This year’s Golden Bear of the the 59th Berlinale goes to the movie La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow) from Peru.

The complete list:

Golden Bear for the Best Film

La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa

Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix

Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade and Gigante by Adrián Biniez

Silver Bear - Best Director

Asghar Farhadi for Darbareye Elly (About Elly)

Silver Bear - Best Actress

Birgit Minichmayr in Alle Anderen (Everyone else) by Maren Ade

Silver Bear - Best Actor

Sotigui Kouyate in London River by Rachid Bouchareb

Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution

Gábor Erdély and Tamás Székely for the Sound-Design of Katalin Varga by Peter Strickland

Silver Bear - Best Script

Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon for The Messenger by Oren Moverman

Alfred Bauer Prize (for a feature film that breadens the horizons of the art of filmmaking)

Gigante by Adrián Biniez and  Tatarak (Sweet Rush) by Andrzej Wajda

Congratulations to the winners!

The European Outdoor Film Tour 2008/2009 stopped in Münster on Saturday evening. It showed a nice selection of the best outdoor short films, ranging from bouldering over kajaking to mountainbiking.

My favourites have been the alpine documentation of the Expedition Manaslu, Seasons (MTB) and the English parody Touching the stairs.

It was well worth the visit, so I can recommend attending the event, if it comes to a town where you live.