International Film Awards 2007

Golden Globes, awarded in Beverly Hills, California, in January 2007

Best drama Babel (France/U.S./Mexico; director, Alejandro González Iñárritu)

Best musical or comedy Dreamgirls (U.S.; director, Bill Condon)

Best director Martin Scorsese ((The Departed, U.S./Hong Kong)

Best actress, drama Helen Mirren (The Queen, U.K./France/Italy)

Best actor, drama Forest Whitaker ((The Last King of Scotland , U.K.)

Best actress, musical or comedy Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada, U.S.)

Best actor, musical or comedy Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Letters from Iwo Jima (U.S.; director, Clint Eastwood)

Sundance Film Festival, awarded in Park City, Utah, in January 2007

Grand Jury Prize, dramatic film Padre nuestro (U.S.; director, Christopher Zalla)

Grand Jury Prize, documentary Manda bala (Send a Bullet) (Brazil/U.S.; director, Jason Kohn)

Audience Award, dramatic film Grace Is Gone (U.S.; director, James C. Strouse)

Audience Award, documentary Hear and Now (U.S.; director, Irene Taylor Brodsky)

World Cinema Jury Prize, dramatic film Adama meshuga’at (Sweet Mud) (Israel/Germany/Japan; director, Dror Shaul)

World Cinema Jury Prize, documentary Vores lykkes fjender (Enemies of Happiness) (Denmark/Norway/Finland; directors, Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem)

Best director, dramatic film Jeffrey Blitz (Rocket Science, U.S.)

Best director, documentary Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (War Dance, U.S.)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts, awarded in London in February 2007

Best film The Queen (U.K./France/Italy; director, Stephen Frears)

Best director Paul Greengrass (United 93, France/U.K./U.S.)

Best actress Helen Mirren (The Queen, U.K./France/Italy)

Best actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, U.K.)

Best supporting actress Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (Mexico/Spain/U.S.; director, Guillermo del Toro)

Berlin International Film Festival, awarded in February 2007

Golden Bear Tuya de hun shi (Tuya’s Marriage) (China; director, Wang Quan’an)

Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize) El otro (The Other) (France/Argentina/Germany; director, Ariel Rotter)

Best director Joseph Cedar (Beaufort, Israel)

Best actress Nina Hoss (Yella, Germany)

Best actor Julio Chávez (El otro 【The Other】, France/Argentina/Germany)

Césars (France), awarded in Paris in February 2007

Best film Lady Chatterley (Belgium/France/U.K.; director, Pascale Ferran)

Best director Guillaume Canet (Ne le dis à personne 【Tell No One】, France)

Best actress Marina Hands (Lady Chatterley, Belgium/France/U.K.)

Best actor François Cluzet (Ne le dis á personne 【Tell No One】, France)

Most promising actor Malik Zidi (Les Amitiés maléfiques, France)

Most promising actress Mélanie Laurent (Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas, France)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars; U.S.), awarded in Los Angeles in February 2007

Best film The Departed (U.S./Hong Kong; director, Martin Scorsese)

Best director Martin Scorsese (The Departed, U.S./Hong Kong)

Best actress Helen Mirren (The Queen, U.K., France, Italy)

Best actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, U.K.)

Best supporting actress Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Das Leben der Anderen (Germany; director, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

Cannes Festival, France, awarded in May 2007

Palme d’Or 4 luni, 3 saptamani, si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days) (Romania; director, Cristian Mungiu)

Grand Prix Mogari no mori (The Mourning Forest) (France/Japan; director, Naomi Kawase)

Jury Prize Persepolis (France/U.S.; directors, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi); Stellet licht (Silent Light) (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany; director, Carlos Reygadas)

Best director Julian Schnabel (Le Scaphandre et le papillon 【The Diving Bell and the Butterfly】, France/U.S.)

