The film PDFs for all the films ever shown at the Forum are now available online for download. All of the material produced for the Forum films from 1971 to 2002 has been digitalised and can now be found under archive on the Forum website.
Further awards for "Winter's Bone" and "The Oath"
Debra Granik's Winter's Bone has won Best Film and Best Ensemble prizes at the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards, an important event of the US independent film industry. The film is now being regarded as a contender for next year’s 10 Best Picture Oscar nomination slots.
Now available: the new DVD-Box with our distribution compilation with works from 2009 & 2010
For viewing purposes / for curators, festivals and other exhibition venues.
My Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Winnipeg. "We Winnipegers are so stupefied with Nostalgia." Their stupefication turns them into sleepwalkers. There are so many of them that they made a law: If, due to the power of their deep spiritual kinship, they turn up at night in their old homes, the new inhabitants must take them in.
Corroboree
Conor, a young actor, leaves for an acting job in the countryside. Following precise instructions, he and his fellow actresses are supposed to re-enact scenes from the life of Joe, a terminally ill director. Yet the setting is more spring-like than morbid and Conor makes himself familiar not only with Joe's life but with the place, a sort of spiritual hotel.
Submissions for Forum 2011
Films can be submitted for the 41st Berlinale Forum until Monday, November 1st by using the online form on the Berlinale website.
"Bibliothèque Pascal" in the running for an Oscar nomination
Szabolcs Hajdu's Bibliothèque Pascal has been selected as the Hungarian contender for the 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. The film was shown at this year's Forum.
"Winter's Bone" wins the Jury Prize at Deauville
Debra Granik's Winter's Bone has received another award. The film was honoured with the Jury Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival.
"Putty Hill" wins main prize in Santiago de Chile
Matthew Porterfield's Putty Hill was awarded Best Film and Best Director at Santiago International Film Festival, ex aequo with "Alamar" by Pedro González-Rubio. The film had its world premiere in this year’s Forum.
Rachel
In 2003, the 22-year-old American activist Rachel Corrie died trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip. She was killed by a bulldozer operated by the Israeli army. An Israeli military investigation ruled that her death was an accident. The film reconstructs the case and reaches a different conclusion.
