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