Best actress Jeon Do Yeon (Milyang 【Secret Sunshine】, South Korea)

Best actor Konstantin Lavronenko (Izgnanie 【The Banishment】, Russia)

Caméra d’Or Meduzot (Jellyfish) (France/Israel; directors, Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret)

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, awarded in August 2007

Golden Leopard Ai no yokan (The Rebirth) (Japan; director, Masahiro Kobayashi)

Special Jury Prize Memories (South Korea; directors, Pedro Costa, Harun Farocki, and Eugène Green)

Best actress Marián Álvarez (Lo mejor de mí, Spain)

Best actor Michel Piccoli (Sous les toits de Paris 【Beneath the Rooftops of Paris】, France); Michele Venitucci (Fuori dalle corde, Switzerland/Italy)

Montreal World Film Festival, awarded in September 2007

Grand Prix of the Americas (best film) Ben X (Belgium; director, Nic Balthazar); Un Secret (France; director, Claude Miller)

Best actress Andrea Sawatzki (Der andere Junge, Germany)

Best actor Filipe Duarte and Tomás Almeida (A outra margem, Portugal)

Best director Jacob Berger (1 Journée 【That Day】, Switzerland/France)

Special Grand Prix of the Jury Noodle (Israel; director, Ayelet Menahemi)

Best screenplay Samira’s Garden (Morocco; writer, Latif Lahlou)

International film critics award Samira’s Garden (Morocco; director, Latif Lahlou)

Venice Film Festival, awarded in September 2007

Golden Lion Se, jie (U.S./China/Taiwan/Hong Kong; director, Ang Lee)

Special Jury Prize La Graine et le mulet (France; director, Abdel Kechiche);

I’m Not There (U.S./Germany; director, Todd Haynes)

Volpi Cup, best actress Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There, U.S./Germany)

Volpi Cup, best actor Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, U.S.)

Silver Lion, best director Brian De Palma (Redacted, U.S.)

Marcello Mastroianni Award (best young actor or actress) Hafsia Herzi (La Graine et le mulet, France)

Luigi De Laurentiis Award (best first film) La zona (Mexico; director, Rodrigo Plá)

Toronto International Film Festival, awarded in September 2007

Best Canadian feature film My Winnipeg (director, Guy Maddin)

Best Canadian first feature Continental, un film sans fusil (Continental, a Film Without Guns) (director, Stéphane Lafleur)

Best Canadian short film Pool (director, Chris Chong Chan Fui)

International film critics award La zona (Mexico; director, Rodrigo Plá)

People’s Choice Award Eastern Promises (U.K./Canada/U.S.; director, David Cronenberg)

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain, awarded in September 2007

Best film A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (U.S.; director, Wayne Wang)

Special Jury Prize Buda as sharm foru rikht (Iran; director, Hana Makhmalbaf)

Best director Nick Broomfield (Battle for Haditha, U.K.)

Best actress Blanca Portillo (Siete mesas de billar francés, Spain)

Best actor Henry O (A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, U.S.)

Best cinematography Charlie Lam (Cheut ai kup gei 【Exodus】, Hong Kong)

New directors prize Conrad Clark (Soul Carriage, China/U.K.)

International film critics award Encarnación (Argentina; director, Anahí Berneri)

Vancouver International Film Festival, awarded in October 2007

Vancity People’s Choice Award (most popular Canadian film) She’s a Boy I Knew (director, Gwen Haworth)

People’s Choice Award (most popular international film) Persepolis (France/U.S.; directors, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi)

National Film Board Best Canadian Documentary Award Up the Yangtze (director, Yung Chang)

Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award Normal (director, Carl Bessai)

Kyoto Planet "Climate for Change" Award The Planet (Sweden/Norway/Denmark; directors, Michael Stenberg, Johan Söderberg, and Linus Torell)

Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema Jin bi hui huang (Fujian Blue) (China; director, Robin Weng);

Xiawu gou jiao (Mid-Afternooon Barks) (China; Zhang Yuedong)

Chicago International Film Festival, awarded in October 2007

Gold Hugo (best film) Stellet licht (Silent Light) (Mexico/France/Netherlands/ Germany; director, Carlos Reygadas)

Silver Hugo (Special Jury Prize) Tuya de hun shi (Tuya’s Marriage) (China; director, Wang Quan’an)

Best documentary Taxi to the Dark Side (U.S.; director, Alex Gibney)

European Film Awards, awarded in December 2007

Best European film 4 luni, 3 saptamani, si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days) (Romania; director, Cristian Mungiu)

Best actress Helen Mirren (The Queen, U.K./France/Italy)

Best actor Sasson Gabai (Bikur ha-tizmoret 【The Band’s Visit】; Israel/France/U.S.