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Berlinale: Caesar Must Die wins Golden Bear

A film about a prison performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has taken out top honours at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival.

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Golden Bear for Best Film

Caesar Must Die

by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani

The Jury Grand Prix - Silver Bear

Just The Wind by Bence Fliegauf

Silver Bear - Best Director

Christian Petzold for Barbara

Silver Bear - Best Actress

Rachel Mwanza in War Witch by Kim Nguyen

Silver Bear - Best Actor

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard in A Royal Affair by Nikolaj Arcel

Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Achievement

Lutz Reitemeier for the photography in White Deer Plain by Wang Quan'an

Silver Bear - Best Script

Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg for A Royal Affair by Nikolaj Arcel

Alfred Bauer Prize awarded in memory of the festival founder, for a work of particular innovation

Tabu by Miguel Gomes

Special Award - Silver Bear

Sister by Ursula Meier

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