Monday
30Jun2008
25th Munich Film Festival Awards
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 11:09AM | By
Franck Tabouring
Russian director Valeriya Gai Germanika’s “Everybody Dies But Me” picked up the CineVision Award at the 25th edition of the Munich Film Festival. The coming-of-age drama follows three teenagers as they gear up for a party held at their high school. The Young German Cinema Award for best director went to Timo Müller for “Morscholz,” a drama that follows the lives of seven people in a small German town. Heiko Martens was named best screenwriter for “Narrenspiel,” while Markus Tomczyk won best actor for his role in “Braams.” Susanne Wolff won best actress for “Das Fremde in Mir.”
The Arri-Zeiss Award, the festival’s new prize, went to Matteo Garrone’s “Gomorra,” a look at crime families operating out of Naples. The film also won the grand prize at Cannes last month.
Julie Christie received this year’s CineMerit Award, a prize honoring outstanding personalities in the international film community. The Bernhard Wicki Film Prize, the festival humanitarian award, went to Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr for “The Anarchist’s Wife,” a drama set during the Spanish Civil War.
Other winners included Anna Justice, who won the White Elephant Award for “Max Minsky and I, and ”Laurent Cantet, who took home the One Future Prize for “The Class.”







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