SPECIAL
XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010
ANNIVERSARY FILM AWARDS

Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
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A MAN WITHOUT LIMITS
Director: Ntongela Masilela
Germany 1988-90

BULLETS OVER BROWNSVILLE
Directors: Damon Diddit & Natural Langdon
USA 2009

Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People
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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Director: Véronique N. Doumbé
USA 2009

SLAVE ROUTES: RESISTANCE, ABOLITION & CREATIVE PROGRESS
Director: Jayne Cortez
USA 2009

I AM A MAN
Director: Calvin Taylor
USA 2008

NESHOBA - THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Directors: Micki Dickoff & Tony Pagano
USA 2008

UP FROM THE BOTTOMS: THE SEARCH FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
Director: James Schaub
USA 2009

ADERA
Director: Nega Tariku
South Africa 2009

FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND THE WHITE NEGRO
Director: John J. Doherty
Ireland 2008

GREATEST MAN ALIVE
Director: Michael Feurstein
USA 2010

PRO-BLACK SHEEP
Director: Clayton Broomes Jr.
USA 2009

Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
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SIFINJA - DIE EISERNE BRAUT / SIFINJA - THE IRON BRIDE
Director: Valerie Hänsch
Germany 2009

Best children's film/video
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DET GULE HUS:
1. Ella og hendes Papa, 2. Blomsterdronningen, 3. Superhelten Kevin, 4. Gamle Johanne, 5. Drømmevæsnerne
THE YELLOW HOUSE:
1. Ella and her Papa, 2. The Flower Queen, 3. Kevin the Superhero, 4. Old Johanne, 5. The Dream Creatures
Directors: Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf
Denmark 2009

ZAMINE FOTBAL / FOOTBALL FIELD
Director: Jalal Nasiri
Iran 2009

Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines
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CHINESE GHOST STORY
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino
USA 2008

CHICAGO HEIGHTS
Director: Daniel Nearing
USA 2009

SMOKE BREAK
Director: Ron Gilbert
USA 2009

Best film/video documentary production
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RETOUR AU PAYS DES ÂMES / RETURN TO THE LAND OF SOULS
Director: Jordi Esteva
Spain/Ivory Coast 2009

TELEVISING A REVOLUTION OF SPOKEN WORD FROM DETROIT
Director: Dina M. Bey
USA 2009

MIN WA TABLO 2 / MINE & TABLOU 2
Director: Hossein Jehani
Iraq/Australia 2009

L'EMPIRE DES ENFANTS, UNE FEMME DE DAKAR EN COLÈRE /
THE CHILDREN'S EMPIRE, AN ANGRY DAKAR WOMAN
Directors: Gérard Moreau & Michèle Barrault
France/Senegal 2009

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE
Director: Melissa A. Gomez
Antigua/UK 2008

TRACES OF THE TRADE: A STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH
Director: Katrina Browne
USA 2008

CHIAROSCURO (LA TRAGEDIA DE UN GRAN MÚSICO) /
CHIAROSCURO (THE TRAGEDY OF A GREAT MUSICIAN)
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernan Humberto Restrepo
Colombia 2009

THE ANDINA - FEARLESS BEYOND DEATH
Director: Gudrun Frank-Wissmann
Germany 2009

NAFT, SARATANE SHAHRE MAN / OIL, THE CANCER OF MY CITY
Director: Taha Karimi
Iraq 2009

DANCE GOT ME
Director: Ingrid Sinclair
Zimbabwe 2006

Special Acknowledgment
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THE MATTRESS HUSTLE
Director: Susan Watson Turner
USA 2009

CROSSING BRIDGES
Director: Mark Norfolk
UK 2006

MAPI LIBERIA
Directors: Loraine Blumenthal & Michael Schmitt
Germany/Ghana 2009

STREET MUSIC
Director: Albert W. Myers III
USA 2009

WEEKENDS IN BROOKLYN
Director: David Canady
USA 2006

PRAY FOR ERIC
Director: Ken Wyatt
USA 2010

KANNI
Director: Monireh Karimiaghdam
Iran 2009

VERVE
Directors: Suyen Mosley & Marsha Terry
USA 2009

LAHZEHAYE NATAMAM... / THE ENDLESS MOMENTS...
Director: Siamak Nejad Nouri Far
Iran 2009

Actor's Award
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Mike Wiley in EMPTY SPACE
Director: Rob Underhill
USA 2009

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