XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
Film Awards 2009

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
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URBANWORLD
Director: Malik Isasis, USA 2006

THE QUINTESSENTIAL BLACK WOMEN
Director: Charles O'Bannon, Jr., USA 2008

WHAT SHALL I TELL MY CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK
The Legacy of Margaret T.G. Burroughs
Director: Nate B. Grant, USA 2008

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People
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TOGO
Directors: Nicholas Peart & Pierre Morath, Switzerland 2008

PRINCE OF BROADWAY
Director: Sean Baker, USA 2008

TAPOLOGO
Directors: Gabriela & Sally Gutiérez Dewar, Spain/South Africa 2008

IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Director: Marc Evans, U.S.A. 2008

Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
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ABORTION DEMOCRACY - POLAND/SOUTH AFRICA
Director: Sarah Diehl, Germany 2008

Best children's film/video
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CIRCLE UNBROKEN
Director: Sandra Nikolajevs, USA 2008

AFIA
Director: Lacey Duke, USA 2007

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines
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BLAS: EL HOMBRE Y SU LEYENDA / BLAS: THE MAN AND HIS LEGEND
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo, Colombia 2008

NOT ENOUGH NIGHT
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, USA 2007

Best film/video documentary production
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GRISSI SIKNIS - LA ENFERMEDAD MAGICA DE LA SELVA /
GRISSI SIKNIS - THE MAGIC SICKNESS OF THE JUNGLE
Director: Enrique Ruiz-Skipey, Spain/Nicaragua 2008

MINDELO - TRAZ D'HORIZONTE / MINDELO - BEHIND THE HORIZON
Director: Alexis Tsafas, Cape Verde 2008

INSIDE BUFFALO
Director: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Italy 2009

NOLLYWOOD AAN DE SCHELDE / NOLLYWOOD ABROAD
Director: Saartje Geerts, Belgium 2008

Special Filmmaker Award
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YEK ROZE POR DARD / ONE DAY FULL OF PAIN
Director: Sattar Chamani Gol, Iran 2008

MADARAM SAYEH BOLANDI DARAD / MY MOM HAS A LONG SHADOW
Director: Kaveh Ghahremany, Iran 2008

BAHA / THE WILD FLOWER
Director: Shriprakash, India 2008

PESAYE ZIBAYEMAN PASHA MISHAVAD / MY BEAUTIFUL SON WILL BE KING
Director: Salem Salavati, Iran 2008

SHOBHAYATRA
Director: Vijay Ghatge, India 2005

DERAKHTE MAN / MY TREE
Director: Sara Siadat Nejad, Iran 2008

BAD HAR KOJA BEKHAHAD MIVAZAD / WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WANTS
Director: Naryam Esmikhani, Iran 2008

68º & CLEAR
Director: Dawn Westlake, USA 2007

Mottoes:
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won't if I don't..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Yes, We can...!" - Barack Obama