This spring five more films from the Forum program 2005 will open in German cinemas. As first Forum films 2006 Aus der Ferne (From Far Away), We Can't Go Home Again and Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind... (And If They Haven't Passed Away...) will be released theatrically.
The "Berliner Zeitung" Reader's Jury Award
Strange Circus (Kimyo na sakasu) by Sono Sion receives the Award of the "Berliner Zeitung" Reader's Jury. It comes with 3.000 Euro.
More Forum films at Arsenal cinema
A selection of films presented in the 36th Forum will be shown once again in the Arsenal cinema the week after the Berlinale.
Awards of the Independent Juries
The Independent Juries of the Berlinale gave three more awards to films from the program of the 36th Forum: Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Close to Home and Dear Pyongyang.
Two Teddys for Forum films
At the 20th Teddy Awards Au-delà de la haine by Olivier Meyrou and Combat by Patrick Carpentier have been awarded.
Caligari Film Award 2006 for "37 Uses for a Dead Sheep"
The 21st Caligari Film Award for an innovative film in the Forum program was given to 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep by Ben Hopkins.
Wolfgang Staudte Award 2006 for "Babooska"
The 17th Wolfgang Staudte Award for a first or second feature length film from the Forum's main program was given to Babooska by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel. The award is endowed with 10.000 Euro.
FIPRESCI Award for "In Between Days"
The Award of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Award) for a film in the Forum was presented to In Between Days by So Yong Kim.
Additional Screening of "Am Rand der Städte"
Am Rand der Städte (On the Outskirts) by Aysun Bademsoy can be seen in an additional screening with english subtitles on Saturday, 18. February at 12 p.m. in Arsenal 2 (entry with accreditation).
A Berlinale Camera for Peter B. Schumann
Journalist Peter B. Schumann has worked on the staff of the Forum for 35 years; prior to this he was head of the Retrospective. On February 16 he was awarded a Berlinale Camera.