Awards for the Berlin Film Festival were handed out this weekend and ‘Blood’ won two awards, Best Director for PTA and the award for a “Outstanding Artistic Contribution” went to the Radiohead guitarist.
That’s weird sounding award like one of those awards they make up on the spot to honor someone who didn’t win a regular category and almost like the meaningless Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence.
Oh well, it’s something, right? The jury was overseen Greek-born director Constantin Costa-Gavras, (“Z” and “Missing”) and the Top honor went to “Elite Squad,” a Brazilian film by Jose Padilha that takes a deep looks at the shady workings of Rio’s Special Operations Police Battalion. The runner-up prize went to Oscar-winning U.S. director Errol Morris’ upcoming Abu Ghraib prison scandal documentary, “Standard Operating Procedure.”
Suffice to say Madonna’s directorial debut, “Filth & Wisdom” didn’t win thing.