caché [d. Michael Haneke]
Brazil, Cinema Brazil Awards
- Film: Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures) [d. Marcelo Gomes]
- Foreign Film: The Constant Gardener [d. Fernando Meirelles], UK
Canada, Genie Awards
- Film: Bon Cop, Bad Cop [d. Erik Canuel]
Canada (Québec), Jutra Awards
- Film: Congorama [d. Philippe Faladeau]


China, Golden Rooster
- Film: The Knot [d. Yin Li]
Czech Republic, Czech Lions
- Film: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (I Served the King of England) [d. Jiří Menzel]
- Foreign-Language Film: Volver [d. Pedro Almodóvar], Spain
Denmark, Robert Awards
- Film: Drømmen (We Shall Overcome) [d. Niels Arden Oplev]
- Best American Film: Babel [d. Alejandro González Iñárritu]
- Best Non-American Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Finland, Jussi Awards
- Film: Laitakaupungin valot (Lights in the Dusk) [d. Aki Kaurismäki]
Germany, Lolas
- Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]


Greece, Greek Competition Awards via the Thessaloniki Film Festival
- Film: Eduart [d. Angeliki Antoniou]
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Awards
- Film: After This Our Exile [d. Patrick Tam]
- Best Asian Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles [d. Zhang Yimou, Yasuo Furuhata], China
Hungary, Hungarian Film Week Grand Prize
- Film: Taxidermia [d. György Pálfi]
Iceland, Edda Awards
- Film: Mýrin (Jar City) [d. Baltasar Kormákur]
India, Golden Lotus
- Film: Pulijanmam [d. Priyanandanan]


Iran, Crystal Simorgh
- Film: In the Name of the Father [d. Ebrahim Hatamikia]
Ireland, Irish Film & Television Awards
- Film: The Wind That Shakes the Barley [d. Ken Loach]
- Best International Film: Little Miss Sunshine [d. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris], USA
Israel, Ophir Awards
- Film: (tie) Aviva, My Love [d. Shemi Zarhin]; Sweet Mud [d. Dror Shaul]
Italy, David di Donatello Awards
- Film: La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman) [d. Giuseppe Tornatore]
- Best Foreign Film: Babel [d. Alejandro González Iñárritu], USA
- Best European Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Japan, Japanese Academy Awards
- Film: Hula Girls [d. Lee Sang-il]
- Foreign Language Film: Flags of Our Fathers [d. Clint Eastwood], USA


Mexico, Ariel Awards
- Film: El labertino del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) [d. Guillermo del Toro]
- Best Latin-American Film: The Secret Life of Words [d. Isabel Coixet], Spain
Netherlands, Golden Calf
- Film: Zwartboek (Black Book) [d. Paul Verhoeven]
New Zealand, Screen Awards
- Film: The World's Fastest Indian [d. Roger Donaldson]
Norway, Amanda Awards
- Film: Free Jimmy [d. Christopher Nielsen]
- Best Foreign Feature Film: Walk the Line [d. James Mangold], USA
Philippines, FAMAS
- Film: Kasal, kasali, kasalo [d. Jose Javier Reyes]


Poland, Polish Film Awards
- Film: Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square) [d. Joanna Kos, Krzysztof Krauze]
- Best European Film: Volver [d. Pedro Almodóvar], Spain
Portugal, Coimbra Caminhos
- Film: (tie) Alice [d. Marco Martins]; Coisa Ruim (Bad Blood) [d. Tiago Guedes, Frederico Serra]
Romania, Gopo Awards (in their inaugural year)
- Film: A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest) [d. Corneliu Porumboiu]
- Best European Film: Volver [d. Pedro Almodóvar], Spain
Russia, Nika Awards
- Film: The Island [d. Pavel Lungin]
South Korea, Grand Bell Awards
- Film: Family Ties [d. Kim Tae-Yong]


Spain, Goya Awards
- Film: Volver [d. Pedro Almodóvar]
- Spanish-Language Foreign Film: Las manos (The Hands) [d. Alejandro Doria], Argentina
- European Film: The Queen [d. Stephen Frears], UK
Sweden, Guldbagge Awards
- Film: Förortsungar (Kidz in the Hood) [d. Catti Edfeldt, Ylva Gustavsson]
- Foreign Film: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) [d. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck], Germany
Switzerland, Swiss Film Awards
- Film: Vitus [d. Fredi M. Murer]
Taiwan, Golden Horse
- Film: After This Our Exile [d. Patrick Tam]
Thailand, Thai National Film Association Awards
- Film: Khan Kluay [d. Kompin Kemgumnird]
Turkey, Golden Orange
- Film: Kader (Destiny) [d. Zeki Demirkubuz]
- Foreign Film: Hîrtia va fi albastrã (The Paper Will Be Blue) [d. Radu Muntean], Romania