The independent juries at this year's Berlinale have awarded prizes to 4 further films from the Forum program: Treeless Mountain, Cea mai fericită fată din lume (The Happiest Girl in the World), The Day After and Doctor Ma's Country Clinic.

Sono Sion's nearly four hour film Love Exposure has won both this year's Caligari Prize and the FIPRESCI Film Critics' Prize.

Due to the great interest in Thomas Heise's Material, there will be another chance to see the film in an additional screening on Saturday, 14th February, at 11.00 am. Tickets are on sale now at the Berlinale box office; accredited guests may also attend.

12 hours of Ludwig Schönherr's 107-hour New York working diary can be seen in a mammoth screening at Kino Arsenal on February 14th.

There are still places available for the Forum expanded guided gallery tours on February 13th and 14th. The tours provide the opportunity to see many of the different galleries and spaces used in this year's Forum expanded program.

The New York artist Jennifer Reeves will be attending the double 16mm projection of her film When it was Blue, which will be accompanied live by the Icelandic musician Skúli Sverisson, at Delphi on February 13th.

Forum guest Jeffrey Levy-Hinte will be meeting German director Pepe Danquart to disucss documentary filmmaking as part of the "Academy Breaks" series organised by the German Film Academy.

The makers of the successful online city guides, unlike.net, have launched a new site specially for the Berlinale: at berlinale.unlike.net you will find the full festival programme, event listings and insider tips for your trip to Berlin, including an interview with Forum guest Andrew Bujalski.

The Canadian First Nations artists Bear Witness, Keesic Douglas, Bonnie Devine and Darryl Nepinak have created four short films in response to West and East German Westerns in order to oppose the stereotypes presented in them by setting up a new visual language.

Once again, several Forum guests are also involved in the Talent Campus program: Raphaël Nadjari, Reha Erdem, the Filmmakers Against Racism project, Michael Snow and Sharon Lockhart will be taking part in various panel discussions. Simon El Habre, Kit Hung and Funahashi Atsushi will be taking part in an alumni event.