The French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has nominated Là-bas for the César as best documentary film. The Forum presented Chantal Akerman's film in 2006 as a world premiere.
Overall Best First Feature Award (Update)
The 2006 introduced Best First Feature Award will encompass Forum films as well at the upcoming Berlinale. In this year's Forum program six debut feature films are nominated.
Forum expanded: Cinema Beyond its Boundaries
Video art, experimental and underground films: Once again the area where film and art intersect finds its place at the Berlinale. Called into being in 2006, Forum expanded serves the critical commentary and expansion of cinematography.
Oscar Nomination for "My Country, My Country"
My Country, My Country by Laura Poitras, which had its world premiere in the Forum 2006, was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science for the Oscar as best documentary feature.
The Program of the 37th Forum
World cinematography of sharp contrasts and astonishing parallels: this year's program of the Berlinale Forum comprises films from 29 countries including 25 world premieres and 15 debut films.
"Tagesspiegel" Reader's Jury Award for best Forum film
This year for the first time, the daily Berlin newspaper "Der Tagesspiegel" appoints a readers' jury which will award the best film of the 37th Forum. The award is endowed with 3.000 Euro.
Shah Rukh Khan in "Don" at the Forum
With Don Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan returns to the Berlinale. Farhan Akhtar's remake of the legendary Indian gansterfilm will be shown at the 37th Forum.
Forum News subscription
These news covering the countdown to the festival on the Forum website can now be subscribed as RSS feed.
Live Spectacle in the Forum: Isabella Rossellini as Narrator of Guy Maddin's "Brand Upon the Brain!"
With the European premiere of Guy Maddin's "Brand Upon the Brain!" and the performance by Isabella Rossellini in the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Forum presents a live spectacle with an orchestra, a castrato's voice, and foley artists.
Lee Yoon-ki with "Ad Lib Night" back at the Forum
One of the first entries selected for the 37th International Forum of New Cinema is Ad Lib Night (Aju teukbyeolhan sonnim) by Korean director Lee Yoon-ki. His debut This Charming Girl was shown at the Forum in 2005.