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.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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