Berlinale awards announced

The award winning short films at the 2006 Berlinale: Berlin International Film Festival are:

International Competition

• Golden Bear for Best Short Film
  Never Like The First Time! (Aldrig som första gangen!)
  Director: Jonas Odell (Sweden)
• Silver Bear - Jury Prizes
  Penpusher (Gratte-Papier)
  Director: Guillaume Martinez (France)
  
  Our Man in Nirvana
  Director: Jan Koester (Germany)
• Special Mention
  The Day I Died (El Dia Que Mori)
  Director: Maryam Keshavarz (Argentina)

Panorama

• Panorama Short Film Award
  Your Dark Hair Ihsan (Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan)
  Director: Tala Hadid (USA)
• UIP Prize - Best European Short Film
  The Fence (El Cerco)
  Directors: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín (Spain)
• DAAD Short Film Prize
  Swanettes (Barburot)
  Director: Rony Sasson (Israel)
• Audience Award
  The Substitute (Hayelet Bodeda)
  Director: Talya Lavie

Kinderfilmfest - Children's Jury

• Crystal Bear for Best Short Film 
  Never an Absolution (Aldrig en Absolution)
  Director: Cameron B. Alyasin
• Special Mention 
  The Thief (O Kleftis)
  Director: Irina Boiko

Kinderfilmfest - International Jury

• Best Short Film
  A Fish with a Smile (Wei Xiao Der Yu)
  Directors: C. Jay Shih, Alan I. Tuan, Poliang Lin (Taiwan)
• Special Mention
  Vika
  Director: Tsivia Barkai (Israel)

TEDDY Awards

• TEDDY for Best Short Film
  The Day I Died (El Dia Que Mori)
  Director: Maryam Keshavarz (Argentina)